int ' l directory of scholars dear linguists , i am writing to inform you about the international directory of south asia scholars , and to invite those of you working on south asian your colleagues in linguistics or in other disciplines can find you . i am attaching below a file which describes this free online global database of scholars , as well as a form for you to submit your own entries ( hopefully by email ) . please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or comments about the directory or about the south asia gopher through which it is published online . thank you . david magier columbia university _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the international directory of south asia scholars the international directory of south asia scholars is a free , publicly available online database of south asianists from around the world . this service is being provided by columbia university through the south asia gopher , and is compiled and maintained by dr . david magier . the database contains records of individuals who have identified themselves as being involved in south asian studies . each record , submitted by the person listed , contains the name , title , affiliation , contact information ( generally mail address , phones , fax , and full email address ) , and a short statement of the person 's activities , teaching and / or research interests , specializations , etc . in the area of south asian studies . the entries are free-form text , and one may include any information in any format that seems useful and informative . the database is indexed so that anyone can do a search to locate the record for a particular individual , or one can do a keyword search to find , for example , a list of all the south asianists located in a given country or city , or all the scholars who are working on a given language or subject or region , etc . for example , a keyword search using the terms " prakrit " or " punjabi " will retrieve a listing of all the scholars whose entries contain these words . it is very easy to have your entry included in this database , so that your colleagues from around the world will know who you are and what you are working on and interested in . experience shows that this type of tool is very helpful in developing new human networks and cooperative research and teaching ventures , getting answers to particular factual queries , and fostering the ' cross-fertilization ' of ideas . we would like to invite you to submit an entry so that our database will be as comprehensive and useful as possible . to submit an entry for yourself ( or for someone else ) , please fill out the form below and return it by email to magier @ columbia . edu or by post to dr . david magier south asia librarian 304 international affairs columbia university 420 west 118th street new york , n . y . 10027 212-854 - 8046 / fax : 212-854 - 2495 your description of your work and research or teaching interests should contain as much information as possible to allow people to identify you and your work , and to ' find ' you through typical keyword searches ( languages , countries or regions , fields and sub-disciplines , ethnic or political groups , etc . ) . please feel free to contact dr . magier if you have questions about the directory or need advice on the best way to construct your entry . _ _ _ _ entry form _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cut here _ _ _ _ name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ title _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ institutional affiliation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mailing address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ phones _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fax _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ full email address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ description of your work ( include your research / teaching interests , and all relevant keywords such as languages , countries , regions , disciplines and sub-disciplines , ethnic , religious or political goupings , historical periods , etc . keep in mind that others will use ' keyword searches ' to find your listing if they do n't know you by name ) . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ return this info by email to magier @ columbia . edu or by post to david magier , south asia librarian 304 international affairs columbia university 420 west 118th street new york , n . y . 10027 usa 212-854 - 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