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EAI-ISAS Workshop	“China and India: Towards Greater Engagement?”, 19 January 2010. Jointly organised with the East Asian Institute.
ISAS Seminar	Prof Philip Oldenburg, Adjunct Associate Professor, Political Science, Columbia University; and Research Scholar, Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University, United States, “India and Pakistan: Solving the Puzzle of Divergent Political Paths”, 18 January 2010.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank on "Bangladesh's Current Economic Challenges", 12 January 2010. Please click here for Dr Rahman's presentation.
ISAS Book Launch-cum-Panel Discussion	"India and the Global Financial Crisis: Managing Money and Finance", 8 January 2010.
ISAS-CII Symposium	Singapore Symposium, 16 December 2009. Jointly organised with Confederation of Indian Industry.
ISAS Book Launch	Launch of "India's Foreign Policy: The Democracy Dimension" by Prof S. D. Muni, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS, 15 December 2009.
ISAS-EUC Report Launch cum Panel Discussion	"Democracy in Development: Global Consultations on the EU's Role in Democracy Building", 9 December 2009. Jointly organised with the European Union Centre in Singapore.
ISAS Seminar	Brigadier Tughral Yamin, Former Senior Defence Officer, Pakistan Army; and Domain Specialist, Centre for Netcentric Technologies, Pakistan, "The Security Situation in Pakistan and the South Asian Region", 9 November 2009.
Fifth Internation Conference on South Asia	"South Asia: Beyond The Global Financial Crisis", 4 November 2009. Keynote speaker: Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs, Singapore. ISAS will publish the proceedings of the conference in due time. Please click here for Minister Shanmugam’s keynote address.
ISAS Public Lecture	Mrs Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, "India and the Economic Crisis: Impact, Policy Responses and Future Prospects", 12 October 2009. Please click here for Mrs Thorat's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Shanthie D'Souza, Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, "Afghanistan and South Asia: Prospects for Regional Cooperation", 8 October 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Y. Venugopal. Reddy, Emeritus Professor, University of Hyderabad, India; and Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, "The Global Financial Crisis and Challenges for Public Policy", 7 October 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Tridivesh Singh Maini, Research Associate, ISAS, "Indian Media's Coverage of Communal Riots: A Comparison of 2002 and 1984", 16 September 2009. Please click here for Mr Maini's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Rabin Hattari, Country Analyst, The World Bank, South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, “Foreign Direct Investment to South Asia: Determinants and Policy Initiatives”, 10 September 2009. Please click here for Dr Hattari’s presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr M. Govinda Rao, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India on "The Fiscal Situation in India: The Strategy for Consolidation", 26 August 2009. Please click here for Dr Rao's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr A Saj U Mendis, Deputy High Commissioner, Sri Lanka High Commission to Singapore, "The 'End' of the LTTE and The Future of Sri Lanka", 13 August 2009.
Energy Security Seminar Series	Dr Rajshree Jetly, Research Fellow, ISAS and Mr Iftikhar A. Lodhi, Research Associate, ISAS, "Development of Civilian Nuclear Energy in South Asia: Some Geopolitical Implications", 30 July 2009. Please click here for Dr Jetly and Mr Lodhi's presentation.
ISAS Closed-Door Session	HE Dr S. Jaishankar, India's High Commissioner to Singapore, "India-Singapore Relations: A Reflection", 23 July 2009.
ISAS-FICCI Public Lecture	H. E. Mr Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India, "The New Government in India: Vision for the Next Five Years", 17 July 2009. Jointly organised with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
ISAS Seminar	Associate Professor Ramkishen S. Rajan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "The Global Rise of Indian Companies – Trends, Determinants and Implications", 16 July 2009. Please click here for Prof Rajan's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Saumitra Chaudhuri, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, "India's Response to the Global Financial and Economic Crisis", 13 July 2009. Please click here for Dr Chaudhuri's presentation.
KPMG-SICCI-ISAS Seminar	"Indian Budget 2009 - An overview and its impact on foreign businesses and investors", 9 July 2009. Jointly organised with KPMG and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI).
Energy Security Seminar Series	Dr Suparna Karmakar, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, "Political Economy of Energy Governance in South Asia", 30 June 2009. Please click here for Dr Karmakar's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Didier Chaudet, Lecturer, Institute of Political Studies Paris, France, "The Jihadist Security Issue and Pakistan: The problem and its causes", 17 June 2009
ISAS Panel Discussion	Mr Ravi Velloor, India/South Asia Bureau Chief, The Straits Times, Professor S. D. Muni, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS and Dr Darini Rajasingham Senanayake, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, 16 June 2009, "Sri Lanka: What Next?", 16 June 2009.
