Raisina Conference Booklet For Web

IMPASSIONED • IMPATIENT • IMPERILLED
CONFERENCE BOOKLET
APRIL 25-27, 2022 | NEW DELHI
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Government of India
The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and

geoeconomics and is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation
(ORF) and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Since its inception in 2016, the Dialogue has been committed to
addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.
Every year, leaders in politics, business, media, and civil society converge
in New Delhi to discuss the state of the world and explore opportunities
for cooperation on a wide range of contemporary matters.
This year, participants from about 100 countries will gather at this ideas
arena. They will share unique perspectives, concerns, and experiences
that are essential for charting important pathways, building consensus,
and strengthening communities for our common future.
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Contents
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Message from the Minister of External Speakers
Affairs, India
7 67
Delegates
Message from the Foreign Secretary, India
8 81
Raisina Young Fellows and Alumni
Message from the Chairman,
Observer Research Foundation
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10 Team Raisina
Curator’s Note: President,

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Conference Information
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Programme
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Charter of Participation
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Raisina Fireside
102
Media Advisory
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विदेश मं त्री Minister of External Affairs
India
भारत
Message
I
am pleased to leam that the seventh edition of Raisina Dialogue is being held from 25-27 April
2022, in New Delhi.
Since 2016, the Raisina Dialogue has emerged as a purposive platform to discuss pressing
geopolitical issues of our times. It has been rewarding to see the dialogue grow both in magnitude
and substance. I commend our partner, the Observer Research Foundation, for the success of this
flagship event.
I am happy that we are able to meet this year in the regular format. Technology has been our
friend during the pandemic, but there is no real substitute for in-person interactions.
This year’s dialogue will explore the theme: “Terranova--Impassioned, Impatient, Imperiled.”
Considerable turbulence is evident in many parts of the globe. The need for constructive conver-
sations and encouraging diverse opinions along multiple tracks has never been more. In this dis-
course, we aim to map the evolving geopolitical and geoeconomic trend-lines, question prevalent
dogmas about the international system, and encourage future-oriented thinking.
Raisina Dialogue 2022 is an opportunity to discuss the big ideas defining the emerging global
realities. It is a forum that brings together India’s friends and partners -seeking common ground
where there are divergences, and encouraging further collaboration in areas of convergence.
I look forward to the discussions, and extend my best wishes to the organisers, speakers, and
participants of this event.
Dr. S. Jaishankar
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Message from the Foreign Secretary of India
I
welcome you for the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue.
It is heartening to find that we can gather here in New Delhi, in-person once again. I am pleased that
this year we will welcome and in some cases welcome-back to India our friends and partners - Leaders,
Foreign Ministers, academics, corporate luminaries and strategic thinkers—from across the globe.
Raisina Dialogue has established itself as a confluence of decisionmakers
and opinion-shapers and a crucible of forward-leaning ideas and conversations. The fact that this MEA
supported flagship conference has grown unabated, in spite of global disruptions and tectonic geopo-
litical shifts, is reflective of India’s growing diplomatic profile and its extensive partnerships worldwide.
This year’s theme “Terranova—Impassioned, Impatient, Imperilled” will probe a plethora of issues-
some strategic in nature, some tactical, some others more existential. Our pivot is on inclusive and hu-
man-centric development, and re-balancing of the global order. The sessions will be a deep dive into
the current shifts, the role technology is destined to play in it, and notably the part we all can play as
responsible stake-holders.
As we take stock of some of these key meta-issues that will shape our future, we need to begin by asking
ourselves—are we future-ready? This Dialogue provides us the right platform for free and open ideation. It
not only highlights the Indian perspective, but also our proactive outreach to the world, as we jointly strive
to provide long-term solutions for regional and global peace, security, and prosperity.
I look forward to meeting many of you in-person. And I wish the Observer Research Foundation and
delegates of the Raisina Dialogue 2022 the very best.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla
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Message from the Chairman,
A
FTER a pandemic-imposed hiatus of two years, we are pleased to fi-
nally host the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, as
an in-person rather than virtual event. This dialogue, a joint endeavour
between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation,
has become a venue for conversations among global leaders and thinkers across
government, business, media, civil society, and academia.
Yet, in the midst of eager anticipation, we confess some trepidation too.
Trepidation because even as the world battled to recover from the devastation
caused to lives and livelihoods by a once-in-a-century pandemic, it was struck by
two bolts that came from out of the blue. The first saw a dark veil descend yet
again over Afghanistan; the second has just redrawn the iron curtain through the
heart of Europe. The Raisina Dialogue 2022 now takes place in the lengthening
shadow of these events.
Our theme for this year, “Terra Nova: Impassioned, Impatient, and Imperilled,”
seeks to interrogate our responses to all three watersheds. We endeavour to
discover how we find ourselves on a planet that looks and feels nothing like the
one that saw us gather in these very rooms to debate at Raisina 2020.
Have we moved forward two years, only to go back?
We allowed a virus to divide us into a world of the vaccinated versus the
unvaccinated. In doing that, we succeeded in reagitating the old, supposedly
forgotten cleavage between the North and the South.
Then, just as the fall of Kabul in August 2021 was signalling a new geo-
economic architecture that sought to respond to the strategic competition of the
21st century, 24 February 2022 threw us back into the old bipolar global order of
a bitter Cold War that the world should have relegated to history, 30 years ago.
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Together, these three events force us to examine the political undergirding
of a rapidly de-globalising world. The cracks in the post-war multilateral liberal
system have now become tectonic rifts. If history has taught us anything, it is
that such a confluence of event-chains can alter power dynamics and reshape the
world order.
A pandemic that should have brought us together ended up exposing the limits
of transnational cooperation. It made us acutely aware of the frailties of global
public goods, its supply chains, and institutions. Large tech companies gained
influence across a multitude of sectors—from financial services to healthcare—
while regulators struggled to keep pace. Authoritarian states perfected the use
of technology for controlling lives. Technology spawned a new generation of
deep fakes that brought us to a post-truth era. Our health, our safety, and our
well-being have all become part of someone else’s business model.
The sanctions following the conflict in Ukraine now undermine trust in the
integrity and cohesiveness of the global financial system, once considered
the backbone of global value chains. And climate action has been reduced to
trending hashtags and empty speeches, as the taps of green finance and green
technology continue to run dry.
We are in the midst of a perfect storm, and our assumptions are shaken. It is
no longer the time to hark upon our pre-pandemic ‘normal’—riddled as it was
with inequality and exclusion. It is time for a ‘new world’, a time to talk coherently
about what is substantive and sustainable, and thereby, make the right choices.
This is the challenge right here, for all of us in New Delhi at Raisina 2022. The war
in Ukraine sadly continues, so must this dialogue that gathers diversity and gives
us reason for hope.
To this end, we have gathered different voices from across nearly a hundred
countries because we believe that dialogue is indispensable. I wish you all
insightful and thought-provoking conversations that may yet pave the way for a
more inclusive future.
—Sunjoy Joshi
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Curator’s Note:
President, Observer Research Foundation
A
year ago, almost to the day, a terrible battered, and bruised by disease, climate-induced
despondency, despair, and dejection devastation, and the folly of relying on guns and
descended upon this world. Nations big bombs alone, we really have no option but to
and small, rich and poor, spread far and wide, navigate our way collectively and collaboratively
struggled to cope with the second wave of the through turbulent waters. The alternative, as we
pandemic. COVID-19 will be remembered as the continue to witness, is in nobody’s interest. More
scourge that tormented us for two years; like a so, when global institutions, in which nations re-
malignancy, it lingers on, threatening to resurface pose their trust, are unable to either respond with
in all its fury. alacrity or deliver swiftly.
This time last year, nobody was sure—as all There is hope yet. As we meet in New Delhi,
certitudes of our times had been turned on their the diversity in the room tells us that we can come
head—that we would meet in New Delhi to resume together and work together. Dialogue is the first
the Raisina Dialogue in person. But here we are, step. Let me extend a very warm welcome to all our
and that fact alone restores faith in the resilience of esteemed public and thought leaders, participants,
the human spirit. These past two years have tested speakers, and online viewers. Together, they are
and, in a cruel and perverse manner, revalidated engaging in and contributing to the many relevant
Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest. That surviv- conversations at the Raisina Dialogue.
al has come at an enormous cost, not only in terms The past two years have seen some watershed
of human lives but also in terms of values and prin- developments, and to say that the world is not
ciples. It has exposed the harsh reality that the ‘fit- the same anymore would be an understatement.
test’—who are also the global richest—have little For many of us, there are three important lessons
or no compunction in leaving the ‘weakest’—the from grappling with a virus that continues to stalk
world’s poorest—to fend for themselves. A verity us, the aggressive and unrelenting political ex-
since ancient times has been accentuated by the pansionism in the Himalayas, crises that linger in
pandemic in the 21st century. the Middle East, and the reopening of festering
Therein, lies a primary lesson for all: Buffeted, wounds in Europe.
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The first lesson: The COVID-19 pandemic has others, not merely talking to or above others.
made it absolutely and starkly apparent that we, The third lesson: The relentless upheaval and
the people—families, communities, societies, and misery has also revealed aspects of humankind
cities—are the single most important respondent that generate and sustain hope—the enthusiasm
to the challenges posed by disruptions. The cen- of our youth, the determination of our people,
trality of these have never been more apparent. and the resolve of our leaders to take tough de-
Similarly, the importance of otherwise ignored cisions at a time when consensus was impossible.
frontline health workers, poorly paid municipali- In our haste to see change happen, we must not
ty staff, and good Samaritans in helping us tide overlook the cohorts of citizens, communities,
over difficult times has been highlighted as never corporations, and countries who are driven by
before. The urban proverb—not all heroes wear the passion to make a difference. This is evident
capes—came true during the pandemic. from their responses to the challenges of climate
Global governance institutions and nation- change, the task of ensuring sustainable and eq-
al governments can no longer afford to exclude uitable growth, and reaching out to those whom
them from the calculus of their strategies to deal globalisation has passed by.
with crises like these. It is time to invest in indi- Conversations at the Raisina Dialogue will ca-
viduals, families, and societies—the ‘third tier of talyse this passion as we discuss the six broad
governance’—that rose admirably and responded themes:
to the devastation. 1. Rethinking Democracy: Trade, Tech, and
The second lesson: The crises of these past Ideology
two years have served to underscore the necessity 2. End of Multilateralism: A Networked Global
of embracing diversity. Decades of globalisation Order
should have made us more inured, if not tolerant, 3. Water Caucuses: Turbulent Tides in the In-
to different perceptions, viewpoints, customs, cul- do-Pacific
tures, and interests. Instead, it became an instru- 4. Communities Inc: First Responders to Health,
ment of homogenisation by the rich and therefore, Development, and Planet
the powerful. They embarked upon recasting the 5. Achieving Green Transitions: Common Impera-
world in their own image, to suit their own fashion tive, Diverging Realities
and preference. That forced homogenisation has 6. Samson vs Goliath: The Persistent and Relent-
only yielded resentments and invited a blowback. less Tech Wars
The solution lies in embracing diversity and rec- Over the next two days, let us not get obsessed
ognising rising aspirations in a world where many with smart words and clever statements that only
identities are colliding at the speed of bits and serve to excite specific ‘silos’ online. Instead, let
bytes, even as our handheld devices give us the il- us talk to and compare notes with those who sit
lusion of an integrated world. To this end, I am de- alongside us so that the takeaways from the Raisi-
lighted that we have been able to put together a na Dialogue are rooted and meaningful.
star cast of diverse thinkers, a catalogue of varied Let dialogue and diversity renew our one and
conversations, and a community of participants only planet and sculpt Terra Nova—a new world—
that represent the idea of diversity. The Raisina in this coming decade. Stay safe, mask up, and
Dialogue is as much about your voice as about lis- engage intensely.
tening to other voices; it is about engaging with —Dr. Samir Saran
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Programme
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Raisina Dialogue 2022 is held under the auspices of
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Observer Research Foundation
DAY ONE Monday, April 25, 2022

