Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Successful Community Engagement in Rural Electrification from South Asian Countries

Chair: Prof. Rajen HarsheExternal Discussants: Ms. Lidya Powell and Mr. Nitya NandaInternal Discussants: Ms. Ruchita Beri and Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik Presentation: Tanzania is one of the fastest growing economies… Continue reading Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Successful Community Engagement in Rural Electrification from South Asian Countries

Talk by David Brewster on “Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space”

A talk by Dr David Brewster on ‘Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space’, was organized by the Centre for SoutheastAsia & Oceania at IDSA on October 15. The… Continue reading Talk by David Brewster on “Bay of Bengal as a Coherent Strategic Space”

Talk by Amb. Virendra Gupta on “India-Africa Relations”

A talk by Shri Virendra Gupta, former High Commissioner of India to South Africa, on “India- Africa relations” was organized by the Africa, LAC and UN Centre on October 16,… Continue reading Talk by Amb. Virendra Gupta on “India-Africa Relations”

Visit of National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) Members to IDSA

A 29-member delegation from National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) visited IDSA and interacted with scholars on ‘India’s Strategic Neighbourhood’. The delegation led by Dr. H.M Said… Continue reading Visit of National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (NRI-RI) Members to IDSA

India-China Riparian Relations: Towards Rationality

Chair: Prof. Brahma ChellaneyExternal Discussants: Mr. Sanjay Gupta and Mr. Joydeep GuptaInternal Discussants: Ms. Shebonti Ray Dadwal and Dr. Jagannath Prasad Panda Key points of presentation: India and China have long been… Continue reading India-China Riparian Relations: Towards Rationality

Dharma and Artha

Chairperson: Prof. Charan Das WadhvaExternal Discussants: Amb. H. H. S. Viswanathan, Dr. Deepshikha ShahiInternal Discussants: Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Saurabh Mishra Major Arguments of the Paper: One of the fundamental aims… Continue reading Dharma and Artha

China’s Military Reforms: People’s Liberation Army’s Adaptation to Joint Operations

Chairperson: Lt. Gen. J.S. Bajwa (Retd.)External Discussants: Commander Lalit Kapur, Gp. Capt. Ravinder Singh ChhatwalInternal Discussant: Col. Vivek Chadha (Retd.) China embarked on its ‘four modernizations’ drive in the late… Continue reading China’s Military Reforms: People’s Liberation Army’s Adaptation to Joint Operations

Expanding Footprint of Bangladeshi Terror Network in India

Chair: General (Retd.) Y.M. BammiExternal Discussants: Mr. K. Srinivasan and Mr. Malladi Rama RaoInternal Discussant: Ms. Gulbin Sultana India has often accused Bangladesh of harbouring insurgents and exporting terrorism to… Continue reading Expanding Footprint of Bangladeshi Terror Network in India

An Assessment of Organisational Change in the Indian Army

Chairperson: Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar (Retd.)External Discussants: Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.), Brig. Rahul Bhonsle (Retd.)Internal Discussants: Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele (Retd.), Col. Vijai Singh Rana The paper analysed military change… Continue reading An Assessment of Organisational Change in the Indian Army

India in Global Governance: Engaging the Counter-Terrorism Regime

Chair: Mr. G. K. PillaiExternal Discussants: Dr. Suresh K. Goel and Dr. Rana BanerjiInternal Discussants: Dr. Vinod Kumar and Dr. Saurabh Mishra Presentation The paper focuses on the counter-terrorism regime… Continue reading India in Global Governance: Engaging the Counter-Terrorism Regime