SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK
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Climate Action Network (CAN) South Asia, part of a global network of non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in 85 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. The South Asian refional network was established in 1991. Based at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal. ICIMOD, established in 1981, is the first international organisation to make a commitment to improve the living conditions of mountain inhabitants in a sustainable way, helping them to live and not merely exist upon the highest wonders on earth. The Centre is multidisciplinary, area-focussed and mountain-based; it concentrates mainly on the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region. ICIMOD has much to offer, to the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region as well as to other mountain regions facing similar problems. International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, SACEPS, is a regional network
of research organisations involved in studying regional issues in South
Asia.
South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), based at Hyderabad, India. Consortium comprising of senior scholars based in academic institutions and NGOs in the different South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). The consortium will govern a 'virtual water resources academy' for capacity building in order to make water management contribute to food and livelihood security of the disadvantaged communities of South Asia. South Asian Coordination Committee for the Political Empowerment of Women (SACPEW), headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sub-regional unit of the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP). Established in 2002 as a forum to work for the political empowerment of women in South Asia. 
South Asian
Policy Analysis (SAPANA) Network, a non-partisan, South
Asia-wide research and policy analysis network, intended to be the first
independent South Asian think-thank in the region. Created in 2006 as
a joint project by the South
Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the
South Asian Journal, SAPANA comprises 14 Research Groups
focusin on a certain issue or area of policy analysis. The aim
is to utilise the research and analysis being undertaken in the region
and to put together these efforts in a holistic frame and evolve a South
Asian Policy Analysis platform. Members of
each Research Group are carefully chosen from a long list of experts
in the area of specialisation and amongst those who work on the South
Asian region. South Asian Research
Centre for Advertisement, Journalism & Cartoons (SARCAJC),
Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The first initiative
of its kind in South Asia, run on non profit basis. Projects related
to Indian cartoons, advertisements and journalism during British
Raj are being conducted. The SARCAJC website has been recently upgraded
and has added on new features like regular Newspaper watch, and archival
images of South Asia that includes cartoons, advertisments, information
about first women journalist in Hindi during British Raj. The website
will be regulary updated including archival contents from the era
of British Raj.
Bangladesh Institute of Development
Studies, BIDS, (Bangladesh Unnayan Gabeshona Protishthan),
multi-disciplinary organization which conducts policy oriented research
on development issues mainly in the context of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Institute of International
and Strategic Studies, BIISS. Statutory institution under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, doing research
in international studies, strategic studies, democracy and governance
studies as well as economic and Environmental Studies. Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation
in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM). Since 1982 BIRDEM has been designated
as the WHO Collaborating Center for research on prevention and control.
It is the first of its kind outside Europe. Bangladesh
Institute of law and International Affairs. Established in
1972, one of the leading Institutes in Bangladesh for the analysis of
issues relating to law and International Affairs, run independent of Government.
Its activities bring together people of all nationalities from Government,
politics, business, the academic world and the media. Bangladesh Rural
Advancement Committee (BRAC), Research and Evaluation
Division (RED). Established in 1975 to provide research support
to BRAC programmes. RED conducts multidisciplinary studies on various
development issues and subjects of national and global importance. These
include poverty alleviation, socioeconomic development, agriculture, nutrition,
health, population, education, environment, gender, and related fields.
It maintains strong linkages with the government organizations, UN bodies,
and a number of academic and research institutions at home and abroad. Centre for Policy
Dialogue, CPD, Dhaka. Established in 1993, concerned with addressing
the growing demands for a more participatory and accountable development
process in Bangladesh. CPD's major research activities is the preparation
of the annual Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD). Programmes
at the CPD include: Trade Policy Analysis (TPA), Governance and Policy
Reforms, Population and Sustainable Development, and Agriculture, Ecosystems,
Environment and Rural Development. 
