SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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South Asia related Linnaeus-Palme International Exchange Programme grants for the period 2010–2011:

On 27 April 2010, the Swedish International Programme Office for Education and Training decided upon the tenth round of Linnaeus Palme Exchange Programme grants, for the period 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2011. A total amount of SEK 41 Million was distributed to 231 projects at Swedish universities. The grants are funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Go for the full list of Linnaeus Palme grants 2010 (as a pdf-file)
Out of 231 projects given grants, 4 are with Bangladesh, 17 with India, 3 with Nepal, 2 with Pakistan, and 1 with Sri Lanka.
Please note that SASNET provides additional value. Not only do we give you the list below, but for most of the Swedish departments involved, SASNET has produced specially designed presentation pages with detailed information about the researchers and teachers involved in South Asia related projects within the specific department.
(Alltogether SASNET currently provides extensive information about South Asia projects at more than 250 Swedish university departments, a unique material. See the full list .

Here are the South Asia related projects granted (and the counterparts in each programme):

Gothenburg University:

Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. SEK 103 512

Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. SEK 80 000

Department of Social Work – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. SEK 100 858

Gävle University

Dept. of Caring Sciences and Sociology – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. SEK 274 158

Jönköping University

School of Education and Communication – Chittagong University, Bangladesh. SEK 141 456

School of Health Sciences – Lokmanya Foundation, Pune, India. SEK 286 458

Karlstad University

Department of Nursing Science – Datta Meghe Institute of medical sciences, Nagpur, India. SEK 126 560

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Medical doctors training – Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. SEK 196 989

Division of Nursing – Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. SEK 222 744

Department of Periodontology, Institute of Odontology – Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi, Pakistan. SEK 222 744

Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm

Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering – Dept. of Geology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh. SEK 147 728

Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering – National Law School of India, Bangalore, India. SEK 271 714

School of Technology and Health – BMS Medical University, Bangladesh. SEK 163 120

Linköping University

Division of Gender and Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine – Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (MKC), Nepal. SEK 222 072

Luleå University of Technology

Department of Health Sciences – Amity University, Noida/Delhi/Lucknow, India. SEK 160 450

Lund University

Centre for Geographical Information Systems, Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis – University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. SEK 257 204

Department of Comparative Literature – North Bengal University, Siliguri, India. SEK 42 572

Malmö University

Programme for Interactional design; Konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) – Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India. SEK 242 715

Röda Korsets Högskola, Stockholm

Röda Korsets Högskola – Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (MIOT), Chennai, India. SEK 58 270

Skövde University

School of Life Sciences – Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. SEK 160 608

Stockholm University

Department of Economic History – School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. SEK 68 715

Umeå University

Department of Social Welfare – Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirapalli, India. SEK 318 344

Faculty of Medicine – St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India. SEK 288 858

Department of Plant Physiology/Umeå Plant Science Centre – Gandhi Krishi Kendra University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. SEK 164 540

Uppsala University

Department of Earth Sciences – Anna University, Chennai, India. SEK 216 429

Department of History – Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. SEK 266 499

Örebro University

School of Health and Medical Sciences – Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. SEK 154 640