Second general conference of SAF held

By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU, March 10: The South Asia Foundation (SAF) founded by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh held the second general conference and a meet of the SAF Learning Initiative (SAFLI).

The meeting was participated by vice-chancellors and rectors of open universities in Colombo and Sri Lanka, a press statement of SAF said.

President of Sri Lanka HE Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga inaugurated the conference.
With IT and computer literacy rapidly becoming a part of the life of young people of the region, courses on South Asian Studies may be transmitted online and through TV, and it was simultaneously decided that SAFLI will offer a post-graduate Diploma in environment and sustainable development together with optional IT courses, the statement said.

Likewise, SAF will try to link various institutions engaged in South Asian studies with the SAF Documentation Centre based in Delhi, it is stated.

Additionally, the second SAF Scouts Friendship Camp was held in Maldives from 15th-22nd February 2003, which was participated by Nepali scouts as well.

SAF has been supporting the scouts' camp for two consecutive years now. The first SAF scouts jamboree was held last year in Bhutan.

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