Kodikara Awards Research Grants for South Asian Strategic Studies for 2005/6 sponsored by RCSS have been awarded to five outstanding young South Asians. This is the 8th in the series of research grants being made under this scheme since 1996.
The selected fellows for the Award are:

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science

PPN College, Kanpur, UP

India
(Getting to Rapprochement over Kashmir: Is Using ‘China Model’ a Viable Alternative)

Ms. Maria Saifuddin Effendi

Research Scholar

Institute of Regional Studies

Islamabad

Pakistan

(Role of Third Party in Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of India and Norway in Sri Lanka)

Dr. Kanchan Lakshman

Research Fellow

Institute for Conflict Management

New Delhi

India
(Jammu and Kashmir: Terror, Politics and Peace after 9/11)

Ms. Rumana Monzur

Lecturer

Department of International Relations

University of Dhaka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

(Beyond the Security Impasse: State, Development and People)

Mr. Udaya Rana

Member

Center for Consolidation for Democracy (CDD)

Jawalakhel

Nepal

(Maoist Insurgency and its Impact on Open Border between India and Nepal)

The scholars are expected to produce research monographs on the selected themes and submit them to RCSS by October 1, 2006. The research papers if required will be reviewed by independent reviewer(s), after which it may be published under the RCSS policy studies series.