Today, in the new world order, perhaps a small organisation like SAARC should
hold no great significance. It's a tiny body, with only seven members, but this
does not lessen its importance. In fact, its strategic geographical location
provides it with a special status and it becomes an entity in itself. In letter
and spirit, SAARC is a cultural, economic and commercial association, apolitical
in nature. Still, its political importance and meaningfulness is quite obvious
and is recognised by the whole world, including big power. This study evaluates
SAARC, as a living and developing organisation and efforts have been made to
cover all the aspects in an