Consul General of India designated to Shanghai, Shri Naveen Srivastava, called on Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta, in his office on July 12, 2012.

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) representatives, Ms Joan Rohlfing and Ms Deepti Choubey met Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta, at his office on July 10, 2012. Also present for the interaction were Dr G Balachandran and Dr Rajiv Nayan of IDSA. The meeting was organised at the request of the President of NTI, Ms Joan Rohlfing.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta, paid a courtesy call to Hon’ble Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari on July 3, 2012 at the Vice President’s Chamber. Dr Gupta presented the Vice President a set of IDSA’s publications and briefed him on the institute’s activities.

Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of International Relations, Ms Manjari Chatterjee Miller, met Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta in his office on July 2, 2012, in connection with her research work on India’s Foreign Policy.

Vice President, National Security and Defence Solutions, Cisco Systems, Shri KPM Das, called on Director General IDSA, on June 27, 2012 in his office.

Ambassador P. Stobdan, Indian Ambassador to Bishkek and Senior Fellow, IDSA, (on deputation to Bishkek) met Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta, along with other senior scholars on June 27, 2012. He discussed studies on Central Asia.

President and CEO Reliance Industries Ltd, Dr Vivek Lall, met Director General IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta in his office on June 25, 2012

Director, SAIIA, Ms Elizabeth, met Director General IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta on June 21, 2012. The two discussed regional cooperation between IDSA and SAIIA. Research Fellow, IDSA, Ms Ruchita Beri was also present at the meeting.

Regional Director of Delhi-based institute, ICRC, Brig Gen (Retd) L. Gillett, along with Brig (Retd) Devinder Singh, VSM (of Kargil fame and a former researcher of IDSA) and Lt Gen (Retd) YM Bammi met Director General IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta on June 19, 2012. They discussed on mutual cooperation to expand knowledge about the activities and policies of ICRC, among the researchers and members of IDSA.

Brigadier Brian McCall, Defence Adviser and Lt Col Simon Colyer, Military Adviser, British High Commission met Director General IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta in his office on June 7, 2012.