TOPIC: 'SAARC should be Revived to make South Asia a Global Powerhouse'
DEADLINE: 31 March 2025, 1700 hrs
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to ALL registered, full-time ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Masters students in any course/department (including MRes, One-year Executive Masters & Joint-Masters). You do not have to be studying South Asia-related courses/modules to enter this essay competition.
Please ensure that your essay is on the topic mentioned above; please do not submit your coursework essay for this competition.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ESSAY
- Essays should be an original piece of writing, and not something that you have submitted as coursework or published elsewhere on any other platform.
- Essays should be between 800-1,200 words (max), and should be written in English.
Send your essay to Deputy Director Dr Nilanjan Sarkar at southasiacentre@lse.ac.uk with a covering sheet mentioning your name, course and ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Student ID number.
Please do not mention your name anywhere in the essay.
PRIZE
- Waterstones Book Vouchers worth £250.
- Publication of winning essay in the ‘’ blog.
WINNING ESSAYS
- 2023-24: Zaid Ahmed Abro (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Masters in International Social and Public Policy), (for the topic 'Politics is a Barrier to Social Change in South Asia').
- 2022-23: Shaurya Dev (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Masters in International Relations), .
- 2021-22: Elias Khoury (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Masters in Public Policy & Administration), '' (for the topic 'How can South Asia Contribute to Global Development?').
- 2020-21: Ritika Arora-Kukreja (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ MRes/PhD in International Development), '' (for the topic 'What is the Biggest Challenge facing South Asia in the Next 10 Years?').