The Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) is a fully independent, non-political, secular, research think-tank based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It organizes conferences and conducts research in areas of South Asian regional cooperation, peace and conflict in South Asia, small arms proliferation, trade and connectivity and strategic issues concerning South Asian countries as well as Nepal's conduct of international relations.The Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) is a fully independent, non-political, secular, research think-tank based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
COSATT-KAS hybrid roundtable on ‘BIMSTEC After the Fifth Summit’ was held in Kathmandu on April 14, 2022. Speakers from India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Nepal shed light on the strategic significance of BIMSTEC. A report of the roundtable will soon be published.
Director Dr. Nishchalnath Pandey spoke at the BIMSTEC 2022 Roundtable Conference organized by Pathfinder Foundation and India Foundation in Colombo on March 31-April1, 2022.
CSAS in cooperation with National College and KAS organized a 2-day webinar on ‘Accelerating Progress and Equality in Education’ on May 31-June 1, 2021. More than 100 students and faculty participated in the programme which centered around discussions on how the pandemic has impacted on education, challenges of on-line learning, cost factors and need of re-orientation of the faculty towards digital tools. A host of speakers from Nepal, Singapore and Germany shed light on the challenges and opportunities of on-line learning.
COSATT in cooperation with KAS and the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore organized a national workshop on ‘Nepal’s Contributions to UN Peacekeeping’ in Kathmandu on April 19, 2021. Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali was chief guest. A number of strategic affairs experts shed light on the topic.