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	Views of the April 3-5 SASA Conference, University of Central Florida, Orlando --------------------------------------------------------- Join us in Santa Clara, CA, April 2010


	Plenary Session Speakers




		Dr. Laurie Patton, Charles Howard Candler Professor and Professor of Early Indian Religion, Emory University, delivers the opening plenary address, “A Contemporary Mother: Sanskrit and the Feminine in Present Day India.”




	Dr. Harold A. Gould, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, delivers the Friday plenary luncheon address, “America’s Half Century Struggle to Control the Political Agenda in South Asia.”

I am back home now and recalling all good memories of the conference. I am really thankful to you for providing me an opportunity to exchange my views with scholars of the world in a congenial environment. I congratulate you and your team for conducting an informative conference. I really appreciate your effort for plenary sessions that were amazing and interesting. I wish you for conducting more interesting international conferences in future. I am looking forward to more scholastic ventures from you and your team. Best of luck.

Rana Eijaz Ahmad, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Professor Vivek Wadhwa, Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, and Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard University School of Law, delivers the Saturday plenary luncheon address, “Globalization: India, China and Myths in the U.S. Competitiveness Debate.” A related presentation by Professor Wadhwa can be heard at SASA’s Brown Bag Radio website, http://www.brownbagradio.net.



	Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh present Ambassador Arun Singh with a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform just before the annual banquet.




		Newly signed players for the Pittsburgh Pirates Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, winners of the “Million Dollar Arm” reality TV show in India, and their manager, JB Bernstein, answer questions at the annual banquet.



			The Honorable Arun K. Singh, Interim Ambassador of India, delivers the Saturday plenary dinner keynote speech on Indo-American relations moving forward.


	2009 Honorees




	Professor Harold A. Gould receives the 2009 SASA career award for academic excellence. Left to right, SASA vice-president Chandrika Kaul, Hal Gould, William Vanderbok, SASA president.



		Chitra and Anil Deshpande receive the 2009 SASA award for support of South Asian Studies. The Desphande’s provided the seed money for the University of Central Florida’s India Program which hosted the 2009 SASA Annual Conference.


	Faces




			Interim Ambassador Arun K. Singh of India





			UCF Ambassador-in-Residence Harriet Elam-Thomas

	“Just wanted to thank you ... for organizing a wonderful conference. I especially liked the 'close-knit-ness' of the participants. Professor Muthasami Kumaran University of Hawaii, Manoa






	SASA vice-president Chandrika Kaul



		“Congratulations on a very successful conference. I really enjoyed meeting so many interesting people, sharing meals with them ...” Professor Betty Bernhard Pomona College


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