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Prof Salima Hashmi, Director, UMISAA with two SAF, Sri Lankan Scholars Thavarasa Thajendran and Sivasubramaniyam Kajendran

Mr. Farrukh Adnan, SAF Alumini, UNESCO Madanjeet's Singh Institute for South Asian Studies (UMISAA) held Solo Exhibition

My name is Farrukh Adnan, a visual artist. I got UNESCO Madanjeet's Singh Institute for South Asian Studies (UMISAS) Scholarship for Master in Art and Design Studies in Beaconhouse National University in 2012 and completed my master’s degree in 2014. My first solo exhibition which was done in 2015 at Sanat Initiative Gallery in Karachi. ....

Cross-border Philanthropy: An Indian diplomat who offered to fund his alma mater in Lahore

Mme France Marquet SAF representative attended the forum: UNESCO's Soft Power Today: Fostering Women's Empowerment and Leaders

UNESCO fulfils its mission through advocacy for peace and development and through the soft power of persuasion. To highlight this key instrument, UNESCO is organizing a series of thematic conferences within the framework of “UNESCO’s Soft Power Today”....

Artwork by Ms Kubra Khademi, UMISAA Alumini During EMPREMPTA festival, 2017

Title: 18Kg Performance..The journey continues within the earth, the mother earth, the female mother, the female body, the feminine body with curves - filled with salt which insists on herself, on her salty self. a pregnant woman just like a very much woman....

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF attended the meeting of the UNESCO Chairs in human rights, urban inclusion & migration

Meeting of UNESCO Chairs in human rights, urban inclusion and migration contribute to launching the process of the review of UNESCO’s Human Rights Strategy and the Integrated Strategy to Combat Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance....

MoU renewed between South Asia Foudnation & UMCSAJ ( UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of South Asian Journalism) on 5th June 2017

Latest Art-works by Mr Shimul Saha, UMISAA, Alumnus

himul Saha (b. 1983, Tangail) is a Dhaka based visual artist, who received his BFA degree in Sculpture from Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka in 2005, and an MA degree in Art and Design Studies from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISAA), Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2013..

Mme. France Marquet represtative of SAF to UNESCO attended the International Vesak Day on 10 May 2017

Mme. France Marquet Principal Trustee, MSF and SAF attended seventh International Forum of NGOs

Organized by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee and UNESCO, in partnership with the Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Foundation (MiSK), the Seventh International Forum of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO will be held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) on 3 and 4 May 2017....

Feedback From Mr. Jamiyang Norbu, SAF-Scholar, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies (UMIKS)

Fully paid schloarship Admission Notice at UNESCO Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technology for the batch 2017-18

Nominations are requested For fully paid scholarship from the South Asia Foundation Chapters to M.Tech. in Green Energy Technology at Centre for Green Energy Technology, Pondicherry University for the Academic Year 2017-18 on or before 31 May 2017. Eligibility criteria: BE/B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical or Biotechnology or M.Sc in Physics

Mohammad Mainul Islam, SAF Scholar of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISAA) attended Dubai Art Fair

Work to review foreign policy begins

A new taskforce formed to review Nepal’s foreign policy and provide suggestions for revising it in the changed global, regional and domestic contexts started its work on Friday. The Cabinet formed the panel on April 12, giving it four months to draft a new foreign policy by...

Governance, Human Rights and Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization

UGC-Human Resource Development Center organized a Special Interaction Programme at the end of the 3rd Semester of M. A. Programme, “Kashmir and South Asia Studies” at the UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies, UMIKS, University of Kashmir and South Asia Foundation (SAF).

UNESCO Chair on Water Management at UMCSAWM, Moratuwa University in Sri Lanka

JMI organised a special programme on the occasion of the 93rd Birth Anniversary of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh

SAF Scholars at the UMCDSRC, Kathmandu pay homage to Late UNESCO Goodwill Amb. Madanjeet Singh on his 93rd birth Anniversary

Address source of inequality: Bangladeshi economist

Economist Rehman Sobhan poses at a programme on Monday while delivering the second Madanjeet Singh memorial lecture on “Structural sources of inequality in South Asia” at the Pondicherry University in India

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh Second Memorial Lecture on 'the Structural sources of inequality in South Asia'

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation & Centre for South Asia Studies invite to attend lecture on Addressing the structural sources of inequality in South Asia....

UMISARC invites to attend lecture on 'Space and Society by Prof. Anisa basheer Khan'

UMISARC invites to attend lecture on 'Space and Society by Prof. Anisa basheer Khan' on 28 March 2017.

UMISARC invites to attend lecture on 'Gender, Peace and Security by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath on 28 March 2017

UMISARC invites to attend lecture on 'Gender, Peace and Security: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath on 28 March 2017.

