SWEDISH
SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK
SASNET Work Report 1 January – 31 December 2002: |
Swedish South Asian Studies Network, Lund University – Administrative Report No. 3 |
Lund 17 March 2003
By Staffan Lindberg, director and coordinator & Lars Eklund, webmaster/programme secretary
1.
Introduction and summary2.2 SASNET’s board
2.3 Driving force
2.4 Gateway
2.5 Funding for the period 2003 – 2005
3.1 Interacting with students, researchers and teachers
3.2 Newsletters
3.3 Planning and networking grants 2002
3.4 Courses and institution building
3.5 Working with Ph.D. students and supervisors
3.6 Media
3.7 Contact journey to South Asia
3.8 Root node public activities
3.9 Interaction with State agencies
3.10 Interaction with ambassadors and Foreign Ministries
3.11 Interaction with business
3.12 Other activities
4. Enclosures delivered along with the printed work report (as pdf-files):
Appendix 1: Balance sheet for 2002
Appendix 2: The idea of SASNET
Appendix 3: Staffan Lindberg’s individual activities 2002
Appendix 4: Lars Eklund’s individual activities 2002
Appendix 5: Gateway Report (pdf-file)
Appendix 6: Application to Sida-SAREC for continued support 2003 – 2006
Appendix 7: Sida – Avdelningen för forskningssamarbete: Promemoria,
Fortsatt stöd till SASNET, Nätverket för Sydasienstudier
Appendix 8: Budget for 2003
Appendix 9: Tentative programme for the SASNET seminar at Uppsala, 15 May 2003
Appendix 10: Minutes from SASNET’s board meeting, January 24, 2002
Appendix 11: Minutes from SASNET’s board meeting, August 27, 2002
Appendix 12: Minutes from SASNET’s Board meeting, January 28, 2003
Appendix 13: Pamphlet about SASNET, February 2003
1. Introduction and summary
During 2002 we have consolidated SASNET’s organisation and Internet gateway. The work pursued the original plan sent to Sida in September 1999, and an extended plan drawn up after the October 2000 conference in Lund (see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/ourplan.html and http://www.soc.lu.se/sasnet/con/index.html).
After that, SASNET has acted on the priorities set by the board meetings on 29 August 2001, 24 January and 27 August 2002.
During 2002 SASNET has concentrated on:
• finalising and establishing routines for the organisation of the root node, the board, the planning grants, etc.
• developing SASNET’s Internet gateway into a comprehensive communication tool and resource base for South Asia research and education in Sweden. Since the launching in August 2001 we have had more than 12 500 visitors
• interacting over the Internet and via telephones with a large number of Swedish and South Asian students and scholars, providing information and contacts
• funding the planning of 14 new research and education projects across Sweden
• making a journey to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Northern India, and Bangladesh to establish new networking contacts
• participating in the 17th Conference of Modern South Asia Studies in Heidelberg 9 -14 September
• working with doctoral students by conducting a symposium at Marstrand on 25-27 October
• planning a Masters Programme in South Asian studies at Lund University in cooperation with the Centre for East and Southeast Asian studies (starting in September 2003)
• applying for and receiving funding from Sida and Lund University for the period 2003 – 2005
Other important activities have been to:
- organise lectures and seminars at Lund University
- interact with Sida and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- interact with the ambassadors from India and Pakistan
- interact with Indian and Swedish businessmen at a seminar in Stockholm
- lecture at seminars for teachers at “folk high schools” and higher secondary schools (gymnasiums)
- continue the undergraduate course in South Asian studies at Österlen’s Folk High School
- interact with the Centre for East and South-East Asian studies at Lund University concerning joint projects
- interact with researchers in the Dept. of History of Religions at Lund University and the Faculty of the Humanities about a new professorship in Indian religions
- interact with Nordic colleagues to create a Nordic Graduate School in Asian studies
- actively participate in a working group organising a conference on Swedish Development Studies research ”Fattiga och Rika. Aktuell utvecklingsforskning och dess villkor i Sverige” in Lund 9-11 January 2003
Our expenses have been according to the budget approved by the board on 24 January 2002. The surplus for 2001 was approximately SEK 50 000 lower than the original estimate but we managed to balance the budget with a small surplus estimated at about SEK 30 000. (See Appendix 1: Balance sheet for 2002, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/balancesheets02.pdf)
With these activities and results, we are of the opinion that we have reached the targets set for 2002. We also feel that the networking activities have helped us develop our ideas about what SASNET is and ought to be (see Appendix 2: The idea of SASNET, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/ideasasnet.pdf).
