Committees
The Center for South Asa Studies has several committees composed of key volunteers who develop policies and programs to improve the quality and amount of programs and course offerings on South Asian literature, arts, religions, peoples, culture, and history at Berkeley. They are:
CSAS Executive Committee:
- Lawrence Cohen (Faculty, Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Isha Ray (Faculty, Energy & Resource Group))
- Raka Ray (Faculty, Sociolgy and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Alexander von Rospatt (Faculty, South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)
- Cristin McKnight Sethi (Graduate Student, History of Art)
- Lillygol Sedaghat (Undergraduate Student, Political Economy)
FLAS Committee
- Lawrence Cohen (Faculty, Anthropology)
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)
- Robert P. Goldman (Faculty, South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Jeffery Romm (Faculty, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
- Blake Wentworth (Faculty, South & Southeast Asian Studies)
Berkeley Urdu and Pakistan Initiative Committee
- Umair Khan, (CEO, Secretbuilders.com)
- Saba Mahmood (Faculty, Anthropology)
- Munis Faruqui (Faculty, South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Lawrence Cohen (Faculty, Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Raka Ray (Faculty, Sociolgy and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Adnan Malik (Librarian, South & Southeast Asian Library)
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)
- Puneeta Kala (Program Director, CSAS)
- Behnaz Raufi (Publications & Program Assistant, CSAS)
South Asian Art Committee
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)
- Cristin McKnight Sethi (Graduate Student, History of Art)
- Puneeta Kala (Program Director, CSAS)
21st Century Indian Cities Committee
- Lawrence Cohen (Faculty, Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Pranab Bardhan (Faculty, Economics)
- Raka Ray (Faculty, Sociolgy and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Ananya Roy (Faculty, City & Regional Planning)
- Ashok Bardhan (Senior Research Associate, Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics, Haas School of Business)
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)
- Puneeta Kala (Program Director, CSAS)
Tata/TISES Committee
- Lawrence Cohen (Faculty, Anthropology and South & Southeast Asian Studies)
- Sanchita Saxena (Associate Director, CSAS)

