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- "New Road to Mandalay" The promise and challenges of a new relationship With Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
10th May, 2013, Kolkata
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- “East Asia Security Challenges”
2 May, 2013, New Delhi
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- “India Africa Development Partnership”
April 25, 2013, New Delhi
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- The “AHA” Moment: India and Our Ice Covered World with President Olafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
April 5, New Delhi
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- Session on “The Moral Case for Capitalism”
4 April 2013, New Delhi
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- Session on "Our Voice, Our Journey III" A Conversation with women who make a difference
20 March 2013, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata
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- “Road Ahead for India-ASEAN Ties”
February 25, 2013 New Delhi
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- “The Future of Global Nuclear Disarmament & The Issue of Proliferation”
19 February, 2013, New Delhi
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- Session on "India Grows at Night" A Liberal Case for a Strong State
2 February 2013, Kolkata
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- Session on “India’s Foreign Policy: New Initiatives for Development Partnership”
31 January, 2013, New Delhi
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- “Driving Transformation through Innovation”
28 January 2013, Mumbai
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- Launch of the Report: BIT and Beyond: Advancing India-US Economic Relations
23 January 2013, New Delhi
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- Session on “Opportunities Unbound: Sustaining the Transformation in US – India Relations”
15 January, 2013, New Delhi
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- Session on “Using IT to Fight Terrorism and Increase Security”
9 January 2013, New Delhi
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- Session on “Economic Impact of Internet in India”
19 December, 2012, New Delhi
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- Session on “US Election Outcomes and Implications for US-India Relations”
30 November 2012, New Delhi
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- The Energy Landscape: Shaping the Future
22 November 2012, New Delhi
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- India Grows At Night: A Conversation with Gurcharan Das and Nandan Nilekan
15 November, 2012, New Delhi
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- Aspen Institute International Committee Meeting And Symposium
10-12 October 2012, New Delhi
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- "The Next American President: Foreign Policy Differences Between Obama and Romney" With Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill
28 September New Delhi & 1 October Mumbai
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- Toward Strategic Cooperation Between India, The United States And India
14-15 September, 2012, Gurgaon
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- “How Do Indians Perceive India and the World”
12 September 2012, New Delhi
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- “Malgudi to Mocando: Journey of an innocent Indian through the seductive Latin America”
28 August 2012, New Delhi
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- “Pax Indica: India and the World of 21st Century”?
27 August 2012, New Delhi
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- C K Prahalad Annual Memorial Lecture 2012: "INNOVATION CULTURE: Myths, Reality, Ideas"
9th August, 2012, Kolkata
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- Book discussion on “21st Century Diplomacy: A Practitioner’s Guide”
9th August, 2012, New Delhi
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- Book Discussion: When China Rules The World
25 July & 27 July, New Delhi & Kolkata
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- Extraordinary Leadership: An Interaction with Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy
23 July 2012, Mumbai
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- India and Singapore: A Special Relationship
12 July 2012, New Delhi
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- “Understanding China”
6 July 2012, Kolkata
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- “The Keys to the White House: Outlook for 2012”
30 May, 2012, New Delhi
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- “Discussion on Women and the Green Economy”
26th April, 2012, Kolkata
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- “Upholding Democracy, Human Rights & the Rule of Law: Can the Commonwealth Play a Credible Role?”
12 April 2012, New Delhi
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- The United States and India: An Indispensable Partnership for the 21st Century
Monday 2 April 2012, American Centre, New Delhi, India
Remarks
Wendy Sherman
Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Under Secretary Sherman: When you have that kind of introduction, you should stop.
I am very very grateful, Tarun, for that introduction and as Tarun knows, for years I have coveted his former title as Chief Mentor. Who wouldn’t want to be a Chief Mentor? And Tarun has been that for me. A Chief Mentor about the U.S.-India relationship, about diplomacy.
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- “Why Aren`t Children Learning?”