Bangladesh Centre for
Advanced Studies (BCAS). Non-profit leading organisation
in the country working on resource management, environment and development
(RMED) issues, serving as a focal point and think tank of the existing
intellectual, technology and manpower to develop national capabilities
in addressing resource management, environment and development issues. Centre for Development
Research (CDBR), Dhaka. Independent, not-for-profit think
tank striving to find ways of helping the process of total development
in developing nations. Incorporated in 1982, CDRB undertakes and promotes
basic applied research; national, joint regional and international research;
education and training of young researchers; serves as a forum for scholars,
decision makers, students, and members of professional groups; and information
dissemination activities. 
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). What popularly used to be known as the Cholera Hospital in Bangladesh has grown into an international health research institution. ICDDR,B has expanded its activities to address some of the most critical global health needs,a nd is therefore now becoming well-known as ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research (the Centre). In collaboration with partners from academic and research institutions throughout the world, the Centre conducts research, training and extension activities as well as programme-based activities outlined in separate leaflets in the folder.
Agharkar
Research Institute,
Pune. Autonomous, grant-in-aid research institute of the Department of
Science and Technology (DST), Goverment of India.
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), Ahemedbad.
Community based action research, action planning and action advocacy
non-governmental organisation, founded after the repeated 1987-89
droughts in Gujarat. AIDMI works towards bridging the
gap between policy, practice, and research related to disaster mitigation,
in an effort to link the community to the (inter)national level humanitarian
scenario. Alternative
Law Forum. Based in Bangalore, started in March 2000 by a
collective of lawyers with the belief that there was a need for an alternative
practice of law, which recognized that a practice of law was inherently
political. Over the years ALF has grown from being a legal service provider
to becoming a space that integrates alternative lawyering with critical
research, organising conferences and lectures. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. A premier multi-disciplinary Nuclear Research Centre of India having excellent infrastructure for advanced Research and Development with expertise covering the entire spectrum of Nuclear Science and Engineering and related areas.
Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore. Established in 1950, CFTRI today stands out among the largest and most diversified technology laboratories in the world.
Centre
for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi.
Founded in 1964, one of India's best-known independent research
institutes. Bringing together some of South Asia's best known thinkers
and writers, the CSDS has played an important part in shaping the intellectual
and creative map of this part of the world. The CSDS' research has
focused on democratic politics, cultures and the politics of knowledge,
critical discourses on science and technology, and violence, ethnicity
and diversity. CSDS runs SARAI,
an Internet Gateway with newsletters, a space for research, practice
and conversation about contemporary media and urban constellations. Centre
for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore.
Etablished in 1996 as an interdisciplinary teaching
and research institute spanning the humanities and social sciences. CBCS
is engaged in developing new approaches to the study of culture in
India. Ongoing research projects include the CSCS
Media Project, which
has three components (The Media Archive; Television and the National
Culture; Gender, Media and Modernity), a project on ”Reconceptualizing
the Human Sciences”, and a comparative study by the researcher Tejaswini
Niranjana, of the ideological construction of "Indianness" in
contemporary Trinidad and South Africa. Centre for
Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development
(CISED). Formed in the year 2001 to address the issues of environmental
degradation and widespread poverty in India. The mission is to promote
environmentally sound and socially just development by contributing critically
and constructively to public and academic debate. CISED promotes collaborations
between disciplinary experts and the integration of insights from multiple
disciplines into individual research. CISED is also committed to participating
in political and transformatory action within civil society.
Centre for Postcolonial Education, Varanasi. Set up to understand
the problems of education in South Asia, and also to solve them. It purposefully
interweaves research and action: research through its ongoing projects
and action through applying all findings at Vidyashram, the not for profit
NGO Nirman’s “lab” school. Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) in Kozhikode, one among the R&D institutes of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCTE). Integrated
Research and Action for Development (IRADe). A fully autonomous
global advanced research institute, based at Asian Games Village Complex,
Khelgaon, New Delhi, that conducts research and policy analysis, with
a focus on: Research for effective action; Multi-disciplinary,
multi stakeholder research for implementable solutions; and Policy
research that accounts for the political economy of the society and effectiveness
of governance. Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE),New Delhi, is one of India’s
leading environmental NGOs with a deep interest in sustainable natural
resource management. It publishes a fortnightly magazine, Down
To Earth, and a children’s supplement Gobar
Times (Cowdung Times), with the aim to inculcate concern for the environment
in India. Centre
for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Patuli, Kolkata. Founded
in February 1973. Organises seminars and workshops, and is involved in
collaboration projects with various national and international bodies.
