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The aims of the I.A.S.S., through its regular series of World Sanskrit Conferences, are to gather together scholars in Sanskrit and related disciplines from all parts of the world and to facilitate the establishment of closer contacts between specialists in Indian Studies, so that, firstly, they can exchange information about their research and teaching and may be encouraged to undertake joint projects whenever appropriate, and secondly, they can keep themselves informed about the state of Sanskrit studies throughout the world, act jointly in matters of common interest, and support these studies by calling public attention to their importance.
Use of the term "Sanskrit Studies" is intended to indicate that the Association, while not exclusively concerned with Sanskrit in the narrow sense, is primarily interested in research work based on solid knowledge of one or more Indian languages and on fundamental textual sources from South and South-East Asia.
In addition to the World Sanskrit Conferences, the Association also publishes an occasional Newsletter to disseminate information about its activities and has now also established this web site (with the kind co-operation of Dr Dominik Wujastyk, Associate Curator, Wellcome Library, London) as a further means to that end.