The results so far have mainly been a strengthening of the resource base and the interaction among researchers and Ph.D. students, making them more self-confidenct, helping them make better applications for research grants, etc. We feel that we are successfully building a strong intellectual and social community of South Asia scholars. We have also begun to recruit new students on the undergraduate and master’s levels, which is the pre-condition for recruiting new Ph.D. students later on.
The events of 11 September 2001 and subsequent developments imply that SASNET has been created in an historical period of global terrorism, increasing conflicts and risks of destabilising wars. It has led to a new interest in South Asia, for example in the deadly conflict between India and Pakistan, while at the same time students seem to be more reluctant to study in South Asia. Hopefully, SASNET is now laying the foundation for renewed and increased student and researcher exchange once global relations are stabilised.
Plans for 2003
On 28 January the board set the agenda for SASNET’s activities in
2003. The board’s decision was in line with the plans presented
in the application to Sida in April 2003, and was made in accordance with
the grants given by Sida and Lund University. The main activities will
be to strengthen the network interaction by:
• further developing the Internet gateway as a resource
base and communication tool
• supporting the research groups that have received planning grants
in any way possible, and by strengthening local networks at core universities
in Sweden
• further work with doctoral students and the development of Masters
programmes in Sweden
• organising the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian
Studies at Lund, Sweden, 6–9 July 2004. This will give a major boost
to South Asian studies at Lund and all over Sweden
• interacting with East and South-East Asia researchers in Sweden
to create a long-term sustainable framework for South Asian studies within
a comprehensive Asia perspective, including efforts to build a Nordic
graduate school
• working on the third task by interacting with state agencies,
schools, media, business and NGOs
Given the overall plans and activities of SASNET, and considering optimal efficiency, the network is under-financed at the tune of about SEK 350 000 (see below). We have tried to solve this problem for 2003 by cutting down on salaries, travelling, and by applying for a planning grant from Sida. We are also actively seeking additional financial support for 2004-2005.
2. Organisation
On 7 June 2001, the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University officially established SASNET by issuing Directions and taking decision on the composition of its board from 1 July 2001 to 31 December 2003. To read the Directions, see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/directions.html, and for the composition of the board, see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/organisation.html
The board had its first meeting on 29 August 2001. Several matters of importance for SASNET´s future were discussed. The board decided that SASNET should give priority to three areas, namely:
• Interdisciplinary networking
• Interaction with media and educational institutions
• Promotion of education on South Asia, including PhD studies
The verified minutes are available as a pdf-file http://www.sasnet.lu.se/board01.pdf
During 2002, the board held two meetings. Major decisions taken were:
24 January:
• the introduction of a project planning grant (maximum SEK 75 000) as a complement to the programme grant (maximum SEK 150 000). For information about SASNET networking grants, see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/grantsinvite.html
• the arrangement of a symposium for PhD students during the fall of 2002
• the planning and organising of a masters programme at Öresund and Lund University
• a contact journey to South Asia during the spring
• to continue media watch on the war on terror and its consequences in South Asia
• to upgrade the webmaster/secretary position to 100 %
• to include Afghanistan in SASNET’s working definition of South Asia
• to plan for 2003 – 2006 as part of our application to Lund University and Sida for funding
For a full report, see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/board0201.pdf (Appendix 10)
27 August:
• to plan a new journey in February – March 2003 to establish network contacts mainly in Pakistan and Afghanistan
• to continue the media watch
• to organise a NASA (Nordic Association of South Asian Studies) conference in 2003
For a full report, see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/board0202.pdf (Appendix 11)
Staffan Lindberg worked as director and coordinator on a
50 %, part-time basis. Besides work at the root node, which is included
in this general report, his individual activities related to South Asian
studies (reported in Appendix 3, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/staffanact.pdf).