ISAS Book Launch-Cum-Panel Discussion	“Pakistan in Regional and Global Politics”, 11 June 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Dibyesh Anand, Associate Professor in International Relations, Centre for the Study of Democracy, Department of Politics and International Relations, Westminster University, United Kingdom, “Religious Nationalism and Politics of Fear in India”, 5 June 2009. Please click here for Dr Anand’s presentation.
ISAS Closed Door Session	Discussion with Mr Manvendra Singh, Member, Bharatiya Janata Party, Republic of India, “The Indian Elections and The Path Forward for the BJP”, 2 June 2009.
ISAS Book Launch-Cum-Panel Discussion	“Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy”, 27 May 2009.
ISAS-BIPSS Roundtable	“Singapore-Bangladesh Relations”, 25 May 2009. Jointly organised by ISAS and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS).
ISAS Panel Discussion	“Indian Elections 2009 – The Results”, 21 May 2009. Click here for Dr Palit’s presentation.
ISAS-ADB Seminar-cum-Book Launch	"Pan-Asian Integration: Linking East and South Asia", 15 May 2009. Jointly organised by ISAS and Asian Development Bank. Please click here for Dr Pradumna B. Rana’s presentation. Please click here for Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja’s presentation. Please click here for Dr Srinivasa Madhur’s presentation.
EUC-ISAS Seminar	Mr Iftikhar A. Lodhi, Research Associate, ISAS, “The EU and Southwest Asia: Implications for Southeast Asia”, 24 April 2009. Jointly organised by ISAS and the European Union Centre in Singapore. Please click here for Mr Lodhi's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy & Resources Institute, India, "South Asia: The Energy Perspective", 23 April 2009.
ISAS-CIGI Symposium	"The Impact of Global Economic Crisis and Challenges to Governance in Asia", 20-21 April 2009. Keynote speaker: Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Director, Institute Of Policy Studies, Singapore. ISAS will publish the proceedings of the symposium in due time. Please click here for Ambassador Ong's keynote address.
EAI-ISAS Panel Discussion	"Global Financial Crisis: The Impact on India and China, and the Responses", 17 April 2009. Please click here for Dr Yang Mu and Mr Lim Tin Seng's presentation. Please click here for Dr Sarah Y. Tong and Dr Zhang Yang's presentation. Please click here for Professor Sanjaya Baru and Dr Amitendu Palit's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Writer and Independent Military and Political Analyst, "The Rising Tide of Militancy in South Asia", 14 April 2009.
ISAS SAARC Seminar	Professor Sridhar K. Khatri, Executive Director, South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal, "Fighting Terrorism Through SAARC", 27 March 2009. Please click here for Prof Khatri's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Robin Jeffrey, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University and La Trobe University on “Testing Concepts about Print, Newspapers and Politics: Kerala, 1800-2009”, 25 March 2009. Please click here for Prof Jeffrey’s presentation.
ISAS Symposium	“The Politics of Religion in South Asia and Southeast Asia”, 24 March 2009. ISAS will publish the proceedings of the symposium in due time.
ISAS Seminar	ISAS and the Centre on Asia and Globalisation jointly organised a seminar by Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Founder and Secretary, SHUJAN – Citizens for Good Governance, “Bangladesh: Civil Society and Rebirth Of Democracy”, 20 March 2009.
ISAS Seminar	General Mahmud Ali Durrani, Former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security, “Pakistan’s War on Terror”, 19 March 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Rama Baru, Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, "Health Inequalities in India: Challenges for Policy", 13 March 2009. Please click here for Professor Baru's presentation.
ISAS SAARC Seminar	Mr Robert Hathaway, Director, Asia Program Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D. C., United States of America, and Professor Hu Shisheng, Deputy Director and Senior Researcher, Institute of Asian and African Studies, China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations, Beijing, China, “Role of SAARC Observers (Session 2)”, 11 March 2009.
ISAS SAARC Seminar	Prof Ishtiaq Ahmed, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "SAARC: Social Charter and Human Security", 5 March 2009. Please click here for Professor Ahmed's presentation.
ISAS-CAS Workshop	Workshop On “Governance, The Military And Issues Of Stability In Pakistan”, 25 February 2009 Jointly organised by Institute of South Asian Studies and Center for Asia Studies, Chennai, India Please click here for Mr M.K. Bhadrakumar’s keynote address.
ISAS SAARC Seminar	Dr S. Narayan, Head of Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "SAARC & South Asian Economic Integration", 19 February 2009. Please click here for Dr Narayan's presentation.
Book Launch	Launch of "India's Strategic Interests In Southeast Asia And Singapore" by Ambassador See Chak Mun, Senior Fellow, ISAS, 10 February 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Ronojoy Sen, Senior Assistant Editor, The Times of India, New Delhi, India, "In The Name of God: Regulating Religion in Indian Elections", 5 February 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Pakistan, "India-Pakistan Peace Process: Future Prospects", 19 January 2009.
