Links

British Council Division
British High Commission
17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110 001
Tel: 11-371 1401
Fax11-371 0717

www.britishcouncil.org.in
www.britishcouncil.org/india
www.ukinindia.com


Association of British Scholars, India
www.abs-india.org

Deputy Manager
Scholarships, TRaining and Exchanges
Tel (Delhi) 11-51497212
Fax: 11-23710717


Vineeta Sidana
Asst Mggr Scholarships & Exchanges
Tel 11-3711401 (extn 272)
Fax: 3710717
email; vineetasidana@in.britishcouncil.org

Membership/ Benefits/ Privileges

Life member:
Membership fee: Present strength
Rs 1000 18

Ordinary member:
Membership fee: Present strength
Rs 200 15

Honorary members
Membership fee: Present strength
Nil Nil

Executive Committee ABS Lucknow

Elections were thus on 5th September 2003 for the Executive Committee 2003-2005 with a nine-member panel formed to take the ABS ahead for a new generation.The strength of the ABS then was 34 members.

The results were:
President: Prof Nishi Pandey
Hony Secy: Shirin Khan (nee Abbas)
Treasurer: Ms Pooja Vaid
Vice Presdient: Dr Shanti Tripath (m/o Prof Nishi Pandey)
Jt Secy: Mr Abhimanyu Singh
Members:
Ms Pratibha Joshi, Ms Sandhya Narain, Ms Farnaz, Mr KS Misra

It was vowed on the accasion that the new committee would launch a massive drive to increase membership, create awareness and make the ABS accessible to all in the state as a nodal link to the other ABS chapters.

ABS Lko chapter-- Office

The closure of the British Council Library necessitated need for a venue. Thus Prof (Dr) Nishi Pandey of the Academic Staff College, Lucknow University, volunteered to shift the office premises to the University campus at the Academic Staff College in July 2003 in order to
Her contention was that presence of the ABS on the University campus will help in;
a) Effective dissemination of information of its events/programmes/scholarships to the various faculties and departments
b) Easy access to target group/UG/PG students,research scholars and academicians
Greater visibility of the association in the city

The last elections for the chapter were held in September 2003

Why the need?

Ever since the British Council closed down the British Council Library in Lucknow, the haven for scholars-- that Literary Mecca which was once the watering hole of scholars, readers, book lovers and other uninitiated searching for the written word, Lucknow, the literary Mecca, that Lakhnau once hailed as the Paris of the East, has been devoid of that watering hole.
An attempt, made to revive the chapter, in 2003 failed since I myself, a Chevening Scholar, Batch of 1999, was, soon after forced by circumstance to concentrate more on my journalistic abilities and skills and career building than keeping track of wassup with other scholars.
Mea Culpa.
But then it dawned on me-- why do we need to have a geographical centre at all. As a member of the Lko chapter of Caferati and Ryze-- the existence of a bloggers world created that watering hole in cyberspace-- one that today's youngsters can understand and seek the Holy Grail from.

What is ABS

ABS --The Association of British Scholars is an India-wide ( for Indian students) network of scholars who have trained or studied in the United Kingdom and/or Commonwealth countries.