Lars Eklund worked as full-time webmaster and programme secretary. Besides
work at the root node, which is included in the general report, his individual
activities related to South Asian studies (reported in Appendix 4,
http://www.sasnet.lu.se/larsact.pdf).
Jan Magnusson worked 50% part-time as programme coordinator for the Masters
programme during the period August – December.
Boel Billgren, acting head of the International Office has
coordinated the organisational efforts on behalf of SASNET. A number of
other persons, including Mr. Lars Magnusson, Mats Roxendal, Birgitta Hansson,
and Birgitta Devlin at the International Office have generously assisted
SASNET with their services of administration, data operations, and language
editing.
SASNET has also received support from the Department of Sociology (providing
free office space for Staffan Lindberg, allowing us to use their lecture
halls and conference rooms, and helping with photocopying, etc.). We have
also received generous support from the Office for Continuing and Distance
Education headed by Mr. Lennart Badersten, which has supplied computer
hardware to SASNET and financed a new search engine for the gateway.
On 28 January the board suggested to the Vice-chancellor that Staffan Lindberg should be re-appointed as director and coordinator for the period 2004-2006. It also decided to re-appoint Lars Eklund as webmaster/secretary for the period 2004-2005 (for which funding is secured). See Minutes from the board meeting, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/board0301.pdf (Appendix 12)
The Internet Gateway is now established as a reliable and thorough source of information for students, researchers and other persons interested in South Asian studies. It has had more than 12 500 visitors since 5 August 2001 when it was originally launched. Since this is SASNET’s main tool of communication a lot of time is spent updating and developing its content. (Report given in Appendix 5, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/gateway0301.pdf)
During spring 2002 we drew up a plan for 2003 – 2005, and in accordance with the board decisions made on 24 January the same year. The main economic implications of these plans were:
• an increase of the sum of networking grants to SEK 1.5 million per year
• to engage the webmaster/secretary full-time, instead of just half-time
• to allow SASNET’s root node to arrange a workshop or smaller conference every year or every second year
• a lecture/visiting programme inviting some South Asian scholars to Sweden and the Nordic countries
• to be able to fund extra activities and library services in connection with a Masters programme in Lund
Funding was first discussed with Peter Honeth, University Director of Lund University, who increased the annual contribution from Lund University with 10 % (an annual grant of SEK 550 000).
On 20 April, we sent an application to Sida/SAREC for continued support 2003 – 2006. In order to be able to increase our networking activities we applied for an annual grant of SEK 2.5 million (see Appendix 6). The application with enclosures can be read at the following hidden Internet address: http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sidaapp02.html.
Sida made an evaluation of the work achieved so far (see Appendix 7, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/promemoria.pdf). On 30 September, Sida’s Research Board decided to give an annual grant of SEK1.65 million to SASNET for the period 2003 – 2005, which is an annual increase of 10 %.
Sida’s evaluation was positive to the work carried out from January 2001 to March 2002, and especially appreciated the construction and maintenance of the Internet Gateway. There were two negative comments:
• The evaluation questioned the need to increase the sum used for planning grants, given the number of applications received in the first two rounds of applications.
• It also put a question mark in our budget regarding support to local South Asia activities at Lund University and the Öresund University (that is, cooperation with Copenhagen and other Danish Universities), which amounted to SEK 142 000 per year. According to Sida, this should be financed by Lund University in the same manner all other universities in the network finance their educational activities.
Our comments to the questions in the evaluation are:
• We have now processed two further rounds of applications for planning grants. The amount available for distribution is enough to fund the excellent applications, or about one third to one fourth of all the applications. However, given SASNET’s task to help researchers and teachers in planning new research and education projects, there is, given this funding no scope for encouragement and extra help from the root node of SASNET in formulating good projects and finding the best partners in South Asia. If we fulfilled this task when no chance of funding existed, we would create a lot of disappointment. This is, therefore, a policy decision with important implications for the work at stimulating South Asia research and education in Sweden.
