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As a user of the collections, we want to hear your views about how we should prioritise digitisation of our South Asia collections — not only to meet your own research needs, but those of the research community in the UK and worldwide. We also welcome your knowledge on individuals and institutions who might prove useful partners in this work and ideas about how we can most effectively reach the South Asian scholarly and higher educational community.

Monday 22 March 2010

South Asian research opportunities boosted by British Library and AHRC

Significant partnership launched by leading research institutions to encourage growth of South Asian studies

Signed on 4 March by Chief Executive of the British Library, Dame Lynne Brindley and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Chief Executive, Rick Rylance, the British Library and AHRC have agreed a framework agreement to enable both parties to work together to identify research priorities in India and the UK and work jointly on projects that support research in this field.

The initiative begins with a planning delegation to India meet representatives from the Government, National Archives and leading academic institutions. The aim of the agreement will be to build stronger bonds between Indian and UK-based research and Higher Education institutions.

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