30 March 2012, Kolkata
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- “Our Voice, Our Journey II”
March 22, 1630-1830, Lincoln Room Auditorium, Kolkata, India
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- “Electoral Reforms: Dream or Reality”
15 March 2012, New Delhi
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- “Conversation with Professor Soumitra Dutta”
Monday, 5 March 2012, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi-110003
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- “India-Japan-US: Convergence and Cooperation”
Friday, 2 March 2012, Aftab Mehtab Hall, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
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- Screening of the documentary and discussion on “The Subtext of Anger”
Friday, 27 January 2012, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi-110003
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- “Leadership and Innovation: Ideas for India”
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, Travancore Hall, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
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- “Census India: A Billion and Counting”
Thursday, 19 January 2012, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi-110003
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- “India and Global Governance: From Interests to Strategy”
Thursday, 12 January 5:00-6:30 PM, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi 110003
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- “Clash of Civilizations” with Prof. Akeel Bilgrami
23 December, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, HUL Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Academic Centre
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- “India and Japan: Shaping the Indo-Pacific”
22 December, 2011, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
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- “Was Gandhi a radical?” with Prof. Akeel Bilgrami
20 December, 2011, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Y.B Chavan Centre, Cultural Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai
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- “Nuclear Safety: Post Fukushima” with Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee
13 December, 2011,WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
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- Session on "The United States and the Future of Pakistan" with Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill
December 08, 2011; 1200 - 1330 hrs, The Park, Kolkata
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- Session on “What place for India in the new global geography of wealth?” with Claude Smadja
8 November 2011, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Session on “The United States and India : A Shared Strategic Future” with Ambassador Robert Blackwill
21 October 2011, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Session on “Competencies of The New Global Leader” with Robert F Bruner
15 September 2012, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Session on “South Asia after 9/11"
9 September 2011, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Session on “Four Revolutions and India’s Future” with Professor Sumit Ganguly
1 September 2012, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Session on “Is it time for India to talk to the Taliban" with Ajai Shukla
17 August 2011, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Conversation with Akshat Verma
16 August 2011, WWF Auditorium, New Delhi
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- Growth with Financial Stability
12 August 2011, New Delhi
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- Session on “ Economic Diplomacy”
10 August 2011, Gulmohar Hall, IHC, New Delhi
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- “What Matters is What It Takes”
8 August 2011, New Delhi
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- Nelson Mandela - International Day Commemorative Lecture
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, July 18, 2011
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- Book Launches of “HIS MAJESTY'S OPPONENT Subhas Chandra Bose and India's Struggle Against Empire” by Prof. Sugata Bose.
Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Dhaka, Chennai, July 2011
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- Session on “Gilded Age” with Mr. B. J. Panda, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, 17 May, 2011, Gulmohar Hall, IHC, New Delhi
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- Session on
“The Future of the US India Relationship” May 10, 2011
Aftab Mehtab, Hotel Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road, New Delhi
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- Interaction on “Relevance of Mother Teresa in today’s context” with Mr Navin Chawla, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India. 5th May 2011, Kolkata
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- An Interaction with Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys Technologies Ltd. March 7, 2011 WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
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- Interaction on “The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma” with Gurcharan Das. 11th February 2011, Kolkata.
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- Mr. K. Subrahmanyam's Memorial Service
Part - I Part - II
- Book Discussion on “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” with Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee on 24th of January,2011, New Delhi
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- Session on South East Asia, ASEAN and India with George Yeo, Foreign Minister of Singapore, 20th December 2010, Kolkata.
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- Session on “The United States and India: Prospects for Values-Based Cooperation” with the members of the US based think-tank, Foreign Policy Initiative’s delegation to India on 8th December,2010. New Delhi
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- Session on “US and India: Tackling Climate Change Together”, 1st October, 2010. New Delhi
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- Session on“Plan B for Afghanistan”with Ambassador Robert Blackwill , Former US Ambassador to India, September 30th, 2010, New Delhi
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- Session on“The state of the World in 2010”,with Ambassador Richard Hass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, September 29th,2010. New Delhi
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- Session on Stone-Pelting as a Political Problem: Kashmir in Comparative Perspective on 24th September 2010.
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- Indo-US Bilateral Economic Relationship in the context of the Changing Global Economic Architecture on 15th September.
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- Session on “The Future of the US-India relationship” With Nick Burns and Shashi Tharoor, July 22nd, 2010. New Delhi.
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- Session with Shashi Tharoor and Nick Burns on the “The Future of the US-India Relations” on 22nd July 2010. New Delhi.
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- Session on “India, China and the Asian Strategic Landscape” with Kim Holmes, Lisa Curtis, C Raja Mohan and Indrani Bagchi on 21st, July 2010. New Delhi.
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- Book Launch of “Employees First, Customers Second” by Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies on 15 July 10.
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- Book Launch of “The Cure” on 14 July 10.
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- A conversation with Sam Pitroda, Friday May 28th, 2010. WWF Auditorium New Delhi
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- Session on "India's Engagement with the World" with His Excellency, Mr. M.K. Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal - May 6th - 11.30 a.m. at Taj Bengal
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- Session on "The Internet and the Crisis Confronting News Media” with Mr. John Ridding, CEO, Financial Times, May 3rd, 2010, New Delhi
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- Session on “The Invisible Pollution that Poisoning People Silently” with Jairam Ramesh and Richard Fuller, March 12th, 2010. New Delhi
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- Book Launch of “From A Clear Blue Sky” by author, Timothy Knatchbull, March 8th, 2010. New Delhi
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- Sessoin on “Community Based Policing” with members of the Toronto Police Board, February 25th, 2010. New Delhi
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- Session with Mr William Blair and Dr Alok Mukherjee (Part I to III) on 25th February 2010.
