Indian Council of World Affairs

Panellists

Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja
Executive Director, Laxman Kadirgamar Institute, Colombo

Mr. Jehan Perera
Executive Director, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Dr. Nisha Arunatilake
Director of Research, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo

Mr. N . Sathiya Moorthy
Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Chennai

Dr. S. Y. Surendra Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha

Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi and Former High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka

Panellists

Ms. Fawzia Koofi
Afghan Politician and Woman’s Rights Activist Leader of newly established political party in Afghanistan – ‘Movement for Change’

Ms. Bilquees Daud
Assistant Director, Centre for Afghanistan Studies, Jindal Global University

Dr. Shanthie Mariet D'Souza
Leading Strategic Affairs expert in India. Founder and President Mantraya

Ms. Jyoti Malhotra
Editor, National and Strategic Affairs, The Print

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Amar Sinha

Former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan

Speakers:

Ms. Lalitha Kumaramangalam R.
Governing Council Member,  ICWA, Former Chairperson, National Commission for Women (NCW)

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha
Governing Council member, ICWA

Shri Nitin Pai 
Co-founder & Director, Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru

Dr. Constantino Xavier
Fellow, Foreign Policy and Security Studies, Brookings India

Shri Dinakar Peri 
Defense Correspondent, The Hindu

Dr. Vivek Mishra
Research Fellow, ICWA
 

Chair and Moderator:

Ambassador P.S. Raghavan
Chairman, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)

Speaker:

Prof. Sreeram Chaulia
Author
 

Discussants:

Shri Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
Foreign Editor of the Hindustan Times, and Fellow & Head of Strategic Affairs, Ananta Aspen Centre of India;

Dr. Stuti Banerjee
RF, ICWA

Chair and Discussant:

Dr. Zorawar Daulet Singh
Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies and Founder, The Northcap University

Speakers

H.E. Mr. Joel Sibusiso Ndebele
High Commissioner of South Africa to India

Special Remarks by H.E. Ms. Dinah Grace Akello
High Commissioner of Uganda to India

Dr. Naresh Trehan
Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta

Mr. Vibhu Talwar
Managing Director, Moolchand Healthcare Group

Dr. Mukesh Kumar
Scientist ‘G’ and Head, International Health Division (IHD), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Remarks by Discussant

Dr Nivedita Ray
Director Research, ICWA

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Gurjit Singh
Former Ambassador to Ethiopia and African Union

Speakers

Prof. Rajaram Panda

Lok Sabha Research Fellow & Member, Governing Council, ICWA;

Prof. Vyjayanti Raghavan

Professor, Centre for Korean Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University;

Dr. Sandip Mishra

Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and

Dr. Jojin V. John

Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa

Former Indian Ambassador to Japan

Participation invited through registration.

Speakers

Ms. Smita Pant

Joint Secretary (Bangladesh and Myanmar), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India;

Dr. Smruti Pattanaik

Research Fellow, Manohar Parikkar Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis;

Mr. Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

Business Editor, The New Indian Express;

Dr. NehginpaoKipgen
Associate Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs; and

Dr. Sanjay Pulipaaka
Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Programme, Gateway House; Former Ambassador of India to Myanmar

Participation is by invitation only.

Discussants

Dr. Vibhanshu Shekhar

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, Washington DC; and

Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh

Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 

Paper Presentation

Dr. Temjenmeren Ao
Research Fellow, ICWA

Chaired and Lead Discussant

Ambassador Sudhir T.  Devare
Former DG, ICWA

Participation is by invitation only.

Speakers

Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan
Center for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Dr. D. Dhanuraj
Chairman, Center for Public Policy Research, Kochi

Dr. Bindhulakshmi P.
Advanced Center for Women’s Studies, TISS, Mumbai; and

Dr. Deepika Saraswat, 
Research Fellow, ICWA

Chair and Moderator

Ambassador Navdeep Suri,

Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Participation invited through registration.

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by Department of Political Science, Chaman Lal Mahavidhyala Landhaura, Roorkee

राष्ट्रिय संगोष्ठी 'बदलते परिदृश्य में भारत की विदेश निति'

(Stands Postponed. Fresh date to be announced soon)

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by Department of Political Science & Human Rights, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by University Department of Political Science, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur

(Stands Postponed. Fresh date to be announced soon)

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by Center for West Asian Studies (CWAS), Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi

Discussant:

Ambassador Vivek Katju
Former Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, Myanmar and Thailand

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by Pondicherry University(A Central University)

Venue: Port Blair (Tentatively on the premises of Andaman & Nicobar Integrated Navel Command)

followed by Seminar on 'India’s Engagement with the Changing Arctic'

Outreach programme financially supported by ICWA:

To be organized by Centre for Advance Strategic Studies, M.M.D.W. Potdar Complex, Savitribai Phule Pune University