Mission
The NCCSAS seeks to promote research and teaching in the languages and cultures of South Asia in the constituent universities of the Triangle South Asia Consortium and the region.
Charter of the North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies
The NCCSAS is a dues-paying interinstitutional research center supported by Duke University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
NCCSAS Charter
NCCSAS Charter Appendix 1 - Range of Organizational Responsibilities
NCCSAS Charter Appendix 2 - Governing Order
University of North Carolina Board of Governors Registry
The NCCSAS is a University of North Carolina Board of Governors-sanctioned "interinstitutional research center" with secretariat located at Duke University and reporting directly to the Vice Chancellor of Research.
Title VI Undergraduate National Resource Center
The NCCSAS is currently an undergraduate national resouce center for the study of South Asia, awarded by the Title VI NRC program (CFDA 84.015) of the International Education and Graduate Programs service of the US Department of Education. For a list of NRCs in all world areas, see http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsnrc/nrc-contacts.pdf.
Overseas Research Center Memberships
The North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies currently carries consortial memberships in appropriate American Overseas Research Centers.