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Fourth NIAS-KAS Indo-German Dialogue: Global Strategic Landscape

6 November 2023

By Prof AV Krishnan | Prof Vinay Kumar Dadhwal | Prof PM Soundar Rajan | Prof Sindhu Radhakrishna | Mr Fynn Schymek | Ms Kim Thy Tong | Mr Moritz Fink | Mr Tom Zeising

Ntional Institute of Advanced Studies
Science, Technology and International Relations Programme

Area Studies | Europe
Fourth NIAS-KAS Indo-German Dialogue

Global Strategic Landscape
06 November, 1500 hrs | Venue: NIAS

Organized by
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru
India Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), New Delhi

 

Programme
1500-1515 hrs: Welcome and Introduction

Prof D Suba Chandran, NIAS
&
Mr Ashish Gupta, India Office of the KAS

1515-1615 hrs: Session-I
Dr R Srikanth

Professor and Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, NIAS

Vinay Kumar Dadhwal
Indira Gandhi Chair Professor of Environmental Sciences,
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, NIAS


P M Soundar Rajan
Visiting Professor, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS

Sindhu Radhakrishna
Professor, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, NIAS

1615-1715 hrs: Session-II
Mr Fynn Schymek
Scholar, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Ms Kim Thy Tong
Board Member of the Christian Democratic Workers' Association, Germany
Mr Moritz Fink
Consultant for global health, Department of Berlin, Germany
Mr Tom Zeising
Doctoral Scholar, Heidelberg University, Germany
 

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