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Seminar                         Summary Reports   


Indo-Iran                      
Complexities of the situation of Iran: India's strategic interests and options

"A Historical Perceptive" by           Amb. Akbar Mirza Khaleeli                          "A Strategic perspective" by           Vice Admiral (Retd)          P J Jacob                        "A Media perspective" by Shri Kesava Menon. 

Indo-Myanmar            
Indo-Myanmar security relations: Measures to improve trade and economic ties

Presentations by:

Col. R Hariharan (Retd),  

Dr Sayed Ali Mujtaba,  

Shri T P Sreenivasan,  

Indo-Nepal              
Recent developments in Nepal and their impact on India's security

Presentations by:

  "The Political Scenario" by Dr. Arvind Kumar

  "Analysis of Political events" by Dr. Smruti Pattanaik 

  "Implications for India" by Maj. Gen (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee

  "Strategic Analysis and Opinions "byMaj. Gen (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Indo-Russia             

India-Russia strategic relations in the new world order 

     

" Vision and Realityby Ambassador Shri Rajiv Sikri  (Retd)

" Historical Perceptive and Current Realities"

by Amb. A Madhavan, IFS (Retd)

"Defence Cooperation Aspectsby

Air Marshal N Menon (Retd)

Indo-US        
Changing contours of Indo-US relations: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities

Presentations by:

"A strategic review"  by Dr. Brahma Chellaney

" A historic perspective"

by Amb. Krishnan, IFS (Retd)

"India's options in the global senario" by

Lt Gen S. S Mehta

"Indo-US core interests" by

Shri Aravind Sitaraman

 

Look East Policy  

Impediments to India's Look-East policy’: suggested remedies

" India's Look-East Policy: Vision and Reality"  by Ambassador Shri C.V Ranganathan (Retd)

 

" Impediments to India’s Look-East Policy – China’s Reservations and Suggested Remedies Realities"

by Shri. D.S. Rajan  

 

"Maritime Aspects of our Look-East Policyby

Vice Admiral (Retd)   P J Jacob                


ASIA CENTRE seeks to promote political, economic, technological cultural and social exchanges with countries of Asia, thereby creating new synergies to meet emerging challenges of the new millennium. It is a multi disciplinary organisation drawing its members from former policy makers, academics defence officers, development bankers and captains of industry. The center provides a platform for the free exchange of ideas and analysis leading to policy inputs for leaders in government, businesses and civil society.

      The center has been registered as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. The former Governor of Karnataka, Shri T N Chaturvedi is its Chief Patron. Shri A P Venkateswaran, former Foreign Secretary, is its Chairman; and Lt Gen (Retd) Ravi Eipe is its director.  

The former Governor of Karnataka, Shri T N Chaturvedi is its Chief Patron.

Asia Centre in 2007-2008

COMPLEXITIES OF THE SITUATION IN IRAN: INDIA’S STRATEGIC INTERESTS AND OPTIONS                                                                                                           March 2008

 

" A Historical Perceptive" by

Shri Akbar Mirza Khaleeli, Former Ambassador to Iran

"A Strategic Perspective" by 

Vice Admiral (Retd) P J Jacob, Former vice Chief of Naval Staff and former Naval Attaché in Tehran .

"A Media perspective" by                                                                                                              Shri Kesava Menon Associate Editor, The Hindu, and its West Asia Correspondent from 1994 to 2002.


INDIA-RUSSIA STRATEGIC RELATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER  December 2007

"Vision and Reality "                                                                                                                        Shri Rajiv Sikri, IFS (Retd)                                                                                                              Former Secretary (East) in Ministry of External Affairs, Former Ambassador to Kazakhstan

"Historical Perceptive and current Realities                                                                                     Amb. A Madhavan, IFS (Retd),                                                                                                             Former Deputy Chief of Mission, Moscow and Former Director India International Centre  

  "Defence Cooperation Aspects"                                                                                                        Air Marshal N Menon (Retd),                                                                                                                  Former Director of Air Operations, Military Analyst and writer on Strategic Issues


IMPEDIMENTS TO INDIA'S LOOK-EAST POLICY: SUGGESTED REMEDIES  September 2007

"India's Look-East Policy: Visions and Reality" by

Ambassador Shri C.V Ranganathan (Retd),                                                                                   Former Ambassador to China and former convener of the National Security Advisory Board

"Impediments to India’s Look-East Policy – China’s Reservations and Suggested Remedies" by 

Shri. D.S. Rajan                                                                                                                                Former Director, Cabinet Secretariat, GOI, current Director, Chennai Centre for China Studies

"Maritime Aspects of our Look-East Policy" by                                                                                 Vice Admiral (Retd) P J Jacob                                                                                                         Former vice Chief of Naval Staff and former member National Security Advisory Board.


