SAF News

Meeting of the Jury, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence held at UNESCO Headquarters

Testimony from a Bisma Shah research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Testimony from a Waseem Sajad research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Testimony from a Faiz Rahi research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Testimony from a Riyaz Khaliq research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Ghulam Mohammad, UMISAA (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts) Scholar wins Jameel Prize

First Pakistani artist Ghulam Mohammad from UMISAA has won the prestigious Jameel Prize-4 for his works in contemporary Islamic art, becoming the first Pakistani to achieve the distinction. ....

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the World Ocean Day at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

World Oceans Day (WOD), held every June 8th, is the United Nations-recognized day of ocean celebration and action. People all over the world organize celebrations to support action to protect the ocean.....

Testimony from a Touseef Rosool Wani research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Testimony from a Sajad Ahmad Sofi research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Assessment of SAARC Thimphu Declaration on Energy and Climate Change

The policy brief titled "Assessment of SAARC Thimphu Declaration on Energy and Climate Change" is the result of the Panel Discussion on Ensuring Energy Security and Low-Carbon Development in South Asia, held at Kathmandu, Nepal, organised by CANSA.....

Testimony from a Saima Hamid Mir research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Testimony from a Mehraj Ud Din Bhat research scholar UMIKS (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies)

Dr. A.Subramanyam Raju, Head, UMISARC along with Dr. Nishchal Pandey, Chairperson, South Asia Foundation-Nepal met alumni

Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju, Head, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC), Pondicherry University was in Kathmandu for a seminar. South Asia Foundation-Nepal Chapter ........

SAF family congratulates Mr Bishnu Pokhare, Alumnus, UMIKS,2014-16 for getting immediate placement in Kantipur Media Group,Nepal

Mr Bishnu Pokhare, SAF Alumnus of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies Batch of 2014-16 gets immediate placement at Kantipur Media Group, Kathmandu, Nepal after finishing his Master in April 2016....

UMISARC announces fully paid scholarship for MA Program at Pondicherry University for the session of 2016-18

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...

Fully paid schloarship Admission Notice at UMSGET, UNESCO Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technology for batch 2016-18

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 2016-18 on or before 31 May 2016. Eligibility criteria: BE/B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical or Biotechnology or M.Sc in Physics

The UMCSAJ Awards for investigative Journalism 2015 & Convocation of the Batch 2015-16

UNESCO SWAN Women in Media initiative are being held at SAF-India from 3-5 May 2016

SWAN (South Asia Women’s Network) brings together women leaders from nine South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SWAN .....

UMCDSRC Students organized a memorial in Honour of Late Amb Madanjeet Singh

The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of Development Studies and Regional Cooperation (UMCDSRC)students organized a memorial in honour of Late Amb. Madanjeet Singh yesterday. They garlanded the photo of Late Ambassador and lighted incense sticks

Memorial Lecture on 92nd birth anniversary of late Ambassador Madanjeet Singh at UMISARC Auditorium by Prof. Swaminathan

The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) and Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University, organized the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh Memorial Lecture

Remembering UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh on his 92 Birthday Anniversary

UMISARC Invites to UNESCO Goodwill Amb Singh Memorial Lecture on 'Achieving The Zero Hunger Challenge'

UMISARC Governing Council Skype meeting held on 13 April, 2016

Scholarships open for Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, UMCSAJ, Last date 20 May, 2016

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 20th May, 2016....

Prof Amitabh Mattoo delivers lecture at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies

Academic and former VC of Jannu University Prof Amitabh Mattoo on Saturday delivered a talk at the University of Kashmir....

The Centre for South Asian Studies, UMISARC invites to attend Guest lectures on India and the extended Neighbourhood

India and the extended Neighbourhood & ' The Indo-Pacific Construct : Issues and Challenges

SAF Family Congratulate Mr Kanchan Kattel, UMCSAFS Scholar on receiving signed Certificate by His Majesty,The King of Bhutan

SAF Family Congratulate Mr Kanchan Kattel, UNESCO Madanjeet Centre for South Asia Forestry Studies, Bhutan (UMCSAFS) on receiving signed Certificate by His Majesty, The King of Bhutan....

