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The Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) promotes interdisciplinary research related to South Asia, disseminating knowledge through seminars, lectures, and conferences. The Centre brings together faculty, research associates, graduate and undergraduate students, and the public with an interest in South Asia. It also seeks to create and promote institutional and scholar-to-scholar linkages between UBC and institutions in South Asia and beyond, and between UBC and South Asian communities in British Columbia. CISAR is part of the Institute of Asian Research within UBC’s School of Public Policy of Global Affairs.

*COVID-19 Events Update*

Due to the circumstances around novel coronavirus safety precautions, CISAR will be suspending our events for the remainder of the term. We appreciate your support throughout this past year, and we look forward to engaging with you all very soon. For UBC’s official statement on COVID-19, please reference: https://www.ubc.ca/campus-notifications/

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  • Parāśakti: The Flame Within on 19th Mar 2021 7:00 pm
  • Perspectives on the Farmers’ Movement in India: the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program, 2021 on 7th Apr 2021 6:30 pm
See our Events page for a full list.

CISAR COVID-19 Update

Due to the circumstances around novel coronavirus safety precautions, CISAR will be suspending our events for the remainder of the term. We appreciate your support throughout this past year, and we look forward to engaging with you all very soon. For UBC’s official statement on COVID-19, please reference: https://www.ubc.ca/campus-notifications/

Announcing the 2019 Nehru Humanitarian Graduate Scholarship in Indian Studies

The Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) at The University of British Columbia, invites submissions for the 2019 Nehru Humanitarian Graduate Scholarship in Indian Studies. The annual $1,000 scholarship is offered by Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Goel to a graduate student pursuing the political, historical, economic, religious, social, or cultural study of […]

Wajiha Mehdi, PhD student in the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice

Interview with Wajiha Mehdi, a PhD student in the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. Wajiha was the recipient of the Nehru Humanitarian Award in 2018. A: Congratulations on receiving this year’s Nehru Humanitarian Award, and thank you for taking the time out for this interview. I would like to start-off first by asking […]

CISAR Graduate Travel Grant Winners

Congratulations to Eshantha Peiris, Ethnomusicology and Sameena, AHVA on receiving the 2018/2019 CISAR Graduate Student Travel Grants! 

The Second Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture

You can now watch the presentation by Santosh Dass at The Second Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture: https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-ambedkars-legacy/

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Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
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