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South Asia

University contacts who work across South Asia.

Pankaj Pankaj

Pankaj Pankaj

International Dean for South Asia

Based in Edinburgh

Pankaj provides leadership in the development of a strategy to shape activities, partnerships and priorities to enhance the University’s engagement with South Asia.

Pankaj@ed.ac.uk

Audrey Kon

Audrey Kon

Regional Director - Southeast Asia and Australasia (interim cover South Asia)

Based in Singapore

Audrey is providing interim cover for the Regional Director South Asia role. In addition to her role as Regional Director Southeast Asia and Australasia, Audrey is responsible for coordinating and advancing priority activity across South Asia, including the development and management of partnerships, connections and opportunities with key institutions and agencies.

Audrey.Kon@ed.ac.uk

Harish Lokhun

Harish Lokhun

Regional Manager - Central and South Asia

Based in Edinburgh

Harish leads recruitment and development activity in priority markets in South and Central Asia. Harish collaborates closely with the South Asia Regional Centre on the development of partnerships and alumni engagement related to the team’s Regional plan. He is supporting the internationalisation strategy for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and Edinburgh Global Fellow for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.

Harish.Lokhun@ed.ac.uk

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Rupal Parikh

Partnerships and Recruitment Manager South Asia

Based in Mumbai

Rupal is responsible for supporting the development and management of the University’s partnerships and engagement with leading institutions and organisations across South Asia. She is also involved in student recruitment activity and works towards student mobility programs and alumni engagement within the region.

Rupal.Parikh@ed.ac.uk

Bhgyashri Salunkhe

Bhagyashri Salunkhe

Office Manager

Based in Mumbai

Bhagyashri arranges the day-to-day running of the South Asia Regional Centre in Mumbai. She manages logistics for events and visits, ensuring they run smoothly. She also manages the office finances, business relationships and South Asia enquiries.

Bhagyashri.Salunkhe@ed.ac.uk

About the Regional Centre

The Centre in Mumbai was established to develop and maintain links with universities, research institutions, government agencies, companies and cultural organisations.

Other work includes scholarship development, student internships and alumni engagement. Academic partnerships including student exchanges and joint degrees are a rapidly developing area.

Our Regional Brief - South Asia

Facts and figures about our engagement with South Asia.

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Click here to read our regional brief for South Asia:

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Contact

The South Asian Regional Centre is a Liaison Office as per Government of India guidelines.

South Asia Liaison Office
The University of Edinburgh

+91 9930019355

india@ed.ac.uk

 

Media Blog - India

Kitab Mahal, 3rd floor
192 Dadabhai Naoroji Road
Fort
Mumbai 400001, India

Recruitment

We seek out the best students from countries across South Asia, with a dedicated team of recruitment staff.

Contact

Harish Lokhun, Regional Manager, leads recruitment in the region.

Harish.Lokhun@ed.ac.uk

Entry requirements

We have a dedicated area for entry requirements, which translates UK requirements into local qualifications.

Entry Requirements for South Asian students (Undergraduate)

Entry Requirements for South Asian students (Postgraduate)

Visits

We regularly meet with prospective students and partners in South Asia.

Here is an up-to-date list of our next trips:

Our planned visits to South Asia

Recruitment Wiki for staff

The recruitment wiki includes reports and resources for staff who are interested in international recruitment activities.

Recruitment Wiki - Staff Only

Historic links with India

The University of Edinburgh’s engagement with India stretches from historic connections with the study of Indian botany, culture and religion by Edinburgh-qualified academics and laymen in the 18th century, to large numbers of India’s first overseas students gaining degrees at Edinburgh. Our partnerships in India are based on high quality research and academic cooperation.

Partnerships

The University has relationships with India’s leading institutions including:

  • Indian Institutes of Technology
  • National Centre for Biological Sciences
  • Christian Medical College Vellore
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University

The Regional Centre assists in maintaining relationships, arranging lectures, workshops and symposia to facilitate research-led collaborations with these institutions.

Research funding

Liaison with government agencies and other funding bodies to support partnerships such as the Centre for Brain Development & Repair, Bangalore.

Strategic engagement

Today’s global economic, environmental and development challenges require innovative solutions to increasingly complex and international problems. The focus of the University of Edinburgh’s engagement with South Asia is to develop multi-disciplinary and creative solutions via collaborative partnerships. The Centre is also fundraising and strengthening the engagement with the 1400 strong alumni network in India.

Alumni networks

The University has around 12,000 alumni based in the Asia and Pacific region.

Find out more about the alumni network:

Alumni in Asia and Pacific

University Centres

We have two prestigious cultural and area studies centres.

The Edinburgh India Institute encourages greater awareness of India in Scotland.

Edinburgh India Institute

The Centre for South Asian Studies is dedicated to the study of South Asia.

Centre for South Asian Studies

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