South and Central Asia Region
About your Regional Secretaries
2 co-secretaries were elected by member sof the regions and appointed by the ISAE council on October, 2021. Vijay Pal Singh from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and Sumita Sugnaseelan from the Universiti Putra Malaysia are now the regional secretaries for the South and Central Asia region. Congratulations to both!
Resources and Archives
Below, you will find information on previous ISAE activities and other relevant information on events and news occurring within the South and Central Asia region.
Past regional meetings
Workshops
2025: Happy Animals, Healthy Yields: Insight on science of animal behavior
The 4th regional workshop of the South and Central Asia ISAE region took place on the 13th of September in Gautam Buddha University, India.
The event gathered experts, scientists, and practitioners from diverse institutes, alongside 110 enthusiastic students and delegates representing prestigious institutions including Hansraj College (Delhi University), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), ICAR-NDRI, IIT Delhi, Galgotia University, Gautam Buddha University and many more.
2024: Natural behaviors in relation to production and welfare of native farm animals
The 3rd regional workshop of the South and Central Asia ISAE region took place on the 25th of October in ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute, India.
The workshop saw an overwhelming response with 130 registrations. Among those who had registered 102 participants attended the workshop physically and 25 participants attended live virtually. Out of 102 participants who attended physically 71 were males and 31 were the females. Among those who attended included 31 Scientists/Faculty in Universities and research institutes, 59 Post Graduate and Doctoral students, 11 farmers and one animal welfare consultant.
2023: Animal Welfare progress in India
The 2nd regional workshop of the South and Central Asia ISAE region took place on the 28th of January in CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi.
We had more than 260 registrations, 118 confirmed registrations and 94 attendees who attended the event physically. Many participants also attended the event virtually through YouTube as we also made our event YouTube live.
2018: Animal Behaviour & Welfare Workshop
The official launch of the ISAE in India was held on Saturday 8th December 2018 in New Delhi, India.
















