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Programme |
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8.30AM | Registration and Tea |
9.00AM – 9.05AM | Welcome Address – Isher Judge Ahluwalia,Chairperson, ICRIER |
9.05AM – 9.15AM | Keynote Remarks – Shivshankar Menon,National Security Advisor |
9.15AM – 11.20AM | Session I: Strategic and Security Issues |
Chair: Kanwal Sibal
Presentation of Research Papers: The Politics of Water Discourse in Pakistan– Medha Bisht, India External Powers & the Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Sino-US Equation – Nausheen Wasi, Pakistan Why Peace Accords Falter? Comparative Mapping of South Asian States’ Peacemaking – Rita Manchanda, India Asia-Gulf Energy Trade: Implications on Maritime Security –Bashir Ahmed, India (Read by Rohit Viswanath) Geo-Economic Strategy & Reflectivist Institutionalism: International Seabed Authority’s Role vis a vis Strategic Pursuits of China and India in Indian Ocean -Parshant Atkaan, India Panel Discussion: Shahid Javed Burki, K. Raja Menon, Sanjaya Baru, Madhu Bhalla, Radha Kumar |
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11.20AM – 11.30AM | Coffee Break |
11:30AM – 1:15PM | Session II: Sustainable Development, Infrastructure & Population |
Chair: R. K. Pachauri
Presentation of Research Papers: The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security – Richa Srivastava, India & Anna Ranuzzi, Italy (Read by Suman Sahai) Securing Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Three Energy Sectors (Power, Transport and Housing) – Venkatesh Dutta, India The Environment in Sino–Indian Strategic Relations – You-te Howard Liao, Taiwan & Ravi Prasad Narayanan, India Performance Evaluation of Urban Local Governments: A Case Study of Indian Cities– Simanti Bandopadhyaya, India Indo-Nepal Relations: Giving a Sustainable Thrust – Nischal Pandey, Nepal Panel Discussion: Prodipto Ghosh, B. G. Verghese, Robert Bradnock, Suman Sahai, Purnamita Dasgupta |
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1.15PM – 2.00PM | Lunch |
2.00PM – 4.05PM | Session III: South Asian Trade & Economy |
Chair: Shahid Javed Burki
Presentation of Research Papers: Identifying Potentials for Global Value Chains in India Bangladesh Trade: A Study of Sensitive List Items – Amrita Saha, India The Role of Trade and Investment with Bangladesh in Improving Growth Prospects of Tripura – Ashish Nath, India Operationalization of Regional Connectivities Between Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan & Strategic Infrastructure Development –M. Rahmatullah, Bangladesh (Read by Sahana Roy Chowdhury) India’s FDI Outflows in South Asia – Anil Kanungo, India Afghan-Pak Transit Trade Agreement: Status, Challenges and Implications – N. K. Paswan, India Panel Discussion: Nisha Taneja, Joyashree Roy, Debapriya Bhattacharya |
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4.05PM – 4.15PM | Coffee Break |
4:15PM – 6:20PM | Session IV: Soft Power and Ideologies |
Chair: Robert Bradnock
Presentation of Research Papers: Trans Border Identities: A Study on the Impact of Bangladeshi and Nepali Migration to India –Subhakanta Behera, India (Read by Tincy Sara Solomon) Turkey’s Experiments with Islam, Democracy and Development: Lessons for South Asia – Anwar Alam, India Strategic Influence of Soft Power: Inferences for India from Chinese Engagement of South & Southern Asia –Parama Sinha Palit & Amitendu Palit, India (Read by Ranjana Khare) Panel Discussion: Mushirul Hasan, Navdeep Singh Suri, Debapriya Bhattacharya |
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7.30PM | Dinner |
PANELISTS |
Sanjaya Baru Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) & Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi
Madhu Bhalla Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi Debapriya Bhattacharya Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh Robert Bradnock Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s College, London Shahid Javed Burki Former Finance Minister, Pakistan Purnamita Dasgupta Ford Foundation Chair in Environmental & Resource Economics, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi Prodipto Ghosh Distinguished Fellow, TERI & Member, Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, New Delhi Mushirul Hasan Director General, National Archives of India, New Delhi Radha Kumar Executive Director, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi K. Raja Menon Distinguished Fellow, IPCS & Chairman, Task Force on Net Assessment & Simulation NSC, New Delhi R. K. Pachauri Director General, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), India Joyshree Roy Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Suman Sahai Chairperson, Gene Campaign, New Delhi Kanwal Sibal Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India Navdeep Singh Suri Joint Secretary, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi Nisha Taneja Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi B. G. Verghese Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi |
PAPER WRITERS |
Bashir Ahmed, India Third Secretary, Embassy of India, Jakarta, Indonesia
Anwar Alam, India Professor, Centre of West Asian Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi Parshant Atkaan, India Research Associate, International Division, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi Simanti Bandopadhyaya, India Senior Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi Subhakanta Behera, India Consul General of India, Melbourne, Australia Medha Bisht, India Associate Fellow, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi Venkatesh Dutta, India Assistant Professor, (Environment, Management and Planning) School for Environmental Sciences, Baba Saheb Ambedhkar University, Lucknow Anil Kanungo, India Editor& Part of the Research Division, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi You–te Howard Liao, Taiwan Assistant Professor, China Medical University, Taiwan Rita Manchanda, India Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, New Delhi Ravi Prasad Narayanan, India Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Ashish Nath, India Associate Professor, Department of Analytical & Applied Economics, Tripura University, Tripura Amitendu Palit, India Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore Parama Sinha Palit, India Researcher & Singapore Representative, India-China Economic and Cultural (ICEC) Council, Singapore Nischal Pandey, Nepal Director, Centre for South Asian Studies, Kathmandu N. K. Paswan, India Associate Professor, Sikkim University, Gangtok M. Rahmatullah, Bangladesh Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Former Director, Transport & Infrastructure UN-ESCAP, Bangkok Anna Ranuzzi, Italy Former Researcher, Gene Campaign, New Delhi Amrita Saha, India Researcher, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi Richa Srivastava, India Sr. Research Associate, Gene Campaign and Managing Editor, Science and Agriculture Bimonthly Magazine “Gene News”,New Delhi Nausheen Wasi, Pakistan Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan |