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INDIAN COUNCIL
OF WORLD AFFAIRS SAPRU HOUSE

The fifth and last session on ‘Way Forward: Social Development, New Delhi; and Dr. Prabir De,
Towards the Third Decade of MGC’ was Chaired Professor, ASEAN-India Center, RIS. The panellists
by Dr Sanjaya Baru, Member, Governing Council, reiterated the importance on resolving and pushing
ICWA, New Delhi. The speaker in the session were forward the ongoing connectivity projects and
Dr. Myo Thant, Senior Advisor, Myanmar ISIS, build connectivity in terms of physical, digital, and
Former Principal Economist, Asian Development people-to-people contacts. While looking into the
Bank, Manila; Prof. Suthiphand Chirathivat, third decade of the MGC, the session discussed the
ASEAN Studies Centre, Chulalongkorn University, need for cooperation to be people-oriented that
Bangkok; Dr Nani Gopal Mahanta, Director, Centre includes projects in the field of health, community,
for Southeast Asian Studies, Gauhati University, education, job creation, and cultural exchange to be
Guwahati; Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for built through dialogue.

MoU between ICWA and United Service Institute of India (USI)

9 November 2020

India’s oldest foreign policy think ICWA and India’s oldest think
A tank focusing on military affairs the United Service Institute
of India (USI), New Delhi signed a MoU on November 9, 2020 for
strengthened academic and research collaboration. The two think tanks
will organize joint studies and events on international affairs, Indian
foreign policy and national security within the ambit of the MoU. The
ICWA-USI MoU will promote academic collaboration between two
premier think tanks of India and would contribute to strengthened
discourse on foreign policy and national security related issues.

ICWA Webinar on ‘China-Pakistan Relations and CPEC:
Returning to the Shadows’
10 November 2020

ICWA organized a webinar on “China-
A Pakistan Relations and CPEC: Returning
to the Shadows” on November 10, 2020. Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan, DG, ICWA
chaired the event and delivered opening remarks. Mr. Andrew Small,
Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the Asia Program at the German
Marshall Fund of the United States was the lead speaker. Other speakers
included; Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, JNU; Dr Abanti Bhattacharya,
Associate Professor, University of Delhi; and Dr. Ashok K. Behuria, Senior
Fellow, IDSA.

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