SAF News

Gratitude again: Feedback by Dr Touseef Osman Khan, UMIKS, Alumnus, batch of 2013

I am writing today to share with you a piece of news that would surely make you glad. I have got a postdoctoral fellowship through Andrew Mellon Foundation in Studies in Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University, South Africa...

Ms Kubra Khademi, Alumna, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Arts (UMISAA) exhibiting 12 ministry of Culture

Kubra Khademi is an Afghan artist who was born 1989. She is an Afghan performance artist and a feminist based in Paris. Through her practice, Khademi explores her life as a refugee and a woman. She studied fine arts at Kabul University, before attending UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Arts (UMISAA) at Beaconhouse National University

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended 11th commemoration in Memory of the victims of the Holocaust

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh's legacy is alive

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh's legacy is alive even in Santiago de Chile, through the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Chair on tolerance and non-violence

UMISAA scholars Mr. Sher Ali & Ms. Lati Attaii selected to participate in young subcontinent project of Serendipity Arts

Mme France Marquet represented MSF at seminar 'Making climate finance work for women'

Because women play a key role in combating climate change on the eve of the One Planet Summit, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs held...

SAF-Bhutan 2017 - Annual Report

SAF Bhutan is pleased to report here that after almost two years of going back and forth with the Civil Society Organisation Authority (CSOA) of Bhutan, we have made a presentation to the CSOA Board on 6th December 2017 under a local name “Bhutan Jamchong Thuendel Foundation” (BJTF); which means “Bhutan Foundation of Compassion and Goodwill”. The COSA Board directed to submit the following documents for final registration:

SAF Governing Council Meeting held on 9th Dec 2017

33rd SAARC Charter Day Celebrations at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of Green Energy Technology (UMSGET )

Join the Gem Report Rights to Education Campaign

he Youth version of the 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments, is now available. It was launched this morning, to mark December....

Mobile Learning Week -2018

UNESCO is pleased to announce that it will partner with ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for ICTs, to organize Mobile Learning Week 2018 under the theme 'Skills for a connected world'.

UNESCO Monthly Digest - December 2017

Mme France Marquet attended Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Global Action Programme on Education & Sustainable development

The Asia-Pacific regional workshop, organized by UNESCO in partnership with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India and with the support of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study......

Prof. Salima Hashmi gives Delhiites and students a glimpse of art and art education in Pakistan

Amidst the ongoing uncertain political relationship between India and Pakistan, a lecture series in Delhi by the renowned Pakistani artist Salima Hashmi provided some much-needed insights into life across the border....

Inauguration Ceremony of the MSc in Engineering and Water Management Programme for the 2017 Batch held

The inauguration ceremony of the Fifth Intake of the MSc in Water Resources Engineering and Management program at UMCSAWM was held on 07th November 2017. Eight participants (Two from Afghanistan, two from Bhutan, one each from India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) were offered with South Asia Foundation (SAF) - Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarships/Fellowships to pursue M. Sc. in Water Resources Engineering and Management offered by the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Water Management (UMCSAWM.....

Mr Sashi Kumar, Director, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of South Asian Journalism (UMCSAJ) met UMCSAJ's alumni from Nepal

Art work of Mr Moonis Ahmad, Alumnus, UMISAA Batch (2012-16)

Mr. Moonis Ahmad a BFA graduate of 2016 batch from UMISAA currently is a Doctoral Candidate researching in Archive at the University of Melbourne ....

Mme France Marquet, Trustee, MSF & SAF representative to UNESCO attended 39th Session of the General Conference

The General Conference consists of the representatives of the States Members of the Organization. It meets every two years, and is attended by Member States and Associate Members, together with observers for non-Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Each country has one vote, irrespective of its size or the extent of its contribution to the budget....

An open mobile video competition was organized by Madanjeet group scholarship students for the students studying at UMCSAFS

An open mobile video competition was organized by Madanjeet group scholarship students for the students studying at the College of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Forestry Studies (UMCSAFS)

Mme France Marquet, Trustee, MSF & SAF representative to UNESCO attended Knowledge Forum on Water Security and Climate Change

UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme organized the Knowledge Forum on Water Security and Climate Change.The aim of the Knowledge Forum was to facilitate knowledge exchange and to develop new projects. Featured activities of the Knowledge Forum on Water Security...

UMISAA holds Advisory Council meeting

Visit to the School- Kom Pu Lof Ni Kimeliuwe

Visit to radio Werken Kuruf at Mapuche Community

Visit of Mme France Marquet Trustee, Madanjeet Singh Foundation to Lago Budi

Visit to the Pablo Neruda Foundation, La Chascona Santiago, Chile

Reception at PEN Club International de Chile

Mme France Marquet, Trustee, Madanjeet Singh Foundation, visited Ministry of Education, UNESCO National Commission, Chile

Audience with H.E President Michelle Bachelet, of Chile at the Palacio de la Moneda

Visit to Museum: Memory and Human Rights

Reception of Mme. France Marquet at the Universidad Simon Bolivar by the Chancellor Dr Manuel Jacques followed by a Seminar

Mme France Marquet, Trustee MSF and representative SAF to UNESCO paid a visit to the Chilean National Human Rights Commission

Mme France Marquet paid a visit to the Universidad Metropolitana de Chile (UMCE-Pedagogico)

First meeting at the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE) of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Chair

Inauguration of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Chair on promoting tolerance and non-violence in Chile and Latin America

H.E. Michelle Bachelet, The President of Chile, receives Mme France Marquet, Trustee of Madanjeet Singh Foundation and Mr Francisco Javier Estevez Valencia, laureate 2014 of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence at the Universidad Metropolitana de Chile (UMCE-Pedagogico)....

Ms Sundas Azfer, UMISAA, Scholar exhibited in Alhamra Art gallery

Ijtima, the name of the exhibition which opened on September 6, alludes to religion being a term usually associated with religious gatherings. The curator, Sundas Azfar, describes the reason for choosing the title Ijtima, an Arabic word, “derived from the word Jama; the opposite of Wahid (means, Singular in English)”. She says, the “exhibition ‘Ijtima’, shows....

Agreement Concerning the establishment of a UNESCO/Madanjeet Singh Chair on Promoting Tolerance and Non-Violence

Agreement Concerning the establishment of a UNESCO/Madanjeet Singh Chair on Promoting Tolerance and Non-Violence in Chile and in Latin America through Education, Santiago de Chile

Mr. Rashid Rana, Dean of UMISAA (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asian Art), at Beaconhouse University

In view of Independence Day on August 14, all of August, the Daily Times will highlight individuals who continue to make Pakistan proud. Our 15th interview is with the immensely talented, award winning artist who has showcased his work internationally....

Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey, Chairperson, SAF-Nepal with newly appointed Secretary General of SAARC H E Amjad Hussain B. Sial

UMISAA scholar Ms. Sana Obaid presents De-War Wall, a multimedia exhibition at Open Source Gallery

At a time when it is more important than ever to address the political and social significance of walls, travel and immigration, Sana Obaid will present| De-war | Wall at Open Source, an exhibition that explores borders and boundaries.| De-war | Wall will incorporate Obaid’s work with elements of life....

Call for nomination: UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education

The 2017 edition of the Prize will reward the organizations and individuals that are carrying out innovative practices to leverage ICTs so that they can significantly increase access to quality education...

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.