TPF Conference
“India and the Indian Ocean Region: Dynamics of Geopolitics, Security, and Global Commons”
Venue: WCC, Chennai
Registration
08:15 to 09:00
Speakers
Inaugural Session (9:00 to 10:45)
Dr Lilian Jasper
Principal, WCC, Chennai
Dr Lilian Jasper
Welcome Address
Air Marshal M Matheswaran
President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd)
Presidential Address and Overview
Vice Admiral Ashok Kumar
AVSM VSM Vice Chief Of Naval Staff HQ
Vice Admiral Ashok Kumar AVSM VSM Vice Chief of Naval Staff
Inaugural Address
Prof Kanti Bajpai
LKYS of Public Policy, NUS, Singapore
Prof Kanti Bajpai
Key Note Address
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 to 11:10
Special Lecture 11:15 to 12:00
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Padma Bhushan awardee/Classical Dancer
India’s Art & Culture in IOR
Session I (12:00 to 13:30)
Cmde Uday Bhaskar (Retd) – Director, Society for Policy Studies, New Delhi
Indian Ocean: Culture, Civilizations and Connectivity
Mrs G Padmaja – Former Regional Director, National Maritime Foundation, Vizag
Topic: Historical and Cultural Dynamism of the Indian Ocean
Dr. Vijay Sakhuja – Trustee, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: Cargos and Commodities: Then and Now
Dr. D Dhanuraj – Chairman, Centre for Public Policy Resrarch. Cochin
Topic: Impact of Trade and Migration Flows: Past and Present
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 to 14:15
Session II (14:15 to 15:45)
Dr. TCA Raghavan – Director General, Indian Council for World Affairs, New Delhi
Power Politics in IOR: Geostrategies and Geo-economics
Dr Lawrence Prabhakar – Associate Professor, Madras Christian College, Chennai
Topic: Competing Pivots: China, US, Japan, Russia, India and the EU
Dr Arvind Kumar – HOD, Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University
Topic: Geopoltics of Energy in the IOR
Dr Jabin Jacob – Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University, Noida
Topic: China’s BRI: Contrasting Responses
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 to 16:00
Session III (16:00 to 17:30)
Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (Retd)- Trustee, India Foundation, New Delhi
India’s Strategic Interests in the IOR- Maritime Security, Power Projections and Evolving Partnerships
Cmde Somen Bannerjee – Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi
Topic: India’s Maritime Security and Power Projection
Amb Antonio Chiang – Policy Advisor to the President; Board Director, Institute for National Defence and Security Research
Topic: Strategic Partnerships: India and ASEAN
Group Captain PB Nair – Directing Staff, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
Topic: Air and Space: Dimension of India’s IOR Strategy
End of Day 1 – 17:30
Network Dinner (By Invitation)
19:30 to 22:00
Gold Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Speakers
Panel Discussion (9:00 to 11:00)
Topic – India’s Strategic Approaches in IOR: Between Aspirations and Contradictions
Moderator
Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd)
Prof Kanti Bajpai – Panelist
Dr TCA Raghavan – Panelist
Amb Antonio Chiang – Panelist
Lt Gen SL Narasimhan – Panelist
Cmde Uday Bhaskar – Panelist
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 to 11:15
Session IV (11:15 to 12:45)
Dr. Joshua Thomas – Deputy Director, ICSSR, NERC, Shillong
International Cooperation and Global Commons
Dr Suba Chandran – Professor and Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS, Bangalore
Topic: Cultural Legacies and Competing for Zones of Influence: India, China and External Powers
Rear Adm S Shrikande AVSM (Retd) – Goa
Topic: International Institutions: SLOCs, Chokepoints, Freedom of Navigation
Rear Adm K Swaminathan – FOST, Southern Naval Command, Cochin
Topic: India’s Ability to Provide Net Security and Balance Global Public Goods
LUNCH BREAK
12:45 to 13:45
Session V (13:45 to 15:15)
Lt Gen SL Narasimhan – Director General, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, MEA
Transnational Issues, Threats and Challenges in the IOR
Dr R P Pradhan – Associate Professor, BITS, Goa
Topic: India and the Blue Economy: Evolving Partnerships
Dr Arabinda Acharya – Associate Professor, International relarions, NDU, Washington
Topic: Non Traditional Security Threats: Piracy, Maritime Terrorism, Climate Change, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, Illegal Immigration, and Smuggling of Arms and Drugs
AVM Ashutosh Dixit – AD Commander HQ, Southern Air Command, IAF, Trivandrum
Topic: International and Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management
COFFEE BREAK
15:15 to 15:30
Valedictory Session (15:30 to 17:00)
Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Retd) – Chairman and President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: President’s Introduction
Dr TCA Raghavan, IFS (Retd) – Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi
Topic: Valedictory Address
Brigadier Albert Pakianathan VSM and Bar – Director- Research and Admin, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai
Topic: Vote of Thanks
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