Achievements of Ms Sajana Joshi, UMISAA Alumna (Batch of 2003)

It has been almost eight years now since I graduated from School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore. It was back in 2003 that I first went to BNU as one of the fourteen international SAARC students selected to study Visual Arts under “Madanjeet Singh South....

Feedback from Mr Ghulam Mohammad, UMISAA Alumnus (Batch of 2014 )

hail from a rural village in Baluchistan, Pakistan where the opportunity to study is a rarity. UMISAA (at Beaconhouse National University) made it possible for me to enroll as a student in an internationally recognized university where I was able to involve myself deeply and completely....

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the Mobile Learning Week (MLV)

Mobile Learning Week is UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education conference. The 2016 event will shed light on the ways technology can be leveraged — in different contexts and for different groups — to improve the quality of education now and in the future. The theme of Mobile Learning Week 2016 is “Innovating for quality”.....

Dr Nishchal N Pandey, SAF-Nepal Chairperson, visited UMISAA

SAF-Nepal Chairman Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey visited the UNESCO Madanjeet Institute of South Asian Arts (UMISAA) at the Beaconhouse National University (BNU) in Lahore on Feb. 24th and interacted with the faculty and SAF scholars.

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the Celebration of the Mother Language Day 2016

The theme for 2016 is, Quality Education, Language of instruction and learning outcomes. On the occasion of the Day, UNESCO reiterates the importance of using appropriate languages of instruction, usually mother tongues, in early years of schooling

UMISAA Scholar, Ayesha Sultana’s recent solo project, 'A Space Between Things' at Dhaka Art Summit -2016

UMISAA Scholar, Ayesha Sultana’s recent solo project, "A Space Between Things", is an ongoing exploration referring the theme of landscape that threads much of her practice. She playfully sculpts material culled from found and reclaimed objects, revealing the transitory and fragile nature...

Dhaka Art Summit -5-8 February 2016

The panel discussion that I was moderating on the connections between Pakistani art and Bangladeshi art, pre1971 until now,it became quite a PR event for BNU, and UMISAA (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art, Lahore)

Prof Salima Hashmi with two new Scholars of UMISAA, nominated from SAF-Bhutan of 2015 Batch

Prof Salima Hashmi with two new students at UMISAA, Ms. Pema Lhamo & Mr. Lobzang Zangpo, nominated from SAF-Bhutan for 2015 Batch, and Ms Latifa Attai UMISAA 3rd year Scholar. Ms. Pema Lhamo, UMISAA, 1st Year Scholar ( Batch of 2015) & Mr. Lobzang Zangpo, UMISAA, 1st Year Scholar

31st SAARC Charter Day Celebrated at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies (UMIKS)

UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies on Tuesday observed 31st SAARC Charter Day. A program titled ‘SAARC: Expectations and Experiences’ was held to mark the Day......

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS) - Groundbreaking Ceremony

Groundbreaking Ceremony of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS) was held on 24th November, 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

SAF-Afghanistan seeks Herat’s cultural heritage preservation through “Dissemination Courses”

One-time capital of the Timurid empire and seat of learning and the arts, Herat has flourished throughout history as a rich city-state, and been repeatedly fought over. The city is as much Persian as it is Afghan, and wears an air of independence as the country’s old cultural heart.

South Asia Foundation, Bangladesh Chapter Report on activities for 2015

The two major activities of SAF-Bangladesh during 2015 have been (i) Selection of candidates for higher studies in UNESCO Madanjeet Centers of Excellence in various countries and helping the selected candidates to go to the places of higher studies and (ii) Activities of South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UM-SAILS)

South Asia Foundation Annual Governing Council Meeting held in Dhaka, Bangladesh -2015

South Asia Foundation Annual Governing Council meeting held on 24 November, 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the 38th General Conference

UNESCO 38th UNESCO General Conference, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 - 10:00am to Wednesday, 18 November 2015

UMISARC organises special lecture on Studying in Multicultural Step Issues and Challenges

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation on Studying in Multicultural Step Issues and Challenges

Ms. Mussarat Chaudhry UMISAA Alumni met Prof. Salima Hashmi during the dinner held by the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena

Ms. Mussarat Chaudhry,1st Batch pass out from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art (UMISAA) Alumni and Prof. Salima Hasmi, Chairperson, South Asia Foundation-Pakistan met during the dinner held by the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA....