The CSSSC acts a partner organisation for the Indian
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) so-called South Asia Regional
Fellowship Program. Since 2001 CSSSC is also a resource centre for South
Asia for the Dutch initiated research programme SEPHIS
(The South-South Exchange Programme for History). Up till 2004 CSSSC was
also involved in the ENRECA project, in
collaborative project with the International
Development Studies group at Roskilde University, Denmark, and the
Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, Uganda.
The project was funded by DANIDA, and included joint research workshops
and publications on the institutional foundations of industrialization'
and urban culture and democracy. PhD students from Uganda and India were
also trained at Kolkata and Roskilde. Centre
for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore. Established
1996, engaged in developing new approaches to the study of culture in
India. CSCS aims to function as a site for interdisciplinary teaching
and research spanning the humanities and social sciences, and organises
conferences. Centre
for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai. Centre founded
in 1993, aimed at spreading the spirit of secularism and communal harmony
and social peace in India; study problems relating to communalism and
secularism; and to organise inter-faith and ethnic dialogue and justice.
Headed by Asghar Ali Engineer.
Environment Protection Training and Research Institute , Hyderabad. Independent registered society by the Government of Andhra Pradesh with assistance from the Government of India. The State has also provided bilateral assistance for technical collaboration between EPTRI and the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida). G.B.
Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development,
Uttaranchal. Advances scientific knowledge, to evolve integrated management
strategies, demonstrate their efficacy for conservation of natural resources
and to ensure environmentally sound development in the entire Indian
Himalayan Region (IHR). Henry
Martyn Institute – International Centre for Research, Interfaith
Relations and Reconciliation (HMI), Hyderabad. Ecumenical
Christian organisation, dedicated to the objective study and teaching
of Islam, the promotion of interfaith dialogue and reconciliation. Since
its founding in 1930, HMI has established a long record of teaching and
research, with an ever-widening circle of research scholars from both
within the country and abroad who use the Institute's facilities for Master's,
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research. National
Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies,
NISTADS, is one of the 39 institutes/laboratories of the Government of
India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New
Delhi. The research acvitity can be grouped under broad programmes: *
Technological assistance to rural artisans (TARA); * Focus on ecology
and economic development (FEED); * Industrial and technological policy
studies; * Science and technology in the globalization era with emphasis
on developing a composite third world perspective; * Knowledge management
and innovation studies; * Scientometrics and mathematical modelling; *
History, sociology and philosophy of science; and * Public understanding
of science.
Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS). Established in
1969 with the main objective of advancement and dissemination of remote
sensing technology in the fields of mapping, planning and management
of natural resources and environment by organising seminars/symposia
and by publishing a quarterly journal (JISRS), bulletins, proceedings,
etc. Now a premier
professional body with over 2600 members. ISRS is a member
of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).
Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. Advanced research institute
established by the Reserve Bank of India in 1986 for carrying out research
on development issues from a multi-disciplinary points of views. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. Serves as a major resource centre for
the arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials;
undertakes research and publication programmes of reference works,
glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopaedia concerning the arts and
the humanities; and provides a forum for a creative and critical
dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections,
conferences, seminars and workshops between and amongst the diverse
arts, traditional and contemporary.
Institute for Conflict Management. Non-Profit Society set
up in 1997 in New Delhi, committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution
of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute was set
up on the initiative of, and is presently headed by, its President, Mr.
