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Minor in South Asian Studies

General Information

South Asia Studies is an interdisciplinary effort that focuses on the cultures, politics, history, arts and current events of South Asia (the nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Located in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, the South Asia Center is a National Resource Center for South Asia, funded by the U. S. Department of Education, in a consortium with Cornell University.

Key Benefits of our program:

Provides students with an understanding of the religious, historical, economic, political and artistic dimensions of South Asia
Course offerings are flexible and allow students to tailor courses to their individual needs and goals

Career Paths:

Federal government--U.S. Foreign Service, State Department, Department of Defense, etc.
International Organizations such as the U.N. or World Bank
Non-governmental Organizations, both in the U.S. and South Asia
Working in media (photography, photojournalism, news writing, TV Radio, Film)
Graduate study in South Asia

Requirements

The minor requires 18 credits, 12 of which are courses numbered 300 or above. While not required, we urge students to take at least one course, if not more, in Hindi-Urdu.

Director

Prema Kurien

Professor

Sociology

pkurien@syr.edu

315.443.1152

Program Faculty

Mona Bhan

Mona Bhan

Associate Professor and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies

svstehma@esf.edu

315.470.4198

Shobha Bhatia

Professor Emerita, Civil & Environmental Engineering

skbhatia@syr.edu

315.443.3352

Tej Bhatia

Professor Emeritus, Linguistics and Director, South Asian Languages

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

tkbhatia@syr.edu

315.443.5374

Himika Bhattacharya

Associate Professor

Women's and Gender Studies

hbhattac@syr.edu

315.443.5330

Arun Brahmbhatt

Assistant Professor

Religion

ajbrahmb@syr.edu

Richard Breyer

Professor, Television, Radio & Film

rlbreyer@syr.edu

315.443.9249

Tom Brutsaert

Professor, Exercise Science

tdbrutsa@syr.edu

315.443.9697

Gareth Fisher

Associate Professor

Religion

gfisher@syr.edu

315.443.5914

Rashmi Gangamma

Assistant Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy

rgangamm@syr.edu

315.443.9178

Tula Goenka

Professor, Television, Radio & Film

tgoenka@syr.edu

315.443.3376

Ann Grodzins Gold

Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita

Anthropology Religion

315.443.5717

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Assistant Professor

Political Science

ddgueorg@syr.edu

315.443.0309

Roger Hallas 2022

Roger Hallas

Professor

English

rhallas@syr.edu

Tazim . R Kassam

Associate Professor

Religion

tkassam@syr.edu

315.443.3861

Radha Kumar

Assistant Professor

History

rkuma100@syr.edu

315.443.5875

Prema Kurien

Professor

Sociology

pkurien@syr.edu

315.443.1152

Devashish Mitra

Professor

Economics

315.443.6143

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Distinguished Professor and Department Chair

Women's and Gender Studies

ctmohant@syr.edu

315.443.6541 and 315.443.7099

Sudha Raj

Assistant Teaching Professor, Nutrition & Food Studies Nutrition Science & Dietetics Program

315.443.2556

S.P. Raj

Distinguished Professor, Marketing

315.443.3147

Kamala Ramadoss

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science

kramados@syr.edu

315.443.1639

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Romita Ray

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art History

Art and Music Histories

315.443.5030

Lars Rodseth

Associate Professor

Anthropology

rodseth@syr.edu

315.443.9710

Jaipaul Roopnarine

Professor, Human Development and Family Science

jroopnar@syr.edu

315.443.4586

Larry Schroeder

Professor Emeritus

International Relations

ldschroe@syr.edu

315.443.2596

Yüksel Sezgin

Associate Professor

Political Science

ysezgin@syr.edu

315.443.4431

Farhana Sultana

Associate Professor

Geography

sultanaf@syr.edu

315.443.2605

Susan Wadley

Professor Emeritus

Anthropology

sswadley@syr.edu

315.443.4198

Joanne Punzo Waghorne

Professor

Religion

jpwaghor@syr.edu

315.443.5715

Corri Zoli

Part Time Instructor, Senior Research Scholar in Global Affairs and International Security

Forensic Science

315.443.4523