LECTURES

Leon E. Panetta, US Secretary for Defence Click here for complete text of address

Venue: IDSA AuditoriumSpeaker: Prof GL Peiris, Hon’ble Mnister for External Affairs, Sri Lanka

Speaker: Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, ADC Chairperson: Vice Admiral (Retd.) P S Das Complete text of lecture

Speaker's Profile Admiral Arun Prakash retired as India’s 20th Naval Chief and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee in end-2006. Commissioned into the Executive Branch in 1966, he specialized in aviation… Continue reading Fourth YB Chavan Memorial Lecture: Maritime Security of India – Future Challenges

Speaker: His Excellency Cho Tae-yong, Special Representative (Vice Minister level), for Korean Peninsula Affairs, Republic of Korea Speaker's Profile Mr Cho Tae-yong is the Special Representative (Vice Minister level), for… Continue reading Special Address – Talk by Cho Tae-yong on “The Situation of the Korean Peninsula and the ROK Policy towards North Korea”

Venue: IDSA Auditorium (2nd Floor) Speaker: Mr Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, LKY School, Singapore Title: Can India be Cunning? Chairperson: Dr Sanjay Baru, Director IISS Press Release Download Summary of the… Continue reading Special Address – K Subrahmanyam Memorial Lecture by Kishore Mahbubani

Dr Madhav Godbole, Former Home Secretary, Government of India would deliver a lecture on ‘Securing India’s Borders: The Way Ahead', on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Institute for Defence… Continue reading Fifth Y B Chavan Memorial Lecture: Securing India’s Borders: The Way Ahead

About the Speaker Evan P. Garcia is Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines I would like to thank the Institute for Defence Studies and… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Lecture by HE Mr Evan Garcia on “Issues of South China Sea and Future Prognosis: A Philippine Perspective”

About the Speaker HE Sher Bahadur Deuba is Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Senior Leader of the Nepali Congress. Excellencies, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen! I would like to begin… Continue reading Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series – Talk by HE Sher Bahadur Deuba on “Political Situation in Nepal”

Speaker : Shri AK Gupta, Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, Government of IndiaTopic : Make in India: The Way Ahead for Indigenous Defence Production in IndiaChair : Shri Jayant… Continue reading Sixth Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture – Make in India: The Way Ahead for Indigenous Defence Production in India

The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) is organising 51st Foundation Day Address by Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, on ‘National Security and Development’ on Thursday, November… Continue reading 51st Foundation Day Address by Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, on ‘National Security and Development’

Programme 1600-1605: Welcome Address by Shri Jayant Prasad, DG, IDSA 1605-1610: Address by Dr RD Pradhan, Representative of Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai 1610-1640: Talk by Shri Shyam Saran 1640-1645: Remarks… Continue reading Seventh Y.B. Chavan Memorial Lecture: Decline of Internationalism

Venue: Boardroom # 104, First Floor About The Speaker High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla is a career diplomat and a member of the Indian Foreign Service. In the course of… Continue reading Lecture by H.E. Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla on India-Bangladesh Bilateral Relations: An Indian Perspective