1800-1900 Inaugural Session at Durbar
1900-1915 Transition
1915-2100 Inaugural Dinner Shahjehan Foreign Secretary’s Dinner

Conversations
Managing a Green and Digital Transformation for a Resilient Future
Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD
Women at the Forefront Addressing Change

Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini, Deputy Minister of International
Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
Bangladesh-India Relations: Role Model for Neighbourhood

Diplomacy
Md. Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Mumtaz Taking the Knee: The Battle Against Vaccine Apartheid

Two years in, COVID-19’s virulence and resurgence depends
essentially on the gaps in vaccination coverage. Within countries, we
see a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”; and internationally, countries
with large unvaccinated populations have the potential of creating
new and dangerous variants. There is a stark divide that the world
must reckon with: Before the G20 summit in October 2021, it was
found that G20 members had received 15 times more COVID-19
vaccine doses per capita than countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
What can be done to bridge the vaccine divide? How can nations
be incentivised to urgently invest in vaccinating the underserved
geographies? Are initiatives like COVAX enough, or does an IPR
waiver hold the answer? Is it time to rethink investments into global
health care systems? What could be the contours of a new global
health agenda at the G20?
V.K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, India
Joan Benson, Executive Director, Public Health Partnerships, Global
Vaccines Public Policy, Merck, United States
Ayoade Alakija, Co-Chair, African Union’s African Vaccine Delivery
Alliance; Special Envoy and Co-Chair for ACT-Accelerator, World
Health Organization
Jesal Doshi, Deputy CEO, B Medical Systems, Luxembourg
Moderator: Anjali Nayyar, Executive Vice President, Global Health
Strategies, India
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Roshanara Unicorn Sightings: Energy, Entrepreneurship and the
New Economy
Billion-dollar start-ups – “unicorns” – have exploded in the Indo-
Pacific during the pandemic, with India alone birthing over forty
new unicorns in 2021. These companies marry new technology,
climate considerations, and SDG aspirations. They bridge two
disparate worlds, standing between formal finance and the vast
informal sectors that dominate the economies of the region.
How does the Indo-Pacific become a hub of innovation and not
just a consumer of tech and products? What can be done to
incentivise entrepreneurs to create businesses that are scalable?
Can supporting start-ups and small enterprises lead to sustainable
recovery and build resilience? Is there need for new frameworks
and institutions that focus on emerging economies, and investing
in businesses within underserved communities? How can the new
global zeal for start-ups encourage a gender-balanced and inclusive
business ecosystem?
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and
Information Technology, India
Tan Kiat How, Minister of State, Ministry of National Development;
Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information,
Singapore
Gwendoline Abunaw, Managing Director, Ecobank Cameroon,
Cameroon
Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director, Meta India
Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director; Head of Centre for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum
Sanskriti Dawle, Co-Founder and CEO, Thinkerbell Labs, India
Moderator: Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council
to the Prime Minister, India
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Jehangir The Broken Chain: Building Robust, Resilient & Reliable
Supply Lines
As clogged ports and massive delivery delays dominate global
headlines, and inflation complicates the global recovery, the
importance of decentralised and resilient supply chains is evident.
Nations across the world seek to reconcile their crucial supply lines
– whether for semiconductors or vaccines – to enhance national
security and strategic autonomy. Trust has become a crucial
ingredient of how groupings like the Quad and actors such as the
EU, the US, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea are redrawing supply
chains.
Is global trade fast becoming a geopolitical flashpoint or are we
likely to see the emergence of a new trading order in the aftermath
of the pandemic? Will this moment of geoeconomic contestation
give birth to a new and more inclusive architecture? How can these
new arrangements and relationships integrate digital and green
imperatives? How will energy and industrial materials that will
fuel the 4IR be secured? How can we distribute the gains of this
transition? Can the Indo-Pacific ensure that supply chains are not
turned into weapons of war between great trading powers?
Anthony Abbott, Former Prime Minister, Australia
Shamika Ravi, Vice President, Economic Policy, Observer Research
Foundation, India
Christophe Penot, Ambassador for the Indo-Pacific, Ministry for
Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
Jeffrey Nadaner, Executive Vice President, Government and Public
Affairs, SAFE, United States
Stormy-Annika Mildner, Executive Director, Aspen Institute
Germany, Germany
Moderator: Kaush Arha, Fellow, Atlantic Council, Scowcroft Center
for Strategy and Security, United States
2100-2130 Break
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2130-2230 Conversations over Mumtaz The Anatomy of Loss: Did Morality Fail Afghanistan?
Kahwa The dramatic collapse of Kabul in 2021 will have lasting
repercussions for the Afghan people and South Asia. The
world reeled as visuals of America’s departure and the Taliban’s
ascendancy inundated social media feeds and news reels. From
terrorism and regional stability to human rights and gender
equality, the rise of a new dispensation in Kabul raises a host of
stark questions for the international community. America and its
allies have suffered irreparably.
Has the Afghanistan and Ukraine contrast shown that values
defended in the borderlands of Europe will not be fought for
elsewhere? How will shocking American actions, questioned by
most in the region, impact Brand America? What is the prognosis
on the rights and future of the people of Afghanistan and their
ability to dream of democracy again? What role, both constructive
and malevolent, have Afghanistan’s neighbours played? With the
Afghan state in disarray, who is going to hold the proverbial baby
and provide for nation building?
Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament, India
James Carafano, Vice President, Foreign Policy, The Heritage
Foundation, United States
Lisa Curtis, Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for a
New American Security, United States
Javid Ahmad, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, United States
Stefan Mair, Executive Chairman and Director, German Institute for
International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany
Moderator: Yalda Hakim, Chief Presenter-International
Correspondent, BBC World News, Australia
Roshanara Strife on the Streets: Responding to Kinetic

