The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) The Association for Asian Studies is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia. With approximately 7,000 members worldwide, representing all the regions and countries of Asia and all academic disciplines, the AAS is…

NAMGYAL INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOGY རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བོད་ཀྱི་ཤེས་རིག་ཉམས་ཞིབ་ཁང་། Since its establishment in 1958, the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology has sponsored and promoted research on the religion, history, language, art and culture of the people of the Tibetan cultural area which includes Sikkim. The NIT library holds one of the largest collections of Tibetan…

British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)   The British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) supports advanced research in the humanities and social sciences of South Asia. It is a registered charity (number 264591). BASAS is one of the world’s leading learned societies for the study of South Asia.…

International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) Ladakh, located in the north western part of India, has only been readily accessible for study since the early 1970s. In that short time it has been the focus of interest for many students, senior scholars and independent researcher from across many disciplines. They…

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BHUTAN STUDIES Purpose: ISBS seeks to develop the study of Bhutanese culture, life and nature in all aspects and encourage, inspire and motivate interest in lesser known aspects and promote and strengthen the areas of existing concentration. The ISBS exists primarily to encourage academic exchange, and secondarily…