Day 1
22 June 2022
Session 1 Inaugural ceremony and launch of Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies (CIPS)
9:30 AM - 12.00 PM
Welcome from the Vice Chancellor Lt Gen. (Dr) M D Venkatesh
Unveiling of Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
Tea break
Keynote address by Prof Chintamani Mahapatra: "India and the Indo-Pacific: Interests, Policy and Challenges"
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Session 2.1
Online panel: Differing Ideas of the Indo-Pacific?
1:00 - 2:30 PM
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Ambassador P S Raghavan (retd) (VIF New Delhi and Rashtriya Raksha University): "Towards a Sustainable Security Order in the Indo-Pacific"
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Captain (Dr) Gurpreet Khurana (Naval War College): "Unravelling the Indo-Pacific Concept"
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Prof Ian Hall (Griffith University): Australia's Indo-Pacific Strategy: Partially Free, Economically Open, and Increasingly Contested"
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Dr Jagannath Panda (Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Sweden): EU's Global Gateway: What it Means to Connectivity Initiatives in Indo-Pacific?"
Session 2.2 The China and the Indo-Pacific: Emerging Hegemon or Paper Tiger?
1:00 - 2:30 PM
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Mr. Manoj Kewalramani (The Takshashila Institute): "China's Maritime Silk Road and the Security Implications for the Indo-Pacific"
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Dr Amrita Jash and Dr Stephen P. Westcott (MAHE): "Suspicion and Entrenchment: The Deterioration of the Sino-Indian Border Dispute between 2012-2022"
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Mr. Suyash Desai: "China’s Evolving Nuclear Posture and the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific."
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Dr Joshy M Paul (CAPS): "China’s Strategic Dominance of the Indian Ocean: Would India’s ‘Net Security Provider’ Status Shrink?"
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Ms. Aastha Binzani (JNU) and Mr. Devendra Kumar (University of Hyderabad): "China’s Policy towards Indo-Pacific: Security, Economic, and Normative Dimensions"
Afternoon tea
2:30-3:30 PM
Session 3.1
India and the United State's Strategic Approach to the Indo-Pacific
3:30-5:00 PM
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Dr Zack Cooper (AEI): "Managing Multipolarity in the Indo-Pacific"
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Dr Arvind Kumar (JNU): "United States' Strategy towards Indo-Pacific in the Emerging Dynamics of Geopolitics"
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Dr Seshadri Chari (RIS & MAHE): "The Indo-Pacific as a Zone of Inclusion and Interaction"
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Commodore R S Vasan (retd) (CCCS): "India and the QUAD: Perceptions and Realities"
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Dr Nanda Kishor (Pondicherry University): "A Geopolitical Assessment of United States' Strategy in the Indo-Pacific"
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Mr Uday N. Patil (MAHE) "United States' Engagement in the Indo-Pacific from Obama to Biden: Determinants, Shifts and Prospects"
Conference Dinner
7:00 PM - Late
Day 2
23 June 2022
Session 4.1
Addressing 'unconventional' Issues within the Indo-Pacific
9:30-11:00 AM
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Dr Sameer Patil (ORF, Mumbai): "Cybersecurity threats in the Indo-Pacific"
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Dr Shreya Upadhyay (Christ University, Bangalore) "Disaster Risk Resilience in Indo-Pacific"
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Mr Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal and Ms Poornima B (MAHE): "Regional Tensions post-US Withdrawal from JCPOA: Implications for the Indo-Pacific"
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Mr Vineeth Krishnan (MAHE) "Space Security and the Space Powers in the Indo-Pacific Region"
Session 4.2
Challenges to International Governance in the Indo-Pacific
9:30-11.00 AM
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Dr Vivek Mishra (ORF, New Delhi): "Global Disruptions and the Indo-Pacific"
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Dr Lawrence Prabhakar Williams (MCC, Chennai): "The Security Dilemmas and Power Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific"
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Dr Pratip Chattopadhyay (University of Kalyani): "Governance in Indo-Pacific: Issues, Challenges and Prospects for QUAD"
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Dr Pranav Kumar and Mr. Dharmendra Kumar (CUSB): "East African Littoral Countries in India’s Indo-Pacific Vision: Assessing the Multilateral-Minilateral Dichotomy"
Morning tea
11:00-11:30 AM
Session 5.1
Evolving Power Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Dr Sankalp Gurjar (ICWA) "Great Powers Relations with Indo-Pacific Island States"
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Dr Praveen Kumar (CUSB) "China’s Politics of Expansionism: An Inquiry from Indian Perspective."
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Dr Roger Liu (FLAME University): "Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Framework: What is the role to play?"
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Dr. Jayshree Borah (SISU) "China’s Relations with Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific: Changing Security, Economic and Diplomatic Rationale"
Session 5.2
Impact of Critical Technologies within the Indo-Pacific
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Ms Anupama V. (MAHE): "Quad Cooperation on Critical and Emerging Technologies: Implications for Indo-Pacific Geopolitics"
Dr Anand (MAHE): "China and Information Insecurity in the Indo-Pacific: The Case of Submarine Cables."
Dr Reeta Sony and Shubh Gupta (JNU): "Understanding the Imminence of Data- Centric Critical Technology in Changing World Order with Special Reference to Indo-Pacific Region"
Lokendra Sharma (NIAS): "Maritime cybersecurity in the Indo-Pacific: Vulnerabilities, threats, challenges and a role for the Quad"
Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM
Session 6.1
East and Southeast Asia's engagement with an evolving Indo-Pacific region.
2:00-3:30 PM
Dr Jojin John (ICWA): "India-Japan Relations: Mapping the Shared Indo-Pacific Agenda"
Dr Vignesh Ram (APAC Assistance Singapore): "ASEAN Multilateralism and East Asian Regionalism in an Indo-Pacific Context"
Ms Priyanka Yadav (JNU): "India- South Korea ties in the Indo-Pacific: Multilateralism or Strategic Necessity?"
Ms Himadree Sonowal (JNU): "Theorising the Evolution of ASEAN in the Emerging Indo-Pacific Region”
Session 6.2
Young Minds in Geopolitics and International Relations
2:00-3:30 PM
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Presentations from MAHE Department of Geopolitics and International Relations Masters students
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Ms Induja J. S. and Mr Kiran Bhatt: "India's role in the Disaster Management in the Indo-Pacific: Prospects andChallenges
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Mr Vasu Sharma: "Shifting United State's Alliance Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific"
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Mr Mayank Dalvi: "Japanese Public Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific"
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Ms Madhu Vanthi "The Emerging Discourse on Extended Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific Theatre"
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Mr Shishu Raj: "Military Balance across the Taiwan Strait: Implications for the Indo-Pacific
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Afternoon tea
3:30-4:00 PM
Session 7
Valedictory presentation and closing remarks
4:00-5:00PM
Valedictory Address and closing remarks
Dr Ravidranathan (MAHE)
Dr Seshadri Chari (MAHE)