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The South Asia Regional Research Center (SAS RRC) is based at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)in New Dehli, India and is guided by the South Asia Regional Committee (SASCOM), which is also hosted at NPL.

Among the regions of the world, South Asia is one of the most sensitive to global climate change, population growth, and rapid industrialization/urbanization. The region depends heavily on the variable regional monsoon as well as water derived from glacial melt in the Himalayas; both of these are affected by climatic change. Critical concerns in the South Asia region include food and water security, air quality, sustainable development, and vulnerability to impacts of climate change.

Some of the ongoing or recent projects at the SAS RRC include:

• "Climate and Water Resources in South Asia: Vulnerability and Adaptation"

• “Greenhouse Gases, Air Pollutants and Future Emission Scenarios for Asian Megacities: Economic Benefits for Air Pollution Reduction in South Asian Cities”

• “Inventory of Glaciers and Glacial Lakes and the Identification of Potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) Affected by Global Warming in the Mountains of the Himalayan Region”

• “Assessment of the Impacts of and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Plantation Sector, with Particular Reference to Coconut and Tea, in Sri Lanka”

• “Global Change Impact Assessment for the Himalayan Region for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development”

More information may be found at: http://www.npl-cgc.ernet.in

M. Tiwari
Director, START South Asia Regional Research Center
National Physical Laboratory
K.S. Krishnan Marg
New Delhi 110 012, INDIA
Phone:+91-11-4560 8378
NPL Fax No.: +91-11-4560 9310
Email: mktiwari@mail.nplindia.ernet.in

Anand Patwardhan
Chair, South Asia START Committee
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Shailesh J Mehta School of Management
Indian Institute of Technology
Powai, Mumbai 400 076, INDIA
Phone: (+91 22) 25767788
Email: anand@som.iitb.ac.in

Amir Muhammed
Former Chair,  South Asia START Committee
National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
FASThouse, Rohats Road, G-9/4
PO Box 2316
Islamabad 44000, PAKISTAN
Phone: (+92 51) 2855 0724/2855 032
Fax: (+92 51) 2855 070
Email: amir@nu.edu.pk
 

Ahsan Udin Ahmed (BUP, BANGLADESH)

Sulochana Gadgil (Indian Institute of Science, INDIA)

Rupa Kumar Koli (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, INDIA)

A. Quadir (Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization, BANGLADESH)

Janaka Ratnasiri (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, SRI LANKA)  

Kedar Lal Shrestha (Institute for Development and Innovation, NEPAL)

M. Tiwari  (Director, START South Asia Regional Research Center)