South Asian University (SAU) is an international university sponsored by the eight Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).  At the 13th SAARC Summit held in Dhaka in November 2005, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed the establishment of a South Asian University to provide world-class facilities and professional faculty to students and researchers from SAARC member countries. The university started admitting students in 2010 at a temporary campus at Akbar Bhawan, India. Since February 2023, the University is running on its permanent campus at Maidan Garhi in South Delhi, India.

SAU’s work with BIG Lab

The Third South Asian Border Studies Conference, a resounding success, was held in April 7-19th, 2023 at Banaras Hindu University, one of the ancient centres of learning. The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) also supported this conference.

SAU is currently in the process of finalising the paper for an edited volume (editors: Vaishali Raghuvanshi, Emmanuel Brunet—Jailly, and Dhananjay Tripathi). They have also proposed a special issue of BIG_Review (Editors: Vaishali and Dhananjay) and are waiting for the participants’ final submissions of papers.