SAC Members

• Walter Hakala, University at Buffalo, SUNY, South Asian Studies (2023-2026) (Chair)
• Lisa Björkman, University of Louisville/Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Anthropology (2022-2025)
• Arjun Guneratne, Macalester College, Anthropology (2022-2025)
• Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati, History (2022-2025)
• Naeem Mohaiemen, Columbia University, Visual Arts (2023-2026)
• Projit Bihari Mukharji, University of Pennsylvania, History of Science (2023-2026)
• Jyoti Puri, Simmons University, Sociology (2024-2027)
• Ali Raza, Lahore University of Management Sciences, History (2024-2027)
• Megan Robb, University of Pennsylvania, Religious Studies (2024-2027)

SAC Committee

• Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation (CONSALD)
  Chair: Gautham Reddy, gmreddy@emory.edu

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.