<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear All,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">To take the steps further with respect to the Open Access movement in this region of South Asia (SAARC), lets join together and form the Forum for Open Access in South Asia.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><img src="cid:ii_jlm4zpa30" alt="oas-th.png" width="541" height="215"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">As of now, we have communities:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">OA Nepal</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">OA Bangladesh</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">OA Pakistan</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">OA India</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We need to support our friends from Bhutan Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives who are yet to form a community in their respective countries.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please see the wordpress site and other social media sites which had been setup for outreach.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://opensouthasia.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://opensouthasia.wordpress.com/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/opensouth/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/opensouth/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oasouthasia/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/oasouthasia/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://twitter.com/asia_open" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/asia_open</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Want some of you to volunteer to take up the tasks of website and social media channels. Soon we will have a meeting to take the further steps.<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks &amp; Regards</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sridhar</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_4100542392150441663m_4953140124233286816m_1115053810308818313gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="https://sgutam.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Sridhar Gutam</a>, PhD, ARS</b><br>Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology)<span style="font-style:normal"> | </span><span><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span>Convener, <a href="http://openaccessindia.org" target="_blank">Open Access India</a> </span></font></span></div><div><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"># 213, 2nd Floor, Main Lab Building, <a href="https://aicrp.icar.gov.in/fruits/" target="_blank">ICAR-AICRP on Fruits</a><a href="http://www.iihr.res.in/" target="_blank"><br></a></span></font></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.iihr.res.in/" target="_blank"> ICAR-</a><span><a href="http://www.iihr.res.in" target="_blank">Indian Institute of Horticultural Research</a> (ICAR-IIHR)</span></span></font></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hesaraghatta Lake post, Bengaluru 560089, <span>Karnataka, India</span></span></font></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Office Tel. No: +91-80-28466080, </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">23086100 Ext. 274 | </span></span>Fax : +91-80-28466291</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Mobile:+91-9005760036; +918002678768</span><br></span></font></span></p></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Skype: Sridhar.Gutam | <span style="font-style:normal"></span> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sridhargutam" target="_blank">@SridharGutam</a></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span>Official Email: <a href="mailto:Sridhar.Gutam@icar.gov.in" target="_blank">sridhar.gutam@icar.gov.in</a></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/" target="_blank">Scholarship</a> <span><span><span style="font-style:normal">| </span></span></span><a href="https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0001-5376-1565" target="_blank">Impact</a> | <span><span><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span></span><a href="https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6W1MSSwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" target="_blank">Citations</a> <span><span><span><span style="font-style:normal">| <a href="https://sgutam.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></span></span></span></span> | <a href="http://www.iihr.res.in/sridhar-gutam" target="_blank">Page</a><br><br></span></font></span></div><div><a href="http://openaccessindia.org/expression-of-interest-for-indiarxiv-steering-committee/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></span></a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b></b></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://agrixiv.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">AgriXiv</a> - Preprints for Agriculture and Allied Sciences<br><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="http://iihr.res.in/" target="_blank">ICAR-IIHR</a></b> is a constituent establishment of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (<b><a href="http://icar.org.in/" target="_blank">ICAR)</a></b> under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (<b><a href="http://dare.nic.in/" target="_blank">DARE</a></b>), <a href="http://agriculture.gov.in/" target="_blank">Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare</a>, <a href="https://india.gov.in/" target="_blank">Government of India</a><br> </span></font></span></div></div></div>
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