• Lund University contributes SEK 550 000 to SASNET’s annual budget. Most of that money goes to national work in SASNET. However, in the Directions for SASNET the Vice-Chancellor has written: “The network root node will initiate, stimulate, and support South Asian studies at Lund University and within Öresund University.” Thus, the evaluation puts a question mark on one of the principles of SASNET, which were originally approved by Sida in 1999. As a response, and due to a strained budget (see below), we have now decreased the sum spent on local work to SEK 75 000, but we feel that there is a need for further dialogue on this point in the near future.
The grants from Sida and Lund University mean that we receive funding at the same level as in the period 2001 – 2002.
The budget for 2003 is in accordance with the available funding and was decided by the board on 28 January 2003 (see Appendix 8, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/budget03.pdf). There are certain constraints that we must adjust to. First of all, the sum available for giving networking grants needs to be fairly substantial in order to motivate the elaborate and important procedure with a reference group evaluation, etc. We have, therefore, stretched the resources as much as we can and plan to spend approximately SEK 1 million per year on this account. In order to manage the network administration, the interaction with all interested partners, and the maintenance and development of the Internet gateway we have upgraded the part-time position of the webmaster/secretary to full-time. For the year 2003, we have cancelled the journey to South Asia, as well as the lecturing programme and the annual workshops. We have also cut down the coordinator’s position to a 33 % part-time position, seeking additional funding for his work with the up-coming conferences.
However, given the overall plans and activities of SASNET, and considering optimal efficiency, the network is under-financed to the tune of about SEK 350 000. We are actively seeking additional funding for 2004-2005. We have considerable experience in applying for funds with various research councils. The idea behind SASNET is novel and quite unique, and we think that we have already achieved a great deal. The problem is that no research council is willing to fund an agency that helps others secure funding.
3. Networking Activities
3.1 Interacting with students, researchers and teachers
During 2002 we interacted with a large number of researchers, teachers and students by exchanging e-mails and telephone calls. In all these contacts we used our Internet Gateway as a source of information.
We met several partners during the same period (documented in Appendices No 3 and No 4).
SASNET was represented both by Staffan Lindberg and by
Lars Eklund at the 17th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies
in Heidelberg, Germany, 9–14 September, 2002. 300 South Asia researchers
from all over the World made the conference into a major event. Read
our report on the conference.
We also present a few snapshots from the conference. See
our images!
In Heidelberg it was decided that SASNET and Lund University will arrange the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies at Lund University, 6–9 July 2004. Invitations have been sent out to researchers around the World. Scholars engaged in research and teaching about South Asia with regard to all periods and fields of study are welcome to take part in the conference. The conference is organised by SASNET on behalf of the European Association for South Asian Studies, EASAS. Suggestions for panels should be delivered before 30 June, 2003. More information on our conference invitation page.
SASNET participated actively in the working group that organised the Sida/SAREC funded conference about Swedish Development studies research called “Fattiga och rika. Aktuell utvecklingsforskning och dess villkor i Sverige” at Lund University, 9–11 January 2003. Several of the presented research projects were related to South Asia. See SASNET’s list of these, most of them accompanied by abstracts. Representatives from the research councils, from Sida, and the Swedish universities also participated in a fruitful discussion about the future for Swedish development studies. A summary of the discussion has been prepared by SASNET’s Staffan Lindberg. Read his report! (pdf-file, in Swedish only).
During the fall of 2002, we have interacted more intensively with the Centre for East and South-East Asian studies at Lund University. We have engaged in a dialogue about a joint comparative research programme about India and China.
SASNET distributes monthly newsletters and update the Internet
gateway continuously.
The distribution list contains about 600 e-mail addresses and is continuously
being updated.
Dates for the publication of our newsletters during 2002 were:
• Newsletter 12. January, 8, 2002
• Newsletter 13. February, 14, 2002
• Newsletter 14. April, 8, 2002
• Newsletter 15. May, 13, 2002
• Newsletter 16. June, 11, 2002
• Newsletter 17. August, 9, 2002
• Newsletter 18. September, 6, 2002
• Newsletter 19. September, 26, 2002
• Newsletter 20. October, 24, 2002
• Newsletter 21. November, 15, 2002
• Newsletter 22. December, 19, 2002
All the newsletters can be found on the following site:
http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnetf.html.
