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ABOUT SARID SARID is non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian and registered as a tax-exempt 501c3 corporation in the USA, corporation EIN: 55-0829216.
Mission SARID is a non-profit forum for professionals and friends from all over
the world, • identify, promote and support appropriate, environmentally sound, humane economic development strategies for South Asia through research, training and small- to intermediate-scale projects. • "indigenize" technologies and processes, that is, to
increase the use of indigenous • encourage inter-regional cooperation, respect and peace in the region by exchanging views, knowledge and ideas by means of articles, papers, seminars and interfaith dialogue.
Message from the Board of Advisors The South Asia Research Institute for Policy and Development, SARID, is a conglomerate of dedicated professionals, united by a single purpose, which is to promote sustainable economic development in South Asia. While the developed countries are well armed to meet the challenges of the future, the developing nations are faced with economic deprivation, illiteracy, absence of law and order, insufficient technological skills and inadequate scientific knowledge. They are however blessed with enough natural resources and manpower, which when channeled properly, can yield optimum benefits for the common people. SARID aims to become an informed guide of relevant and appropriate development strategies for the region, which comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (and occasionally, due to prior historical and political involvement, Myanmar/Burma and Tibet). The intention is to link regional problems and issues to resourceful
South Asian SARID plans to achieve these objectives in the following stages: Phase One: Efforts will focus on identifying emerging and available technologies
and Phase Two: Will concern the “indigenization” of technologies. Indigenization is defined as a process that involves greater use of indigenous resources accompanied by the development and promotion of autarchy. SARID realizes that in order to accomplish our objectives we will first have to focus on the socio-political issues that hinder appropriate development and economic growth. Societies need to be strengthened at the civil level before any progress can be made. Good governance, establishment of law and order and literacy among the masses have to be promoted. We hope to identify model governments that have responsible democratic institutions, efficient bureaucracies and good human security. SARID hopes to serve as a bridge between scholarship and policymaking by bringing new knowledge to the attention of decision makers. Our work is nonpartisan and solely dedicated to achieving practical results
for the SARID invites professionals from South Asia to send us their ideas, articles
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Board of Advisors Javed Sultan, Executive Director
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