In 1998, a Swedish government working group was established to "intensify Swedish relations with Asia" and to take stock of existing research and education on Asia in Sweden. Based on its findings, the group recommended that a national academic institute be established. The task of the new institute would be to develop research on South Asia. The Swedish Foreign Affairs Ministry's Asia Strategy ma

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Anindita Majumdar did a two months short-term fellowship at the Department of Gender Studies in April till June 2016. Anindita (third from the right) with colleagues at the Gender Institute SASNET asked Anindita five questions after her leave:Who are you?I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology in School of Liberal Arts at Institute of Technology in Hyderabad, India. My research interests include

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The Indo-European Erasmus Mundus Action 2 mobility programme EMINTE, was coordinated by Lund University 2013-2015. EMINTE was a consortium consisting of 20 universities – 10 European and 10 Indian and SASNET was an Associate partner in the consortium. The programme was open to Indian nationals who wanted to study or work at one of the ten European partner universities. It involved students on unde

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Anju Giri, Professor of English Education Anju Giri, Professor of English Education at the Central Department of Education,Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal, visited SASNET’s office in Lund on Friday 20 September 2013. Prof. Giri came to Sweden on a scholarship under the Erasmus Mundus Asia Regional mobility programme EMEA, administered by Lund University, as an academic staff to spend one

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The first ICCR guest professor was Professor Lipi Ghosh from the Department of South and South-East Asian Studies at Calcutta University, Kolkata. She spent the period November 2010–April 2011 at the Centre for Gender Studies. Lipi with students and colleagues SASNET asked five questions to Lipi after her leave: Who are you?I am Professor Lipi Ghosh and I have a M.A. and Ph. D in History. I have a

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The second Visiting ICCR Professor at Lund University was Professor Gopal Krishna Karanth from the Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, who arrived at Lund University in September 2011. He stayed for the full academic year 2011-12, and was hosted by the Department of Sociology. Gopal in Gothenburg SASNET asked Gopal five questions after his leave: Who are you?Gopal Krishna Ka

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The third ICCR Visiting Professor was Surinder Jodhka, Professor of Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi. He was installed on Friday 12 October 2012, and stayed till end of June 2013. Prof. Jodhka was hosted by the Dept of Political Science. Professor Surinder Jodhka (third from left). Lars Eklund, SASNET,

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The fourth and final ICCR Chair Professor at Lund University, staying one academic year from September 2013 till mid June 2014, was Professor Kalyan Sankar Mandal from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) in Kolkata. He was, just like Prof. Karanth, hosted by the Department of Sociology. Kalyan first from the right. SASNET asked Kalyan five question after his leave: Who are you?Kalya

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Professor Jayakumari Devika from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, India, spent five weeks as a Erasmus Mundus scholarship holder at Lund University during May-June 2015. Officially she was hosted by SASNET as an academic staff, but she was provided a workplace at the Department of Gender Studies. Devika was selected for this exchange programme as a candidate for the

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During the period 2001–2009, SASNET distributed planning grants to new research and educational projects. A total number of 119 networking grants were distributed to Swedish researchers working on South Asia related projects within all fields – from technology and natural sciences to humanities, social sciences and educational sciences. The researchers who benefited from the grants belonged to 20

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A total number of 12 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.25 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 27 April 2001. SEK 625 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for research programmes Jan Lundqvist and Julie Wilks, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University: “Triple Integration. Targeting poverty with water and social progra

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A total number of 5 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 500 120 SEK. Decisions were taken on 24 January 2002. SEK 268 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Alia Ahmad, Department of Economics; Neelambar Hatti, Dept. of Economic History; and Pernille Gooch, Division of Human Ecology, Lund University: “State, Community

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A total number of 26 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.34 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 27 August 2002. SEK 700 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Ranjula Bali Swain, Dept of Economics, Uppsala University: “Feminization of Debt: Women Empowerment and Social Impact of Microfinance in South Asia.” 75 000 S

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A total number of 19 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.58 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 28 January 2003. SEK 445 500 were distributed.  Planning grants for research programmes/projects Alia Ahmad, Dept of Economics, Lund University: “Community Management of Openwater Inland Fisheries – A comparative study of cases from Bangladesh and India

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A total number of 27 applications for SASNET planning grants were received.Total amount applied for was 2.36 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 26 August 2003. SEK 455 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Olof Olsson, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Göteborg University. ”Development of Stress tolerant Rice Cultivars for Nepal.” 70 000 SEK Ravinder Pal

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A total number of 24 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.11 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 24 August 2004. SEK 593 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for continued research networking programmes Baboo Nair, Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University: ”Networking grant for further deve

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A total number of 22 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.73 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 15 February 2005. SEK 450 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for continued research programmes Christer Norström, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University: “Livelihood strategies among forest-related tribals in South India: contextual

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A total number of 29 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.68 Million SEK. Decisions taken on 30 August 2005. SEK 500 000 were distributed. Planning grants for continued research programmes Baboo M. Nair, Dept. of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University: “Creation of data base and interactive website for SA

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A total number of 19 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.61 Million SEK. Decisions taken on 28 February 2006. SEK 305 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Pernille Gooch, Division of Human Ecology, Lund University: ”Mangrove conservation as a sustainable life insurance for coastal Tamil Nadu communities.” SEK 45 00

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A total number of 17 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 968 500 SEK. Decisions were taken on 29 August 2006. SEK 458 000 were distributed.  Networking grant/planning for continued research project Marc Katz, Dept. of Religious Studies, Karlstad University: ”The Vitality and Role of ‘Sporting Clubs’ in the Multi-Cultural Community: A Study of the Tra

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