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The fourth and final ICCR Chair Professor at Lund University, staying one academic year from September 2013 till mid June 2014, was Professor Kalyan Sankar Mandal from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) in Kolkata. He was, just like Prof. Karanth, hosted by the Department of Sociology. SASNET asked Kalyan five question after his leave: Who are you?Kalyan Sankar Mandal, Presently, I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/kalyan-sankar-mandal - 2026-04-23

Professor Jayakumari Devika from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, India, spent five weeks as a Erasmus Mundus scholarship holder at Lund University during May-June 2015. Officially she was hosted by SASNET as an academic staff, but she was provided a workplace at the Department of Gender Studies. Devika was selected for this exchange programme as a candidate for the

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/jayakumari-devika - 2026-04-23

During the period 2001–2009, SASNET distributed planning grants to new research and educational projects. A total number of 119 networking grants were distributed to Swedish researchers working on South Asia related projects within all fields – from technology and natural sciences to humanities, social sciences and educational sciences. The researchers who benefited from the grants belonged to 20

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 12 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.25 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 27 April 2001. SEK 625 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for research programmes Jan Lundqvist and Julie Wilks, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University: “Triple Integration. Targeting poverty with water and social progra

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200101 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 5 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 500 120 SEK. Decisions were taken on 24 January 2002. SEK 268 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Alia Ahmad, Department of Economics; Neelambar Hatti, Dept. of Economic History; and Pernille Gooch, Division of Human Ecology, Lund University: “State, Community

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200102 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 26 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.34 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 27 August 2002. SEK 700 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Ranjula Bali Swain, Dept of Economics, Uppsala University: “Feminization of Debt: Women Empowerment and Social Impact of Microfinance in South Asia.” 75 000 S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200201 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 19 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.58 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 28 January 2003. SEK 445 500 were distributed.  Planning grants for research programmes/projects Alia Ahmad, Dept of Economics, Lund University: “Community Management of Openwater Inland Fisheries – A comparative study of cases from Bangladesh and India

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200202 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 27 applications for SASNET planning grants were received.Total amount applied for was 2.36 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 26 August 2003. SEK 455 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Olof Olsson, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Göteborg University. ”Development of Stress tolerant Rice Cultivars for Nepal.” 70 000 SEK Ravinder Pal

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2003 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 24 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.11 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 24 August 2004. SEK 593 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for continued research networking programmes Baboo Nair, Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University: ”Networking grant for further deve

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200401 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 22 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.73 Million SEK. Decisions were taken on 15 February 2005. SEK 450 000 were distributed.  Planning grants for continued research programmes Christer Norström, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University: “Livelihood strategies among forest-related tribals in South India: contextual

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200402 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 29 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 2.68 Million SEK. Decisions taken on 30 August 2005. SEK 500 000 were distributed. Planning grants for continued research programmes Baboo M. Nair, Dept. of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University: “Creation of data base and interactive website for SA

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200501 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 19 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 1.61 Million SEK. Decisions taken on 28 February 2006. SEK 305 000 were distributed. Planning grants for research programmes/projects Pernille Gooch, Division of Human Ecology, Lund University: ”Mangrove conservation as a sustainable life insurance for coastal Tamil Nadu communities.” SEK 45 00

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/200502 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 17 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 968 500 SEK. Decisions were taken on 29 August 2006. SEK 458 000 were distributed.  Networking grant/planning for continued research project Marc Katz, Dept. of Religious Studies, Karlstad University: ”The Vitality and Role of ‘Sporting Clubs’ in the Multi-Cultural Community: A Study of the Tra

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2006 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 20 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Decisions were taken on 28 August 2007. Total amount applied for was SEK 1,798,285. Networking grants/planning for new research projects Maria Andersson, Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University: ”Sol-gel encapsulation of biomolecules – special emphasis on developing cost-

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2007 - 2026-04-23

A total number of 52 applications for SASNET planning grants were received.Total amount applied for was SEK 4 289 019. Decisions were taken on 26 August 2008. SEK 965 000 were distributed.  Networking grants/planning for new research projects Anders Björkman, Malaria Research Unit, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm: ”Molecular characterization of clinical isola

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2008 - 2026-04-23

PhD candidate Shveta Soam from Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research in Faridabad, India, did a short-term fellowship at the Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies in the Department of Technology and Society in September till November 2015. SASNET asked Shveta five questions after her leave:Who are you?Shveta Soam, PhD Research scholar, IOC-DBT Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/shveta-soam - 2026-04-23

Dr. Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth from the Department of History at University of Delhi in India, did a short-term fellowship at the Department Human Geography in September till October 2015. SASNET asked Nisha five questions after her leave: Who are you?Dr. Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth, Independent ScholarWhat did you do at Lund University?I was on a short term postdoctoral fellowship with the Departmen

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/nisha-poyyaprath-rayaroth - 2026-04-23

Mashiur Rahman from the Department of Sociology at Dhaka University in Bangladesh, did a short-term fellowship at the Department of Sociology in May till June 2015. SASNET asked Mashiur five questions after his leave.Who are you?Md. Mashiur Rahman, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka.What did you do at Lund University?2015 - Post-doctoral; Lund University, Sweden2011 -PhD in So

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/mashiur-rahman - 2026-04-23

For the Spring semester 2015, SASA awarded travel grants to Jacco Visser Masters student in Asian Studies, Sharmin Rashid Master student in Social Studies of Gender, Sixten Lundquist and Anna Berggren Bachelor students in Developments Studies. Jacco VisserJacco Visser, Masters student in Asian Studies, went to Dhaka, Bangladesh to look at how rural-urban migrants are included in the global economy

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/students/travel-grants/sasa-travel-grant/spring-2015 - 2026-04-23

Anna Lindberg was the director of SASNET, the South Asian Studies Network at Lund University, from July 2007 until November 2016.   Her aim has been to transform SASNET from a national network financed by SIDA, whose financing ended in 2010, into a Lund University based research network. She formerly taught history and gender studies at Lund University, and at the University of Pennsylvania and Pe

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/about-sasnet/brief-history-sasnet/former-directors/anna-lindberg - 2026-04-23