Faculty Activities

DPG, Date: July 31, 2018

The DPG faculty was an active participant in various think tank interactions during this period, some of which are mentioned below.

Ambassador H.K. Singh, Director General
  • Ambassador H.K. Singh held a series of discussions with the heads of leading Sri Lankan think tanks in Colombo on July 31 and August 1, 2018. These included the Pathfinder Foundation, the Institute of Policy Studies, the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. 


Ambassador Biren Nanda, Senior Fellow
  • International Conference on "India-Vietnam Strengthening Economic Ties" organised by The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, July 27-28, 2018
    • Presentation on "Regional Connectivity and Economic Aspects of People-to-People Connectivity"
  • Workshop on "BIMSTEC at 20: Priorities and Prospects" organised by ISAS-COSATT-KAS, Singapore, September 24, 2018
    • Presentation on "India and BIMSTEC"
  • 2018 Asia-Pacific Think-tank Summit organised by the Institute for National Policy Research, Taipei, September 29-30, 2018 
    • Panel 1: Presentation on "BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategy"
    • Panel 3: Presentation on "Trade Wars and Challenges of the Changing Economic and Security Order"
    • Panel 5: "Perspective on Taiwan's New South based Strategy"


Brig. Arun Sahgal (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • Ottawa Dialogue on "India-Pakistan Mil to Mil and Nuclear CBMs", Bangkok, August 5-8, 2018
  • Presentation on "Artificial Intelligence - Developing Operational Scenario's for Emergent Warfare and Exploitation" at workshop organised by Indian National Defence University Cell at HQ, Integrated Defence Staff, September 11, 2018
  • Lecture on "China Net Assessment 2030" for senior officers at Army War College, Mhow, September 13, 2018


Lt. Gen. Anil Ahuja (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • Panelist, Roundtable on "Review of the India-US 2 2 Dialogue", Vivekanand International Foundation, September 14, 2018


Cmde. Lalit Kapur (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • Presentation on "India's Experience with Maritime Boundary Dispute Resolution" at the CSIS South China Sea Conference, Washington D.C., July 26, 2018


Dr. Didar Singh, Senior Fellow
  • Chair, Session on "Inclusive Development and Migration" at the International Seminar on "Two Decades of Migration Research", Centre for Development Studies, September 17-18, 2018