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PAST EVENTS: 2005
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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 also holds a full day
Seminars from time to time. An Annual Lecture by a dignitary is the high point of the
activities of the Association.
The Association, with the co-operation of the Foreign Service Institute of
the Ministryof External Affairs and the family
of Late Ambassador Bimal Sanyal, a distinguished member of the Service, also
administers the award of “Ambassador
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Bimal
Sanyal Memorial Medal”, a Gold medal for the Best IFS OfficerTrainee each year and a Silver medal for the Best dissertation. The years activities come to an end with
the AGM and the
Annual Dinner.
Pat activities during
2005-11 is given below. Please
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here
for
details of activities after 1 April 2011. |
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Past Events 2010-11
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Date |
Event |
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28 Apr 2010 |
 [Late]
Shri
K. Subrahmanyam spoke on “Prospects for a
Nuclear Weapon Free World”. |
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25 May 2010 |
Internal Discussion on 'Left
Wing Extremism - Challenges and Solutions' |
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14 Jun 2010 |
Ms. N. Subhashini, of the 2008 Batch IFS, received the
Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Gold (and
Silver) medals from Smt. Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Secretary.
.. Details
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25 Aug
2010 |
Shri
Shyam Saran spoke on “Recent
Developments in Nepal: The Way Forward”. |
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7 Sep 2010 |
 Smt. Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Secretary addressed the members of the Association.
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23 Sep
2010 |
Briefing by Shri A. N. Ram and other members of the 'focus
group on Nepal' |
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19 Nov
2010 |
Shri Ramaswamy R. Iyer: “Our Water Future”. |
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21 Dec
2010 |
[Late] Prof. V. P. Dutt
“India – China relations - post Wen Jiabao visit”. |
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11 Mar
2011 |
'Annual
Lecture' of the Association - Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble
Vice President of India spoke on "The Challenges to Indian
Diplomacy in the 21st Century"
Full Text of Address |
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19 Mar
2011 |
Annual
Dinner of the Association at 'Akash' Air Force Mess, New
Delhi |
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24 Mar
2011 |
Annual
General Meeting of the Association |
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Past Events 2009-10
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Date |
Event |
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30 Apr 2009 |
'Half-day-in-house-seminar' on "Regional Security Environment - A
Five Year Perspective”, with the co-operation of the Indian Council
of World Affairs (ICWA) |
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25 May 2009 |
 'In-house-seminar' on "Regional
Security Environment - A Five Year Perspective” with the
co-operation of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
(Continuation of the April 30 Event) |
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26 May 2009 |
Award of Ambassador Sanyal
Memorial Medals: Ms. Satwant Khanalia, of the 2007 Batch IFS,
winner of the Gold Medal. with Ambassador K. V. Rajan, President,
A.I.D., Dean FSI, Mme. Sanyal and Shri Nalin Surie, Secretary (W),
MEA, New Delhi. |
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17
Aug 2009 |
Seminar on "Internal
Security Challenges and their Linkages with Regional
Security”
.Lt. Gen. Satish
Nambiar (Retd), till recently the Director
of the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi and
Shri Ajit Kumar Doval, former Director of the Intelligence
Bureau were the Guest Speakers. Vice Admiral P. K. Das and
Shri Dr K. S. Subrahmanian, IPS(Retd) were the external discussants.
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3 Oct 2009 |
Smt. Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary
addressed the members. |
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27 Nov 2009 |
H. E. Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont,
Ambassador of the Republic of France, spoke on “French Perspectives
on Global Challenges – Old and New”. |
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19 Dec 2009 |
Lord Meghnath Desai delivered a special talk on “India and the
Emerging Non-Polar World Order”. |
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8 Jan 2010 |
The Annual Lecture of the Association
for 2009-10, delivered by Prof Lord Bhikhu Parekh (Baron Parekh) on
"India's
Place in the World".
(Full Text of the
Lecture)
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20 Mar 2010 |
Talk by H.H. The Dalai Lama
at Vivekananda International Foundation,
San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
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29 Mar 2010 |
AGM and Annual Dinner. |
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Past Events 2007-08
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Date |
Event |
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13 Apr 2007 |
H.E. Dr. David Malone,
High Commissioner for Canada to India.
‘The UN Security Council: Boom and Bust ?’ |
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May 2007 |
Prof. Abdul Nafey, Professor of LA and Caribbean Studies, S.I.S.,
JNU, New Delhi. ‘Political Developments in Latin America – Economic
Populism or National assertion?’ |
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28 Jun 2007 |
 Presentation of
'Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medals':
Ms.
Muanpuii Saiawi, IFS Ptrainee officer of 2005 batch, receiving the
medals from Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, Hon'ble Minister for Railways.[details
of the event] |
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31 Aug 2007 |
Air Marshal (Retd) Vinod
Patney, former Vice Chief of Air Staff, “Approach, Conduct and
Aftermath of the Kargil Operations – lessons for the future” |
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27 Sep 2007 |
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Higazy, Ambassador of
the Arab Republic of Egypt, New Delhi “Middle East – the way forward”. |
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22 Oct 2007 |
Reception /
Dinner in honour of Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble Vice President of
India |
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29
Nov 2007 |
Justice J. S.
Verma, Former Chief Justice of India -
“Judicial Activism: Constitutional Legitimacy”.
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14 Dec 2007 |
In house discussion on the proposed
'Indo-US accord' on Civilian Nuclear Cooperation |
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16 Jan 2008 |
Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, Former
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission'Indo-US accord' on Civilian Nuclear
Cooperation |
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23 Feb 2008 |
 Annual
Seminar in cooperation with the India International Centre - Hon'ble
Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari inaugurating the Seminar.
