| Event Title: | Workshop |
| Topic: | ISAS-ORF International Conference on OBOR and Connectivity between South and East Asia |
| Date/Time: | 10 December 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | Kolkata, India |
| Event Title: | Workshop |
| Topic: | Friendship without Alliance: New Paradigm of Indian Foreign Policy |
| Date/Time: | 25 November 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | UNDP Auditorium, Level 8 |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Sinderpal Singh, Senior Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Public Lecture by Mr Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| Date/Time: | 12 November 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | Raffles Town Club |
| Speaker/s: | Mr Mangala Samaraweera |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Productivity Trends in Indian Manufacturing and Implications for 'Make in India' |
| Date/Time: | 04 November 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Ms Prachi Gupta, IGIDR (Mumbai, India) |
| Event Title: | ISAS 10th International Conference |
| Topic: | Politics and Economics of Land in South Asia |
| Date/Time: | 29 October 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel |
| Speaker/s: | Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance, Republic of Singapore; Dr Mukul Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Republic of India |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Partition and Dalit Peasant Refugees in Eastern India, 1946-64 |
| Date/Time: | 19 October 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Professor Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Director, New Zealand-India Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
| Event Title: | ISAS Closed Door Discussions |
| Topic: | Visit by Professor Anthony Elliot, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia |
| Date/Time: | 19 October 2015 | 11:00 - 12:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Director's Room |
| Speaker/s: | Professor Anthony Elliot, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | NepalÔÇÖs Devastating Earthquake and State Response: Some Observations |
| Date/Time: | 12 October 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Uddhab Pyakurel, Assistant Professor, Kathmandu University and Dr Indra Adhikari, Executive Chairperson, South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy, Nepal |
| Chairperson: | Dr Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | Workshop |
| Topic: | ISAS - Global Center on Cooperative Security (GCCS) Workshop |
| Date/Time: | 12 October 2015 | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | India and its Northeast: Another Big Push off without a Takeoff? |
| Date/Time: | 07 October 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Sanjib Baruah, Professor of Political Studies, Bard College, USA |
| Event Title: | ISAS Ambassador’s Lecture Series |
| Topic: | The Indo-Pacific: What is it? |
| Date/Time: | 02 October 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | H.E. Philip Green, High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | South Asian Port Cities in Transition |
| Date/Time: | 01 October 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Imtiaz Ahmed, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Chairperson: | Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury, Principal Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | The world will benefit from UkraineÔÇÖs success. And vice versa |
| Date/Time: | 29 September 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Ambassador Pavlo Sultansky, Ambassador of Ukraine to Singapore |
| Chairperson: | Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury, Principal Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Maritime Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific |
| Date/Time: | 28 September 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Vice Admiral (Rt.) Anup Singh Ex Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command |
| Chairperson: | Dr Sinderpal Singh Senior Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | ISAS Interactive Session |
| Topic: | ISAS Interactive Session with Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chandrababu Naidu |
| Date/Time: | 21 September 2015 | 17:00 - 19:00 |
| Venue: | Sheraton Towers Hotel Singapore |
| Speaker/s: | Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Event Title: | Book Launch |
| Topic: | Media at work in China & India : Discovering and Dissecting |
| Date/Time: | 21 September 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | Delhi, India |
| Event Title: | Workshop |
| Topic: | Diversity, Equality, Citizen and Indian Muslims |
| Date/Time: | 18 September 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | UNDP Auditorium, Level 8 |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | South-South Development Pathways: Indian Coal Mining in South Africa |
| Date/Time: | 16 September 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Asst Prof Manjusha Nair, Asst Professor of Sociology, NUS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Reforms in Governance and Administration: The Case of Bangladesh |
| Date/Time: | 21 August 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Mr M. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Cabinet Secretary, Govt of PeopleÔÇÖs Republic of Bangladesh |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor |
| Date/Time: | 17 August 2015 | 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room, Level 9 |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Siegfried Wolf, Senior Researcher, Heidelberg University |