Info-Wars
The manipulation of information is being marshalled by state and
non-state actors as a weapon of war. As lines between fact and
fiction blur, information warfare is set to be the 21st century’s most
devastating and consequential digital battleground.
What are the significant vulnerabilities and limitations of the
information ecosystem that make it susceptible to bad actors?
How can states and corporations limit offline harms of online
disinformation wars fuelled by bots? Without endangering free
speech, how can they address the social divisions and subversion
engendered by manipulated content?
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator,
Prime Minister’s Office, India
Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, Ministry for Europe
and Foreign Affairs, France
Jeremy Quin, Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement),
United Kingdom
Erin Saltman, Director of Programming, Global Internet Forum to
Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), United States
Janka Oertel, Director, Asia Programme, European Council on
Foreign Relations, Germany
Moderator: Caitriona Heinl, Executive Director; Adjunct Research
Fellow, The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy, Ireland
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DAY TWO Tuesday, April 26, 2022

0900-0910 Welcome Address V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs,
India
0910-1000 Panel Discussion The Revenge of Ideology? Polarisation and the Exhaustion of
Liberalism
At the turn of the millennium, modern and prosperous societies
were exhausted from defending or opposing grand ideologies that
arose in the 19th century. Radicalism was dead, history was over,
and a rough consensus on a liberal political order had emerged.
Today, the world is even richer, and even more radically polarised,
whether on the streets or on virtual platforms. #Ideologies, often
extreme, proliferate by the day, constantly contesting what
were considered settled political arrangements for societies,
communities, and nations.
So, is a liberal order an oxymoron when liberalism itself has
no modern-day variant? What is the secret sauce that will bind
collectives in the future? Will it be a democratic political regime?
Or the preferences of the dominant? Will the views of community
mobilisers prevail? Are spontaneous coalitions and irrational
political aggregations our destiny? Is economic globalisation more
important than commonly-agreed politics?
Teodoro L. Locsin Jr., Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister, Sweden; Co-Chair, European
Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
Jane Holl Lute, Former Deputy Secretary, Department of
Homeland Security, United States
Baijayant Panda, National Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party,
India
Moderator: Palki Sharma Upadhyay, Executive Editor, WION, India
1000-1040 Townhall The Raisina AMA

S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation,
India
1040-1055 Break
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1055-1145 Panel Discussion New Fuels, Old Aspirations: Moving the Next 5 Billion
Past industrial revolutions were powered by the uncontrolled use
of fossil fuels; the Fourth Industrial Revolution must find additional
sources of energy. Yet, 2021 provided stark reminders of how
many countries still depend on a secure supply of fossil fuels. The
energy transition is not straightforward: It could amplify socio-
political fissures at home, and introduce dependencies abroad. For
developing countries, rigid decarbonisation measures could also
thwart the evolution of a robust domestic industry.
How can energy transitions help in rapid industrialisation and
at-scale employment generation in the developing world? How
can key nations invest in an institutional framework that supports
this new energy landscape of the future? Will constructs like the
International Solar Alliance be the start of a new era of coalitions for
like-minded nations? Will geopolitics serve these energy transitions
or complicate them?
Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Santiago Andrés Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International
Trade and Worship, Argentina
Aminath Shauna, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and
Technology, Maldives
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, India
Moderator: Ila Patnaik, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, India
1145-1215 In Conversation In Conversation

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India
Moderator: Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC TV-18, India
1215-1230 Break
1230-1320 Panel Discussion The Brussels Effect: Compass for a Strategic Europe
The “Brussels Effect” is the talk of the town in global capitals. From
its response to the Ukraine conflict, to unveiling the multi-billion
dollar Global Gateway Project, to announcing a strategy for the
Indo-Pacific, to the Strategic Compass, the EU’s actions are being
keenly watched.
Is the EU learning how to use the language of power? Has the
standoff in Ukraine catalysed a greater European inclination
towards defence and security? How will a future EU project military
power – through national militaries with similar shared objectives,
a European army, or NATO? Are the continent’s existing political
institutions capable of playing a more overtly geopolitical role?
Russia united the EU; will China divide it?
Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs,
Luxembourg
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Leslie Vinjamuri Wright, Director, US and Americas, Chatham
House, United Kingdom
Rachel Rizzo, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Europe Center, United
States
Moderator: Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter and Journalist,
Germany
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1320-1450 Lunch Conversations Shahjehan Timid Leadership, Bashful Banks: Who Will Fund the
Green Transition?
Inadequate flow of global capital to developing countries remains
the biggest hurdle to achieving climate targets. Despite US$46
trillion of pension funds and excess savings of nearly US$4 trillion
earning negligible returns, the actual flow of capital to developing
countries remains well below stated pledges and real requirements.
Private finance will have to step in to work with public finance in
closing the gaps for sustainable decarbonisation and a just transition.
How can the Global North be made to deliver on its green
finance commitments? How can risk assessments privilege green
investments in emerging economies? Can big players in global
financial hubs build capacity to evaluate and deploy capital at scale
in the developing world? What innovative financial instruments are
needed to accelerate green finance in emerging destinations where
large gains for eco-transition are to be had?
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, India
Gwendoline Abunaw, Managing Director, EcoBank Cameroon,
Cameroon
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Vice President, European Investment
Bank
Joojin Kim, Managing Director, Solutions For Our Climate, South
Korea
Moderator: Shikha Bhasin, Senior Programme Lead, Council on
Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India
Mumtaz Digital Doses: Healthcare, Technology and a Coalition of

