South Asia Program
Alaka Basu
Visiting Scholar, and Former Professor, Department of Global Development
Geographic Research Area: India
Teaching/Research Interests: Population studies, reproductive health and family planning, gender and development, child health and mortality, and culture and demographic behavior
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Anindita Banerjee
Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
Geographic Research Area: Russia, Eurasia, and India
Teaching/Research Interests: Technology and culture, energy and the environment, media studies, and migration studies
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Hom Acharya
Lecturer, Asian Studies
Geographic Research Area: Nepal
Teaching/Research Interests: Teaching Nepali as a second language
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Sinhala Language
SAP is the world's leading publisher of Sinhala language textbooks, with books for colloquial and literary, beginning and intermediate language learners.
Copies of our Sinhala Textbooks published in the 20th century are now available Open Access, through the links, below. Hard copies of those books, as well as of our Sinhala textbooks published in the 21st century are still available for purchase, as listed below.
Nepali Language
SAP publishes beginning and intermediate Nepali language textbooks and a Nepali-English glossary. The Cornell University Library also hosts an online database of NGOs in Nepal.
Kaushik Basu
Carl Marks Professor of International Studies
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- SAP Core Faculty
- SAP Advisory Council
- Einaudi Faculty Leadership
Contact
Email: kb40@cornell.edu
2016 Bulletin
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2017 Bulletin
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2018 Bulletin
Bulletin
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Darren Wan
Graduate Student
Darren Wan is a PhD student in the History Department. His research focuses on the ways South Chinese and South Indian migrant workers articulated claims to citizenship in the early postcolonial states of Burma and Malaya.
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2024-2025
Committee chair/advisor: Eric Tagliacozzo
Discipline: History
Primary Language: Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Malay, Tamil