Dr Vijay Kumar of Penn Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, delivered a talk on ‘Flying Robots’ at IDSA on December 29, 2015.

Bangladesh scholar, Col Sajjad Zahir delivered a talk on ‘The Liberation War of 1971’ and discussed the issue of rising fundamentalism in Bangladesh and the region, at IDSA on December 18, 2015.

Well known Tibetologist, Mr Claude Arpi delivered a lecture on ‘Infrastructure and other Developments in Tibetan Plateau’ at IDSA on December 14, 2015. Deputy Director General, IDSA, Brig Rumel Dahiya (Retd) presided over the event.

Head of Humanities and Director of forthcoming Centre for Governance and Policy at the Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan, Dr Yaqoob Bangash delivered a lecture at IDSA on ‘Internal Political and Security situation in Pakistan and implications for India’ on December 7, 2015

Tunisia’s Ambassador to India, HE Mr Tarek Azouz called on Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad on December 3, 2015.

Canada-based independent analyst, Mr Tarek Fatah, spoke on ‘How to Approach Pakistan’, at IDSA on December 3, 2015.

Calling Iran and India as significant actors in the region, Shri Gopal Baglay, Joint Secretary (PAI & STATES), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, today implored the two nations to strengthen stability in West Asia through economic, cultural and political relations. Shri Baglay was delivering a key note address at a Bilateral Dialogue on ‘Geo-Strategic Dynamics in West Asia: India-Iran Cooperation’ organized jointly by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran on December 3-4, 2015.

Iran’s Ambassador to India, HE Mr Gholamreza Ansari paid a courtesy call on Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad on December 2, 2015.

High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Amb Pankaj Saran delivered a talk on ‘India-Bangladesh Relations: Way Forward’ at IDSA on November 23, 2015. He spoke on the developments in the bilateral relations in the last four years and what does the future portend for both the nations.

A four member delegation from the China Institute for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), led by Dr Li Li, participated in the IDSA-CICIR Bilateral Dialogue on November 20, 2015.