K.P.S. Gill, IPS (Retd). The core areas of research on which the Institute
focuses include: Planning for Development and Security in India’s
Northeast; Emerging Internal Security Challenges in South Asia; and the
Reconstruction of Societies affected by widespread collective violence.
The institute has developed large databases on different issues, for example
The South Asia Terrorism Portal (www.satp.org),
launched in March 2000, with over 7,000 pages. It is the largest website
on terrorism and low intensity warfare in South Asia. Another project
by the institute is the The North East Portal (www.neportal.org),
an independent website focusing exclusively on conflict and development
in India's northeast. Institute for Defence
Studies and analysis, New Delhi. Research on problems of national
security and the impact of defence measures on the economic, security
and social life of the country. Institute of Islamic
Studies, Mumbai. Founded in 1980 to project Islam and Islamic
values in the correct Qur'anic perspective and to emphasise fundamental
Islamic values of justice, equality, peace, compassion, human dignity,
freedom of conscience, inter-faith understanding and wisdom. Headed by
Asghar Ali Engineer. Institute of Peace
& Conflict Studies, IPCS, New Delhi. The institute´s
site aims to inform, analyse and nurture debates on crucial strategic
choices affecting South Asia. It was established in August 1996 as an
independent think tank devoted to studying security issues relating to
South Asia. Analyses of conflicts in the South Asian countries are given,
as well as news reports and opinion material published in the leading
Indian dailies. 
Institute of Social Sciences,
New Delhi. Founded in 1985, aims to study contemporary social, political
and economic issues, with an inter-disciplinary perspective. The Institute
makes its research findings and recommendations available to government
bodies, policy makers, social scientists and workers’ organizations
so as to widen their options for action. Advocacy in the area of local
governance is another main concern of the Institute. International Commission
on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 as a scientific,
technical and voluntary not-for-profit non-governmental international
organization (NGO), has its headquarters in New Delhi, India. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre
for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. Multidisciplinary
research institute pursuing and promoting world-class
scientific research and training at the frontiers of science and
engineering. Established in 1989 by the Department
of Science and Technology of the Government of India. Small sized,
with only 26 faculty members, the researchers at
the Centre are divided into six units: Chemistry and Physics of Materials,
Engineering Mechanics, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, Molecular
Biology and Genetics, Theoretical Sciences, Educational Technology
and Geodynamics. The Centre also has two off-campus units at the
Indian Institute of Science: the Chemical Biology and Condensed Matter
Theory Units. John F. Welch Technology
Centre, Bangalore. India’s first and largest industry
multidisciplinary research center connected to General Electric. The Centre
is a hub of technology, research and innovation for GE worldwide. Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. Centre for
research and learning with focus on (a) social, cultural, economic and
political/administrative developments in Asia from the middle of the 19th
century onwards with special emphasis on their links with India, and on
(b) the life and works of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Till date, the emphasis
had been on specialising on modern and contemporary affairs in South Asia,
Central Asia and West Asia, and carrying on area studies on the five Central
Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union (i.e. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,
Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and
Bangladesh. The Institute now looks forward to widening its area of study
into the Northeast region of India, Southeast Asia and China; Mahanirban Calcutta
Research Group, CRG, is an organisation for conducting public
policy oriented researches on issues of democracy, autonomy, internal
and trans-border forced migration, human rights, justice, and peace. These
research activities are mostly collaborative; researchers outside the
CRG also take part in its research programmes, and organises conferences
on critical thinking. CRG was born as a facilitating group in support
of the peace movement in West Bengal, particularly during the Third Joint
Conference of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy
in Kolkata in 1996. The founders were a group of researchers, trade unionists,
feminist thinkers and women’s rights campaigners, academics, journalists,
and lawyers. This was to be a forum for policy discussion and analysis
on issues of democracy, human rights, peace, and justice. National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. Research, development and consulting organization with a number of research divisions focusing on chemistry and chemical engineering. It is financed by the Central Government of India and is part of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR). National Institute
of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.
