Soch is our annual Academic Symposium. Every year, PSA invites academics, journalists, scientists, and politicians to discuss important South Asian issues. Previous themes include "Building Resilience Through Innovations" and "Naya Pakistan, Magar Kiska Pakistan?" In 2024, we are thrilled to bring Soch back to Columbia’s campus since the pandemic with delegations from all Ivies in attendance, as well as NYC Pakistani community members.

This year, Soch consists of an opening keynote, two panels, and a closing keynote, with panels moderated by Columbia affiliates in the climate space. With this conference, we place climate justice, climate mitigation and adaptation within Pakistan, the disproportionate vulnerability of certain populations (such as women and children), transnational politics (water governance and cooperation with neighboring countries such as China and India), and international climate conference discussion, at the forefront of the dialogue.