the Willing?
From delivering specialist healthcare in rural areas to tailoring
nutritional interventions for mothers, data and AI hold the key to
21st century healthcare. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,
resilient and effective healthcare systems matter more than ever for
developing nations. In leveraging these new technologies for health,
developing countries must contend with inadequate infrastructure
and foreign players seeking to hoover local data.
What are the learnings from the pandemic on the role of technology
and innovation in our healthcare systems? With know-how and
funding concentrated in a few advanced countries, how can
capability be transferred to the developing world? Can states
conclude a partnership of equals with the private sector to construct
digital development-centred societies? How can Indonesia and India
leverage their G20 Presidencies to construct a coalition of the willing
that will equitably harness Health Tech for the future?
Dino Patti Djalal, Founder and Chairman, Foreign Policy
Community of Indonesia, Indonesia
Preeti Sudan, Panel Member, The Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response; Former Secretary (Health), India
Gargee Ghosh, President, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, India
Mark Chataway, Managing Director, Hyderus, United Kingdom
Moderator: Amandeep Gill, CEO and Project Director, International
Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR), Switzerland
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Roshanara To The Point: Tech Tides and the Future of Conflict
This session will feature the Indian Defence Secretary and will
host defence chiefs, serving officers, academics and members of
the private sector. The session will focus on the implications of
emerging technologies and partnerships, and changing geopolitics.
Drawing on lessons from recent developments, it will discuss the
new threat environment and security landscape that are shaped by
emerging technologies, and how democracies can ensure security
and prosperity for their people.
Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence, India
Jehangir Interaction with the Young Fellows
1450-1540 Panel Discussion Trading Security or Trade in Security: Europe and the Indo-Pacific
In recent times, European nations – individually and collectively –
have emerged as significant geopolitical actors. European capitals
and the European Union have termed China a strategic competitor;
sought to take stronger positions on human rights; and set down
Indo-Pacific strategies for the 21st century that aim to promote a
rules-based order and the gaming of trade arrangements. However,
there are questions about Europe’s ability to assert itself against an
expansive and rising China.
Will Europe trade its security for economic returns? Can the
Ukrainian crisis see the emergence of a European Union more
determined to collectively respond to authoritarian regimes? Will
economic dependencies with China undermine strong political
positions, given Beijing’s “divide and invest” policy? Can collective
economic actions (sanctions) work against a country much larger
than Russia or will there need to be different ideas for a different
threat?
Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Petra Sigmund, Director General for Asia and the Pacific, Federal
Foreign Office, Germany
Moderator: Peter Grk, Secretary-General, Bled Strategic Forum,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
1540-1640 Break
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1640-1730 Panel Discussion The Doctrine of Lapse: Lessons from the UN Era
Multilateralism is under attack. The postwar system, with the United
Nations and related organisations serving as its bedrock, has failed
to respond to multiple crises – climate change, the pandemic,
trade, or preventing great power aggression. Some world leaders
have even called for its dissolution in the face of this impotence.
As confrontations brew in the Indo-Pacific and in Old Europe, is
the post-war model of great power relations still relevant? What
place do institutions like the UN and its founding principles
have in an age in which great power contestation is multipolar,
and overarching narratives are distrusted? In our digitalised and
corporatised present, sovereign states are weakened – how can
institutions structured around sovereign states retain relevance? To
the point of irrelevance? Is it dangerous for inert UN institutions to
be regarded as the highest supranational arbiters while failing to
fulfil their role?
Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Daniel Carmon, Senior Research Fellow, International Institute for
Counter-Terrorism, Israel; Former Ambassador of Israel to India
Lakshmi Puri, Former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations,
India
Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations;
Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University, United
States
Jane Holl Lute, Former Deputy Secretary, Department of
Homeland Security, United States
Moderator: Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India
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1730-1820 Panel Discussion From Mountain to Ocean: Harnessing Commerce, Connectivity
and Creativity in the Subcontinent
As data, digitisation, and technology are becoming everyday
utilities, South and Southeast Asia will find themselves in a unique
position in a rapidly evolving global economic world order. Driven
by a rising consumer class, strong start-up ecosystem, growing
internet economy, and a demographic dividend, the digital wave
is reshaping and redefining almost every aspect of business and
society.
How can countries in the region take advantage of their young
populations, infrastructure growth, and the digital economy? What
is the potential for building trade and digital connectivity projects
catering to an aspirational population? How can nations cooperate
to enhance digital data flows and cross-border payments, while
ensuring solutions are inclusive and equitable, and respect the
privacy of citizens? Can debt-traps and unsustainable financing
undermine and undercut the promise of, for example, a Bay of
Bengal cooperative?
Aminath Shauna, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and
Technology, Maldives
Md. Shahriar Alam, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Bangladesh
Biswo Nath Poudel, Vice Chairperson, National Planning
Commission, Nepal
Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Tshering Cigay Dorji, Former CEO, Thimphu TechPark, Bhutan
Moderator: Cecile Fruman, Director, Regional Integration and
Engagement, South Asia, World Bank
1820-1840 Break
1840-1930 Panel Discussion Dragon’s Fire: Deciphering China after Ukraine

As the plains of Ukraine turn into a battlefield, few players have
more at stake than China. Its “no limits” partner faces stringent
Western sanctions and its strategic competitors have found a new
resolve. China is faced with a choice between its stated respect for
sovereignty and its burgeoning friendship with Moscow.
What lessons will China and the world take from the Ukraine
conflict? If deterrence hasn’t worked with Moscow, how will it work
with Beijing? With the West largely united over Russian sanctions,
is the Chinese economic juggernaut likely to face similar pressure in
the event of a crisis? WIll China’s lure be able to stand the test of a
prolonged association with Moscow?
Adm. Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff, United Kingdom
Maj. Gen. Jung Hae-Il, President, Korea National Defense
University, South Korea
Reinhard Bütikofer, Member, European Parliament, Germany
Andrew Shearer, Director General, Office of National Intelligence,
Australia
Gudrun Wacker, Senior Fellow, German Institute for International
and Security Affairs, Germany
Moderator: Yalda Hakim, Chief Presenter-International
Correspondent, BBC World News, Australia
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1930-2100 Dinner Conversations Shahjehan East of Eden: Unleashing the Content Subcontinent
Pax Americana was built not only on the US’ industrial dominance,
but also on the cultural power of Hollywood; the Asian century
will be no different. India’s media and entertainment ecosystem is
expected to generate over US$53 billion annually by 2025.
What are the policies and regulatory frameworks needed to fast
track the growth of the Indo-Pacific as the “Content Subcontinent”?
How can the region’s large and youth-driven demographic be
leveraged to make it the world’s content powerhouse and harness
the creative economy? How can the stories coming out of the
Indo-Pacific be leveraged to promote inclusiveness, pluralism, and
diversity? What are the international partnerships that must be
invested in?
Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting;
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, India
Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix, India
Madhuri Dixit, Actor, Producer, India
Shekhar Kapur, Actor, Director, Producer, India
Saad Mohseni, CEO, MOBY Group, Australia
Moderator: Amish Tripathi, Director, The Nehru Centre; Author,
India
Mumtaz Hashtags without Collectives: We Bargain in the

Digital Age
As automation, atomisation, and the gig economy undercut 20th
century social protections, three bargains will define the social
contract in digital economies. First, governments and citizens
must strive to protect privacy rights from data-driven corporate
behemoths. Second, businesses and governments must frame an
economic and regulatory architecture that promotes innovation
while protecting privacy and worker’s rights. Finally, workers and
technology platforms need to rethink collective bargaining and
reimagine social security nets in the gig economy.
How is the 20th century welfare model impacted by this? What
are the global successful models for protecting the informal digital
workforce and what is the role of the state in shaping adequate
protections? Is it time for welfare to be provided to citizens
irrespective of their employment status? Can workers in big tech
organise into traditional unions as some US Amazon employees
did recently? Who are the Teamsters of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution?
N.K. Singh, Chairman, 15th Finance Commission, India
Narek Mkrtchyan, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Armenia
Kim Heungchong, President, Korea Institute for International
Economic Policy, South Korea
Athira Menon, Head, Public Policy, Uber India and South Asia
Shrayana Bhattacharya, Economist, Social Protection and Labour
Unit for South Asia, World Bank
Moderator: Lucy Corkin, Business Strategist, Rand Merchant Bank,
South Africa
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Roshanara Conflicts, Pandemic and the Indo-Pacific (Foreign
Secretary’s Dinner)
Over the past two years, the countries of the Indo-Pacific have
faced new challenges in both economic and strategic domains.
The fallout of the pandemic, including the reconfiguration of
supply chains, the reassessment of trade and economic linkages,
and, indeed reappraisal of political partnerships are all part of the
contemporary Indo-Pacific journey. Addressing security concerns,
in traditional and emerging domains, has also taken on a fresh
urgency. How like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific partner can
decisively address these will form part of this off-the-record dinner
conversation featuring the Indian Foreign Secretary (designate).
Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Foreign Secretary (Designate), India
Jehangir Amoral Machines: Negating Human Agency, Codifying

