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- South Asian Studies at Ghent University The Department of Languages and Cultures of Ghent University offers BA and MA courses in South Asian languages and cultures, with a strong focus on religious studies.
- Ghent Centre for South Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary research group based at Ghent University engaged in the study of ancient and modern South Asian languages and cultures.
- Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi hosts expertise in landscape archaeology and megalithic studies in South India.
- Department of Ecology at the French Institute of Pondicherry investigates the diversity and dynamics of vegetation in India, especially in the Western Ghats. The Institute’s Research Centre for Palinology and Palaeoecology specifically focuses on past vegetation changes in South Asia.
- National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru is one of the key research centres for the archaeological sciences in India, particularly for archaeometallurgy.
- University of Hyderabad has expertise in ethnohistory, supporting research on oral histories and traditional ecological knowledge.
- Chennai Museum (Ethnology Gallery) The Ethnology Gallery of the Chennai Museum, one of the oldest and more important museums in India, displays the material culture of South Indian indigenous communities, including those living in the Nilgiri Mountains.
- Tribal Research Centre is based in Udhagamandalam, the capital of the Nilgiris district, and its aim is to develop strategies for the advancement of the indigenous community of Tamil Nadu. The centre hosts the Tribal Museum with the purpose to collect and preserve artefacts produced by the several indigenous communities of Tamil Nadu.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew holds the world’s largest botanical collection, including the herbarium of the East India Company.
- The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of Florence holds a large collection of Toda artefacts gathered by Paolo Mantegazza in the 1880s.
- Pantropica is an online platform for researchers, indigenous and local communities, and conservation policy makers to publicly share research outputs, projects, and events in relation to the tropical forests.