South Asian Studies

A listing of a few websites useful for gathering information on South Asia. These portals provide further internal links to various subjects and tools on different South Asian topics.

• DSAL: Digital South Asia Library (University of Chicago)

• SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (Columbia University)
• SAADA: South Asian Digital Archive

• Banglapedia -- National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (a reference tool on Bangladesh from ancient period to date, both in English and Bangla)

• eSocialSciences portal [free registration required] (research in the social sciences and humanities on India and South Asia)

• ProPoor: South Asia (links, information, resources and news about development work and NGOs in South Asia)

• SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

• SaciWATERS: South Asia Consortium for Interdsciplinary Water Resources Studies (water resources management and water resources knowledge systems in South Asia)

• SAJA: South Asian Journalists Association (forum for journalists of South Asian origin and journalists interested in South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora. Also covers media freedom and censorship issues affecting South Asian communities)

• SANEI: South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (a regional initiative with a primary interest in funding and promoting economic research in South Asia)

• SARDS 2 (an electronic database with a focus on humanities and social sciences containing bibliographic references to South Asia research articles published in journals, collective volumes, conference proceedings, Festschrift and so on)
• SAVIFA: Virtual Library of South Asia (University of Heidelburg)

• SAWNET: South Asian Women's Network (a medium of communication by and for South Asian women)

• South Asian Network  (a community based organization working towards advancing the health, empowerment and solidarity of persons of South Asian origin in Southern California)

• South Asian Web Resources (University of British Columbia) (provides links to language and linguistic material and daily newspapers across South Asia)

• World Bank -- South Asia (gives an overview of the strategies and polices implemented by the World Bank in relation to countries in South Asia including data, projects and research in these nations)