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New Delhi: The South Asian University, established by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, is promoting cultural relations and providing quality education to the youth in South Asian countries, according to Professor K K Aggarwal, President of South Asian University.

The South Asian Festival of Arts and Literature (SAFAAL) was organised for the first time in SAU under the guidance of Prof Aggarwal.

This two-day festival was organised in collaboration with SAU’s Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) and Valley of Words (VOW).

SAU President Prof. K.K. Agarwal said, “South Asian countries are connected with each other by cultural richness, which is the best medium to strengthen the mutual relations of SAARC countries. This festival has been organised with the objective of connecting the new generation of member countries with this centuries-old heritage of cultural relations.”

At the end, Prof. Agarwal concluded, “SAU has emerged as an excellent centre for providing quality education to the youth of SAARC countries as well as for expanding their culture.”

The second day of the South Asian Arts and Literature Festival (SAFA) began with a session on “Good Governance: Adopting India’s Best Practices,” which was chaired by Sanjay Chaturvedi, Director, ISAAS. In the event, Secretary to the Government of India V. Srinivas gave his powerful and inspiring speech as the keynote speaker and shed light on the subject in depth.

During this, a session titled “South Asia from the perspective of journalism” was organised, which was chaired by Prof. Dhananjay Tripathi.

At the end of program SAFA, the session on “Challenge of Climate Change: Our Common Destiny” was chaired by former director of Lal Bahadur National Academy of Administration Sanjeev Chopra.

Other speakers, including in the event like former judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal Justice Anil Kumar Sinha, also convey their views.

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