| Event Title: | Workshop |
| Topic: | ÔÇ£IndiaÔÇÖs Worlds of WasteÔÇØ |
| Date/Time: | 27 July 2015 | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | UNDP Auditorium |
| Event Title: | ISAS Joint Event |
| Topic: | Singapore Regional Business Forum: - 21st Century Maritime Silk Road |
| Date/Time: | 27 July 2015 | 00:00 - 17:00 |
| Event Title: | Singapore Symposium 2015 |
| Topic: | Singapore Symposium 2015 |
| Date/Time: | 27 July 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | Chennai, India |
| Speaker/s: | Minister K Shanumgam, Ambassador Shyam Saran, Mr Sat Pal Khattar, Mr Peter Joo Hee Ng, Mr Pang Yee Ean and Mrs Rajshree Pathy |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | The Many Lives of Homai Vyarawalla: Revisiting a Historical Archive |
| Date/Time: | 14 July 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Assoc Prof Sabeena Gadihoke, A/P of Video Production, Jamia Millia Islamia, Chaired by: Dr Dipinder Singh, Senior Research Fellow, ISAS |
| Event Title: | Literary Salon (South Asian Writer’s Festival) |
| Topic: | Bridging Identity and Modernity |
| Date/Time: | 11 July 2015 | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | Four Season Hotel Singapore |
| Speaker/s: | Tishani Doshi (IN), Romesh Gunesekara (SL), Mohammed Hanif (PK), Niaz Zaman (BG), Manu Joseph (IN), Moni Mohsin (PK), Atiq Rahimi (AF), Githa Hariharan (IN) |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Myanmar-India Relations: ChinaÔÇÖs Shadow and Election Promise |
| Date/Time: | 03 July 2015 | 00:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Tin Maung Than, Visiting Research Fellow, ISEAS, Chaired by: Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Myanmar-India Relations: ChinaÔÇÖs Shadow and Election Promise |
| Date/Time: | 03 July 2015 | 00:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Tin Maung Than, Visiting Research Fellow, ISEAS Chaired by: Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury |
| Event Title: | Closed Door Session |
| Topic: | Visit by the Vice Chancellor of University of South Australia |
| Date/Time: | 24 June 2015 | 00:00 - 17:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Professor David Lloyd, Vice Chancellor, University of South Australia |
| Event Title: | Book Launch |
| Topic: | Release of ISAS SG-India Commemorative Book "Singapore-India:Towards a Shared FutureÔÇØ |
| Date/Time: | 18 June 2015 | 16:45 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | NUSS Guild Hall ,Kent Ridge Guild House ,9 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119241 |
| Speaker/s: | Emeritus Senior Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong |
| Speaker Biography/s: | Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies National University of Singapore; and Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore |
| Chairperson: | Ambassador Gopinath Pillai |
| Description: | ÔÇïCelebrating 50 Years of Singapore-India Diplomatic RelationsBook Release - "Singapore-India: Towards a Shared FutureÔÇØ |
| Event Title: | Book Release by ESM Goh Chok Tong |
| Topic: | SG-India 50 years of Diplomatic Relations |
| Date/Time: | 18 June 2015 | 00:00 - 00:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Guild House |
| Speaker/s: | ESM |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Developing a Scholarly Online Journal |
| Date/Time: | 12 June 2015 | 00:00 - 00:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Radu Carciumaru, Fellow, German National Academic Foundation and Lecturer, Heidelberg University |
| Event Title: | ISAS Closed Door Session |
| Topic: | PM ModiÔÇÖs Visit to China |
| Date/Time: | 11 June 2015 | 00:00 - 00:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Amitendu Palit, Dr Sinderpal Singh, Mr PS Suryanarayana |
| Event Title: | ISAS Closed Door Session |
| Topic: | Visit to ISAS by the Centre for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) from Georgetown University in Qatar |
| Date/Time: | 02 June 2015 | 00:00 - 00:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS DirectorÔÇÖs Meeting Room |
| Speaker/s: | Mr Johnson Paul, Dr Amitendu Palit, Dr Sinderpal Singh, Dr Dipinder S, Randhwa |
| Event Title: | ISAS Luncheon Seminar |
| Topic: | The Ethnography of the Poor: State and Policy in India |
| Date/Time: | 27 May 2015 | 00:00 - 00:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Sujata Patel, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad |
| Event Title: | Film Discussion |
| Topic: | Documentary on Pink Sarees |
| Date/Time: | 27 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ESSEC Business School |
| Speaker/s: | A/P Rahul Mukherji |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Bangladesh: Moving Forward or Walking Back |
| Date/Time: | 26 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Ali Riaz, Professor and Chair, Illinois State University, USA |
| Event Title: | India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue (ISSD) 2015 |
| Topic: | India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue (ISSD) 2015 |
| Date/Time: | 18 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | New Delhi, India |
| Event Title: | ISSD 2015 |
| Topic: | Public Session |
| Date/Time: | 18 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | Aftab Hall, The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi |
| Speaker/s: | Amb Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, MFA and Co-Chair, ISSD 2015, Amb Gopinath Pillai, Ambassador-at-Large, MFA and Chairman, ISAS-NUS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Further Reforms to Company Law in India |
