Above: Past SASA Conference organizers and supporters

Included are SASA Board Members, Ken Silverman (Chairman), Dr. Deepak Shimkhada (President), Dr. Vandana Asthana, Dr. Purnima Bhatt, Dr. David Blundell, and Dr. Bradley Clough. Also pictured are Naresh Barsagade, Deepti Dawar, Arvind Gupta, Sundus Jaber, Benjamin Kaila, Ravi Kapur, Kumran Muthusami, Adam Pave, N. Gauthan Prabhu, Ashok Chandra Shukla, Jon Paul Sydnor, Frank Tadesco, and Hui-Jin Wang

The 13^th Annual Conference of
The South Asian Studies Association
SASA 2020

Hosted at University of the West, Rosemead, CA

Join preeminent South Asia focused scholars and academicians, and leaders of business, government, NGOs, and philanthropies.

Delve deeply into the robust past, the expanding present, and the exceptional future of the countries and peoples of South Asia.

For a good sense of what’s to come at SASA 2020 scroll down and then leaf through our richly detailed SASA 2019 Conference Program

Watch for the SASA 2020 Call for Papers

The South Asian Studies Association (SASA) is an alliance of scholars, academicians, and business leaders dedicated to fostering greater understanding of the region’s global importance. This is accomplished via study of its history, cultures, religions, philosophies, governance, politics, economics, art, literature, and more. SASA members and collaborators focus on South Asia’s rich and diverse past, its bold and remarkable present, and its soaring prospects for the future.

Since 2007 SASA has hosted eleven international conferences at preeminent colleges and universities across America, including one each in India and in Russia. We have additionally published six books and five issues of the scholarly journal Exemplar, and bestowed annual Exemplar Awards on 18 prominent South Asia scholars and community service leaders. We have additionally produced and live-streamed multiple interviews with South Asia-focused scholars and newsmakers.