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The British Association for South Asian Studies
The British Association for South Asian Studies is a registered charity (number 264591) based in London, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 16 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Arvind KumarTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti RoyTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi PhalkeyTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Priyanka BasuTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Priyanka SinghTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Sadiq BhanbhroTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan MohmandTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Simona VittoriniTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Thomas ChambersTrustee · since 2019
- Mani Sudhir SelvarajTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Andrea MajorTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Anindita GhoshTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Annapurna Deborah WaughrayTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Christophe JaffrelotTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Indrajit RoyTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Mukulika BanerjeeTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and more
- Website
- www.basas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£27k
- 2024£25k£24k
- 2023£24k£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£27k
- 2021£28k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE STUDIES IN REGARD TO SOUTH ASIA.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
16 trustees on the board
- Arvind Kumar since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti Roy since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi Phalkey since 2022
- Dr Priyanka Basu since 2021
- Dr Priyanka Singh since 2023
- Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand since 2024
- Dr Simona Vittorini since 2024
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
- Mani Sudhir Selvaraj since 2025
- Professor Andrea Major since 2025
- Professor Anindita Ghosh since 2020
- Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray since 2025
- Professor Christophe Jaffrelot since 2023
- Professor Indrajit Roy since 2024
- Professor Mukulika Banerjee since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Arvind Kumar since 2023
- Dr Dibyadyuti Roy since 2023
- Dr Jahnavi Phalkey since 2022
- Dr Priyanka Basu since 2021
- Dr Priyanka Singh since 2023
- Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro since 2023
- Dr Shandana Khan Mohmand since 2024
- Dr Simona Vittorini since 2024
- Dr Thomas Chambers since 2019
- Professor Andrea Major since 2025
- Professor Anindita Ghosh since 2020
- Professor Christophe Jaffrelot since 2023
- Professor Mukulika Banerjee since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Mani Sudhir Selvaraj since 2025
- Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray since 2025
- Professor Indrajit Roy since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 264591
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 1 JUNE 1972 AND AMENDED 2 DECEMBER 1983 AND 26 SEPTEMBER 2007 as amended on 19 Apr 2017
- Contact on the register
- 0204 542 0149 · basas@basas.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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