| Date/Time: | 13 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | Room 5-5, Level 5, Block B, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (Bukit Timah Campus) |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Umakanth Varottil, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Inclusive Growth in India: Inter or Intra-Regional DisparitiesÔÇØ |
| Date/Time: | 11 May 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Kala S. Sridhar Professor and Head, Centre for Research in Urban Affairs, Institute of Social & Economic Change, Bangalore |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Co-Existence: Bandung and the Limits to Self-Determination |
| Date/Time: | 29 April 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof John Kelly Visiting Professor in Social Science, Yale-NUS College; and Professor in Anthropology, University of Chicago |
| Event Title: | Cultural Event |
| Topic: | An Evening of Migrant Poetry and Music ÔÇô Poems of Migration: Joys and Sorrows |
| Date/Time: | 26 April 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | Possibility Room, 5th Level, NLB Building 100 Victoria Street |
| Speaker/s: | Amb Gopinath Pillai, Chairman, ISAS, Mr AKM Mohsin, Editor-in-Chief, Bangla Kantha; Executive Director, DIBASHRAM, Mr Shivaji Das Author, ÔÇ£Journeys with the CaterpillarÔÇØ |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Memories, Identities and Politics: Saffron among Dalits |
| Date/Time: | 24 April 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Badri Narayan ICCR Visiting Chair, SASAP, NUS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | The Aam Aadmi PartyÔÇÖs Victory in Delhi and Future Prospects |
| Date/Time: | 15 April 2015 | 00:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue: | Seminar Room 3 Level 3, Block 3 Block B (BB-03-01) Faculty of Law Bukit Timah Campus, NUS |
| Speaker/s: | Mr Sudheendra Kulkarni Chairman, Observer Research Foundation (Mumbai) Prof Sanjay Kumar Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (New Delhi) Prof Badri Narayan ICCR Visiting Chair, SASAP, NUS |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Governance as a Service Delivery: Performance Rating of Indian States |
| Date/Time: | 13 April 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Emeritus Professor Sudipto Mundle National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (New Delhi) |
| Event Title: | Panel Discussion on India Budget 2015 |
| Topic: | Modi Government's Economic Vision and the Road Ahead |
| Date/Time: | 30 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | The Pod, Level 16, National Library Board |
| Speaker/s: | H.E. Vijay Thakur Singh, Amb Gopinath Pillai, Mr Tarun Das, Mr N K Singh, Dr Amitendu Palit, Dr Jahangir Aziz |
| Description: | The first full budget of the Modi government was presented on 28 February 2015. It came in the backdrop of high expectations, which were enhanced by new statistics pointing to a rapid recovery of India's economic growth. The Budget has been an exhaustive exercise in its attempt to encourage investment and maintain high growth while addressing concerns on social security and rural prosperity. While it has earned praise and attracted criticism from different quarters depending on perspectives and expectations, there is little doubt over the budget spelling out some broad contours of the long-term economic vision of the Modi government. Cooperative federalism allowing states to play bigger roles in economic growth and its re-distribution by empowering them with larger financial resources and simpler rules and regulations for investment and business appears to be the core economic vision of India's new government. The principle of cooperative federalism as a policy anchor of the Government has been articulated by the recent report of the 14th Finance Commission fully accepted by the Government. Will this redesign India's fiscal architecture? The ISAS panel discussion will examine the economic vision of the Modi government in the context of the Union Budget and various issues critical to sustained long-term growth for the Indian economy including centre-state financial relations, investment climate and the pending economic reforms agenda. Several key legislations are pending and apart from designing them well, what is the probability of their legislative approval? Will the new agreement between RBI and North Block result greater convergence of monetary policy and fiscal policy? |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | India Looks South: The Modi Raj and the Maritime Imperative? |
| Date/Time: | 26 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Professor C Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor |
| Description: | The recent visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to three Indian Ocean island states--Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka--marks a major change India's maritime strategy. After a prolonged obsession with its continental frontiers, India is beginning to devote considerable strategic attention to the maritime challenges to the South. The talk will draw out the sources of this change, examine the broad contours of Modi's maritime policy, assess its consequences for India's relations with the United States and China and speculate on its impact on the regional security order in the Indian Ocean region. |
| Event Title: | Panel Discussion |
| Topic: | Discussion on Afghanistan: The Next Phase |
| Date/Time: | 25 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, USA, Washington, USA |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Tan Tai Yong, Mr Johnson Paul, Prof Riaz Hassan, Dr Iftkhar Chowdury, Mr Jayant Singh |