Societal Faultlines?
In pursuit of global AI innovation and pushing the frontiers of AI
adoption, we have unwittingly created ‘artificial’ crises — biased
automated decision-making systems. AI researchers are working on
building moral machines that comprehend human values and are
capable of applying them. But is the human race ready to surrender
agency to biased machines? These systems have been infamous for
wrongly identifying criminals, classifying dark-coloured people as
gorillas, and deeming working women less eligible for loans.
Are algorithms and AI surreptitiously rewriting our social contract
and society? How will data policies implicate privacy, inclusion,
and innovation, and can we limit the capacity of AI and emerging
technology to exacerbate societal cleavages? Should we risk
access to essential resources for marginalised communities based
on decisions made by biased algorithms and database owners? Is
banning a viable option for limiting the harms of LAWS, deep fakes,
and killer robots?
Eamon Gilmore, Special Representative for Human Rights,
European Union
Anna Roy, Advisor (DMA & Frontier Technology), NITI Aayog, India
Stéphane Duguin, CEO, CyberPeace Institute, Switzerland
Lydia Kostopoulos, Senior Vice President, Emerging Tech,
KnowBe4, United States
Vikram Sharma, Founder and CEO, Quintessence Labs, Australia
Moderator: Erin Saltman, Director of Programming, Global Internet
Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), United States
Nizwan Ministerial Dinner (By Invitation Only)
2100-2130 Break
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2130-2230 Conversations over Mumtaz Kremlin at the Crossroads: What Lies Ahead?
Kahwa The conflict in Ukraine has focused the world’s eyes on a Russia that
it has failed to entirely accommodate or confront. Questions about
the new Russian identity and its place in the world have become
crucial inputs into long-range planning in global capitals.
Yet, many questions remain unanswered. What is the provocation
for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and why now? What lies at the
root of the difficulties of the execution of Russia’s goals? How does
the conflict end, and does it end well for Russia? Are we entering
a new cold war or hot peace? Will Russia’s role in its international
partnerships, from the SCO to the BRICS, be attenuated by its
actions in Ukraine? How has the conflict changed the course of
Russia; is its tilt towards China now inevitable? Is China’s support for
Russia unconditional, or are there tensions in the relationship that
will become apparent over time?
Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman, Foundation for Development and
Support, Valdai Discussion Club, Russia
Viktoriia Zhuravleva, Head, Center for North American Studies,
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and
International Relations (IMEMO), Russia
François Godement, Senior Advisor, Institut Montaigne, France
Milena Lazarevic, Programme Director and Co-founder, European
Policy Centre, Serbia
Moderator: Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer
Research Foundation, India
Roshanara The Sanction Question: Currency of Mass Destruction

Western sanctions against Russia have wreaked substantial
collateral damage. International trading regimes, mechanisms like
SWIFT and even agricultural exports find themselves condemned to
death by sanction.
Do sanctions work and if so, are they worth their collateral
effects? With previously untouchable central bank reserves and
food exports under pressure, have sanctions over Ukraine put the
world on the path to an economic “total war”? Have quick-start
actions, imposed with little global consultation, damaged trust in
international financial institutions?
Heribert Dieter, Senior Fellow, German Institute for International
and Security Affairs, Germany
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head, Policy Planning, Ministry for
Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
Alena Kudzko, Vice President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia
Shamika Ravi, Vice President, Economic Policy, Observer Research
Foundation, India
Kenneth Juster, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations,
United States; Former Ambassador of United States to India
Moderator: Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow, Observer
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DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022
0900-0910 Welcome Address Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs,
India
0910-1010 Panel Discussion Sabres of Silicon: (Re)Assessing a 21st-Century Global Risk

Landscape
In the 21st century, threats to the global order exist not just in the
open, but in the shadows: Cyberattacks; supply chain disruptions,
and the shortage of critical minerals; the proliferation of Lethal
Autonomous Weapon Systems; and the weaponisation of domestic
socio-political cleavages.
How are current and emerging technologies shaping our
assessments of risks, alliances, and national security? Will these
shared threats foster cooperation between international partners
with divergent economic abilities and political interests or will we
see a new zero-sum game to dominate? How can we stop attacks
on critical digital infrastructure that delivers health, finance, and
other existential needs? Given non-state actors can utilise these
new threats much more easily, how can we ensure state actors do
not take advantage of this additional form of deniability? What
new coalitions and arrangements can rebuild trust in the age of
dangerous tech?
Scene Setter: Tim Cahill, Senior Vice President, Global Business
Development & Strategy, Lockheed Martin, United States
Adm. R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, India

Gen. Angus Campbell, Chief of the Defence Force, Australia
Gen. Koji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense
Forces
Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Air Marshal Luc De Rancourt, Deputy Director General for
International Affairs and Strategy, Ministry for Armed Forces, France
Moderator: Lisa Singh, Director and CEO, Australia India Institute,
Australia
1010-1040 In Conversation Bhupendra Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change, India
Moderator: Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research
Foundation, India
1040-1110 Break
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1110-1200 Panel Discussion Chasing the Monsoon: Life@75
India at 75 has evolved as a significant global actor with
commensurate expectations from the world regarding its choices,
actions, and its dynamic evolution. From responding to climate
change and humanitarian crises, to global peace and security, to
technology and digital frontiers, India’s actions will shape the 21st
century world. This panel seeks to engage with the roads India
has travelled, and the pathways that lie ahead. What will shape
India’s decisions for the future? What is driving global expectations
from a resolute India that is increasingly focused on creating
favourable outcomes for its people and the world? How will India’s
transformation contribute to global well-being?
S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India
João Gomes Cravinho, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
Jeff M. Smith, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The
Heritage Foundation, United States
Velina Tchakarova, Director, Austrian Institute for European and
Security Policy, Austria
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation,
India
1200-1230 Break
1230-1320 Panel Discussion Diminished Democracies: Big Tech, Red Tech, and Deep Tech
Technology, once presumed to deepen and reinforce democracy,
also poses risks to free societies along multiple axes. Large tech
companies have gained influence in sectors from financial services
to healthcare, while regulators struggle to keep up. Authoritarian
states have discovered the use of technology as a method of
control. And technology itself has moved into areas such as deep
fakes that challenge social reality itself.
Since the digital is our public sphere, is it time to regulate
advertisement by perverse political actors and their agents? Should
we embrace reciprocity as a principle for de-platforming the Wolf
Warriors mandated to spread disinformation, and see free speech
as war by other means? Will digital territories shape the 21st
century as the Westphalian political model defined the past?
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and
Information Technology, India
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State, Information and
Communication Technology, Bangladesh
Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber and
Emerging Technology, United States
Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation,
United States
Nanjira Sambuli, Fellow, Technology and International Affairs
Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United
States
Moderator: Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting, India
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1320-1450 Lunch Discussions Shahjehan Connecting Oceans: The Data Economy and Our
Digital Future
AI, IoT, and Big Data are rewriting the rules of the trade game in
the Indo-Pacific. Digital trade, in the era of intelligence, runs the
gamut from cross-border e-commerce and online gaming to digital
payments. In the face of these sea changes, nations are scrambling
to conclude digital trade agreements like DEPA.
Has the time come for new digital trade and investment
partnerships focused on the Indo-Pacific? How can such a deal,
defined by interoperability in standards and commonality in values,
be constructed with a broad coalition of liberal democracies? How
can we expand the Quad dialogue to include financial regulators,
central banks, and like minded nations, in pursuit of digital and
financial inclusion? How can these countries coordinate their
approach to emerging domains such as cryptocurrencies, digital
currencies, and NFTs? Can digital institutions, digital infrastructure,
and digital interoperability be combined in a digital new deal for
the region?
Sumit Seth, Joint Secretary, Policy Planning and Research, Ministry
of External Affairs, India
Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador at Large for Connectivity, European
External Action Service
Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder, iSPIRT, India
Medha Girotra, Vice President, Public Policy (South Asia),
Mastercard, United States
Hiroyuki Akita, Commentator, Foreign Affairs and International
Security, Nikkei, Japan
Moderator: Erin Watson-Lynn, Public Affairs Consultant and
Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Australia
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1320-1450 Lunch Discussions Mumtaz Humans of the Indo-Pacific: Reclaiming Development
The Indo-Pacific is in the market for a rebrand. Once seen as the
key geopolitical construct of our times, the Indo-Pacific must now
trade bullets for bread in its quest to address ageing societies,
widespread unemployment, food and nutritional insecurity, and a
host of socio-economic challenges. Home to two thirds of humanity,
the region must leverage advances in technology and its reserve of
human capital to deliver sustainable growth before time runs out.
In an increasingly digital and informal global economy, how can
regional partnerships rewrite the development agenda on social
protection, economic growth, and infrastructure? Can alliances
led by the emerging world design solutions to pressing issues like
air pollution, liveable urbanism, and biodiversity preservation? If
connectivity is key for development in the region, can states resolve
the tension between China’s fast-track funding and the West’s
promise of slow-moving but high-quality infrastructure? What is the
potential of green transitions to catalyse business?
Report Release: Bruno Bosle, Country Director, AFD, France
Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism and Environment,

