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Objectives - CNAS .
The programmes and activities of the Centre are guided by the following objectives:
- To plan and conduct research on the problems of national integration and the impact of modernization.
- To promote and undertake studies on current development issues, ethnic diversity, tradition and change in political values, and cultural studies within Nepal and across other Asian countries;
- To undertake issue-specific research on environment studies, gender studies, population studies, migration studies, applied linguistics and sociolinguistic studies.
- To encourage academic exchange with other research organizations within and outside of Nepal.
- To act as a venue for contact, affiliation and the coordination of research activities of Nepalese and foreign scholars working on Nepalese studies;
- To maintain a comprehensive bibliographic database on Nepal, SAARC and South Asia;
- To organize national as well as international seminars on current political and security issues;
- To disseminate research works on Nepal through publications.
The main substantive activity at the Centre is carried out by the research wings called Faculty while the administrative and documentation centre provide support services. CNAS is a multidisciplinary research centre with a team of about 19 full-time researchers.