INDO-MYANMAR SECURITY RELATIONS: MEASURES TO IMPROVE TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES                                                                                                                                                July 2007

Col. R Hariharan (Retd), Military analyst and writer on developments in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka .

Dr Sayed Ali Mujtaba, Journalist and India representative of TV Channel Mizzima in Myanmar .

Shri T P Sreenivasan, IFS, Former Ambassador to UN HQ at New York and Charge D’Affaires in Myanmar .


CHANGING CONTOURS OF INDO-US RELATIONS: CHALLENGES RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES                                                                                                                                        June 2006

"A strategic reviewby

Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi

 

"A historic perspective" by 

Amb. Krishnan, IFS (Retd), Former Ambassador and India's Permanent representative at UN Head quarters, New York.

"India's options in the global senario                                                                                          Lt. 

Lt Gen S. S Mehta, Former GOC-in-C Western Command, Currently Member National Security Advisory Board and Principle Adviser CII

"Indo-US core interests" by                                                                                                              Shri Aravind Sitaraman, Computer Scientist & Founder of Think Tank, “The Indian Analyst at www.whatisindia.com


RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL AND THEIR IMPACT ON INDIA’S SECURITY                                                                                                                                                                                   April 2006

"The Political Scenarioby

Dr. Arvind Kumar, National Institute of Adanced Studies

"Analysys of political events" by                                                                                                       Dr.  Smruti Pattanaik Research fellow, Inst. for defense studies and analysis                                                             

"Implications for India"                                                                                                               Maj. Gen (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Dir. Institute of peace and conflict studies.                                                                                             

Strategic Analysis and Opinions" by                                                                                                   Maj. Gen (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta, Historian and commentator on Nepal

 


Programming over the years

In 2008, the Annual lecture was held on 10th January on the topic   India in the Space Age” by  Dr K Kasturirangan. On 22nd March a seminar was held on “ Complexities of the Situation in Iran: India’s Strategic Interests and Options”.

In 2007, in January a lecture cum discussion was conducted by Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary, to discuss the “Present Status of the Indo- US Nuclear Deal – Is it a Boon or Bane?” In July a seminar was held on developments in Myanmar . In September a seminar was conducted to study the impediments to India ’s “Look East Policy” A seminar was held on 8th December on the subject “ India – Russia Strategic Relations in the New World Order”.  

 In 2006, seminars were held on “Recent Developments in Nepal ”, “Changing Contours of Indo- US Relations” and “Strengthening the Peace Process in Sri Lanka ”. The annual lecture was delivered by Gen V P Malik (Retd), former Army Chief, on “The Kargil War and Its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations”  

In 2005, a series of studies  were conducted to evaluate the security environment in South Asian Region. Lt Gen Satish Nambiar (Retd) delivered the Annual Lecture for the year on “The Proposed Restructuring of The U N O”.      

In 2004, Asia Centre held a series of lectures and discussions on the Bay of Bengal rim countries culminating in the Annual Lecture on “India and China- Challenges and Opportunities” by Mr C V Ranganathan, former Ambassador to China.

 

In December 2003, a Track II Dialogue on “Strengthening the Peace Process in Sri Lanka ” was held with members of South Asian Perspectives Network Association (SAPNA), a well-known NGO in Sri Lanka . The discussions were held over two days at Bangalore.

In 2002 a seminar were conducted on “ India and China : Challenges of Globalisation” in which issues arising out of the Global Competitiveness Reports of the World Economic Forum were discussed.

During 2001, Asia Centre conducted a series of seminars on the Indian Ocean Region  to review the political, strategic and economic aspects of the area.

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ASIA CENTRE is registered as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960.