Mahbub ul Haq Research Awards for Non Traditional Security Issues in South Asia sponsored by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, have been awarded to 6 outstanding young South Asians. This is the 2nd in the series of research grants being made under this scheme since year 2000. The award is meant for collaborative research between two different South Asian nationals on non-traditional security issues that has relevance to contemporary South Asia. 

RCSS wishes to thank and commend all applicants who eagerly applied for the award. The competition was intense and the selection process was challenging. We thank the international selection committee members for evaluating the applications. We also convey our hearty congratulations to the awardees. 

The selected fellows for the Award are:

1. Dr S I Keethaponcalan
Senior Lecturer 
Dept of Political Science and Public Policy
University of Colombo.
e-mail: skeetha@yaoo.com
and 
Dr A Subramanyam Raju
C/o Indo-American Centre for International Studies
OU Campus, Hyderabad-500007
Andhra Pradesh, India. 
e-mail: adluriraju@reiffmail.com

Research Topic: India and Sri Lanka: Issues in Maritime Cooperation


2. Dr. Mallika Joseph
Research Officer and Web Master
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
New Delhi, India.
e-mail: mallika@ipcs.org
and
Ms. Salma M F Malik
Lecturer, Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
Quaid e Azam University
Islamabad,Pakistan.
e-mail: salmamehr@yahoo.com

Research Topic: Introducing the Small Arms Debate in the Security Discourse of South Asia 

3. Dr Suba Chandran 
Research Officer and Web Master
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
127, Vasant Enclave, New Delhi, India.
e-mail: suba@ipcs.org

and 

Mr Rizwan Zeb
Research Analyst
Institute of Regional Studies
Islamabad, Pakistan. 
e-mail: sherjeelrizwan@hotmail.com

Research Topic: Creating Ripe Conditions to Resolve Indo-Pak Conflicts

The scholars are expected to produce research monographs on the selected themes and submit them to RCSS by March 1, 2004. If required, the research papers will be reviewed by independent reviewer(s), after which it may be published under the RCSS policy studies series.