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- Session on “The Indian Democracy: Challenges Ahead” with Christophe Jaffrelot, February 22nd, 2010. New Delhi
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- Session on “China: How it works and What it seeks” with Keith Lieberthal, February 10th, 2010. New Delhi
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- Session on “The United States and India: Charting the Future Course”. January 12th, 2010. New Delhi.
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- Session with GMF team visiting India on "India and the West: The future Geopolitical Landscape", India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi, 3rd December 2009.
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- Session with Ms. Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund. October 29th, 2009. New Delhi
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- Session with Mr. Gurcharan Das, Author of 'The Difficulty of Being Good'. October 28th, 2009. New Delhi
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- Session with Prof.Micheal Spence,Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001 and
Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University,
USA, September 07, 2009.
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- Session on “Future Challenges for the United States and India” with Nicholas Burns, on August 21, 2009, New Delhi.
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- “A Conversation with Jairam Ramesh” on July 31, 2009, New Delhi
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- Session on ‘Cultural Politics of the Indian Diaspora’ with Prof. Vinay Lal on July 30, 2009, New Delhi
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- Session with Dr.Vishakha Desai on “China and India: New Global Players, New Leadership Models?” on July 27, 2009, New Delhi
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- Discussion with Amb.G Parthasarthy, Ms.Indrani Bagchi, Admiral P S Das and Amb.Kishan Rana on Dr.Ashley Tellis’ report ‘Reconciling with the Taliban’ on July 15, 2009, New Delhi
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- Session with Vikas Swarup on ‘From Q&A to Slumdog Millionaire' on July 14, 2009, New Delhi
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- Session with Ramachandra Guha on ‘Ten Reasons Why India Will Not and Should Not Become a Superpower'on July 13, 2009, New Delhi
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- Session on 'US-India Relations' with Amb.Robert Blackwill on May 05, 2009, New Delhi
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- Launch of Amb.See Chak Mun’s book ‘India’s Strategic Interests in South East Asia and Singapore’, February 10, 2009
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- Session on ‘The Art of Leadership’ by Thich Nhat Hanh, October 03, 2008, New Delhi
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- Book Launch of 'The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline' by Sanjeev Sanyal 19 September 2008, New Delhi
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- Session on 'The Geopolitics of Emerging Global Powers' with Philip Gordon and Gideon Rachman New Delhi, 16 September 2008
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- Session on 'After US Elections: Next Steps in the US-India Relationship' with Ambassador Frank Wisner 12 September 2008, New Delhi
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- Launch of Krishna Bose's book, 'An Outsider in Politics' 28 August 2008, New Delhi
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- Book launch of 'Billions of Entrepreneurs-How China and India are Reshaping Their Future and Yours' by Tarun Khanna 14 May 2008, New Delhi
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- ‘The Elections and American Foreign Policy’ by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke 28 March 2008, New Delhi.
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- Session on "What the New US President and the World Will Face" with Ambassador Richard Haass 23 April 2008, New Delhi
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- Book Launch of "The New Age of Innovation" by Prof.C.K.Prahalad 17 April 2008, New Delhi
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- Session on 'India's Engagement with the World' with Prof.Sugata Bose 25 March 2008, New Delhi
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- Session on ‘After Bush: The Collapse of Bipartisanship and the Implications for US Foreign Policy’ with Charles Kupchan 04 February 2008, New Delhi
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- Session on "Chinese Leadership in the 21st Century: A Civilisational Approach" With Dr Tu Weiming, Professor, Harvard University and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute 02 January, 2008, New Delhi
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- “US National Security and Foreign Policy in 2009 - Challenges, Opportunities And Their Implications For India” with James B. Steinberg Dean Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas, Austin 20 Dec, 2007, New Delhi
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- Session on 'The Emerging Power Centers of the World' with Henry Kissinger 30 Oct, 2007, New Delhi.
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- Aspen-Rodel Fellows visit to India 2-3 August, 2007, New Delhi
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- 25 July, 2007: Can the US and India be Strategic Partners?
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- Democracy and Development: Four Part series
- 'Democracy and Development' an Interactive Session with William Cohen, former US Secretary for Defence. November 08, 2006, New Delhi
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- 'Democracy and Development' - a UN View' an Interactive session with Mr.Olara Otunnu. September 18, 2006, New Delhi
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- 'America, India and Democracy in the 21st Century' an interactive session with Dr.Madeline Albright, Former US Secretary of State and Principal, The Albright Group. September 05, 2006, New Delhi.
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- 'Democracy and Development: A UN View' an interactive session with Mr.Shashi Tharoor, former Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations. April 07, 2006, New Delhi.
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Three sessions were organized relating to the Presidential visit of George W. Bush to India. Discussions in these sessions addressed the implications of a balance of power shift towards Asia, continuity and digressions in foreign policies, economic inter-dependencies, and strategic considerations including energy and security.
- Session on Justice and Society September 30, 2005, New Delhi
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- Session on Media and Society July 21, 2005, New Delhi
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