Faculty Activities

Delhi Policy Group, Date:

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
  • Annual NMF-RSIS Bilateral Dialogue: “India’s ‘Act East’ Policy: Expectations and Outcomes”, New Delhi, March 15, 2018
    • Chair, Session on"Maritime Security Dimension of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy"
  • Public Lecture on "Changing Global Order in the Indo-Pacific" at the Indonesian Defence University, Jakarta, December 20, 2017
  • 2nd meeting of India-Russia Heads of Think Tanks, New Delhi, December 4-5, 2017
    • Opening Address in Session on "Strategic Partnership between India-Russia in the Backdrop of the Changing Landscape of World Order"
    • Chair, Session  on "Russia's Role in Asia"
  • 3rd Australia-India-Indonesia Trilateral Dialogue on Indian Ocean (TDIO), New Delhi, November 21, 2017
    • Keynote presentation, Session on "Building Norms for Indian Ocean Regional Cooperation/Follow up of the IORA Concord"

Ambassador Biren Nanda, Senior Fellow
  • ICWA Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Globalisation and Regionalism”, New Delhi, February 7, 2018
    • Speaker, Session on "Experiences on Regionalism"
  • RIS International Conference on "ASEAN-India at 25: Retrospection and Way Ahead", New Delhi, January 12, 2018
    • Panelist, Session on "ASEAN-India Economic Partnership: Achievements and   Next Phase"
  • India-Australia Track 1.5 Dialogue, IDSA, New Delhi, November 22, 2017 
    • Chair, Session on "Emerging Mini-lateral Opportunities: Regional Defence Outlook"

Brig. Arun Sahgal (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • Panelist, FSI-KAS-CLAWS joint event on "Indo-Pacific Security and India – In an Era of Transition", New Delhi, December 11-12, 2017
  • 2nd meeting of India-Russia Heads of Think Tanks, New Delhi, December 4-5, 2017
    • Speaker, Session on "Russia's Role in Asia"
  • Participant, Ottawa Military to Military and Nuclear Dialogue between senior diplomats and military officials of India and Pakistan at Bangkok, November 3-6, 2017

Lt. Gen. Anil Ahuja (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • Annual Seminar of the College of Defence Management, Telangana, January 19, 2018o  Address on "Capability Development and Perspective Planning for Military Effectiveness" 
  • Participant, Seminar on "India-Vietnam Defence Cooperation - Achievements and Prospects", Vietnam Institute of Defence International Relations, Hanoi, November 28 2017

Arjun Katoch, Senior Fellow
  • Fire Combat 360 international competition organised by the Mumbai Fire Services, Mumbai, March 8-10, 2018
    • Chair, Panel Discussion on "International Emergency Response" 
  • DPG representative, Humanitarian Partnerships and Emergencies Week in Geneva, Switzerland, February 4-9, 2018
  • UN representative, International Classification of the Oman Urban Search and Rescue team,  Muscat, Oman, December 3-7, 2017

Cmde. Lalit Kapur (Retd.), Senior Fellow
  • 2nd meeting of India-Russia Heads of Think Tanks, New Delhi, December 4-5, 2017
    • Speaker, Session  on "Impact of the Relationship between Russia and the US on the Arctic and the Indo-Pacific"