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RECENT
EVENTS
From 1 April
2015 till 31 March 2019
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The Association holds one
meeting each month (Except during the months of June and July), when a
scholar / expert is invited to speak on a subject of contemporary
relevance.
The Association, with the
co-operation of the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of External
Affairs and the family of Late Ambassador Bimal
Sanyal, a distinguished member of the Service,
also administers the award of “Ambassador Bimal
Sanyal Memorial Prize / Medal”, for the
Best IFS Officer Trainee each year and a Silver medal for the Best
dissertation.
The years activities come to an
end with the AGM and the Annual Dinner.
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For Events held in
earlier years
1 Apr 2005 to 31 March 2011: Please Click here
1 Apr 2011 to 31 March 2015: Please Click here
For Events held in 2019
- 20: Please Click Here
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Events 2018-19
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10 April, 2018: Dr. C. Raja
Mohan, Director of Carnegie India, spoke on 'India's Neighbourhood
Policy'.
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27
Sep 2018: Shri Hardeep Singh
Puri, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC), Ministry
of Housing & Urban Affairs, spoke on “Sovereignty and the State:
Impact on the global order"
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8 May, 2018: Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic
Adviser to the Government of India,
spoke on "The Indian
in the Indian Ocean: A brief maritime history"
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 8 Oct 2018: Ambassador Pankaj Saran, Deputy National Security Adviser, spoke on "Current
state of Indo-Russian relations"
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31 May, 2018: Presentation of the Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medal
/ Prize by Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Hon'ble Minister for External
Affairs.
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Award
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27
Nov 2018: Ambassador K.S. Bajpai spoke on
"Father, Son and Sikkim -
Some explorations in Statecraft".
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8
Aug 2018: Ambassador M.K. Rasgotra, Former
Foreign Secretary,
spoke
on “India's Foreign Policy - Issues and Challenges"
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18 Jan 2019: Shri T.N. Ninan, Author and well-known Journalist spoke on “Indian Economy - Past, Present and
Future.”
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Events 2017-18
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May 2017: Panel discussion on "Developments
in the 'Indo - Pacific' Region and Options for India". Panelists:
Ambassador Biren Nanda, Ambassador Rajiv Kumar Bhatia and
Ambassador Ashok Kumar Kantha.
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29 May, 2017: Presentation of the Ambassador
Bimal Sanyal
Memorial Medal / Prize by Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Hon'ble Minister for
External Affairs.
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Award
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May, 2017: Ambassador Ranjit
Rae, a member of the Association and till recently the Ambassador of
India to Nepal, spoke on “Situation in Nepal and its relations with
India"
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14 Jul 2017: At a function organised under the aegis of the
Association of Indian Diplomats and the Embassy of Hungary, Hon'ble Vice
President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari releasied the English
translation of the book ‘Hungary an Adventure’ authored by Late
Ambassador M.A. Rahman. The Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of
Hungary, Dr. Geza Szocs, the Ambassador of Hungary to India, Mr. Gyula
Petho were also present
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04
Aug, 2017: To felicitate outgoing Hon’ble Vice
President of India and Mrs Ansari, the Association of Indian Diplomats organised a dinner reception at Sapru House , New
Delhi.
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5-Sep, 2017: Discussion on “Securing India’s Borders -
by an expert panel led by Lt. Gen. P.K. Singh PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)
Director, United Service Institution of India (USI)
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4
Oct, 2017: Panel
discussion on ‘A new paradigm in
India-EU relations” by Ambassador Bhaswati
Mukherjee and Ambassador Dinkar
Khullar.
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10-Nov, 2017: Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy, Professor, Centre for
West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University spoke on "India Israel relations in
the context of the situation in West Asia
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8 Dec 2017: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Secretary General,
FICCI spoke on “Indian Business and Diplomacy”
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9 January 2018: :Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad spoke on
"Geopolitics of Energy and India's Quest for Energy Security"
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21 Mar 2018: AGM of the Association
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Events 2015-16
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Apr 2015
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Ambassador
C. R. Gharekhan spoke on "Developments
in Yemen and Regional Security"
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May 2015
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Dr.
