Welcome to the South Asia Institute...
The South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin promotes the inter-disciplinary study of all aspects of modern and ancient South Asia. In addition the Institute promotes the study of communities of South Asian origin wherever they may be found. Through its support of individual and group research, specialized courses and training, library acquisitions, international conferences, community outreach, and weekly seminars, the Institute advances the latest knowledge about South Asia and extends awareness of this vital world region across all departments and programs on the UT campus.
The College of Liberal Arts currently awards seven degrees in South Asian studies: B.A. and M.A. in Asian Studies; B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Asian Cultures and Languages; and two dual M.A. degrees with the McCombs School of Business and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Current News
The South Asia Institute's annual newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. To be added to the South Asia Institute's mailing list, please send your name and full mailing address to Don Arntz.
Download a copy of the newsletter (PDF, 3.5MB)
UT faculty, staff and students can now view past seminars from their computer.
A brand new on-campus publication that caters to the South Asian population at The University of Texas at Austin.
Beginning in Spring 2007, DVDs of our guest speakers from around the globe can be checked out from our lending library.
The South Asia Institute now has a sony cybershot digital still camera, panasonic 3ccd mini dv camera, tripod and shotgun microphone available for checkout.
Watch a sitar performance by Ghulam Farid Nizami (opens in new window). UT faculty, students and staff can watch his full performance at DASE South Asia.
Listen to a recently produced PSA featuring Prof. Ghulam Farid Nizami and narrated by graduate student Ishan Chakrabarti.
More or less all-literary languages have spoken and written differences. Tamil language, the oldest with vast rich literatures written long back, is no exception to this. Tamil has had a continuous history of spoken-written differences since the fifth century BCE and it maintains the written and spoken forms as two different varieties, which are always found complementary to each other.