SDG Targets
Center for South Asian Studies (C- SAS)
Message from the Director
Welcome to C-SAS!
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh’s (ULAB) Center for South Asian Studies (C-SAS) has been established primarily to collaborate among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. C-SAS, ULAB focuses on Foreign Policy, Multilateral Relations, Security and Strategic Issues, Trade and Investment, Governance and Equitable Growth, Regional Connectivity, in addition to Climate Change, Management of River Waters, Mitigating Refugee Crises, and Migration. Given the increased importance of Southeast Asia, the scope of the Center includes the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries such as Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and others.
As part of a liberal arts university, the Center also focuses on South Asian arts and literature, society, culture, identity formation, and languages and education in the region. The Center mentors a Minor in South Asian Studies which widens its scope to actively engage in investigating, documenting and framing policy level discourses. The Center’s other activities include organizing and co-hosting seminars and workshops, colloquiums and symposiums, local and international conferences, and regional community building initiatives.
ULAB, rooted in the ideals of liberal arts philosophy, has been playing a pioneer role in shaping the thoughts of individuals within and outside academia in an interdisciplinary way by collaborating with different academic and non-government organizations. Working on diverse projects, with the mentioned initiatives, the Center would address SDGs, specifically, SDG 4, 5, 8, 10, 13,16, and 17.
Journey with us!
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh’s (ULAB) Center for South Asian Studies (C-SAS) has been established primarily to collaborate among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. C-SAS, ULAB focuses on Foreign Policy, Multilateral Relations, Security and Strategic Issues, Trade and Investment, Governance and Equitable Growth, Regional Connectivity, in addition to Climate Change, Management of River Waters, Mitigating Refugee Crises, and Migration. Given the increased importance of Southeast Asia, the scope of the Center includes the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries such as Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and others.
As part of a liberal arts university, the Center also focuses on South Asian arts and literature, society, culture, identity formation, and languages and education in the region. The Center mentors a Minor in South Asian Studies which widens its scope to actively engage in investigating, documenting and framing policy level discourses. The Center’s other activities include organizing and co-hosting seminars and workshops, colloquiums and symposiums, local and international conferences, and regional community building initiatives.
ULAB, rooted in the ideals of liberal arts philosophy, has been playing a pioneer role in shaping the thoughts of individuals within and outside academia in an interdisciplinary way by collaborating with different academic and non-government organizations. Working on diverse projects, with the mentioned initiatives, the Center would address SDGs, specifically, SDG 4, 5, 8, 10, 13,16, and 17.
Journey with us!
Welcome to C-SAS!
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh’s (ULAB) Center for South Asian Studies (C-SAS) has been established primarily to collaborate among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. C-SAS, ULAB focuses on Foreign Policy, Multilateral Relations, Security and Strategic Issues, Trade and Investment, Governance and Equitable Growth, Regional Connectivity, in ...
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University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh’s (ULAB) Center for South Asian Studies (C-SAS) has been established primarily to collaborate among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. C-SAS, ULAB focuses on Foreign Policy, Multilateral Relations, Security and Strategic Issues, Trade and Investment, Governance and Equitable Growth, Regional Connectivity, in ...
Director, Center For South Asian Studies (C-SAS)
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The Roadmap
Vision and Mission
- To become a leading center in South Asian Studies locally, regionally and globally.
- To develop research and collaboration locally and regionally in the disciplines of arts and humanities, communication, business, and social and applied sciences.
- To engage diverse communities of practice from academia and regional public interest groups.
Goals and Objectives
Against the above Mission and Vision statements, the aim of the Center for South Asian Studies is to become a Think-Tank that it would accomplish through following objectives,
- To document and publish academic papers on South Asia with regards to its unique and shareable features of civilizational foundation, social customs and rituals, education systems, ethnolinguistic diversity, ecology and environment, international relations, bi- and multi-lateral strategic issues, and economic priorities.
- To analyze the immediate and critical historical concerns of South Asia from the perspectives of public intellectuals.
- To produce policy papers by engaging public intellectuals through seminars and colloquiums, and involving students and faculty teaching the courses in the South Asian Studies Minor and C-SAS fellows.
The Center would continue working on turning it into a nationally and regionally relevant space for policy dialogue, and to achieve that target it would focus on both academic and public interests. New topics will be added depending on the priorities set by the University, Government, and the immediate socio-political and cultural needs of the people of Bangladesh.
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