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South Asian Regional Cooperation Academic Network (SARCAN)

The eight nations of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) have come a long way in forging regional cooperation. Yet numerous conflicts and challenges impede full cooperation and economic development among them. The academic community interested on South Asian cooperation issues needs a portal to realize what is going on in different countries and research institution globally. Keeping this in view the McGill University--Université de Montreal Research Group in International Security (REGIS) (http://www.gersi.umontreal.ca/defaulten.aspx) in collaboration with the Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation (ASPECT), Kathmandu, Nepal, has created this online searchable database. We hope that scholars, students, policy makers, NGOs and all others interested in the region would find this free portal useful.

The project is called South Asian Regional Cooperation Academic Network (SARCAN), and it is coordinated by Dr. T.V. Paul, McGill Director of REGIS. Manish Thapa of ASPECT is the Regional Coordinator of the network, working from Nepal. It is sponsored by the projects on “Globalization and the National Security State,” and “When Regions Transform: From Conflict to Cooperation,” both funded by the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) Quebec. http://gnss.mcgill.ca/).

The project comprises:


 * Online database of academics, research institutions, university centers, governmental and non-governmental organisations and practitioners working around the issue of South Asian regional cooperation across the world.


 * Online showcase of the most relevant publications related to South Asia.


 * Online sharing of information of conferences, seminars, workshops on various issues of South Asia.


 * Online information on fellowships, grants and other awards that scholars can avail of South Asian regional research topics.


 * Participating academics, organizations and practitioners will benefit from:


 * Increased visibility of their activities around the world;


 * Increased opportunities for networking and information-sharing;


 * Increased opportunities for building stronger relationships with scholars and institutions dealing with South Asia world-wide

If you, your organisation, or any other organisations you know would be interested in:

Joining the free online database of South Asian Regional Cooperation Community,

Circulating information about conferences, seminars workshops, publications, research grants, fellowships etc., or

Simply learning more about the South Asian Regional Cooperation Academic Network project...

Please send information to:

Manish Thapa Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation - ASPECT P.O Box: 4610 Naxal – 4, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: manish@sarcan.info