Government of Maharashtra, India
Philippe Orliange, International Operations Executive Director,
AFD, France
Javier Salido Ortiz, Director General for North America, Eastern
Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain
Melinda Bohannon, Director, Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth
and Development Office, United Kingdom
Uduak Amimo, Acting Executive Director, Uraia Trust, Kenya
Moderator: Rayali Banerjee, Communications Manager at
Syngenta, Australia and New Zealand
Roshanara Roundtable: Regaining Leadership: A G20 Agenda For

Developing-Nation Presidencies
The G20 remains the most powerful and influential forum for global
economic governance; and, for the first time, three successive G20
presidencies will be held by emerging economies. As India takes
over the presidency from Indonesia this year, these countries have
the opportunities to redesign the global economic architecture and
set a new agenda for sustainable finance, digital economy, human
capital, infrastructure, health and other G20 priorities.
What are the issues that the members of the Troika should
prioritise? Which past G20 initiatives worked and should be taken
forward? Amid a new crisis that has disrupted macro-economic
stability and slowed the flow of sustainable finance, how can the
G20 regain its leadership position?
Abhay Thakur, Additional Secretary (G20), Ministry of External
Affairs, India
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1320-1450 Lunch Discussions Jehangir Gendered Governance: Women in Peace and Security
The pandemic underlined the importance of resilient female
leadership. Women are reshaping our thinking on power, politics,
and peace. Female leaders now command nations, armies, and
major corporations – but have the principles of government and
machinery of governance shifted to match?
From a buzzword to reality, what constitutes a feminist foreign
policy? What is the nature of the stakeholders who will implement
and define this foreign policy and how is it different from the past?
Does a non-patriarchal approach also democratise international
relations and bring in voices from below? How do we invest in a
new cadre of proponents of feminist foreign policy?
Hans-Christian Hagman, Chief Analyst and Senior Adviser to the
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Aleksandra Dier, Regional Advisor on Women, Peace and Security
in the Middle East and North Africa, UN Women
Ambika Viswanath, Co-Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative,
India
Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel, Vice President, International Government
Affairs, Lockheed Martin, United States
Dóra Szűcs, Head, International Relations, Mathias Corvinus
Collegium, Hungary
Moderator: Sarah Bressan, Co-Founder, Better Think Tanking;
Research Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Germany
1450-1540 Panel Discussion The First Responder: Women Leadership and the SDGs
Across the world, women have steered effective and inclusive
COVID-19 response programmes, establishing themselves as first
responders in both policy chambers and on the frontlines. Despite
the challenges that complicate female leadership and participation
across different realms, it is critical to achieve gender equity to
enable and accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals.
Drawing on lessons from the pandemic, how can women be
further empowered and their potential unlocked to accelerate
development? How can female leadership be enhanced across the
political sphere, boardrooms, and financial systems? What can be
done to make technology more inclusive for women and to aid
them in crisis response and recovery? How can education be made
more accessible, not just for women as students, but for women as
educators?
Smriti Z. Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development, India
Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources;
Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Rema Rajeshwari, District Police Chief, Nalgonda, Telangana, India
Shombi Sharp, Resident Coordinator India, United Nations
Moderator: Chandrika Bahadur, Former Director, SDG Academy,
India
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1540-1630 Panel Discussion Building the Gates of Globalisation: Investment, Infrastructure
and Taboos
Post the pandemic, states are grappling with three overarching
ideas: Self-reliance, the stability and security of supply chains, and
the right balance between geopolitics and economic imperatives.
With the frailties of the old global supply chains exposed, trading
nations seek like-minded actors to create networks built on trust,
and infrastructure that prioritises resilience and quality.
As the COVID-19 pandemic turns two, how have efforts at building
self-reliance confronted the convenience of business as usual?
How can economic recovery and sustainability be harmonised in
the post-pandemic economic architecture? As new linkages are
forged through the Global Gateway Project and B3W, how will
political tensions be reflected in the economic sphere? How can
infrastructure capital serve both strategic aims and developing
nations’ need for resilience and self-reliance?
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament, India
Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador at Large for Connectivity, European
External Action Service
Tadashi Maeda, Governor, Japan Bank for International
Cooperation, Japan
Philippe Orliange, Executive Director, Country Programs, AFD,
France
Moderator: Garima Mohan, Fellow, Asia Programme, German
Marshall Fund, Germany
1630-1650 Break
1650-1740 Panel Discussion Domestic Discord, Global Expectations: Will the American
Eagle Fly?
Afghanistan and Ukraine have laid bare the cracks in the edifice of
American power. Its interventions have failed, its military might no
longer deters adversaries like China and Russia, and its domestic
frailties are clear for all to see.
If America is now a house divided against itself, can it sustain
the post-World War consensus that underwrote its rise? What, if
anything, can American leadership do to restore trust at home
and abroad? With the China challenge looming, how do allies and
partners make sense of a world without American hegemony?
Ashok Malik, Policy Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Ming-Shih Shen, Acting Deputy CEO & Director, Division of
National Security Research, Institute for National Defence and
Security Research
Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute,
United States
Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director, Indo-Pacific Security
Program, Centre for a New American Security, United States
Moderator: Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-
Pacific Security, IISS, Singapore
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1740-1800 Break
1800-1850 Panel Discussion Out of Africa: Leading on Trade and Economic Integration
Africa has defined global trade since time immemorial. From
fostering the Greco-Roman spice trade with India to hosting the
mighty Suez Canal, Africa has helped connect the world. As we
enter the digital age, young Africa is once again poised to shape
our common future. Its partnership with a dynamic Asia will be
critical.
How can these continents work together to serve consumers,
connectivity, and commerce? What is underwriting the emergence
of the African story and who are its key partners? Can a
‘development first’ approach help foster beneficial integration
between Africa and global partners? How can India act with African
countries on development challenges and climate response as well
as revitalise its people-to-people connect? Can Africa contribute
to a new economic order led by women and strengthened through
diversity and inclusion?
Richard J. Randriamandrato, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Madagascar
Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister Political and
Economic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration,
Ghana
Usta Kaitesi, CEO, Rwanda Governance Board, Rwanda
Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External
Affairs, India
Moderator: Omneya Ghamry, Programme Manager, Cairo
International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and
Peacebuilding, Egypt
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1850-1940 Panel Discussion Beachheads of Globalisation: Investments, Debts and Transitions
Maritime nations will be instrumental in shaping new low-carbon
development strategies while also dealing with biodiversity
preservation, the costs of adaptation and with debt burdens
worsened by the pandemic.
What can the world learn from these efforts, and how can global
coalitions and international partnerships support them? How
can they balance their search for infrastructure investment while
protecting their fragile ecosystems? How are maritime nations
shaping the global energy landscape? Are strategic international
partnerships and international financial linkages, such as carbon
credits, key to accelerating green transitions, and how can they be
invested in? Can these countries carve their own lanes and preserve
economic sovereignty amid contestation between the Beijing-
sponsored model and liberal internationalist principles?
Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, Guyana
Richard J. Randriamandrato, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Madagascar
Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV and OIA), Ministry of External Affairs,
India
Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the Parliament; Former President,
Maldives
Malshini Senaratne, Asst. Head of Department and Lecturer,
University of Seychelles, Seychelles
Moderator: Preeti Soni, Head, UN Asian and Pacific Centre for
Transfer of Technology, India
1940-1950 Closing Remarks Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of External
Affairs, India
1950-2040 Panel Discussion Showstopper: Weaponisation of Everything

