SAC Members

• Manan Ahmed, Columbia University, History (Chair)
• Amrita Basu, Amherst College, Political Science
• Lisa Björkman, University of Louisville/Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Anthropology
• Arjun Guneratne, Macalester College, Anthropology
• Walter Hakala, University at Buffalo, SUNY, South Asian Studies
• Jinah Kim, Harvard University, Art History
• Naeem Mohaiemen, Columbia University, Visual Arts
• Projit Bihari Mukharji, University of Pennsylvania, History of Science
• Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati, History

SAC Committee

• Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation (CONSALD)

Book Prizes

• The Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, which honors the author of the best English-language work in South Asian studies.
• The A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation, which recognizes and encourages translations from South Asian languages into English.
• The Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize for first books on South Asia.

SAC Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper

The South Asia Council awards a prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the Annual Conference.