Institute
The South Asia Institute is Europe’s leading center for South Asian Studies with an active international research network and an outstanding library. The seven departments frame the overarching fields of research and encourage interdisciplinary approaches to big questions. With our branch offices in several South Asian countries, and many visiting scholars from all over the world, we provide an environment for interdisciplinary applied learning and research.
Structure of the SAI
As a central academic institution within Heidelberg University, the South Asia Institute today has seven professorships, namely Anthropology, Development Economics, Geography, History, Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (formerly Classical Indology), Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures (formerly Modern Indology) as well as Political Science. With the three branches that are in New Dehli, Nepal, and Colombo, as well as numerous visiting professors alone strongly mark the SAI as an international work environment, which it further ameliorated by the multinational student body. The Scientific Advisory Council ensures a consistently high standard. The SAI is strongly characterized by its diverse environment that is not simply a stand in phrase but reverberates through the student and staff body, is reflected in the research output, and the reason so many scholars from are drawn to the SAI.
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Statement on Fair Conduct at the South Asia Institute
The South Asia Institute aims to create a collegial and rich academic environment for researchers, staff, guests and students alike. Accordingly, the SAI has committed to a zero-tolerance approach to harassment, including sexual and gender-based harassment, but also discrimination, bullying and stalking.
Departments and Branches
The seven departments of the SAI are Anthropology, Development Economics, Geography, History of South Asia, Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (formerly Classical Indology), Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures (formerly Modern Indology) and Political Science.
Associated Chairs
Apart from the South Asia Institute a number of chairs at Heidelberg University focus on South Asia. The holders of these chairs are associated members of the South Asia Institute. As such they cooperate closely and in different ways in teaching as well as research with their colleagues at SAI.
Scientific Advisory Council
The Institute's Scientific Advisory Board, consisting of seven members, is appointed for a period of four years. These are internationally renowned colleagues from a wide range of disciplines who are in a position to assess the disciplinary diversity of the SAI in a relevant manner. The Scientific Advisory Board has an advisory function towards the rectorate in SAI matters.
Visiting Professors
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Heinrich Zimmer Chair
The Heinrich Zimmer Chair for Indian Philosophy and Intellectual History is awarded by the Indian government through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), which is the highest-ranking institution for the promotion of international cultural exchanges in India.
Iqbal Professorial Fellowship
The Iqbal Fellowship was established in order to deepen the co-operation between Pakistan and Germany. It contributes to the extension of research on Pakistan in the areas of modern literatures, political science, history, geography and the natural sciences.
Sri Lanka Chair
The Sri Lanka Chair is sponsored by the Sri Lankan government, Ministry of Education through the University Grants Commission. It is intended to foster research and teaching on Sri Lanka, and thereby to raise awareness about this ancient and fascinating country within Europe.