Speech by The Hon'ble Vice President |
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4 Mar 2008 |
Annual Lecture: Smt. Ila Bhatt,President, SEWA
“The Globalising Local: SEWA Journey” |
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20
Mar 2008: |
 Annual Dinner: Chief Guest, Shri E. Ahamed, Minister of State for
External Affairs,
Speech
by MoS, MEA |
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26 Mar 2008 |
Annual General Meeting |
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29 Mar to
4 Apr 2008 |
Visit of A.I.D. Delegation to Pakistan. |
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Past Events 2008-09
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Date |
Event |
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29 Apr 2008 |
Mr. B. G.
Verghese:
"Meeting the Challenge of Water
with Growing Numbers and Climate Change" |
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19 May 2008 |
 Shri
Siddharth Varadarajan, Strategic Affairs Editor, 'The Hindu'
and Ambassador Deb Mukherji: "Recent Developments in Nepal -
Implications for the Region" |
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13 Jun 2008 |
Presentation of
'Ambassador Bimal Sanyal Memorial Medals':
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21 Aug 2008 |
H.E. Mr. C.R.
Jayasinghe, High Commissioner for Srilanka to India: "The
15th SAARC Summit and its impact on cooperative bilateral
relations in South Asia" |
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29 Sep 2008 |
 Prof.
P. Stobdan,
Senior Fellow, IDSA, New Delhi:
"The Tibetan Question" |
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31 Oct 2008 |
Dr. R. R.
Subrahmanian: "The '123 Agreement' - the way ahead"
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6 Dec 2008 |
Shri
Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary |
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21 Jan 2009 |
 Shri
Amit Baruah, Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times, New Delhi and
Ambassador Deb Mukharji: “Recent Elections in Bangladesh –
implications for the region” |
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5 Feb 2009 |
Annual
Lecture: HE Mr. Kamalesh Sharma Secretary General of the
Commonwealth: "Managing Change and Diversity in a Compacting World" |
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30 Mar 2009 |
Annual General Meeting and
Annual Dinner.
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Past Events 2005-06
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Date |
Event |
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27 Apr 2005 |
Shri N. N. Vohra,
Special Representative of the Government of India for J&K
“Current Situation in Jammu & Kashmir” |
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27 May 2005 |
Shri Arun Bharat
Ram, Past President and Shri N. Srinivasan, Director General of
C.I.I.
“ Economic Diplomacy” |
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17 Aug 2005 |
Shri Onkar Kanwar,
President, Shri Amit Mitra Secretary General
F.I.C.C.I.
“Economic Diplomacy”
(Lunch Meeting at FICCI) |
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27 Sep 2005 |
Prof. Robert
Goldman, Formerly Chairman of the South Asian Studies Centre,
UCBerkely
"New trends in India – US relationships” |
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28 Oct 2005 |
Shri
K.Padmanabaiah,
Government of India’s Representative for Naga Peace Talks
“Naga Peace Talks – Is a negotiated political settlement possible and
desirable?” |
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18 Nov 2005 |
Shri Ved Marwah,
Former Governor
“ The Role of Governors” |
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27 Dec 2005 |
Shri Shiv Shanker
Menon,
High Commissioner of India to Pakistan
“Latest Trends in Indo – Pak relations” |
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15 Jan 2006 |
Shri Shyam Saran,
Foreign Secretary
India's relations with her neighbors |
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25 Feb 2006 |
Full day seminar
(in collaboration with the IIC)
'Economic Diplomacy" |
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7 Mar 2006 |
Annual Lecture:
Shri Tarun Das, Chief Mentor of the Confederation of Indian
Industries
“India and the World – An Industry’s point of view” |
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22 Mar 2006 |
Annual Dinner
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh, M.P., and President of ICCR
“Cultural Diplomacy” - Speech by Dr. Karan Singh |
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31 Mar 2006 |
Annual General Meeting |
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Past Events 2006-07
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Date |
Event |
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26 Apr 2006 |
Shri V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman of the National
Manufacturing Competitive Council
"Manufacturing and globalization of Indian Economy" |
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29 May 2006 |
Shri K. Santanam,
former D G, IDSA, former Chief Advisor (Technology) DRDO
"Some Aspects of the Indo – U.S. Nuclear Deal” |
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23 Jun 2006 |
Presentation of 'Ambassador Sanyal Memorial Medals'
(Jointly hosted by the A.I.D., F.S.I.
and I.C.W.A.) |
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17 Aug 2006 |
Lt. Gen. Satish
Nambiar, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (Retd), Director of the United
Service Institution of India,
“Current Crisis in the International Collective Security
Mechanism and the Future of the UN" |
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27 Sep 2006 |
H.E. Mr. David
Danieli, Ambassador of Israel to India
"Recent developments in West Asia” |
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30 Oct 2006 |
Dr Sanjaya Baru, Media Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India
“Strategic Consequences of India's
Economic Performance”. |
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25 Nov 2006 |
Shri Shivshankar
Menon, Foreign Secretary |
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23 Dec 2006 |
Dr. Isher Judge
Ahluwalia
"Indian Economy : Increasing
Opportunities and New Challenges" |
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7 Feb 2007 |
 Annual
lecture:
President Dr. Abdul Kalam
"Past
meets the present and creates the future" |
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24 Feb 2007 |
 Full day seminar (in
collaboration with the IIC)
‘Defence, Security and Diplomacy’
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12 - 13
March 2007 |
 A.I.D. - CRRID (Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development)
Joint Seminar at Chandigarh
'Foreign Policy and Role of Media'
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28 Mar 2007 |
Annual General Meeting and
Annual Dinner.
Chief Guest: Shri Pranab
Mukherjee, Minister for External Affairs
Speech by EAM |
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