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SUMMARY:International Conference  on A Nuclear Weapon-Free World: From Conception to Reality
DESCRIPTION:DAY I: Wednesday\, April 02\, 2014\n\n09:00 hrs Registration \n10:00 – 10:45 hrs INAUGURAL SESSION \nCHAIR: Shri Shivshankar Menon\, NSA. \nWelcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta\, Director-General\, IDSA. \nRemarks by Shri Shivshankar Menon\, NSA. \nInaugural Address by Dr Manmohan Singh\, Prime Minister of India. \n10:45 – 11:00 hrs Tea Break  \n11:00 – 13:00 hrs SESSION 1: ROLES AND DOCTRINES RELATED TO NUCLEAR\nWEAPONS \nCHAIR: Dr Sverre Lodgaard\, Senior Research Fellow\, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. \nTheme I – Changes in Nuclear Arsenals and Evolution of Nuclear Doctrines \nDr Bruno Tertrais\, Senior Research Fellow\, Fondation Pour la Recherche Stratégique\, France. \nProf Arvind Kumar\, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations\, Manipal University\, India. \nProf Rajesh Rajagopalan\, Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi. \n Theme II – Reconciling the Moral and Security Imperatives \nAmbassador Sheel Kant Sharma\, Former Indian Ambassador to Austria and Governor on the IAEA Board of Governors. \nDr Rebecca E Johnson\, Acronym Institute\, UK. \n12:15 – 13:00 hrs Q&A \n13:00 – 14:00 hrs Lunch \n14:00 – 15:45 hrs SESSION 2: NUCLEAR RISKS AND THREATS \nCHAIR: Dr WPS Sidhu\, Senior Fellow\, Brookings India. \nTheme I – Addressing Today’s Risks of Proliferation \n Dr Patricia Lewis\, Research Director for International Security at Chatham House\, UK. \n Dr Rajiv Nayan\, Senior Research Associate\, Institute for Defence and Analyses\, New Delhi. \nTheme II – Tackling the Challenge of Nuclear Terrorism \n Dr William C. Potter\, Director\, James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies (CNS)\, Monterrey\, USA. \nProf Rahul Roy-Chaudhury\, Senior Fellow for South Asia\, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)\, UK. \nBrigadier (Retd) Feroz H. Khan\, Lecturer\, Naval Post Graduate School\, Monterey\, USA. \n15:00 – 15:45 hrs Q&A \n15:45 – 16:00 hrs Tea Break \n16:00 – 18:00 hrs SESSION 3: CHALLENGES OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE\nWORLD \nCHAIR: Dr Theresa Hitchens\, Director\, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research\, Geneva\, Switzerland. \nTheme I – Deterrence and Stability On The Road To Nuclear Zero \n Dr Manpreet Sethi\, Senior Fellow\, Center for Air Power Studies\, New Delhi. \n Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan\, Ambassador-At-Large for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Singapore. \n Theme II – Verification Challenges \nDr James Acton\, Senior Associate\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, USA. \n Dr Arun Vishwanathan\, Assistant Professor\, National Institute of Advanced Studies\, Bangalore. \n Dr K L Ramakumar\, Director\, RC&IG\, Department of Atomic Energy\, Government of India\, Mumbai. \n17:15 – 18:00 hrs Q&A \n1900 hrs CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOLLOWED BY DINNER AT IDSA\n(By Invitation) \n\nDAY II: Thursday\, April 03\, 2014\n\n09:30 – 12:30 hrs SESSION 4: PATHWAYS TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD \nCHAIR: Ambassador Rakesh Sood\, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation \nTheme I – Moving from Bilateral US-Russia Deep Cuts to Multilateralism \n Dr Fan Jishe\, Research Fellow of Institute of American Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\, China. \n Dr Anton V. Khlopkov\, Director\, Center for Energy and Security Studies\, Moscow. \nTheme II – Existing Treaty-based Regimes and Limitations  \nProf Ramesh Thakur\, Director\, Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation & Disarmament\, ANU\, Australia. \n Dr Mu Changlin\, Senior Research Fellow\, China Institute for International Studies\, China. \nTheme III – New Stakeholders and New Approaches \n Mr Akira Kawasaki\, Co-Chair