Originally known as the Cholera Research Centre, conducts biomedical
and operational research in diarrhoeal diseases with the ultimate
goal of developing appropriate strategies for their control. Research and Information
Centre for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries
(RIS), New Delhi. Autonomous research institution established with the
financial support of the Government of India. It is India’s contribution
to the fulfilment of the long-felt need of the developing world for creating
a ‘Think-Tank’ on global issues in the field of international
economic relations and development cooperation. RIS has a consultative
status with UNCTAD, NAM and WTO has conducted policy research and other
activities in collaboration with other agencies, including UN-ESCAP, UNCTAD,
UNU, Group of 77, SAARC Secretariat, Asian Development Bank (ADB), The
World Bank, and the South Centre. RIS publication programme covers books,
research monographs, discussion papers and policy briefs. It also publishes
journals entitled, South
Asia Economic Journal, Asian
Biotechnology and Development Review, and The
New Asia Monitor. Suganthi
Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) in Tuticorin,
Tamil Nadu, is a non-governmental and non-profit Marine Research and
Higher Education organization. Involved in research collaboration with
the Swedish Program for Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in Developing Regions, SPIDER (more
information) Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases (SDTC),
Bangalore. It was formed as a joint inititaive by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) for a long term collaborative R & D programme. The Centre was inaugurated in 2000. The main objective is to carry out basic and applied research in the area of Tropical Diseases and other emerging health disorders with a view to developing methods of diagnosis, newer drugs and vaccines. Sustainwater
is a web site on water resource management with focus on Policies that
promotes the use of Water conservation technologies & practices. It
has a online database that allows searching full text documents from various
websites with various parameters – Geographical, keywords, type of
document, themes etc.
(Tata) Energy Research Institute, TERI. Established in 1974, the focus has gradually changed from documentation
and information into research activities in the fields of energy, environment,
and sustainable development. Besides its main centre at New Delhi TERI
has regional centres in Bangalore, Goa, and Guwahati, and a presence
in Japan, Russia, and United Arab Emirates. It has also set up affiliate
institutes: TERI–NA (Tata Energy
and Resources Institute, North America) Washington DC, USA, and TERI–Europe,
London, UK. TERI arranges annual Delhi Sustainable Development Summits,
inviting decision makers and researchers from all over the World. The Tata Institute of
Social Sciences, TISS, Mumbai. Established
in 1936, as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work.
The first school of social work in India, the TISS was a pioneering
effort, characteristic of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT). During
its seven decades of existence, the TISS has carved out a niche for
itself in the field of human service professional education and applied
social science research.
Environmental Public Health Organization (ENPHO), Kathmandu. Service-oriented national Non Governmental Organization, established in 1990, that envisages contributing in sustainable community development by combining research and actions through the integrated programs in the environment and public health areas. Institute of Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu. Devoted to developing appropriate public policies and institutions for the socio-political and economic advancement of the country. On a regional level it coordinates Energy cooperation in South Asia. Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST), Kathmandu. Independent apex body established in 1982 to promote of science and technology in the country. The Academy is entrusted with four major objectives: advancement of science and technology for all-round development of the nation; preservation and further modernization of indigenous technologies; promotion of research in science and technology; and identification and facilitation of appropriate technology transfer.
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCS) at the University of Karachi. ICCS is regarded as one of the finest academic research establishments of chemical sciences in the developing world. Under its umbrella a number of hogh-reputed institutions are house:
Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan. Research centre devoted to the objective
study of the region Pakistan is situated in: South Asia, Southwest Asia
and Central Asia. It also offers research documents on regional conflicts. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), independent think tank committed to providing in-depth understanding and objective analysis of regional and global issues. PIPS provides a forum to international strategic thinkers to play an active role in understanding and researching real and perceived threats to regional and global peace and security. Pakistan
Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is
the country's national space agency, responsible for the execution of
the space science and technology programmes in the country. SUPARCO is
an autonomous R&D organization under the Federal Government. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad. Founded in August 1992 on the recommendation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), also called Pakistan’s Agenda 21. The NCS placed Pakistan’s socio-economic development within the context of a national environmental plan. This highly acclaimed document, approved by the Federal Cabinet in March 1992, outlined the need for an independent non-profit organisation to serve as a source of expertise for policy analysis and development, policy intervention, and policy and programme advisory services in support of NCS implementation.
