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CPR and IIC are pleased to invite you to a discussion on
Aftermath of the Pulwama Terrorist Attack – Options for India

Opening remarks by Yamini Aiyar

Speakers
Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar
Happymon Jacob

Moderated by Ambassador Shyam Saran

Friday, 1 March 2019, 6:00 p.m.

Conference Hall 1, India International Centre (Main Building)

RSVP necessary given limited seating at [email protected]. The discussion will be livestreamed on CPR’s page, here.

In one of the worst terror strikes in the state of Jammu and Kashmir since the Uri attack, around 44 CRPF personnel were killed and several others injured after a terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a bus in the state’s Pulwama region on 14 February, 2019. The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) based in Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.

The latest attack raises serious issues regarding the security scenario in Kashmir, India-Pakistan relations and the geopolitical environment within which India must consider an effective response.The panel discussion on the ‘Aftermath of the Pulwama Terrorist Attack – Options for India’ seeks to explore the options available to India in dealing with the implications of this attack.

It is being organised by the Centre for Policy Research in collaboration with India International Centre.

Opening Remarks by Yamini Aiyar – President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research

Panellists
Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal – Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar – Director, Society for Policy Studies
Happymon Jacob - Associate Professor of Disarmament Studies at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Moderated by Ambassador Shyam Saran – Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research & Life Trustee, India International Centre

About the Speakers

Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal: Sharat Sabharwal joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1975. After serving in various positions in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN in Geneva and the Indian Missions in Madagascar, France and Mauritius, he was Director / Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi from 1990 to 1995. The positions held by him in the more recent years have been Deputy High Commissioner of India in Pakistan (1995-99), Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva (1999-2002), Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan (2002-2005) and Additional Secretary/Special Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (September 2005-March 2009). He was High Commissioner of India to Pakistan from April 2009 to June 2013.

Commodore C Uday Bhaskar: C Uday Bhaskar, a retired Commodore who served in the Indian Navy, is one of India's leading experts and outspoken critics on security and strategic affairs. He is currently the Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS), an independent think-tank based in New Delhi. He has the rare distinction of being the head of three think tanks during his career - the earlier two being the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the National Maritime Foundation (NMF). He is a columnist, editor, and contributor of numerous research articles on nuclear and international security issues to reputed journals in India and abroad. He is also a life member of the United Services Institute (USI). He served in the Indian Navy till 2007 for 37 years. He was associated with Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) from 1990, served as Deputy Director from 1996 to 2004, and as an Officiating Director from 2004 to 2005. Later, he was appointed as secretary to the Government of India's task force on Global Strategic Developments.

Happymon Jacob: Happymon Jacob is an Associate Professor of Disarmament Studies at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University where he teaches courses on Nuclear Disarmament, India’s Foreign Policy, and National Security & International Relations. Jacob is a frequent Op-Ed Contributor to The Hindu, India’s leading English language daily. He has been organising and/or participating in the three most influential Indian-Pakistan track-two dialogues: Chaophraya Dialogue, Pugwash India-Pakistan Dialogue and, the Ottawa India-Pakistan Dialogue. Jacob also serves as the Honorary Director of the Chaophraya Dialogue (India Chapter) based out of the Australia India Institute, New Delhi.

Shyam Saran, senior fellow at CPR, is a former foreign secretary and has served as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change, chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, and chairman of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries. He is currently a member of the governing board of CPR, Life Trustee of the India International Centre, a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund (India), a member of the National Executive of FICCI, and an independent director at the Press Trust of India.

Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of CPR. Her research interests are in the field of social policy and development. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative (AI) at CPR, which produced significant research in the areas of governance, state capacity and social policy under her leadership. AI pioneered a new approach to tracking public expenditures for social policy programs and is widely recognised for running the country’s largest expenditure-tracking survey in elementary education. Aiyar is a TED fellow and a founding member of the International Experts Panel

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19/02/2019

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03/02/2019

NITI Aayog, India International Centre and Centre for Policy Research are pleased to invite you to the valedictory session on
Information Technologies – Computing, Communications and Machine Intelligence: The Next Twenty Five Years

Chair:
N N Vohra, President, India International Centre

Opening Remarks by:
Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, India International Centre
Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog
Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research

Keynote Speaker:
Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA

Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Multipurpose Hall, Kamla Devi Complex, India International Centre

Metamorphoses Website
Sign up for the event at this link. This is necessary given seating requirements.

We are at the dawn of a new era in Information Technologies, driven by the recent breakthroughs in Machine Intelligence, and supported by impressive advances in Computing and Communications. This talk will outline the history of Information Technology and its likely evolution in the near future. And, more importantly, discuss the potential societal impact of these technologies. The talk will then survey India’s record in developing Information Technologies and the opportunities for the country to become a significant innovator in this vital domain.

Chair: N N Vohra, President, India International Centre

Opening Remarks by:
Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, India International Centre
Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog
Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research

Keynote Speaker:
Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA

The talk will be livestreamed on the IIC website; streamed through Facebook-live on the Metamorphoses page; and video recordings will be available on YouTube, as well as disseminated through social media channels hosted on the Metamorphoses website. The promotional video for Metamorphoses can be accessed here.

Questions will be taken on a special number through SMS, provided at the venue, and selected ones will be answered given time constraints.

Arogyaswami Paulraj is an Emeritus Professor at Stanford University. He is the inventor and a pioneer of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) wireless technology, the key to all modern wireless networks. He has authored over 400 research publications, several text books and a co-inventor in 80 US patents. He founded three technology companies in the US which were later acquired by Intel, Broadcom and Hewlett Packard Enterprises. His major recognitions include the Friendship Award from the Government of PR China, US Government National Inventors Hall of Fame, the Marconi Prize and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell medal. He is a fellow of several National Academies in Eng. and Sciences in the US, China and Sweden. Paulraj served in Indian Navy for 25 years where he developed ASW Sonar Technology and later founded three Labs - CDAC (DEITY), CAIR(DRDO) and CRL(BEL/MOD). His recognitions in India include the Padma Bhushan, a civilian national award.

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This series will examine the impacts of digital technologies on the human psyche and on societies – exploring ways in which some of the negative elements may be mitigated. There will be a peep into the future – of what machine learning and artificial intelligence may bring to human experience – and the moral and ethical dilemma associated with these. It will also delve into issues relating to data privacy and cyber security as well as the emerging legal regime to regulate this critical domain.

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