A think-tank summit was organized in Kathmandu on Aug. 29-30th by the Consortium of South Asian Think-Tanks (COSATT) led by Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Delhi, Centre for South Asian Studies, Kathmandu in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

Heads of think-tanks of all 8 SAARC countries are participating in the 2 day conclave including former foreign secretary of India Salman Haidar. According to Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey, Director of the CSAS, Kathmandu, the venue of the conclave was selected to be Kathmandu keeping in mind the next SAARC Summit which is also supposed to be taking place here in the near future.

On the occasion, possible cooperation among think-tanks of the region was discussed and a website www.cosatt.org was launched in order to cater to the growing need of in-depth analyses and research on pressing strategic issues facing the region.  

A think-tank summit was organized in Kathmandu on Aug. 29-30th by the Consortium of South Asian Think-Tanks (COSATT) led by Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Delhi, Centre for South Asian Studies, Kathmandu in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

Heads of think-tanks of all 8 SAARC countries are participating in the 2 day conclave including former foreign secretary of India Salman Haidar. According to Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey, Director of the CSAS, Kathmandu, the venue of the conclave was selected to be Kathmandu keeping in mind the next SAARC Summit which is also supposed to be taking place here in the near future.

On the occasion, possible cooperation among think-tanks of the region was discussed and a website www.cosatt.org was launched in order to cater to the growing need of in-depth analyses and research on pressing strategic issues facing the region.