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended 9th UNESCO Youth Forum

The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum – Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet – took place in Paris, France on the 26th to the 28th October 2015. The forum brought together over 500 young women and men from all over the world to focus on issues related to Climate Change and the post-2015 Sustainable Development agenda to ensure that the voices of future generations remain front and centre of the new development agenda.

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO Juan Bosch Prize

Ms France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the promotion of Social Sciences research in Latin America and the Caribbean, presented by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO in the presence of Rafael Albuquerque ......

Group Photo of UMCDSRC Scholars celebrating Dashera

A group photographs of SAF UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of Development Studies and Regional Cooperation (UMCDSRC) scholars group photo of celebrating Dashera.

Mme France Marquet Trustee SAF and MSF attended conference on 'Women committed' for COP 21

During this conference Ms Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, signed the petition and handed over to the President of COP21 for the integration of Human Rights and Gender Parity in the Paris Agreement....

UMISAA Scholar Zil-E-Batool a jewelry Designer and Visual Artist from Pakistan will be presenting a neck Jewelry as sculpture

UMISAA Scholar Zil-E-Batool a jewelry Designer and Visual Artist from Pakistan will be presenting a neck Jewelry as sculpture. Exhibition- Transmission on 20th Oct, 2015, at Montpelier, France

Mme France Marquet, representative of SAF to UNESCO attended Executive Board, Committee on Non-Governmental Partners

First Batch of M.Eng. Degree/PG Diploma Graduates

UMCSAWM and the team join hands with the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa and South Asia Foundation (SAF), to send their Warmest Congratulations to the first batch of graduates who were conferred with their M.Eng. degrees/PG Diplomas during the 36th General Convocation of the University of Moratuwa held on Monday, September 21st at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).....

Photographs of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM) Batch of 2014-15

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management(UMCSAWM)Batch of 2014-15 Scholars ....

Message From Mme. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Day of Peace

Mr Sunil Sapkota, Scholar, UMCSAFS receiving Certificate of participation from Dasho Paljor J. Dorji, President of Bhutan

The Bhutan Ecological Society (BES) successfully hosted its Third Annual Research Symposium & Environmental Fair on 27-29 August in Thimphu, Bhutan. The 3-day education and outreach programe drew large crowds and great public interest, thanks to the support and active participation of Thimphu schools and 21 organizations including universities, government agencies, green businesses and CSOs.

Sharing an experience at Wagah Border; Samyukta Bhandari, UMISAA Scholar

Travelling through Wagha border was one of the best experience. If its possible, I would love to continue going through the same route like you do.and I I know, I come here as your responsibility.....

SAF announces fully paid scholarship at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM)-2015

SAF Announces fully paid Scholarship at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka for A) M. Sc. / PG Diploma in Water Resources Engineering and Management B) M. Sc. / PG Diploma in Water Resources Management

UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Center for Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage organised an Awareness course in Bamyan

SAF-Afghanistan and UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Center for Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (UMCPACH) organized an awareness course on Afghanistan's cultural heritage preservation in the first Cultural Capital of SAARC, Bamyan....

UMISARC Organises Special Lecture on International and Regional Cooperation in Corporate Governance - Developments and Challenge

UMISARC organises special lecture on International and Regional Cooperation in Corporate Governance - Developments and Challenge

Letter of gratitude from His Excellency Lyonpo Yeshi Dorji, Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan

Letter of gratitude from His Excellency Lyonpo Yeshi Dorji, Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan

Mme France Marquet representative, SAF attended the Global meeting on literacy and sustainable Society and Award Ceremony

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation Attended the Global meeting on literacy and sustainable society and the award ceremony of the literacy Prize 2015....