The geopolitical developments and the pandemic in the last two
years have made us acutely aware of the frailties of global public
goods, supply chains, and institutions. The weaponisation of
financial systems and prominent symbols of globalisation has rung
alarm bells around the world.
How can global financial flows and mechanisms be ring-fenced from
political blockages? Does the weaponisation of popular symbols
of globalisation have real-value impact, or is it merely pandering?
In such circumstances, what paths do nations have to genuine self-
reliance? In an era of geopolitical conflict across kinetic, cyber or
ideological arenas, what can be done to prevent the weaponisation
of everything? How can the international community ensure that
the supply lines essential to health and food security, for instance,
are protected from arbitrary political action?
Tobias Lindner, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Péter Sztáray, Minister of State for Security Policy, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber and
Emerging Technology, United States
Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External
Affairs, Government of India
Moderator: Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Aspen Centre, India
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2040-2200 Dinner Discussions Shahjehan Quadrophenia: Rewiring the Indo-Pacific’s Political
Economy
Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific are no longer just about security or
economics. They blend the two, seeking to create new linkages of
trade, trust, and norms.
From securing supplies of rare earth minerals and semiconductors
to ensuring the spread of sustainable, quality infrastructure, can
groupings like the Quad script a new economic architecture for
the Indo-Pacific? How can we conceive partnerships that extend
beyond traditional security and are inclusive enough to bring in
key partners like Korea and ASEAN? Given internal divisions within
the Quad on questions from trade norms to data regulation, can a
divided house push a unified geo-economic vision?
Keynote: Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor,
Cyber and Emerging Technology, United States
Melissa Conley Tyler, Program Lead, Asia-Pacific Development,

Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue, Australia
Kim Heungchong, President, Korea Institute for International
Economic Policy, South Korea
Lydia Kostopoulos, Senior Vice President, Emerging Tech,
KnowBe4, United States
Satoru Nagao, Fellow (Non-Resident), Hudson Institute, Japan
Moderator: Ashutosh Chadha, Director and Country Head,
Government Affairs and Public Policy, Microsoft, India
Mumtaz Banking the Next 2 Billion: Digital Payments, Currencies

and Caution
Digital technology will transform finance over the 21st century.
From blockchain to decentralised finance, digital payments to
loans on tab, electronic IDs to digital currencies, will change our
assessment of finance and will implicate our financial inclusion.
What are the achievements in terms of financial and social
technology thanks to the dissemination of new technology in
the sector? How can countries collaborate on shared regimes to
address vexed questions such as digital taxation and the regulation
of digital assets? How can the regulatory architecture catalyse the
service of the underserved and create digital global safety nets?
Can the protection and creation of global public goods go along
with value creation and entrepreneurial growth? How does any
national government create sharp regulations in a borderless digital
ecosystem which is both undeciphered and delocalised?
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State, Information and
Communication Technology, Bangladesh
Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament, India
Astha Kapoor, Co-founder, Aapti Institute
Usta Kaitesi, CEO, Rwanda Governance Board, Rwanda
Kwame Owino, CEO, IEA, Kenya
Moderator: Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, India
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2040-2200 Dinner Discussions Roshanara Green Battlegrounds: Carbon Tax or Taxing Poverty?
The most efficient mechanism to accelerate the transition to low-
carbon growth is a carbon price. But how will different approaches
to taxing or pricing carbon intersect with each other? A uniform
global price for carbon would violate the basic principle that
developing nations be treated differently from the developed
world, which is responsible for 80 percent of historical emissions.
It would undercut emerging nations’ development budgets and
condemn many to poverty.
How can we ensure that the developing world’s poverty is not the
developed world’s mitigation strategy? Are new trade policies
and investment biases seeking to serve the developed world’s
interests? How can a more equitable carbon pricing arrangement
be developed? What role could “climate clubs” play? How can any
and all carbon tax collected by the developed world be deployed
for development imperatives of the emerging world?
Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources;
Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President, Program Strategy and
Chief of Staff, The Rockefeller Foundation, United States
Shirish Sinha, Director, Climate, Children’s Investment Fund
Foundation, India
Kira Vinke, Head, Centre for Climate and Foreign Policy, German
Council on Foreign Relations, Germany
Moderator: Ulka Kelkar, Director, Climate Program, World
Resources Institute, India
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2040-2200 Dinner Discussions Jehangir Guardians of the Caspian: Deciphering the Geopolitics
of Eurasia
From the Heartland theory to the Great Game, Eurasia has long been
at the core of global politics. The brewing entente cordiale between
China and Russia is rewriting the rules of the game; and the return of
the Taliban means the script of terrorism stalks Eurasia once again.
How has the fall of Afghanistan changed regional dynamics? How is
the Moscow-Beijing entente and the current Ukraine war reshaping
the politics and security of the region? Post the Armenian-
Azerbaijani conflict, how does Erdogan’s Turkey influence regional
stability? How can the US and the EU play a shaping role in the
region and what partnerships will they need to foster? As the world
is altered by technology, pandemics, and climate change, how are
Eurasian nations and regional institutions rising to the challenge?
Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, Assistant Minister; Director General (South
Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran
Alica Kizeková, Head, Asia Pacific Unit, Institute of International
Relations, Czech Republic
Kairat Sarybay, Executive Director, Conference on Interaction and
Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Kazakhstan
Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies,
Uzbekistan
Francoise Nicolas, Director, Center For Asian Studies, French
Institute of International Relations, France
Moderator: Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter and Journalist,
Germany
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Raisina Fireside
In Conversation: Curtain Raiser

Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation, India
The Myanmar Question: One Year On

Shahidul Haque, Senior Fellow, South Asian Institute of Policy and Government, North South
University, Bangladesh
Moderator: Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India
The Meta Question: Global Technology, Local Aspirations (Virtual)

Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs, Meta, United Kingdom
Moderator: Ashok Malik, Policy Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Can the Atlantic Order Unite in the Indo-Pacific?

Adm. Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff, United Kingdom
Moderator: Vikram Singh, Senior Advisor, US–India Strategic Partnership Forum, United States
Warsaw Vision: The OSCE in a Changing World

Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderator: Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Yuans and Euros: Decoding China’s Role in Europe

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Moderator: Garima Mohan, Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
COP26 Scorecard: Creeping Decay?

