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SUMMARY:Upgrading India’s Think Tanks
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Seminar Hall-1\, IDSA \nThe relevance of India’s think tanks and the measures needed to strengthen them for meeting India’s growing need for security and foreign policy research has come under some focus in academic and media debates in recent months. Most commentators have opined that the current capacity of the academia and think tanks to contribute to policy debates and policy formulation is less than satisfactory. Our universities’ and think-tanks’ infrastructure and quality of intellectual output needs to significantly improve to meet growing challenges of India’s complex security and foreign policy needs. What can we do to improve our collective capacities to enhance qualitative contributions for informed and rational policy choices both in government and civil society sectors?  \nWe hope to assemble in a Roundtable some experienced policy makers\, academics\, think-tanks analysts and media experts to discuss a way forward on 11 November 2009 from 9:30 am to 2 pm at IDSA. The objective is to generate some ideas that can help shape future strategies of think-tanks and key stake holders. \nWe hope to have a free and unfettered discussion in the roundtable. However\, in order to focus the debate\, it is proposed to organize the roundtable as under:- \n0930-0940: Introductory Remarks: Shri N.S. Sisodia (DG\, IDSA)\nChair: Shri K. Subrahmanyam \nPanel I:  Perspectives from the Policy Makers (0940 h to 1100 h)\nSpeakers (5-7 minutes each) \n\nAmbassador M.K. Rasgotra\nAmbassador K.S. Bajpai\nAmbassador Kishen S. Rana\nAir Marshal S.C. Mukul\n\nChair may wish to request the following also to speak should they desire to do so: \n\nMs. Leela Ponappa\nShri A.K. Pandey\nShri Alok Prasad\nCol. Peter Garretson (CFR Fellow)\n\n\nWhat are the key issues that research institutions should focus on so that they can add value and be useful for policy makers?\nWhat measures can help establish better relations between the academia\, think-tanks and policy makers?\nWhat kind research products will the policy makers find useful?\nGeneral Comments\n\nPanel II: 	Perspectives from Academia (1100-1200 h) \nSpeakers (5-7 Minutes Each)Chair: Dr Sanjaya Baru \n\nProfessor Amitabh Mattoo\nProfessor Ajay Darshan Behera\nProfessor Rajesh Rajagopalan\nProfessor Madhu Bhalla\nDr. Patrick Bratton\n\n\nHow can we make our higher education relevant for the policy world?\nHow can we design research agenda that addresses the important questions in the policy world?\nHow can we forge stronger institutional linkages between policy makers and academia?\nWhat can academia do to make multi-disciplinary research viable?\nHow can think-tanks and academia establish institutional linkages that would be mutually beneficial?\nGeneral Comments\n\nPanel III: 	Perspectives from the Media (1200-1300h)\nSpeakers (5-7 Minutes Each)Chair: Mr. B.G. Verghese \n\nDr. Sanjaya Baru\nDr. Manoj Joshi\nDr. Siddharth Vardarajan\nShri Raj Chengappa (tbc)\n\n\nWhat are the key issues that are likely to focus media and public attention in the coming years?\nHow can media and think-tanks work together to inform security policy debates?\nWhat kind of institutional arrangements will help foster better flow of information and analysis between the media and the think-tanks?\nGeneral Comments\n\nPanel IV: 	Perspectives from the Think-Tank Community (1300-1400 h)\nSpeakers (5-7 Minutes Each)Chair: Professor PR Chari \n\nShri N.S. Sisodia\, DG\, IDSA\nAmb. Rajagopalan\nAmbassador Sudhir Devare\nBrig (retd) Gurmeet Kanwal (tbc)\n\n\nHow can think-tanks make their work relevant to the key concerns of policy makers?\nWhat are the core research issues think-tanks should focus on in the coming years?\nWhat can be done to recruit\, retain and train talent for policy relevant research work?\nWhat kind of institutional arrangements will help enhance utility of think-tank research for policy work and public debates?\nShould think-tanks develop a more focused research agenda and how should that be done?\nHow do we create multi-disciplinary research teams that can address complex policy issues? What are the key challenges in building multi-disciplinary teams?\nIs there a case for coordination in think tanks work/activities?\nWhat should be the role definition of governing structures of the think-tanks in order to increase their effective management?\nWhat can think-tanks do to foster closer relations with the academic institutions?\n\nGeneral Comments
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