Those listed should at least have an MA or its equivalent. Disciplines will continue to be given on the list in such a way that a search for disciplines on the internet version of it is possible. The board decided to start a newsletter which will be drafted in Leiden and distributed from Prague. This Newsletter will be sent to all members. The ESF Asia Committee has a budget for workshops.
Priority is given to initiatives taken by two or more associations.
The general impression is that the Indian authorities as well as Indian scholarship would look favourably on an initiative for a European Institute of South Asian Studies in India and would prefer such a plan to national initiatives taken by European countries. This will be pursued in Brussels by the chairman and the secretary. An intense discussion took place among the board members about the ways to promote and preserve South Asian Studies in Europe and to ensure there is a younger generation of South Asian scholars. Our own newsletter and that of IIAS may be attractive channels of communication for such ideas to mature. Prof. Rothermund will distribute a report, in English, of the Berlin meeting on German Asian Studies to all board members.