ISAS Seminar	Professor David Gilmartin, Professor of History, North Carolina State University, United States, "Elections and Law in Contemporary India", 10 December 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Professor S. D. Muni, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS and Dr Amitendu Palit, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, "Mumbai Mayhem: Economic and Political Fallout", 4 December 2008.
SAARC Seminar Series	Professor Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka "SAARC Energy Cooperation: Energy Security and Environmental Challenges", 28 November 2008. Please click here for Prof Kelegama's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Isabelle Saint-Mézard, Lecturer, Sciences Po Paris, France "India's Naval Ambitions: The Emergence of a Major Power in the Indian Ocean and Beyond", 27 November 2008. Please click here for Dr Saint-Mézard's presentation.
ISAS Public Lecture	Mr M.J. Akbar, Chairman and Director of Covert; and Founding Editor and Former Managing Director, The Asian Age, on "The Forthcoming Indian General Elections: An Assessment", 26 November 2008.
Fourth International Conference on South Asia	"Challenges of economic growth, Inequality and Conflict in South Asia", 24 November 2008. Keynote speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance, Singapore. ISAS will publish the proceedings of the conference in due time.
SAARC Seminar Series	Professor Bibek Debroy, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "Coping with the Emerging Challenges (Millennium Development Goals): Poverty and Food Security", 20 November 2008.
SAARC Seminar Series	Professor Lok Raj Baral,Professor and Executive Chairman,Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies Kathmandu, Nepal; Professor Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Professor of Political Science; and Head, Department of Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, and Professor Sanjaya Baru, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "Role of SAARC Observers (Session 1)" on 13 November 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Romar Correa, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "For Illiberal Finance: Building Dams, Constructing Conduits" on 12 November 2008. Please click here for Prof Correa's presentation.
SAARC Seminar Series	Dr Kripa Sridharan, Head of Research - Asia, Infosight Singapore Pte Ltd; Adjunct Associate Professor, South Asian Studies Programme, NUS; and Associate, ISAS, "SAARC and Evolving Asian Regionalism", 6 November 2008. Please click here for Dr Sridharan's presentation.
Fifth SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture	H.E. Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science & Technology, and Earth Sciences, Republic of India, "India: Current Scenario & The Road Ahead", 5 November 2008. Jointly organised by Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and ISAS.
SAARC Seminar Series	Ambassador Nihal Rodrigo, Honorary Advisor (Foreign Relations) to the President of Sri Lanka, "SAARC and the South Asian Security Architect", 30 October 2008.
SAARC Seminar Series	Dr Amitendu Palit, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, "Sub-Regional Cooperation under SAARC: An Economic Analysis", 23 October 2008. Please click here for Dr Palit's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Prof Imran Ali, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, "Pakistan's Challenges of Sustainability at the Transition to Democracy", 16 October 2008.
ISAS Roundtable Session	Mr Binod Chaudhary, Member of Parliament and Constituent Assembly; and President and Managing Director, Chaudhary Group Nepal, "Nepal's Political and Economic Transformation: Challenges and Prospects", 16 October 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr S. Narayan, Head of Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, “Impact of Financial Turmoil on India”, 15 October 2008. Please click here for Dr Narayan’s presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Prof Sanjaya Baru, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "India and the World – The Politics and Economics of the Manmohan Singh Doctrine in Foreign Policy", 8 October 2008. Please click here for Prof Baru’s presentation.
ISAS - EUC Seminar	Professor Rajendra K Jain, Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, “The European Union and the Rise of China and India”, 29 September 2008.
SAARC Seminar Series	Professor S. D. Muni, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS and Dr Rajshree Jetly, Research Fellow, ISAS, "SAARC Prospects: The Changing Dimensions", on 22 September 2008.
ISAS Workshop	Workshop on "Developments in Selected Indian States", 18 September 2008. Please click here for Dr S. Narayan's presentation for the "State Studies on Kerala". Please click here for Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's presentation for the "State Studies on Maharashtra". Please click here for Dr N. S. Malik's presentation for the "State Studies on Haryana".
ISAS Seminar	Dr Ramesh Thakur, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada. "India Rising – A False Dawn?", 15 September 2008.
ISAS Workshop	Workshop on "Inter-Regional Relations: South Asia and Southeast Asia", 9 September 2008. Please click here for Mr Ong's keynote address.
Book Launch	Launch of "The Indian Renaissance" by Mr Sanjeev Sanyal, Economist, India, 5 September 2008.