UMISARC announces fully paid scholarships for MA Program at Pondicherry University for the session of 2017-18

Sixteen fully paid scholarships are awarded to MA students from South Asian countries (eight boys and eight girls). The scholarship award covers the entire tuition fees, travel (round trip economy airfare only for international students) boarding and lodging at Pondicherry University for two years. All selected scholars are entitled for a monthly stipend of Rs. 10000/ PM during their course period...

UMISARC invites to attend lectures on ' India-Maldives Relations and India Shri Lanka Relations by Shri. Sathiya Moorthy

UMISARC invites to attend lectures on ' India-Maldives Relations and India Shri Lanka Relations by Shri. Sathiya Moorthy on 24th March 2017.

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the colloquium “Journalism under Fire: Challenges of our times”

The colloquium “Journalism under Fire: Challenges of our times”, to discuss the recent challenges posed by the rise of identity politics and “fake news” as well as the technological and economic transformations ........

UMISARC invites to attend the lecture on ' Implications for India by Dr. Mohan Guruswamy on 23 March 2017

UMISARC invites to attend the lecture on 'Implications for India by Dr. Mohan Guruswamy'.

MoU renewed the University of Moratuwa and the South Asia Foundation for the establishment of UMCSAWM

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University of Moratuwa, and the South Asia Foundation, for the establishment of UMCSAWM at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka- Renewed on 23th March, 2017

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended "Mobile Learning Week"

UMISARC invites to attend lectures on 'Foreign and Regional Interventions in West Asia by Prof. A.K. Pasha'

UMISARC invites to attend the lectures on 'Foreign and Regional Interventions in West Asia.......by Prof. A.K. Pasha on 20-21 March 2017.

Dr Nishchal N. Pandey, Chairperson, SAF-Nepal, addressed UMIKS scholars at Jamia Milia Islamia University

Dr Nishchal N Pandey, Chairperson, SAF-Nepal, addressed UMIKS scholars( UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies ) on 16th March, 2016 at Jamia Milia University, New Delhi. The lecture was on "SAARC and current situation in South Asia". All SAF scholars of UMIKS who are currently at Jamia Milia University were present along with the faculty.

UMISARC invites to attend lectures on 'China's South Asia Policy, China-India Relations and India's Nuclear Disarmament Polic

UMISARC invites to attend the lectures on 'China's South Asia Policy, China-India Relations and India's Nuclear Disarmament Policy' by Prof. Swaran Singh on 15-16 March 2017.

UMISARC invites to attend the lecture on 'Radicalisation in Pakistan Implications for India by Prof. Alok Bansal'

UMISARC Cordially invites you to a series of lectures on Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) & Centre for South Asian Studies Pondicherry University Cordially invite you to a series of lectures on Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia (02 March 2017)..

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the conference on 'Diplomacy in the Age of Social Media'

Scholarships open for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism at UMCSAJ, Last date 17 April, 2017

UNESCO MADANJEET SINGH CENTER OF SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISUM (UMCSAJ) announces FULLY paid scholarship for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalisum. Last Date to receive the nomination from South Asia Foundation Chapters is 17th April, 2017....

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended award ceremony of the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize

The prize is to reward projects and activities of individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organizations for excellent models, best practice and creative use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching and overall education performance...

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended 'International Day of Women and Girls in Science'

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity for all to take a stand for girls and women in science. Girls continue to face stereotypes and social and cultural restrictions, limiting access to education and funding for research.....

Mr Koshal Hamal, Alumni of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISAA) Art work is being exhibited

Koshal Hamal’s, Visual Artist, and SAF, UMISAA Alumni's works are engaged in a synthesis of appropriation, combining Western visual culture with the historical references of South Asian aesthetics-including miniature painting......

SAF announces fully paid scholarship at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM)-2017

Applications are invited for the 2017/2018 intake of the above course offered by the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (www.civil.mrt.ac.lk). The programme will be conducted at the UNESCO Madanjeet Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM).....

SAF Governing Council Meeting held at The Mount Lavinia Hotel in Sri Lanka on 17 January, 2017

UGC-Human Resource Development Center organized a Special Interaction Programme in collaboration with UMIKS & SAF

UGC-Human Resource Development Center organized a Special Interaction Programme at the end of the 3rd Semester of M. A. Programme, “Kashmir and South Asia Studies” at the UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies, UMIKS, University of Kashmir and South Asia Foundation (SAF).

Interaction with UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies ) students at Jamia Millia Islamia University

UGC-Human Resource Development Center organized a Special Interaction Programme at the end of the 3rd Semester of M. A. Programme, “Kashmir and South Asia Studies” at the UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies, UMIKS, University of Kashmir and South Asia Foundation (SAF). Prof Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor; JMI, Madame France Marquet, Principal Trustee, South Asia Foundation....

The video message from late UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh

Ms France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended 2016 International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations

2016 International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations “The challenge of the digital revolution for NGOs”

SAILS Quarterly News Digest - December 2016

Message from H E Mr Arjun B Thapa, Secretary General of SAARC on the occasion of 32nd SAARC Charted Day

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies University of Kashmir & JMI Celebrate SAARC Charter Day

Tolerance Center (Russian Federation), winner of the 2016 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize

The Federal Research and Methodological Center for Tolerance, Psychology and Education (Tolerance Center) of the Russian Federation is the laureate of the 2016 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize.....

