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Second Annual Pakistan Conclave

Pakistan in 2025: State, Society, Security & Economy

19 December 2025

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

Pakistan in 2025
State, Society, Security & Economy

Second Annual Conclave

 

Organized by
NIAS Area Studies – Pakistan

&

Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University

in collaboration with

Indian Council of World Affairs

Date & Venue: 18-21 December 2025, Pondicherry University

19 December, Friday

 

0930-1000 hrs: Welcome Session
Dr Humayun S,
Head, Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University

Dr Nivedita Ray
Director Research, ICWA, New Delhi

Prof Subramanyam Raju
Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University

Prof D Suba Chandran
Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS

 

1000-1100 hrs: Session-I
"Pakistan's Budget 2025: IMF Pressures, Fiscal Reforms, and Political Risks"
Vani Vyshnavi Jupudi,
Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru

"Pakistan-IMF Engagements in 2025: Mixed Review Performance, Staff-Level Agreements, Pending Disbursements, and the GCDA's 15-Point Reform Plan"
R. Preetha,
Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai.

“Privatising Pakistan International Airlines: Economic Challenges and Political Barriers”
Aishwarya D Pai,
Department of Political Science, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru

1100-1130 hrs: Tea

1130-1300 hrs: Session-II

Keynote Address
Amb Satish Chandra
Former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Former Deputy National Security Advisor

1300-1400 hrs: Lunch

1400-1530 hrs: Session-III
"Pakistan's 27th Constitutional Amendment 2025: Executive Immunity, Military Entrenchment, and Democratic Erosion"
M Kejia,
Department of Political Science and International Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

"Rise and Fall of the TLP: Blasphemy Mobilization, Deadly Clashes, and State Crackdown"
Sunidhi Sampige,
Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

"Politics of Afghan Repatriation in 2025: Undocumented Populations and State Authority in Pakistan"
Tanvi Harendra,
Department of Political Science, School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru

“Protests in PoK: Governance Failures, Economic Injustices, Declining Political Legitimacy, and Grassroot Mobilization”
Yesasvi Koganti,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.

1530-1600 hrs: Tea

1600-1700 hrs: Session-IV
Keynote Address
Lt General (Dr) Prakash Menon, AVSM, PVSM, VSM
Director, Strategic Studies Programme, Takshashila Institution, Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies and Professor Emeritus at Trans Disciplinary University (TDU), Bengaluru

 

20 December, Saturday

0930-1100 hrs: Session-V
Keynote Address
Prof Ajay Darshan Behera (TBC)
Professor, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

1100-1130 hrs: Tea

1130-1300 hrs: Session-VI
"Pakistan and Climate Change in 2025: Climate Finance Vulnerability, Adaptation Deficit, and Governance Gaps"
Lekshmi MK,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.

"Pakistan’s Energy Crisis in 2025: Circular debt, Blackout, Grid instability, Governance failures and the Political economy of State Response"
Gauri Gupta,
Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai.

"Pakistan’s Domestic Violence Bill 2025: Survivor-Centric Mechanisms, Alignment with CEDAW, and Challenges"
Santhiya M,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.

“Pakistan's Media in 2025: Escalating restrictions, Shrinking freedoms, and Safety Questions”
Akshath K,
Research Intern, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

1300-1400 hrs: Lunch

1400-1530 hrs: Session-VII
Valedictory Address
Amb TCA Raghavan
Former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies.

1600-1700 hrs: Session-VIII
“Security Challenges in Balochistan in 2025: Insurgency, Economic exclusion and Weak governance"
Abhimanyu Solanki,
PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

"CPEC in 2025: A Review of Ten Years"
Aparna A Nair,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.

"Pakistan, Afghans and the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan 2025: Implications, Challenges, and the Path Ahead"
Brighty Ann Sarah,
Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai.

1700-1730 hrs: Concluding Session

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