ISAS Closed-Door Session	Discussion with Vice-Admiral Suresh Bangara (Retd), 3 September 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Journalist and Founder of "School of Covergence", India, "Why is India Going Through an Era of Coalition Politics?", 2 September 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Suparna Karmakar, Senior Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India, “Liberalisation in Services Trade: Domestic Regulation Vs Market Access”, 28 August 2008. Please click here for Dr Karmakar's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Darini Rajasingham Senanayake, Anthropologist and Senior Fellow, Social Scientists’ Association, Sri Lanka, "Aid, Peace Building and Conflict in Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis", 11 August 2008.
ISAS Closed-Door Session	Discussion with Taiwanese delegation on South Asian Affairs, 5 August 2008
ISAS Public Lecture	Mr Zamir Akram, Additional Secretary, Foreign Service, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Pakistan, on "Pakistan And The United States: A New Relationship In The Making?", 30 July 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.), Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, India on "India-China Security Relationship: Little Progress In Resolving The Territorial Dispute", 23 July 2008. Please click here for Brigadier Kanwal's presentation.
ISAS Public Lecture	H.E. Professor Gamini Lakshman Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Sri Lanka on "Political And Economic Developments In Sri Lanka – Challenges And Opportunities", 18 July 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr E. Shridharan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "Coalition Politics in India: Theory and Comparison", 10 July 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Bibek Debroy, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "The State of Indian States", 8 July 2008. Please click here for Professor Debroy's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr K. V. Ramaswamy, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "Wage Inequality in Indian Manufacturing : Trade vs Technology", 18 June 2008. Please click here for Dr Ramaswamy's presentation.
Roundtable Discussion	H.E. General (R) Jehangir Karamat, Former Chief of Staff, Pakistan Army, and Former Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, "Changing South Asian Security Landscape: Implications for the Region and the World", Tuesday, 3 June 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Professor William Maley, Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University, "Challenges of Political Development in Post-Taliban Afghanistan", 2 June 2008.
ISAS Public Lecture	Dr Y.V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, on "The Indian Economy - Prospects for Growth with Stability" on 20 May 2008. Please click here for Dr Reddy's speech.
Conference	"The Indian State - 60 Years On" - 19-20 May 2008. Jointly organised by ISAS, South Asian Studies Programme, NUS and Indiana University, USA.
ISAS Public Lecture	Professor Tissa Vitarana, Minister for Science and Technology; and Chairman, All Party Representatives Committee, on "The All Party Representatives Committee and the Way Forward for the Sri Lankan National Question", on 15 May 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Nishchal N. Pandey, Lecturer, Department of Conflict Peace and Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; and Honorary Fellow, ISAS", "From Rebels to Rulers: The Triumph of the Maoists in Nepal" on 14 May 2008. Please click here for Dr Pandey's presentation.
ISAS and SAL Seminar	"Managing Cross-Border Transactions and Dispute Resolution for South Asian Firms", 7 May 2008
India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue	First India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue (Closed Door), 5-7 May 2008
ISAS-EAI Seminar	Dr Huang Jing, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute and Professor Sukh Deo Muni, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, "Unrest in Tibet - Implications for China and India" on 16 April 2008.Jointly organised by ISAS and East Asian Institute Please click here for Prof. Muni's presentation.
ISAS Roundtable Session	"India's Foreign Policy Pre-Occupations With Its Major Neighbours, Including China", 11 April 2008 Dr K.Subrahmanyam, Strategic Analyst, Diplomat, Journalist, and Former Civil Servant, India
ISAS Seminar	Dr Gurpreet Bhatia Singh, Fellow, Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, "On Productivity and Competition : An Asian Perspective" on 10 April 2008. Please click here for Dr Singh's presentation
ISAS Public Lecture	Mr Gurcharan Das, Management Consultant and Writer, "How Will High Economic Growth Change India's Society", 24 March 2008.
Conference	International Conference on "China and India: Economic and Social Development", 17-18 March 2008. Jointly organised by ISAS, East Asian Institute, the Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi) and the South Asia Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), John Hopkins University.
ISAS Seminar	"Indian Budget 2008", 13 March 2008. Jointly organised by ISAS and Network India (International Enterprise Singapore). Speakers: Mr M. K. Venu, Chief Editor (News), Economic Times, New Delhi, India, and Mr Ketan Dalal, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mumbai, India. Please click here for the speakers’ presentation materials.
ISAS Seminar	Professor S. D. Muni, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies; and Dr Shreekant Gupta, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, "Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict: The Political and Economic Implications", 11 March 2008. Please click here for Dr Gupta's presentation.
ISAS Roundtable Session	"The Political and Economic Implications of the 18 February 2008 Pakistan Elections", 5 March 2008. HE Mr Sajjad Ashraf, High Commissioner, Pakistan High Commission in Singapore; Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS; Dr Rajshree Jetly, Research Fellow, ISAS; and Mr Iftikhar A. Lodhi, Research Associate, ISAS. Please click here for the speakers’ presentation slides.
