The South Asia Institute (SAI) coordinates activities at Columbia University that relate to study of the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as related areas such as Afghanistan, Burma, and Tibet. The Institute organizes conferences, seminars, film screenings, lecture series and brown bag talks that bring together faculty and students with diverse interests and backgrounds. SAI partners with departments, centers, and institutes at Columbia, and works with South Asia groups on campus and off, in order to reach new audiences and facilitate an exchange of knowledge. The Institute's outreach activities provide a broad range of resources for K-12 teachers interested in South Asia.
SAI administers a Master of Arts Program in South Asia Studies that draws upon affiliated Institute faculty who teach courses on South Asia in fourteen departments and six schools. Undergraduate and graduate students may study South Asia in a variety of degree programs across the university, and have access to the one of the oldest and largest South Asia collections in the country through the Columbia Libraries.
The South Asia Institute is located on the second floor of Knox Hall, Room 214, located at 606 West 122nd Street, between Broadway and Claremont Avenue.