of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). \nDr C Raja Mohan\, Distinguished Fellow\, Observer Research Foundation\, New Delhi. \n Mr Alyn Ware\, Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). \n11:30 – 12:30 hrs Q&A \n12:30 – 14:00 hrs Lunch \n14:00 – 15:45 hrs SESSION 5: CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS \nCHAIR: Dr Arvind Gupta\, Director General\, IDSA \nReports by Session Chairpersons \nChair I: Dr Sverre Lodgaard\nChair II: Dr WPS Sidhu\nChair III: Dr Theresa Hitchens\nChair IV: Ambassador Rakesh Sood \n14:45 – 15:45 hrs Exchange of Views on Reports and Follow-up. > \n15:45 – 16:00 hrs Tea break \nEvent Photographs [+]
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SUMMARY:International Seminar on Kautilya
DESCRIPTION:Programme\n0900- 0930       Registration and tea    \n0930- 1000       Inaugural Session  \nWelcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta\, Director General (DG) IDSAKeynote Address by Shri Shivshankar Menon\, National Security Adviser   \n1000-1130       Session I-  Revisiting Issues from Text       \nChair:  K. Srinivasan      \nPresenters: (1 and 2 via Skype) \n\nProf  Patrick Olivelle:\n(a) “What are the issues  of   Ecology and the Management of Natural Resources in  Kautilya’s Artha??stra?”\nb) The  concept of “outwitting” (atisa?dh?na):  the heart of Kau?ilyan strategy and diplomacy”\nProfessor of Sanskrit and  Indian Religions and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the  Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin\, USA. [Watch Video] \nDr  Mark McClish\, “Strategic Partnerships in Kau?ilyan Foreign Policy”\,  Assistant Professor of Religion\, Birmingham-Southern College\, Birmingham\, Alabama \, USA [Watch Video] \nMr Michael Liebig\, “The Kautilya-Arthashastra and Core Concepts of Intelligence Analysis”\, doctoral candidate \, Goethe University\, Frankfurt\, Germany [Watch Video]\n\n1130-1145      Tea       \n1145-1315       Session II  Issues of  Culture\, Leadership and Strategy\nChair: A.N.D. Haksar  \nPresenters:     \n\nProf  Rashed- Uz- Zaman\, “What is the understanding  of strategic culture when seen from the perspective of   South Asian subcontinent? Is there any evidence of the Arthasastra in political behaviour?”\,  Dept of IR Dhaka University\, Bangladesh    [Watch Video]\nDr Shubhada Joshi\,  “Enlightened leadership – The concept of RAJARISHI from   Arthashastra”\, Director General – Chanakya Institute of Public leadership (CIPL) Professor & Head\, Dept of Philosophy\, University of Mumbai [Watch Video] \nDr Radhakrishnan Pillai\,  “Application of Chanakya’s Saptanga model in modern warfare strategy”\,  Director\, CIPL\,  Dept of Philosophy\, University of  Mumbai [Watch Video]\n\n1315-1415     Lunch \n1415-1545 Session III- Issues of  Negotiations and Interpretation        \nChair: Kalyan Raman        \nPresenters (4 to be read out):  \n\nDr Medha Bisht\, “Bargaining and Negotiation Analysis: Lessons from Arthashastra”\, Associate Professor\, South Asian University\, New Delhi [Watch Video]\nDr Jayashree Vivekanandan\, ‘Does Indian IR have a History?  Seeking Answers in the Arthashastra‘\, Associate Professor\, South Asian University\, New Delhi [Watch Video]\nCol PK Gautam(Retd)\, “Composition of the Army- Then and Now”\, Research Fellow\, IDSA  [Watch Video]\nDr Balbir Singh Sihag\, “Kautilya on Far-sight\, Foresight and Freedom”\,  Professor Emeritus of  Economics\,  University of Massachusetts\, USA (to be read by Saurabh Mishra) \n\n1545-1640    Session IV – Future Studies and Next Steps  \nChair: Dr Arvind Gupta\, DG\, IDSA \nInput and Suggestions for further research in Open House Discussion                       \n1640- 1645  Vote of Thanks by P.K. Gautam\, Research Fellow\, IDSA\, Convener  \n1645 -1700  Tea  \nClick here to know more about IDSA’s programme on Ancient Indigenous Historical Knowledge\nPress Release [+] \nEvent Photographs [+]
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