Closed Door Session	Dr Shashi Tharoor, Chairman of Afras Ventures, and Former Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations, "The United Nations' Reforms and India's Seat in the United Nations Security Council", 27 February 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr S. Narayan, Head of Research, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, "U.S. Economic Slowdown - How Vulnerable is India?", 15 February 2008.
ISAS Seminar	"A New Era in India-China Ties - Significance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Visit to China", 4 February 2008 Professor Raja Mohan, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University; Dr Chen Gang, Research Fellow, East Asian Institute; and Professor Stephen Cohen, Visiting Professor, Centre on Asia & Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Please click here for Dr Chen Gang's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Brigadier Yasub Ali Dogar, Former Director, Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan, and Freelance Consultant, "The Future Role of the Army on the Pakistani Political Scene", 24 January 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Sony Pellissery, Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat, India, "Social Networks and Public Policy: Uncomfortable Bed-Fellows?", 21 January 2008.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Moazzem Hossain, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of International Business & Asian Studies (IBAS), Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia, "Proposed Three-Tier Local Institutions in Bangladesh: Some Contentious Issues", 8 January 2008.
Book Launch-cum-Panel Discussion	Book Launch-cum-Panel Discussion on "The Politics of Change - A Ringside View" by Mr N. K. Singh, Former Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, and Deputy Chairman of Bihar Planning Board, India, 7 January 2008.
Closed Door Session	Dr Sanjaya Baru, Media Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister, "Regional Aspect of India's Globalisation", 13 December 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Ram Manikkalingam, Senior Advisor, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva, and Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, "Sri Lanka's Three Conflicts", 11 December 2007.
Panel Discussion	"Why and How Does India Matter", 7 December 2007. Jointly organised by ISAS and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Conference	"Early India and Southeast Asia: Reflections on Cross-Cultural Movements", 21-23 November 2007. Jointly organised by ISAS, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Asia Research Institute and National Library Board.
Panel Discussion	"Bangladesh and Singapore: Developing A Development Mindset", 2 November 2007. Keynote speaker: Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate. Jointly organised by ISAS and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.
ISAS-SASP Seminar	Professor Bharat Ramaswami, Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, India, "How Does Poverty Decline? Suggestive Evidence from India, 1983-99", 29 October 2007. Please click here for Professor Ramaswami's presentation.
3rd International Conference on South Asia	"Socio-Political and Economic Challenges for South Asia", 25 October 2007. Keynote speaker: Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore. Please click here for Mr Lim's address.
ISAS Seminar	Professor D. M. Nachane, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, "Monetary Policy Challenges in a Financially Liberalised Environment: The Indian Experience", 10 October 2007. Please click here for Professor Nachane's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Cornie Huizenga, Executive Director, Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Centre, "Urban Air Quality in South Asia: Status, Challenges and the Need for Partnerships", 28 September 2007. Please click here for Dr Huizenga's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Commodore (Rtd) C. Uday Bhaskar, Former Director, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, India, "US-India 123 Agreement and Current Opposition in Indian Politics", 11 September 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Gulshan Sharma, Executive Director, Institute of Tourism and Future Management Trends, India, "The Services Sector in India: Growth, Challenges and Potentials", 10 September 2007. Please click here for Dr Sharma's presentation.
SICCI - ISAS Roundtable	Mr N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, India, "The Media in India – The Road Ahead", 7 September 2007.
Conference	"India: 60 Years of Independence – A Review", Guest-of-Honour: Mr Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India, and Former Secretary, India. Please click here for Mr Saran's address.
ISAS-ISEAS Seminar	Director General U Soe Myint, Energy Planning Department, Ministry of Energy, Myanmar, "Developments in Offshore Petroleum Exploration of Myanmar", 27 August 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Rajiv Sikri, Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India, and Consultant, Institute of South Asian Studies, "India's Foreign Policy Priorities over the Coming Decade", 24 August 2007. Please click here for Mr Sikri's presentation.
ISAS Roundtable	"Pakistan – The Road Ahead", 16 August 2007.
Conference	Conference on "Geopolitics of Energy in South Asia", 14 August 2007. Keynote address by Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Information, Communication and the Arts. Please click here for Dr Sadasivan's address. The conference papers will be published in due time.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Iftekhar Iqbal, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Reforming the Nation: Changes and Challenges in Bangladesh", 7 August 2007. Please click here for Dr Iqbal's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.), Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, India, "Status of India-Pakistan Rapprochement", 6 August 2007.
