TPF Conference
“India and the Indian Ocean Region: Dynamics of Geopolitics, Security, and Global Commons”
Venue: WCC, Chennai
Registration
08:15 to 09:00
Speakers
Inaugural Session (9:00 to 10:45)
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 to 11:10
Special Lecture 11:15 to 12:00
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Padma Bhushan awardee/Classical Dancer India’s Art & Culture in IOR
Session I (12:00 to 13:30)
Cmde Uday Bhaskar (Retd) – Director, Society for Policy Studies, New Delhi
Indian Ocean: Culture, Civilizations and Connectivity
Mrs G Padmaja – Former Regional Director, National Maritime Foundation, Vizag
Topic: Historical and Cultural Dynamism of the Indian Ocean
Dr. Vijay Sakhuja – Trustee, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: Cargos and Commodities: Then and Now
Dr. D Dhanuraj – Chairman, Centre for Public Policy Resrarch. Cochin
Topic: Impact of Trade and Migration Flows: Past and Present
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 to 14:15
Session II (14:15 to 15:45)
Dr. TCA Raghavan – Director General, Indian Council for World Affairs, New Delhi
Power Politics in IOR: Geostrategies and Geo-economics
Dr Lawrence Prabhakar – Associate Professor, Madras Christian College, Chennai
Topic: Competing Pivots: China, US, Japan, Russia, India and the EU
Dr Arvind Kumar – HOD, Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University
Topic: Geopoltics of Energy in the IOR
Dr Jabin Jacob – Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University, Noida
Topic: China’s BRI: Contrasting Responses
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 to 16:00
Session III (16:00 to 17:30)
Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (Retd)- Trustee, India Foundation, New Delhi
India’s Strategic Interests in the IOR- Maritime Security, Power Projections and Evolving Partnerships
Cmde Somen Bannerjee – Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi
Topic: India’s Maritime Security and Power Projection
Amb Antonio Chiang – Policy Advisor to the President; Board Director, Institute for National Defence and Security Research
Topic: Strategic Partnerships: India and ASEAN
Group Captain PB Nair – Directing Staff, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
Topic: Air and Space: Dimension of India’s IOR Strategy
End of Day 1 – 17:30
Network Dinner (By Invitation)
19:30 to 22:00
Gold Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Speakers
Panel Discussion (9:00 to 11:00)
Topic – India’s Strategic Approaches in IOR: Between Aspirations and Contradictions
Moderator
Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd)
Prof Kanti Bajpai – Panelist
Dr TCA Raghavan – Panelist
Amb Antonio Chiang – Panelist
Lt Gen SL Narasimhan – Panelist
Cmde Uday Bhaskar – Panelist
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 to 11:15
Session IV (11:15 to 12:45)
Dr. Joshua Thomas – Deputy Director, ICSSR, NERC, Shillong
International Cooperation and Global Commons
Dr Suba Chandran – Professor and Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS, Bangalore
Topic: Cultural Legacies and Competing for Zones of Influence: India, China and External Powers
Rear Adm S Shrikande AVSM (Retd) – Goa
Topic: International Institutions: SLOCs, Chokepoints, Freedom of Navigation
Rear Adm K Swaminathan – FOST, Southern Naval Command, Cochin
Topic: India’s Ability to Provide Net Security and Balance Global Public Goods
LUNCH BREAK
12:45 to 13:45
Session V (13:45 to 15:15)
Lt Gen SL Narasimhan – Director General, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, MEA
Transnational Issues, Threats and Challenges in the IOR
Dr R P Pradhan – Associate Professor, BITS, Goa
Topic: India and the Blue Economy: Evolving Partnerships
Dr Arabinda Acharya – Associate Professor, International relarions, NDU, Washington
Topic: Non Traditional Security Threats: Piracy, Maritime Terrorism, Climate Change, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, Illegal Immigration, and Smuggling of Arms and Drugs
AVM Ashutosh Dixit – AD Commander HQ, Southern Air Command, IAF, Trivandrum
Topic: International and Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management
COFFEE BREAK
15:15 to 15:30
Valedictory Session (15:30 to 17:00)
Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd) – Chairman and President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: President’s Introduction
Dr TCA Raghavan, IFS (Retd) – Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi
Topic: Valedictory Address
Brigadier Albert Pakianathan VSM and Bar – Director- Research and Admin, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: Vote of Thanks
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