R B Grover, Member of the Atomic Energy Commission and Vice Chancellor,
Homi Bhabha National Institute spoke on: "Civil Nuclear Programme: the Last One Decade and Near-future
Outlook".
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Full Text
of the Article, based on
the lecture, from the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol.
10, No. 3, July - September 2015
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4
Jun 2015
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Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medal Award Ceremony at the Valedictory Function of the 2013 Batch of I.F.S. at
the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
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13 Aug 2015
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The Association and FICCI
concluded a MoU - an enabling framework for cooperation with FICCI on
various matters.
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14 Aug 2015
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Ambassador Shyam Saran spoke on "India's National Security Challenges".
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30 Sep 2015
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Ambassador Jayant
Prasad spoke on "Recent
developments in Nepal".
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4 Nov
2015
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Maj Gen PJS Sandhu
(Retd), Deputy Director &
Editor, United Services Institution of India (USI) spoke on "1962
– A View from the Other Side of the Hill".
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18 Dec 2015
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Panel discussion
on "Asian Security Architecture - Trends and Dynamics" with
Ambassador Shiv Shankar Menon
as lead speaker, followed by Ambassador Eric Gonsalves
and Ambassador Sanjay Singh.
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28 Jan 2016
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Ambassador T. C. A. Raghavan, till recently High Commissioner of India to
Pakistan spoke on "Pakistan: Recent Developments"
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26 Feb 2016
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Panel discussion: Ambassador Ashok Kantha: “China
today, its internal dynamics, its external posture and relations with
India”; followed by Ambassador T C A Raghavan
– “China's role in Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Iran”
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21 Mar 2016
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Annual General
Meeting of the Association
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Events 2016-17
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Apr 2016
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Air Marshal M Matheswaran
AVSM VM PhD (Retd), former Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff,
presently President, Aerospace Business, Reliance Defence Limited, spoke
on "Emerging Contours of Space Security: Options for India"
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Full Text
of the Article, based on
the lecture, from the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol.
11, No. 1, January - March 2016
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16 May 2016
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Award of Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medal/Prize for the 2014 Batch of the I.F.S.
by Gen. (Dr.) V. K. Singh Hon'ble Minister of State for External Affairs,
In the presence of Shri Amitava Tripathi, President of the Association of Indian
Diplomats
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Shri Jitesh Khosla,
IAS(Retd.) till recently Chief Secretary, Government
of Assam spoke on "North
East India: A Turbulent Journey to Engagement with South East Asia"
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8-Jun-2016
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Award of Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medal/Prize for the 2015 Batch of the I.F.S.
by Gen. (Dr.) V. K. Singh Hon'ble Minister of State for External Affairs,
In the presence of Shri Sanjay Singh, Vice President of the Association
of Indian Diplomats
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23 Aug 2016
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Ambassador Asoke
Mukerji, till recently India's PR to the UN at
New York, spoke on "Current
State of UNSC Reforms".
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20 Sep 2016
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Ambassador P.S. Raghavan, till recently Ambassador of India to
Russia, spoke on "Twenty-five years after - the rise of the
Russian Phoenix"
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26 Oct 2016
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Ambassador
Talmiz Ahmad spoke on "ISIS and the Scourge of Global Jihad:
Challenges for India"
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24 Nov 2016
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Ambassador Jaimini Bhagwati spoke on
“Is the financial sector a vampire squid wrapped around the face of
humanity?"
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14 Dec 2016
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H.E. Dr. Shaida Mohd. Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan to India spoke
on "The New Great Game in Central Asia and the pivotal role
of Afghanistan."
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31 Jan 2017
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Prof. Chintamani
Mahapatra, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Professor of American
Studies at SIS, spoke on "Change
of Guard in the US: Possible Ripples Around the World"
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10
Mar 2017
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Ambassador Neelam Dhamija Sabharwal and Professor S.D. Muni spoke on the topic, “A dialogue among civilizations – it
is still not too late”. Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari graced the
occasion and sharede his thoughts on the
subject.
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22
Mar 2017
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Annual General Meeting of the Association
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