| Event Title: | Book Launch |
| Topic: | "Afghanistan- The Next Phase" |
| Date/Time: | 24 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | The Wilson Centre, Washington, USA |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Tan Tai Yong, Mr Johnson Paul, Prof Riaz Hassan, Dr Iftkhar Chowdury, Mr Jayant Singh |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | A Modi Doctrine in Indian Foreign Policy? |
| Date/Time: | 18 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Professor Ian Hall, Griffith University, Australia |
| Description: | Narendra ModiÔÇÖs election as IndiaÔÇÖs prime minister in May 2014 has generated speculation that a new ÔÇÿModi doctrineÔÇÖ is emerging in Indian foreign policy. This seminar assesses the evidence for that claim. It argues that a ÔÇÿdoctrineÔÇÖ should embody a set of clearly stated principles for foreign policy making. It analyses the main achievements of ModiÔÇÖs policy in the months after his election. It finds that while Modi has brought new energy to the conduct of foreign policy, his approach is essentially pragmatic, and his objectives are similar to those pursued by his two immediate predecessorsÔÇöAtal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. |
| Event Title: | Dialogue |
| Topic: | Delhi Dialogue VII Business & Academic Session |
| Date/Time: | 11 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | New Delhi, India |
| Speaker/s: | Amb Gopinath Pillai (ISAS) A/P Rajesh Rai (ISAS) |
| Event Title: | ISAS Book Launch |
| Topic: | Connecting India to ASEAN: Opportunities and Challenges in India's Northeast |
| Date/Time: | 10 March 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Lecture Room 1- Annexe, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, India |
| Speaker/s: | Mr H S Brahma Chief Election Commission of India Dr Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Change), India |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Shaping Asia's Future: Chinese and Indian Perceptions |
| Date/Time: | 26 February 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Room 4-3, Level 4, Block B, Bukit Timah Campus, NUS |
| Speaker/s: | Professor Paul Evans, Professor, Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute for Global Issues, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and Visiting Professor of International and Asian Studies, Singapore Management University |
| Description: | It has become almost a clich?® to suggest that both India and China have become very important players in contemporary global politics. More specifically, many observers have suggested that relations between these two Asian states will structure AsiaÔÇÖs future in significant ways. ChinaÔÇÖs Maritime Silk Road initiative is the most recent exposition of ChinaÔÇÖs vision for AsiaÔÇÖs economic and strategic future. India, on the other hand, with the election of Narendra Modi, has been engaged in a renewed quest to historically transform its relations with the United States and its allies in East Asia. Will India need to offer an alternative vision to ChinaÔÇÖs Maritime Silk Road initiative? Does China require to deploy greater political capital to overcome the seeming disquiet in East Asia over its response to maritime disputes in both the South and East China Sea? This discussion aims to focus on, but not limited to, some of these issues. |
| Event Title: | Public Lecture |
| Topic: | Governance Issues in the context of Public Auditing , Public Lecture by Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India |
| Date/Time: | 16 February 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Treasury Building Auditorium |
| Speaker/s: | Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India |
| Description: | Mr Shashi Kant Sharma is the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of India since May, 2013. As a constitutional functionary, he is primarily entrusted with the responsibility to audit the accounts of the Union Government and of the State Governments of India. His reports are laid before the Parliament and Legislatures of the States. He was elected by the General Assembly of United Nations as a Member of the UN Board of Auditors in 2013. His other international responsibilities include Member of UN Panel of External Auditors, Chair of the Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Services Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), Chair of the Working Group of INTOSAI on I.T. Audit. He is also the Chair of Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI). Mr Shashi Kant Sharma belongs to the 1976 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. He has wide experience in the fields of Public Administration, Financial Services and Infrastructure Development. He was serving as Defence Secretary, Government of India, before assuming the position of CAG. Prior to this, he served as Secretary, Department of Financial Services in the Ministry of Finance and as Secretary, Information Technology in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. He did his M.Sc. in Administrative Science and Development Problems at the University of York, U.K. and his post-graduate degree in Political Science from Agra University. |
| Event Title: | Launch of ISAS Commemorative Book |
| Topic: | Singapore and India: Towards a Shared Future |
| Date/Time: | 10 February 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Lawn, Taj Palace Hotel (New Delhi, India) |
| Speaker/s: | H.E. Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore Mr Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister, Republic of India Amb Gopinath Pillai (ISAS) Prof Tan Tai Yong (ISAS) |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Reviving the Indian Economy: Challenges of Formulating the Reform Budget |
