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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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