Closed Door Session	HE Dr S. Jaishankar, India's High Commissioner to Singapore, "The Political Significance of the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement", 3 August 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Saira Khan, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada, "Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation: The Case of India-Pakistan", 18 July 2007.
ISEAS - ISAS Seminar	Mr Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society, New York City, United States, "India Debates its Energy Security", 13 July 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Huang Liming, Associate Professor, Department of International Economics and Trade, Jinan University, People's Republic of China, "A Study of China-India Cooperation in Renewable Energy Field", 11 July 2007. Please click here for Dr Huang's presentation. Please click here for Dr Huang's paper.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Manjusha Gupte, Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science, North Dakota State, United States, "India's Energy Security: Challenges for a Growing Economy", 9 July 2007. Please click here for Dr Gupte's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Nirvikar Singh, Director of the Business Management Economics Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States, "Services-Led Industrialization in India: Assessment and Lessons", 5 July 2007. Please click here for Professor Singh's presentation. Please click here for Professor Singh's paper.
Closed Door Session	Mr Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo Member, and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), India, "The Emergence of the Left in India and Impact on Indian Politics", 28 June 2007.
Public Lecture	Mr Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo Member, and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), India, "The Future of Indian Politics – A Communist Party of India (Marxist) Perspective", 27 June 2007.
ISAS-RSIS Public Lecture	HE Mr Pranab Mukherjee, India's Minister for External Affairs, "India's Foreign Policy Priorities", 20 June 2007. Please click here for Mr Mukherjee’s address.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Errol D'Souza, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, "Labour Regulation in India – Insurance Versus Efficiency", 19 June 2007. Please click here for Professor D'Souza's presentation.
ISAS Seminar	Major General (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee, Director and Head, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, "Southeast Asia and India – A Journey into the Future", 5 June 2007. Please click here for Major General Banerjee’s presentation.
Public Lecture	Dr Ishrat Husain, Chairman, National Commission for Government Reforms, Pakistan, "Reforming Pakistan: Challenges, Strategies and Prospects", 4 June 2007. Please click here for Dr Husain’s speech.
Public Lecture	H.E. Mr Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, "Sri Lanka: A Safe Destination for Business", 1 June 2007.
ISAS International Symposium	Inaugural ISAS International Symposium on Pakistan, "Pakistan in Regional and Global Politics", 24 - 25 May 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Seminar by Dr Hooman Peimani, Senior Independent Consultant with United Nations Agencies in Switzerland and Central Asia, "India, Pakistan and China: Quest for Energy Security", 22 May 2007.
ISAS-EAI Seminar	Professor Aditya Bhattacharjea, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India, "India-China Relations", 17 May 2007. Please click here for Professor Bhattacharjea’s presentation slides.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, India, "The UPA and the Politics of Reform: A Mid-Term Assessment", 15 May 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Dhiraj Nayyar, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK, "Dancing a Difficult Tango – Industry and Government in India: 1947-2007", 14 May 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Dr Amar Athwal, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada, "The Maritime Dimensions of Sino-Indian Relations", 9 May 2007.
ISAS Seminar	"Indian Budget 2007", 4 April 2007 - Dr Govinda Rao, Director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India; and Mrs Anshula Kant, Chief Executive Officer of the State Bank of India in Singapore. Please click here for Dr Rao's presentation and click here for Mrs Kant's presentation.
ISAS Roundtable	Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, University of Delhi, India, "Maoism, Governance and Red Corridor", 14 March 2007. Please click here for Professor Chakrabarty’s presentation slides.
ISAS Seminar	Prof Mario Rutten, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, "Contested Family Relations and Government Policy: Linkages between Patel Migrants in Britain and India", 7 March 2007.
ISAS Seminar	Mr Nishchal Nath Pandey, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, "The Nepal Crisis: The Issues and the Way Forward", 22 February 2007. Please click here for his presentation slides.
Conference	"South Asia-East Asia Economic Cooperation and Pan-Asian Integration", 29-30 November 2006. Jointly organised by the Asian Development Bank, Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (NUS), Institute of South Asian Studies, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Research and Information System for Developing Countries.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Peter Reeves, Head, South Asian Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, "Arcelor and More – What’s with the Indian Diaspora and India’s International Industrial Expansion?", 16 November 2006. Please click here for Professor Reeves’ presentation.
Public Lecture	Dr Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, "Economic Reforms in India: Where Are We and Where Do We Go?", 10 November 2006. Please click here for Dr Mohan’s address.
Roundtable Discussion	Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive, Centre For Policy Research, India, "Economic Reforms in India – Process and Prospects", 9 November 2006.
Second International Conference on South Asia	Second International Conference on South Asia, "South Asia in the Global Community: Towards Greater Collaboration and Cooperation", 8 November 2006. Please click here for the conference proceedings.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, "Political Economy of Governance in Bangladesh", 4 October 2006.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Baladas Ghoshal, Senior Fellow, Southeast Asia and South-West Pacific Studies, India, "A Fresh Look at India’s Look East Policy", 26 September 2006.