They represent a detailed archive of all major activities in SASNET during
the year with links to relevant documents and homepages.
3.3 Planning and Networking Grants 2002
The reference group, consisting of Prof. Pamela Price (Department of History, Oslo), Dr. Neil Webster (Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen), and Dr. Malin Åkerblom (International Science Programme, Uppsala), decided to approve grants to the following persons and programmes (http://www.sasnet.lu.se/grants.html):
Decisions made on 24 January, 2002
Planning grants for research programmes:
• Alia Ahmad, Department of Economics, Lund University: “State, Community and Resources”. 125 000 SEK.
• Baboo M. Nair, Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University: “The development of an interdisciplinary Swedish South Asian Studies Network for research on fermentation of foods, public health, and social welfare”. 40 000 SEK.
• Sidsel Hansson/Eva Hellman, History of Religion, Lund University: “Gender and religious activism in South Asia:
A study of Christian, Hindu and Muslim women’s organisations”. Complementary application to Spring 2001 Grant. 57 000 SEK.Planning grant for education programme
• Kars Berge, Dept. of History, Högskolan Dalarna: “Högskolan Dalarna 2001/2002 South India field study project”. 46 000 SEK.
2002/01, decisions made on 27 August, 2002
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 SEK.
• Anju Saxena, Dept of Linguistics, Uppsala University: “Digital documentation of Indian minority languages.”
110 000 SEK.
• Catarina Kinnvall, Dept of Political Science, Lund University: “Globalization and the State in India.” 25 000 SEK
• Gunilla Lindmark, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Dept of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University: “Promoting adolescent reproductive health: Networking in Asia.” 65 000 SEK
• Lennart Strömquist, Programme on Applied Environmental Impact Assessment, Dept of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University: “Environmental management and monitoring from multidisciplinary perspectives as illustrated by the Negombo lagoon in Sri Lanka.” 65 000 SEK
• Benoit Guieyesse, Dept of Biotechnology, Lund University: “Combined biophysical remediation processes for the cost-efficient removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants.” 55 000 SEK
• Bo Lindblad, Dept of Public Health, Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet Medical University: “Pregnancy and Infancy in South Asia.” 110 000 SEK
• Baboo M. Nair, Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University: “The development of an interdisciplinary Swedish South Asian Studies Network for research on fermentation of foods in relation to public health and social welfare”. 110 000 SEKPlanning grants for education programmes/projects:
• Martha J Garreth, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Dept of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University: “Guidance of Swedish Master’s Students Doing Interdisciplinary Research in International Health in Sri Lanka.” 60 000 SEK
• Ashok Swain, Dept of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University: “Nordic Centre in India.” 25 000 SEK
Important support for the planning is, that we can now also recommend the recipients of planning grants for travel grants to the Swedish Institute, with which we have an understanding.
3.4 Courses and institution building
A 60 credit points Masters programme (magisterutbildning) in Asian Studies will start at Lund University in the fall 2003. The programme will have two separate tracks, one for East and South-East Asian studies, and the other for South Asian studies. The courses are currently being planned by teachers and researchers in the Faculty of the Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences (assisted by SASNET), and in collaboration with the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. Deadline for applications to the programme is 15 April, 2003. More information.
We have continued to work with a one-year academic undergraduate course on India/South Asia at Österlen’s Folk High School (counted as 20 credit points). The teachers come from sociology, human ecology, and anthropology (see: http://www.osterlen.fhsk.se/sydasien/sydindex.htm).
We have also helped teachers and PhD students to organise a section for Indian studies at the Department of History of Religions at Lund University. We have been a partner in a discussion at the Department of Theology which led to a new chair professorship in Indian religions (decided in December 2002).
SASNET has helped the international Masters course at Lund University “Globalisation and Transformation in a Comparative Perspective”, organised by Kjell Nilsson and Jan-Olof Nilsson, to find an Indian partner at Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi. The partner is Prof. Dipak Malik who visited Lund on 20 September 2002, and whom we know also from earlier contacts. The Masters programme is a very interesting web-based programme in cooperation with Fudan University at Shanghai and universities in Eastern Europe. With Dipak Malik the programme can now add an Indian partner working from the universities of Mumbai and Banaras Hindu.