Mme France Marquet, representative of SAF to UNESCO, attended the Seminar: 'Artists and the memory of slavery'

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO, attended the Seminar: "Artists and the Memory of Slavery: Resistance, Creative Freedom and Legacies"

Prof. NTS Wijesekera, Director, UMCSAWM participated and gave a presentation at the conference on “Disaster Management

Prof. NTS Wijesekera, Director of the UNESCO Madanjeet Centre for South Asia Water Management at Moratuwa, Sri Lanka participated and gave a presentation at the conference on “Disaster Management: Experience Sharing from South and Southeast Asia” organized by Consortium of South Asian Think-Tanks (COSATT) in Bangkok on Aug. 20-21. 2015. He spoke in detail about the scholarships being provided by SAF to South Asian students at the Centre.

'Lotus: Yet to Bloom' An article by Ms Indu Dhungana, SAF Scholar at UMIKS

I landed at the Srinagar airport in my first visit to the fabled ‘paradise on earth’ called Kashmir. The weather seemed hostile. On my first step on Kashmir soil, I was like: “Wow! Seriously, it is indeed paradise.” As I marveled over the beauty of this place, my thoughts flowed in the same way as water in Jhelum did....

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO, contributed to the International forum 'Role of women in fighting poverty

Fourth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO on "The Role Of Women In Fighting Poverty"

Mme France Representative of SAF attended 'Fifth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO'

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the 'Fifth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO'.....

Appreciation letter to Mme Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO by Prof Omara Khan Masoudi,Chairman, SAF-Afghanistan

wanted to take a moment to say how much I appreciated your recent statement expressing concern over the destruction of cultural heritages in Iraq and Syria, Mali and Afghanistan. Your outstanding and tireless efforts to preserve world’s shared cultural wealth is invaluable. I heard through the news that you referred to the destruction of historic monuments and cultural heritages of religious, education, art .....

South Asia Foundation Colleagues at Kathmandu Conference

Prof. P. Thilakan- Head of the UMSGET (Pondicherry University), Mr. Sangay Wangchuk, Program Director, UMCSAFS (Bhutan), and Abu Salah Md. Yousuf, former SAF Scholar at UMISARC (Pondicherry University) at a regional conference in Kathmandu on “Integrating Global Responses to Climate Change....

Ms Zil E Batool, UMISAA Scholar Sharing Experience on 52nd Sainte Marie aux Mines Minerals and Gems show

As a scholar of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art, Lahore, Pakistan,It was a great experience to participate in the 52nd Sainte Marie aux Mines Minerals and Gems show started on the 25th - 28th Jun 2015. My collection for this show was based on each part of Pakistan to represent....

Ms Zil E Batool, UMISAA Scholar recently participated in the 52nd Jewelry Show held in Sainte Marie aux Mines in June 2015

Ms Zil E Batool, South Asia Foundation scholar studying Jewelry Studies at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art, Lahore, Pakistan (UMISAA) recently participated in the 52nd Show held in Sainte Marie aux Mines in June 2015. She then attended the forum on the “The Role of Women in Fighting Poverty”.....

Award of Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarships for the Joint Master’s Degree Programme with KU & JMI

Award of Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarships for the Joint Master’s Degree Programme with University of Kashmir, Srinagar and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, commencing August, 2015

Recounting Kashmir By SAF Scholar Mr Mohammad Zakaria

It has been one year since I have come and stayed in Kashmir. During the past one year, Kashmiri society, culture, beauty and nature have become expressible. I realized books and newspaper are inadequate to know something. The more we travel the more we come near to the reality....

Appointment with UNESCO Director General Ms Irina Bokova

Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, kindly took a few minutes from her busy schedule to have a conversation with Ms France Marquet, Trustee of South Asia Foundation & Madanjeet Singh Foundation.....