Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Ms Sumita Kumar, interacted with a delegation from Kinnaird College, Lahore, Pakistan, at an event hosted by Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister, Delhi, at her residence on 21 February, 2012.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan, spoke on the Iran crisis on the Lok Sabha Channel on February 23, 2012.

Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in New Delhi, Mr. Pekka Voutilainen, discussed the situation in Afghanistan and India's relations with Iran with Deputy Director General, IDSA, Brig. Rumel Dahiya on February 22, 2012

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha, spoke at the PRIO Forum on 'Emerging India: Hidden Risks' in Kathmandu on February 20, 2012.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan, gave a presentation on ‘China’s Space Initiatives from a Diplomatic and Arms Control Perspective’.

Dy. Director General, IDSA, Brig. Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd), participated in an international seminar on "The Arab Spring: Region and India" held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on February 16, 2012 and spoke on the subject "Situation in Syria and Role of Turkey".

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan, was interviewed by the Rajya Sabha channel on the Iran crisis, on February 16, 2012.

Representing the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP-India), Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha spoke at the 3rd CSCAP Study Group Meeting on Water Resources Security at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), Tokyo on February 7, 2012.

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Kishalay Bhattacharjee was a panellist in a book discussion on 'Rainbow People: Reinventing Northeast India' by Falguni Rajkumar.

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Mr Kishalay Bhattacharjee, spoke at the UGC sponsored one-day symposium on ‘India: A Million Mutinies’, organised by the Human Rights Programme, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, on February 1, 2012.