About this event
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Date: Saturday, August 12th, 2023
Time: 10.00 AM EST (Washington D.C.) | 7:30 PM IST
(New Delhi)
Location: Online
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You are cordially invited to Strategic Affairs Round Table
The Geopolitics of the Arctic Circle
Saturday, August 12th, 2023, 10.00 AM EST; 7:30 PM IST
Distinguished Panelists
Kanagavalli Suryanarayanan, ESQ – Panelist Statement
Dr. Sriparna Pathak – Panelist Statement
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa – Panelist Statement
Chair
Dr. A. Adityanjee, President
Council for Strategic Affairs
About the Lecture
About the Distinguished Panelists
Advocate Kanagavalli Suryanarayanan, ESQ
Dr. Sriparna Pathak
Awarded a Doctorate degree from the Centre for East Asian Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 2015, Dr. Pathak is fluent in English, Mandarin and Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali and Assamese.
She has been a recipient of the joint fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, India and the China Scholarship Council, Government of the People’s Republic of China, and she spent two years in China, actively researching various aspects of China’s domestic economy. Her areas of interest are China’s domestic economy, trade and economic relations between India and China and China’s foreign policy and economic linkages with the world. She is currently working on a project on China’s influence operations in India. She has been a resource person for various media organizations, colleges, Universities and think tanks within India and abroad.
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa(Retd)
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, Indian Foreign Service joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1979 and retired in 2017. Served as: Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (2014-2016) with charge of Australasia and the Pacific, South East Asia, the Koreas, GCC, West Asia and North Africa.
Ambassador of India to:
· Italy and San Marino (2016-2017)
· Thailand (2011-2014)
· Sultanate of Oman (2007-2011)
· Poland and Lithuania (2004-2007)
Other assignments abroad:
· Commission of India, Hongkong (1981-1983)
· Embassy of India, Beijing, PRC (1983-1987)
· Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Geneva (1989-1993)
Organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague (1993-2000). Was in the original group of 20 experts who designed, drafted, set up rules, and recruited for the international organization specializing in chemical industry and destruction of chemical weapons.
In the course of a career of 38 years, in addition to political and strategic affairs, specialized in disarmament and economic relations. Represented India at international conferences, including as leader of senior officials level meetings of ASEAN, ASEM, BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit and Arab League; coordinated evacuation of Indian nationals from conflict zones of Iraq, Libya and Yemen; actively promoted Indian economic interests in areasof trade, investments into and out of India, and technology transfer. Served as Chairman of the Board of the World Food Programme (WFP), and Permanent Representative to the Food And Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), dealing with agricultural finance, development, planning and assistance.
Currently, is partner in an LLP- India Pathfinders Strategic Advisers – which works on investments and acquisitions by foreign companies in India; is a Distinguished Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation; Independent Director on the Corporate Boards of Cosmo First, AGI Greenpac, Galfar Engineering and Consulting (India); is a Corporate Affairs Adviser in Jindal Steel & Power Ltd and serves on two Independent Company Advisory Boards of Larsen & Toubro – – Heavy Engineering & Buildings and Factories. He is also on the Advisory Boards of India Australia Business & Community Awards, the Newland Global Group (both based in Sydney, Australia), and has prepared India’s Australia Economic Strategy Report, which was released by the Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles in November 2020. Ambassador Wadhwa also speaks, writes and publishes on foreign policy, strategic issues and international trade and investment trends.