ISAS Seminar	Professor Sumit Ganguly, Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University, "The United States-India Nuclear Deal: Background, Significance and Prospects", 11 August 2006.
ISAS Seminar	Associate Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed, Associate Professor (Docent), Department of Political Science, University Of Stockholm, "Muslim Nationalism, Pakistan and the Rise of Militant Islam", 7 August 2006.
Seminar	Professor Masanori Kondo, Associate Professor of Economics, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, “Economic Integration in Asia and Closer Japan-India Economic Ties", 13 July 2006. Please click here for Professor Kondo’s presentation.
NUS Eminent Persons Lecture	H.E. Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India, "India's Economic Reforms: Challenges and Prospects", 12 July 2006.
Seminar	Professor I. N. Mukherji, Professor of South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, “India and Regional Trading Arrangements in South Asia: Reconciling Confidence Building with National Security”, 29 June 2006 Please click here for Professor Mukherji’s presentation.
SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture	H.E. Mr Dayaniddhi Maran, India’s Minister for Communications and IT, “Opportunities in the IT and Communications Sector in India”, 23 June 2006. Please click here for H.E. Mr Maran’s address.
Dialogue Session	Mr Rahul Gandhi, Lok Sabha Member, India, 9 June 2006. Hosted by ISAS and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Seminar	Dr Matthew Gray, Senior Lecturer and Graduate Academic Adviser, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia), Australian National University, “Issues of Stability in Iran and Iraq and the Implications for South Asia”, 9 June 2006. Please click here for Dr Gray's presentation.
ISAS-SICCI Public Lecture	H.E. Mr Shivraj Patil, Minister for Home Affairs, India, “India’s Experience in Federalism”, 1 June 2006. Please click here for Minister Patil’s address.
Public Lecture	H.E. Mr Humayun Akhtar Khan, Federal Minister for Commerce, Pakistan, “Pakistan’s Economic Transition: Strategies, Challenges and Prospects”, 23 May 2006.
SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture	H.E. Mr Kamal Nath, Minister for Commerce and Industry, India, “India’s Economic Emergence: Opportunities for Singapore”, 12 April 2006.
Roundtable Discussion	ISAS-Japanese Association of South Asian Studies Roundtable Discussion on “The View of India from East Asia”, 13 March 2006. Please click here for Professor Takako Hirose’s presentation.
Seminar	Dr Pankaj Kumar Jha, Associate Fellow, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, “India’s Internal Security Challenges: New Frontiers”, 6 March 2006. Please click here for Dr Jha’s presentation.
ISAS-SCAPE Seminar	Mr Sumanasiri Liyanage, Head of the Economics Department, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, “Sri Lankan Peace Process: New Challenges”, 16 February 2006. Please click here for Mr Liyanage’s presentation.
Public Lecture	H.E. Senator Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Minister for Privatisation & Investment, Pakistan, “Pakistan’s Privatisation and Investment Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities”, 14 February 2006.
Public Lecture	Mr M. Damodaran, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India, “Developments in India’s Capital Markets and their Impact on Foreign Investment”, 13 February 2006.
CECA Guide Launch	Official launch of the Guide on the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 9 February 2006. Please click here for Mr Zainul Abidin’s address.
ISAS-SCAPE Seminar	Prof Partha Sen and Dr S. Narayan, “India’s Economy: Examining Growth Potentials”, 7 February 2006 Please click here for Prof Sen’s presentation. Please click here for Dr Narayan’s presentation.
Public Lecture	HE Nara Chandrababu Naidu, 25th Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow, "Alignment of Political Parties and its Implications on the Future of India", ISAS-Network India-SICCI-LKY Exchange Fellowship Public Lecture, 6 January 2006. Please click here for a copy of Mr Naidu’s address.
Book Launch	Launch of “Growth Opportunities in Indian States: Issues of Governance and Economic Development”, by Dr S Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, 22 November 2005. Please click here for Minister Lim’s address.
CECA Seminar	Sectoral Seminar on "ICT, Healthcare and Financial Services", 26 September 2005
CECA Seminar	Sectoral Seminar on “Manufacturing and Merchandise Trade”, 16 September 2005.
CECA Seminar	Sectoral Seminar on “Investment and Taxation”, 2 September 2005.
Seminar	Mr Mohammedmian Soomro, Chairman, Senate of Pakistan, “Liberalising Pakistan's Economy: Challenges and Prospects”, 30 August 2005.
SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture	Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister of West Bengal, India, Second SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture, “Economic Opportunities for Singapore and India: The Way Ahead with West Bengal”, 23 August 2005. Please click here for the transcript of Mr Bhattacharya’s address.
Seminar	Dr Narendra Jadhav, Principal Adviser and Chief Economist, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy, Reserve Bank of India, “Liberalising India’s Financial Sector: Constraints, Challenges and Prospects”, 4 August 2005.
CECA Seminar	Sectoral Seminar on 'Real Estate', 27 July 2005
CECA Seminar Series	The CECA Seminar Series, 15 July 2005. Guest-of-Honour: Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry. Please click here for Mr Lim’s keynote address.
Seminar	Dr Urjit Patel, Executive Director, Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, India, “High Finance and Small Change: Reform Strategies in the Indian Financial Sector”, 28 June 2005. Please click here for Dr Patel’s presentation slides.
ISAS - IDSS Seminar	Dr Shireen Mazari, Director General, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine and Approach to Arms Control”, 31 May 2005. Please click here for Dr Mazari’s paper.
Second ISAS Distinguished Visitor Lecture	HE Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan, “Promoting an Environment for Security and Cooperation in Asia”, 11 May 2005. Please click here for Prime Minister Aziz’s address.
Seminar	Dr Pai Panandiker, President, Academy of International Education, and Chairman, Panandiker Family Companies, “India's Political Economy in Retrospect and Prospect”, 6 May 2005.
Seminar	“Preliminary Findings on Cold Chain Management: Singapore – India Initiative”, 28 April 2005. Please click here for the presentation slides.
Seminar	Professor Imran Ali, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, and Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney, Australia, “Rolling Back Capitalism: Business and Strategic Responses in Pakistan”, 28 April 2005. Please click here for Prof Ali’s presentation slides.
Public Lecture	Mr N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of the Hindu, “India's News Media: Roles and Outlook”, 19 April 2005.
ISEAS-ISAS Public Lecture	HE Dr Arun Shourie, 23rd Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow, “India’s Current Economic Strategies: Impact and Opportunities for Singapore and South East Asia”, 7 April 2005.
Dialogue Session	Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman, The Tata Group, “Internationalisation of Indian Businesses”, 6 April 2005.
Seminar	Professor Sumit Majumdar, University of Texas at Dallas, “On Corporate Governance and Globalization: The Structure of Ownership and the Balance of Trade in the Indian Corporation”, 4 April 2005. Please click here for Professor Majumdar's presentation.
SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture	HE Mr P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, India, First SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders Lecture, “The Decade Ahead for the Indian Economy”, 28 March 2005. Please click here for Mr Chidambaram’s address.
First ISAS Distinguished Visitor Lecture	HE Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, "Bangladesh: Challenges and Priorities", First ISAS Distinguished Leader Lecture, 22 March 2005. Please click here for Prime Minister Zia's address.
Seminar	Professor Anthony D'Costa, University of Washington, "Globalization, Development and the Mobility of Technical Talent: India and Japan in Comparative Perspectives", 17 March 2005. Please click here for Professor D'Costa's presentation.
Public Lecture	Dr S. Narayan, Former Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, "India Budget 2005", 11 March 2005. Please click here for Dr Narayan's presentation.
Seminar	Professor Nirvikar Singh, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Understanding Regional Inequality in India", 7 March 2005. Please click here for Professor Singh's presentation.
Inaugural International Conference	Inaugural International Conference on South Asia on "Engaging South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities", 28 January 2005. Please click here for the conference proceedings.
Official Launch	ISAS Official Launch Ceremony, Guest of Honour: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, 27 January 2005. Please click here for SM Goh's address.
Seminar	"Making inroads into Gujarat: Opportunities and Strategies", 29 November 2004. Keynote address by Mr Narendrabhai Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India.
Closed Door Session	HE Mr Sajjad Ashraf, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Singapore, "Pakistan's Political Economy and the South/Southeast Asia and Middle East Connections", 23 November 2004.
Public Lecture	Mr Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industries, and Chairman, The Associated Cement Companies Ltd, India, "India's Changing Political and Economic Landscapes", 4 November 2004.
Public Lecture	Professor N. Viswanadham, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Executive Director, The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, "The Indian Logistics Industry: Business Opportunities", 1 October 2004. Please click here for Professor Viswanadham's presentation.
Public Lecture	Address by Mr Jagdish Tytler, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, India, 22 September 2004. Please click here for Mr Tytler's speech.
Public Lecture	Dr Arvind Virmani Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, "The Indian Elections and Budget: Continuity, Changes and Challenges", 1 September 2004. Please click here for Dr Virmani's presentation.
Roundtable Discussion	Admiral L. Ramdas, former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, "Maritime Security in the Indian Rim Ocean", 24 August 2004.

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