| Date/Time: | 03 February 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | Room 3-5, Level 3, Block B, Bukit Timah Campus, NUS |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Govinda Rao, Former Member, Fourteenth Finance Commission, Govt. of India; and Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (New Delhi, India) |
| Description: | Ms Smita Nagdev's sitar performance will lead to an introduction of basic form and structure of Indian classical music. She will discuss salient features of Indian classical music and the classification of melodies (ÔÇÿragasÔÇÖ) based on various moods of nature, and different phases of the day (morning, afternoon, evening and night), ragas depicting seasons (spring, rainy, autumn etc.). This will be followed by a discussion on her personal experiences, highlighting social and cultural practices which shape the Indian classical musicÔÇÖs rich tradition. These include the ÔÇÿGuru-Shishya ParamparaÔÇÖ (Master-Disciple tradition), which is the key-stone of this ancient trade. This tradition has some nuances, such as, the guru treats the disciple as his own child and the disciple devotes his life to the service of his guru. Learning music through the oral tradition requires disciplined routines and rigorous practice. She will discuss learning etiquettes: manners, attitude of humility and respect for others. The teachings include not just music but other aspects of life as well. She will use photographs and sound recordings to elucidate the above. The third part of her presentation will highlight Indian Classical musicÔÇÖs approach to peace, the peace of mind which music gives to the performer and the listener the ability to touch and to awaken the innermost feelings of a human being. Ms Smita Nagdev will highlight the social and the sonic- which are intimately related and play a big role to impart positive values, peace of mind. This she reckons is the greatest gift classical Indian music offers to the world. |
| Event Title: | ISAS Seminar & Musical Performance |
| Topic: | Indian's Classical Music's Cultural Traditions and Peace |
| Date/Time: | 22 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | UNDP Auditorium |
| Speaker/s: | Ms Smita Nagdev, Renowned Sitar Artiste |
| Description: | Ms Smita Nagdev's sitar performance will lead to an introduction of basic form and structure of Indian classical music. She will discuss salient features of Indian classical music and the classification of melodies ('ragas') based on various moods of nature, and different phases of the day (morning, afternoon, evening and night), ragas depicting seasons (spring, rainy, autumn etc.). This will be followed by a discussion on her personal experiences, highlighting social and cultural practices which shape the Indian classical music's rich tradition. These include the'Guru-Shishya Parampara' (Master-Disciple tradition), which is the key-stone of this ancient trade. This tradition has some nuances, such as, the guru treats the disciple as his own child and the disciple devotes his life to the service of his guru. Learning music through the oral tradition requires disciplined routines and rigorous practice. She will discuss learning etiquettes: manners, attitude of humility and respect for others. The teachings include not just music but other aspects of life as well. She will use photographs and sound recordings to elucidate the above. The third part of her presentation will highlight Indian Classical music's approach to peace, the peace of mind which music gives to the performer and the listener the ability to touch and to awaken the innermost feelings of a human being. Ms Smita Nagdev will highlight the social and the sonic- which are intimately related and play a big role to impart positive values, peace of mind. This she reckons is the greatest gift classical Indian music offers to the world. |
| Event Title: | ISIS-ISAS Roundtable Discussion |
| Topic: | "Radicalisation" |
| Date/Time: | 20 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISIS, Kuala Lumpur |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury (ISAS) |
| Event Title: | Panel Discussion |
| Topic: | Panel Discussion with Director and Cast of the Movie "Bhopal" |
| Date/Time: | 16 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | MEI Conference Room |
| Speaker/s: | Kal Penn, Ravi Walia, Ragpal Yadav and Tannishtha Chatterjee |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | FDI Flows into BRICS: What do they originate from? |
| Date/Time: | 15 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Ramkishen S. Rajan, Professor of International Economic Policy, George Mason University; and Visiting Professor, LKYSPP, NUS |
| Description: | Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows returned to the pre-global financial crisis (GFC) level in 2013, driven largely by inflows into developing and transition economies. The growing significance of developing countries as major players in global FDI flows over the last decade has given rise to a literature examining the importance of specific sources and destinations of FDI flows using bilateral FDI data. However, one of the major concerns about the nature of FDI data at the bilateral level used to assess de facto real linkages between countries is that it is based on flow of funds rather than ultimate ownership. This can be quite misleading in trying to understand economic linkages between countries as a significant portion of FDI tends to be funneled through offshore financial centers (OFCs) for tax and opacity reasons. The problem is of particular concern for the FDI inflows into the BRIC economies -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- which received more than half of global FDI inflows to developing economies in 2012. Despite the growing recognition of this problem, there is a paucity of studies trying to track the actual ownership of FDI inflows to understand the de facto real linkages at a bilateral level. This presentation attempts to reconcile data on FDI inflows with bilateral data on M&A for the BRICs economies, thus tracking the actual ownership of FDI inflows. |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Indian Economy: Expectations from the Union Budget |
