{"id":82,"date":"2020-07-29T10:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sas\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:22:41","slug":"overview-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sas\/overview-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview\/History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tOverview\/History\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/history-milestones.jpg\" alt=\"history-milestones\" height=\"342\" width=\"848\" title=\"history-milestones\" \/>\n        <h2>Key Milestones<\/h2>\n        <p>A journey of academic excellence and international collaboration<\/p>\n            2012\/2013\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            SICCI Prize for South Asian Studies was established\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2011\/2012\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            New module, SN3880A Art of India was taught via video conference by Professor Rick Asher, University of Minnesota, USA\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2010\/2011\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for ICCR Chair for India Studies was signed with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) for 3 years\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Inaugural ICCR public lecture by Professor Makarand R Paranjape was held\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2009\/2010\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            First Honours student graduated\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Collaboration with Ministry of Education on Introduction of India Studies at &#8216;A&#8217; level in Junior Colleges\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Rajabali Jumabhoy Foundation Prize in South Asian Studies was established\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2008\/2009\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            Hindi Language modules were offered by Centre for Language Studies\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Students could use them to satisfy the SN major and minor requirements\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2007\/2008\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            Minor in India Studies was introduced\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The French edition of the EID was published\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2006\/2007\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            Honours in South Asian Studies was approved\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora (EID) was completed and launched by then President S R Nathan\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2005\/2006\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            A field studies module, SN3277 Field Studies in South Asia was taught\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The first batch of PhD students graduated\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2003\/2004\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            The South Asian Diaspora Research Unit (SADRU) was formed and work on the Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora began\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Its flagship module, SN3261 The South Asian Diaspora was launched\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            New modules were added: 1 General Education (GE) and 1 Singapore Studies (SS) module\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2002\/2003\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            The first batch of SASP majors and M.A. students graduated\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Undergraduate enrolment steadily increased to 408\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The hiring of 2 post-doctoral fellows further strengthened the teaching team\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2001\/2002\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            The first batch of PhD students enrolled\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The exposure module, SN1101E South Asia: People, Culture, Development was introduced\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The number of academic staff increased to 7\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            2000\/2001\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            The graduate programme in research was established\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The curriculum was expanded to include graduate modules\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Academic staff strength increased to 5\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            1999\/2000\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>\n                            Started as a 3-year BA programme with 4 academics and 2 administrative staff\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            Offered 9 undergraduate modules and attracted 206 students\n                        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n                            The Basic Tamil language module was especially popular as it catered to non-Tamil speakers\n                        <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview\/History Key Milestones A journey of academic excellence and international collaboration 2012\/2013 SICCI Prize for South Asian Studies was established 2011\/2012 New module, SN3880A Art of India was taught via video conference by Professor Rick Asher, University of Minnesota, USA 2010\/2011 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 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