Centre for Development Research. Established in June 2005 as
an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to social and economic
development research of relevance to Sri Lanka. CDR is committed to a
balance between applied and theoretical research that would assist policy
formulation, improve decision-making and promote policy and public debate
on development issues. It is affiliated to the private higher educational
institution Royal Institute
of Colombo (RIC). The Centre for Policy
Alternatives, CPA, formed in 1996 in the firm belief that
the vital contribution of civil society to the public policy debate is
in need of strengthening. Reserchers at CPS regularly publishes interesting
reports which are available through their web page. In February 2004
CPA in collaboration with the International IDEA conducts two workshops
on
”Reconciliation after Violent Conflict: Challenges and Opportunities
for Sri Lanka” for grassroot activists and policy makers. Institute for Human Development
& Training. Human capacity building organization founded
in year 2000 committed to create innovative and people oriented approaches
to develop full potential of the human capacities of Sri Lankan people
to face the challenges of the 21st century. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, ICES,
established in 1982, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization
aiming at evolving a model of historically sensitive, theoretical and
empirical research on ethnicity, and related socio-economic, political
and cultural process in Sri Lanka. Lanka Academic Network, LacNet,
is a non-profit, volunteer run organization of Sri Lankan students, teachers
and professionals, founded in 1991. It
evolved from Sri Lanka Network (SLNet), an electronic gathering of people
from and/or interested in Sri Lanka. SLNet distributes news and information
about Sri Lanka, to its list of members, via e-mail. LacNet also publishes
a 24 hours News service called The
Lanka Academic, giving access to news on Sri Lanka from other media
round the Globe.
Marga Institute: Sri
Lanka Center for Development Studies, Colombo. Studies and evaluates
past and on-going economic, social and political development. Point Pedro Institute
of Development (PPID). Established in January 2004 in order
to resurrect the knowledge and intellectual base of the North & East
Provinces of Sri Lanka. PPID aims at undertaking research studies on development
issues locally, nationally, and regionally, as well as disseminating research
through publication of a Working Paper Series, and organising seminars/workshops/symposiums. National Aquatic Resources
Research and Development Agency, NARA, Muttakkuliya, Colombo,
is the principal National Institute charged with the responsibility of
carrying out and coordinating research, development and management activities
on the subject of Aquatic Resources in Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation
of Sri Lanka, NSF, has an objective to initiate, facilitate
and support basic and applied scientific research by universities, science
and technology institutions and scientists in Sri Lanka. Among its activities
it awards scholarships and fellowships for scientific study or scientific
work at science and administers a fund for overseas visits by local scientists. Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, RCSS,
based at Colombo is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organization
for collaborative research, networking and interaction on strategic and
international issues pertaining to South Asia. Sida/SAREC IT Project. The Swedish International Decelopment Cooperation Agency, Sida, and SAREC is funding the development of a Research Network Infrastructure Project, which was formally commissioned on 23 March, 2001. The project is administered under an agreement of co-operation between the Dept of Computer and System Sciences at Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and the Institute of Computer Technology at the University of Colombo; and it includes a split PhD Program where researchers from Sri Lanka spend a total of 2 years at a Swedish Institution and another 2 years in Sri Lanka in preparation for their Doctorate degree; and also the development of LEARN – see above.
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CUTS
(Consumer Unity & Trust Society) Centre
for International Trade, Economics & Environment
Indian Council of Social Science Research
Gandhian
Institute of Studies, Varanasi
Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous organisation setup by the Government
of India's Department of Science and Technology in 1989, to undertake
large scale science popularisation tasks in the country. 
Lanka Educational Academic and Research Network , 
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University
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