Group Photographs of Nepalese Scholars at UMISARC & UMSGET

Ms France Marquet represented MSF on 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize of Tolerance & Non Violence

The award ceremony of "UNESCO- Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence" held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 16 November 2016 at 6.30 p.m., on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance.....

20th edition of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize to be awarded to the Tolerance Center (Russian Federation)

The 2016 edition of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence will be awarded to the Federal Research and Methodological Center for Tolerance Psychology and Education (Tolerance Center) of Russia in a ceremony at UNESCO.....

Prof Salima Hashmi, Chairperson, South Asia Foundation-Pakistan awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Bath Spa University

Ms France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the sixth International forum of NGOs

Ms France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the sixth International forum of NGOs the Theme was“From promoting to building peace with NGOs” – Sixth International Forum of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO.....

Mr. Koshal Hamal's Alumni of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISAA) Art work “GOD”

BNU Alumni and one of the South Asia Foundation scholars Koshal Hamal’s Art work “GOD” will be exhibited at the Kalakirti Gallery in Hyderabad, India. Koshal produced this art work during his artists in residence in Hyderabad with Nepali celebrated artists Asha Dangol, Sushma Shakya and Anil Shahi.

Award Ceremony : UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize 2016 for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UNESCO, and Ms France Marquet, Principal Trustee of the Madanjeet Singh Foundation, request the pleasure of your Company at the award Ceremony for the 2016 UNESCO Madamjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence....

Announcement of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence

Announcement of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence to Federal Research and Methodological Center for Tolerance Psychology and Education (Tolerance Center) of Russia..

Mme. France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended 'Challenging Inequalities, Pathway to a Just World'

The World Social Science Report 2016 is a collaborative effort made possible by the support and contributions of many individuals and organizations worldwide..

Mme France Marquet, SAF representative to UNESCO attended an Inaugural Ahinsa Lecture by Dr. Scilla Elworthy

To commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence 2016 the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO & the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development organized Inaugural Ahinsa Lecture ..........

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended The Education & Gender Equality:The Perfect Partner for development

The 2016 GEM Report's Gender Review was published this week in the run up to International Day of the Girl Child thanks to the support of UNGEI. It shows that education is essential for empowering women to achieve gender equality, which in turn is vital for sustainable development.

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended Education and Gender Equality: The Perfect Partners for Development

As part of UNESCO’s celebrations of International Day of the Girl Child, an event, co-hosted by UNESCO (Division for Gender Equality and the Global Education Monitoring Team) and....

Guest Lectures invitation at UMISARC by Prof.B C Upreti, Member, Prime Minister's Eminent Persons Group, Government of India

First batch of UMCDSRC's passed out

The First bactch of SAF scholars from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of Development Studies and Regional Cooperation (UMCDSRC) has sucessfully completed Bachelor Degree in Development Studies from National College, Kathmandu University.

Cop In My City is an initiative of CliMates by Mr Sunil Sapkota, UMCSAFS Scholar

Cop In My City is an initiative of CliMates (an international youth think and do tank)by Mr. Sunil Sapkota, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Forestry Studies (UMCSAFS)scholar. Cop In My City aims to bridge the gap between climate change negotiations aka COP (Conference of Parties) and youths.....

Mme. France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended UNESCO International Literacy Prizes award ceremony

Since 1967, UNESCO International Literacy Prizes have rewarded excellence and innovation in the field of literacy. Over 475 projects and programmes undertaken by governments, non-governmental organizations and individuals ....

Mme. France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended a Workshop & live demo of traditional crafts of India

Mr. Khan Touseef Osman Completes PhD from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies

Mr. Khan Touseef Osman From Bangladesh has been awarded Ph.D by Kashmir University after successfully completing his research at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies (UMIKS), Srinagar. The SAF Family congratulate the UMIKS team and Mr Khan on this achievement.

Task force to provide counselling to missing persons’ families

A psychosocial support task force, which will introduce a range of services to families of missing persons and others in Sri Lanka who suffer from post-conflict trauma,

We congratulate Mr Francisco Javier Estevez for his nomination as Director of the Memory and Human Rights Museum of Santiago

We congratulate Mr Francisco Javier Estevez for his nomination as Director of the Memory and Human Rights Museum of Santiago de Chile, Mr Estevez was the 2014 laureat of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence....

Pakistan's choice: The story of two men reflects our dilemma

Mr Ghulam Mohammad,UMISAA Scholar and winner of the fourth Jameel Prize, an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic traditions organised by the Victoria....

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended conference on "Migration for Sustainable Develop.."

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation attended "Migration for Sustainable Development: Social Transformations, Media Narratives and Education"...