Published since 1986 by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ) brings out high-quality, evidence-based and forward-looking articles on a wide range of population and development issues in Asia and the Pacific. This issue (Vol. 31, No. 2, December 2016) of the Asia-Pacific Population

South Asian Studies Graduate Student and Jackson School of International Studies Alumna, Thilini Kahandawaarachchi, recently wrote and published an opinion piece based on her thesis at the Jackson School. To read Thilini’s article on the Chinese investments in ports click here!

Pradipsinh Rathod’s research project Malaria Evolution in South Asia, which aims to slow the spread of malaria by analyzing its genetics, was renewed by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India. The initiative — Malaria Evolution in South Asia, which

South Asia faculty Sunila S. Kale and Christian Novetzke continue their explorations of the global presence of yoga with Yoga and the Means and Ends of Secularism in The Wire. “In 2016, the Indian Supreme Court asked the Centre to formulate a policy on yoga instruction in state schools, something it hasn’t done yet. Here we

Read the whole article by Hannah E. Haegland  and Reema Verma on the website of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists here. Hannah is a South Asia MA alum (class of 2015), now working at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC.

Imperialism and the Creation of Tea Drinkers in British India A lecture by Erika Rappaport On November 18, professor of history at UC Santa Barbara Erika Rappaport delivered a talk on the creation of tea drinkers in India.  Through the course of her talk, Rappaport sought to show how tea, so ubiquitous today in South Asian

An article by Michael Walstrom The electricity sector in India is starting to deploy smart grid technologies with the hope that they will play a central role in strengthening this sector so it can provide the clean, quality power the country needs to meet developmental, environmental, and political goals. Smart grids are equipped with information

A new exhibit in the University of Washington’s Allen Library explores South Asia through art, artifacts, manuscripts, music and more. “Envisaging South Asia: Images, Art and Scholarship” was curated by Deepa Banerjee, South Asia Studies librarian, and will be on view through Oct. 31. Six public lectures will be offered in conjunction with the exhibit, all

South Asia Alumni Hannah Haegeland has contributed a new piece to National Interest regarding Nepal’s constitutional crisis and geopolitical concerns. Link to article

Link to Minnie’s article South Asia MA student Minnie Ray Chaudhury is a fellow at the International Policy Institute of the Jackson School, working on cybersecurity issues. In addition to writing this article, she presented at the May 23 BRICS on the Firewall: International Perspectives on Cybersecurity and Encryption event held at UW.