Introduction

South Asia Foundation (SAF) is a private, voluntary development organisation formed in 1991 to strengthen people to people contact in South Asia. SAF works for all round development of artisans at the grassroot level, works with various State Government and Policy Makers, thus advocating policy that enhances the livelihood of the underprivileged at the policy level, works with various organisations in the South Asian region for the greater interaction and enhancing bi-lateral relations at the regional level.

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SAF Strucuture

South Asia Foundation

Governing Council Members


Prof. Amitabh Mattoo (Academician)                                          Chairman
Director and Professor Australia India Institute, Melbourne
Professor, International Studies, JNU &
Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, Jammu

Shri Subodh Kant Sahay (Social Worker)                                Vice Chairman
Union Minister of  Tourism, Govt. of India

Shri Pradeep Giri (Social worker)                                          Executive Member
Member of Parliament of Nepal


Dr. Manmohini Kaul (Academician)                                      Executive Member
Professor, Dept. of International Relations, JNU

Ms. Kumari Selja (Social Worker)                                        Executive Member
Union Minister of Culture, Govt. of India

Shri S.K.Roy (Industrialist)                                                    Executive Member
Managing Director, The Peerless Group, Kolkata

Prof. H. S. Shukla (Academician & Oncologist)            Executive Member
Emeritus Professor, I.M.S., BHU, Varanasi

Shri Rajiv Singh (Journalist)                                                   Executive Member

Ms. Sharmistha Mukherjee (Artiste)                                     Executive Member

Prof. Shashank Koirala (Academician), MP                          Executive Member
Professor of Ophthalmology, T.U., Kathmandu

Ms.Sharmila Chandra (Freelance Journalist)                       Executive Member

Shri Syed Ershad Ahmed (Company Executive)                   Executive Member

Ms. Rameeza Akhtar (Artiste)                                              Executive Member

Ms. Sujata Koirala (Social Worker)                                      Executive Member
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Nepal

Ms. Rumee Ahmad (Social Worker)                                     Executive Member

Shri Rahul Barua (Development Activist)                             Secretary General
Visiting Professor, BHU