| Date/Time: | 14 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Dr S Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ISAS, NUS |
| Description: | The second Budget of the Narendra Modi government will be presented within a few weeks. This will come at a time when the Indian economy is on the cusp of a turnaround in its trajectory of economic growth. There are indications of revival in earnings and business prospects. The stock market has reached unprecedented levels over the last few months. Business confidence has also revived pointing to the optimistic visions about economic strategies of the new government. However, the macroeconomic outlook continues to remain a cause for concern, particularly on the fiscal side. Though sharp fall in global oil prices has improved balance of payments and moderated headline inflation, these effects remain firmly tied to cyclical variations in global markets. The seminar will discuss the macroeconomic context of the Budget and examine the prospects of a sustained improvement in macroeconomic fundamentals in the medium term. In this context, it will highlight the policy expectations from the forthcoming budget and the desired course of economic reforms. |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | East China Sea: Negotiations and Issues Between Japan and China |
| Date/Time: | 08 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Chisako T. Masuo, Associate Professor, Kyushu University; and Research Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute |
| Description: | In October 2006, the new Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made an official visit to China and agreed with Premier Wen Jiabao that the two countries should work hard to turn the East China Sea ÔÇ£a Sea of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation.ÔÇØ It held a prominent importance in the ÔÇ£Mutually Beneficial Relationship Based on Common Strategic InterestsÔÇØ that the two leaders pledged to strive in their joint statement. In June 2008, Japan and China again reached an agreement for joint development of gas fields in the East China Sea. However, the tensions over Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands rapidly intensified in 2010 and 2012 between the two countries. What had been happening in the East China Sea between them? What was the driving force behind the issues? What are the commonalities and differences between the East and South China Sea problems? This presentation tries to address these questions by reviewing the bilateral negotiations on East China Sea and the developments of Chinese maritime law enforcement bodies since 1996, when both countries ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Japan in India's Look-East Policy under the Modi Administration: Prospects and Challenges |
| Date/Time: | 07 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Dr Rupak Borah, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India |
| Description: | Although Japan and India remained aloof from each other during the Cold-War era, the bilateral relations between the two have seen a dramatic turnaround in the post-Cold War era. Shared strategic interests, IndiaÔÇÖs improving ties with the US and cross-party support in India for stronger Japan-India ties have helped to bring Tokyo and New Delhi together. Japan was the first country outside the immediate neighbourhood that PM Modi visited after taking charge in New Delhi. This seminar will examine the changes and the continuity in Japan-India ties after the Modi administration came to power in India. It will highlight the main issues of cooperation and the challenges in the ties between India and Japan, which forms a very important aspect of IndiaÔÇÖs ÔÇ£Look-East PolicyÔÇØ. |
| Event Title: | ISAS Seminar and Film Screening |
| Topic: | Maafinama - A Road towards Redemption |
| Date/Time: | 07 January 2015 | 00:00 - 06:04 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Ms Tannishtha Sarkar, Film Producer, "Maafinama" |
| Description: | In a Muslim village of India, a 17 year old girl Asma gets raped by a group of unknown men. In the trauma of the incident she looses her speech. However she could identify one person out of the gang. He is 24 year old Dilnawaz, the only one in the gang, from the village and the one Asma used to have an unexpressed crush ever since. Though not directly involved in the crime, Dilnawaz gets indicted and is made to face the local judiciary, while the actual rapists flee back to the city. As part of the punishment, he is asked to get a plea of pardon countersigned by Asma along with financial compensation. Even though initially he only tries to save himself, it is only during the process of fetching her signature, he realizes her ever-present feelings towards him and the trauma she has been through and this brings about a change in his perspective. |
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