The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi Sarai is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. CSDS is one of India’s best known research centres, with traditions of dissent and a commitment to the work of the public intellectual going back four decades. The Sarai Programme at CSDS was initiated in 2000 as a platform for discursive and creative collaboration between theorists, researchers and practitioners actively engaged in reflecting on contemporary urban spaces in South Asia—their politics, built form, ecology, culture and history—as well as on the histories, practices and politics of information and communication technologies, the public domain and media forms.

Call For Proposals

Sarai is a public initiative of media practitioners and scholars looking at media cultures and urban life. It is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. For more information check our website www.sarai.net

Seed Grants

Sarai would like to encourage innovative research and practices concerning the contemporary urban and media experiences. We invite artists, media practitioners, journalists and scholars to reflect upon the forms and practices through which these experiences are manifest, with a view to developing a critical framework for further research. Sarai’s interests are in the field of old and new media, cinema, environment, language and art, with a strong commitment to making knowledge available in the public domain. Grantees are however encouraged to pursue other lines of enquiry that have a bearing upon the urban and media experiences. The seed grants may be used to develop larger proposals, enquiries that are not conventionally possible, interesting ideas that could flow into other initiatives. The seed grants would be available for up to six months and for a maximum amount of Rs. 60,000. Sarai supports innovative and inventive modes of rendering work into the Public Domain. Proposals which pay attention to this will be particularly valued. Last date for submission: August 30 2001. There are no application forms.