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Regional Offices
TWAS has established five regional offices to help disseminate information about the Academy and its activities throughout the developing world.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TWAS Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (TWAS-ROLAC)
at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinator: Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho
e-mail: contact@twas-rolac.org
website: www.rio.twas.org
Beijing, China
TWAS Regional Office for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific (TWAS-ROESEAP)
at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China
Coordinator: Bai Chunli
e-mail: beijing@twas.org
website: www.beijing.twas.org
Alexandria, Egypt
TWAS Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO)
at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt
Coordinator: Ismail Serageldin
e-mail: alexandria@twas.org
website: www.alexandria.twas.org
Bangalore, India
TWAS Regional Office for Central and South Asia (TWAS-ROCASA)
at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India
Coordinator: V. Krishnan
e-mail: bangalore@twas.org
website: www.bangalore.twas.org
Nairobi, Kenya
TWAS Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA)
at the African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinator: Berhanu Abegaz
e-mail: nairobi@twas.org
website: www.nairobi.twas.org
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