3.5 Working with Ph.D. students and supervisors
SASNET’s symposium for Swedish PhD students and post-docs engaged in South Asia research took place on 25–27 October 2002, at Marstrands Varmbadhus, north of Göteborg. The sessions were devoted to the situation of PhD students in South Asian Studies or South Asia relevant studies (recruitment, fieldwork, supervision, finishing, post-doc situation). The programme, a list of participants and a basis for the discussions is available at: http://www.sasnet.lu.se/phdsymp.html. Reviews from the sessions and the group discussions are also published on the same site.
We are now planning follow-up seminars
in Uppsala, Stockholm, Göteborg, Karlstad and Lund during 2003 and
2004
(see Appendix 9, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/uppsalameet.pdf).
We have been part of the initiative and the network behind a proposed Nordic Graduate School in Asian Studies (NorFAsia), which has been approved by NorFA for a second round of application. The prospect is to launch a Graduate School 2004 – 2008.
After 11 September 2001, SASNET’s gateway has published a special homepage under News & Info, with articles on and links to “Important analyses of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and its implications for South Asia” (see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/kriget.html)
We have also opened a new page called “Recommended reading/listening for South Asia scholars” (see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/recreading.html), which is continuously being updated
3.7 Contact journey to South Asia
During February – March, Staffan Lindberg and Lars Eklund did a tour in South Asia in order to link up SASNET activities with universities and research institutions in various countries of the region. Lindberg and Eklund visited the Maldives (Male) 26–27 February, Sri Lanka 28 February–5 March, India (New Delhi, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Shantiniketan) 6–19 March; and Bangladesh 20–22 March. Read our reports from the journey
3.8 Root node public activities
We have organised lectures, seminars, and concerts in Lund. For a full list see http://www.sasnet.lu.se/lundactiv.html.
3.9 Interaction with State agencies
In connection with our application for further funding, Staffan Lindberg interacted with Sida and Sida/SAREC during the fall (see Appendix 3, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/staffanact.pdf).
3.10 Interaction with ambassadors and Foreign Ministries
Visit of the Ambassador of Pakistan, Shahid A.
Kamal:
- Vice-Chancellor Boel Flodgren hosted a lunch at the
Old Bishop’s Palace for the ambassador and invited representatives
from Lund University.
- The ambassador visited the International Institute
for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE and the Raoul
Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- A SASNET Open House Seminar was held at Lund University
on Monday 4 February 2002, 14.00–16.00, with Mr Shahid A Kamal,
Pakistan’s ambassador to Sweden, as invited guest. Mr Kamal led
a seminar on “Possible themes for Pakistan–Sweden co-operation
in the fields of research and education”. An introduction about
higher education and research in Sweden that might be of relevance to
future research cooperation, was given by SASNET’s director Staffan
Lindberg.
- A public lecture by Mr Shahid A Kamal on ”The conflict in Afghanistan,
and the Pakistan–India relations” was arranged in Lund the
same day (Monday 4 February) in collaboration with the Lund
Association of Foreign Affairs.
- More information about the ambassador’s
visit.
SASNET hosted the Indian ambassador Ms Chitra Narayanan and the Counsellor Mr Sachdeva when they visited Lund University on 21 May, 2002. There were lively discussions with the Vice-chancellor Boel Flodgren and a lunch hosted by the university with representatives of Lund University. Read the report from the visit.
On 24 October, Staffan Lindberg gave a lecture on contemporary Indian economy and politics at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Oslo
3.11 Interacting with business
Seminar on New opportunities for Indian and Swedish business development. More than a hundred Indian and Swedish business leaders met at a seminar in Stockholm on 7 October 2002, under the heading ‘India and Sweden – New Vistas of Cooperation’. Read a report by SASNET Director Staffan Lindberg, who took part in the meeting.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Industry organised a follow-up seminar, called High time for India, in Stockholm on 12 February 2003. Staffan Lindberg was one of the main speakers.
During the year we have lectured at universities, schools, folk highs schools, teachers’ seminars, etc.
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Last updated
2006-01-27