South Asia: Interpreting Its Past, Imagining Its Future

Enepalese Published on: February 4, 2021

14th Annual Conference of the South Asian Studies Association

Opening Session, Friday February 5, 2021, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pacific Time

5:01: Welcome, Chris Chapple, SASA President

5:05 Dr. Rafiq Dossani introduces Business Leadership Award Exemplar, Kanwal Rekhi

5:10 Kanwal Rekhi speaks

5:15 Dr. David Blundell introduces Community Service Exemplar, Dr. Walter Jayasinghe

5:20 Dr. Walter Jayasinghe speaks

5:25 Drs. Blundell and Jayasinghe introduce the Achala Weerasinghe

5:30 Video presentation: The Sri Lanka Foundation Performing Arts Centre, Los Angeles

6:00 Dr. Chapple introduces Academic Achievement Exemplar Award, Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

6:05 Dr. Timalsina speaks

6:20 Dr. Deepak Shimkhada presents Modernism in Nepali Art

6:50 Questions and Conversations

7:00 End of Program