The View From Buenos Aires: Latin America and the New World Order
Santiago Andrés Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Argentina
Moderator: Diego Llosa Velásquez, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Peru
Wires of War: India, UK, and National Defence in the 21st Century
Jeremy Quin, Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement), United Kingdom
Moderator: Sameer Patil, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Pandemic, Technology, and I: A Story from Africa

Nanjira Sambuli, Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, United States
Moderator: Nilanjan Ghosh, Director, Centre for New Economic Diplomacy, Observer Research
Foundation, India
38
Canberra Connect: India–Australia Ties in the Contemporary World
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RMA 2.0? India and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Gen. Manoj M Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, India
Moderator: Harsh V Pant, Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research
Foundation, India
The Pivot to Asia Turns 10: Retrospect and Prospect

Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, United States
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation, India
ASEAN and its Role in the Global Order

Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Moderator: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology,
Observer Research Foundation, India
The Caucasus and the New World Order

Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Moderator: Mihir Sharma, Director, Economy and Growth Programme, Observer Research
Foundation, India
The Sanctions Fallout: Geoeconomics after Ukraine

Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg
Moderator: Milena Lazarevic, Programme Director and Co-Founder, European Policy Centre,
Serbia
Tech Travails: Democracies and the Future of Technology

Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber and Emerging Technology, United
States
Moderator: Sameer Patil, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
India and the New Information Order: A Conversation with Minister Anurag Thakur
Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports,
India
Moderator: Gautam Chikermane, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation, India
A New Dawn: Mapping a Vision for Europe

Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Moderator: Maha Siddiqui, Editor, Foreign Affairs and Anchor at CNN-News18, India
Shifting Sands: India and the New Middle East (Virtual)

Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab
Emirates
Moderator: Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Till Tech Does Us Part

Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-Founder, Digital India Foundation, India
Jeffrey Nadaner, Executive Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, SAFE, United States
India’s World: Raisina Special

Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India
Moderator: Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
39
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From Budapest to Bangalore: Creating a Global Response to Digital Bads

Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder, iSPIRT, India
Moderator: Astha Kapoor, Co-Founder, Aapti Institute, India
Pax Sinica: Decoding Eurasia’s future

Alexander Gabuev, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Moscow Centre, Russia
Foundation, India
Eurosylum: Migration in Context

Jenny Mander, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Moderator: Jaibal Naduvath, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation,
India
Powering Growth: Nigeria and the Future of African Connectivity

Moderator: Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India
Arteries of Geopolitics: Japan, India, and Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific

Tadashi Maeda, Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan
Foundation, India
Quantum and The Future of Technology

Vikram Sharma, Founder and CEO, Quintessence Labs, Australia
Moderator: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology,
Observer Research Foundation, India
Ukraine and the Future of BRICS

Feodor Voitolovsky, Director, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Victoria Panova, Vice President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Moderator: Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
World War(m) III: Adaptation and Disaster Resilience

Richard J. Randriamandrato, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madagascar
Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guyana
Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the Parliament; Former President, Maldives
Moderator: Galit Palzur, Sustainability and Climate Risk Management Expert, Israel
Europe’s Heartland: The Future of Union

Péter Sztáray, Minister of State for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Hungary
Orientalism 2.0: Is Media Biased?

Alexandra Brzozowski, Reporter, EURACTIV Media Network, Belgium
Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter and Journalist, Germany
Moderator: Jaibal Naduvath, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation,
India
40
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Is the Past Prologue: The Importance of Museums in the Contemporary World
Ian Blatchford, Director and CEO, Science Museum Group, United Kingdom
Moderator: Gautam Chikermane, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation, India
The World (Dis)Ordered: Examining Challenges to the International System

João Gomes Cravinho, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
Moderator: Maha Siddiqui, Editor, Foreign Affairs and Anchor, CNN-News18, India
Governing the Pandemic: The Indian Way

Priyam Gandhi-Mody, Author and Communications Strategist, India
Foundation, India
Ghosts of History: Are Delhi and Washington Doomed to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past
(Virtual)
Richard Verma, General Counsel and Head of Global Public Policy, Mastercard, United States
Mainstreaming SDGs in Foreign Policy

Melinda Bohannon, Director, Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
Office, United Kingdom
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head, Policy Planning, Ministry for Europe and Foreign
Affairs, France
Sridharan Madhusudhanan, Joint Secretary, Development Partnership Administration – I,
Ministry of External Affairs, India
Moderator: Malancha Chakrabarty, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Something in the Air: Taking Stock of India’s Air Pollution Crisis

Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India
Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism and Environment, Government of Maharashtra, India
The Great Unleveller: Lessons for Public Health from the Pandemic
Rema Rajeshwari, District Police Chief, Nalgonda, Telangana, India
Sridhar Venkatapuram, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, King’s Global Health Institute,
United Kingdom
Jean-Pierre Le Calvez, Senior Advisor, Global Health Strategies, France
Moderator: Oommen C Kurian, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
The Digital Himalayas

Sixit Bhatta, Co-Founder and CEO, tootle.today, Nepal
Moderator: Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India
The Pandemic, The Conflict, and Global Governance

Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister Political and Economic, Ministry Of
Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana
Moderator: Malancha Chakrabarty, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Iran and the World

Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami, Deputy Foreign Minister and President of the Institute for
Political and International Studies (IPIS), Iran
41
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India’s World: Raisina Special

Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India
Moderator: Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Bytes and Bullets: The Future of Defence Technology and Innovation

Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation, United States
Moderator: Harsh V Pant, Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research
Foundation, India
Embers of Hope: Future of West Asia

Moosa Al Farai, CEO, Atheer, Oman
Col. (Retd.) Miriam Eisin, Senior Lecturer, Reichman University, Israel
Moderator: Aleksandra Dier, Regional Advisor on Women, Peace and Security in the Middle
East and North Africa, UN Women
Tracking the Climate Agenda: The Leadup to COP27 (Virtual)

Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, UNFCCC COP27 Conference,
Egypt
Foundation, India
Online Appearances
April 25, 2022 (Curtain Raiser)
The Role of the UN in a Polarising World
Abdulla Shahid, President, United Nations General Assembly
April 26, 2022

SCO in the Emerging World Order: Principles, Politics and Purpose
Zhang Ming, Secretary-General, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
42
Associated Events
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Asian Forum for Global Governance
April 21-30, Taj Palace Hotel
Organised by the Observer Research Foundation and the
Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
UNCLOS Meets an Insecure World

April 26, 2022, Roshanara Hall, Taj Palace Hotel
Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
Mitigating the Public Health Impact of Used Cooking Oil

Organised by the Observer Research Foundation, in collaboration with

Neste, Asia Group Advisors (AGA) and Koan Advisory
Enhancing Global Cybersecurity Cooperation: EU and Indian Perspectives

Organised by the Observer Research Foundation, in collaboration with the

Enhanced Security Cooperation in and with Asia (ESIWA), a project of the European Union (EU)
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S P E A K E R S
Inauguration
Monday, April 25, 2022
1800-1900, Durbar
SPEA KERS
Narendra Modi Ursula von der Leyen
Prime Minister of India President, European Commission
47
Speakers
SPEA KERS
Aaditya Thackeray Air Marshal Luc De Rancourt
Minister of Tourism and Deputy Director General

Environment, Government of for International Affairs and
Maharashtra, India Strategy, Ministry for Armed
Forces, France
Abhay Thakur Ajay Kumar
Additional Secretary (G20), Defence Secretary,

Ministry of External Affairs, India Ministry of Defence, India
Adm. John C. Aquilino Ajit Mohan
Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Vice President and Managing

Command Director, Meta India
Adm. R Hari Kumar Aleksandra Dier
Chief of the Naval Staff, India Regional Advisor on Women,

Peace and Security in the Middle
East and North Africa, UN
Women
Adm. Tony Radakin Alena Kudzko
Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice President, GLOBSEC,

United Kingdom Slovakia
48
Alexander Gabuev Aminath Shauna
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Moscow Minister of Environment, Climate

Centre, Russia Change and Technology,
Maldives
Alexandra Brzozowski Amish Tripathi
Reporter, EURACTIV Media Director, The Nehru Centre;

Network, Belgium Author, India
SPEA KERS
Ali Aslan Amitabh Kant
International TV Presenter and CEO, NITI Aayog, India

Journalist, Germany
Alica Kizeková Andrei Bystritsky
Head, Asia Pacific Unit, Institute Chairman, Foundation for

of International Relations, Czech Development and Support,
Republic Valdai Discussion Club, Russia
Amandeep Gill Andrew Shearer
CEO and Project Director, Director-General, Office of

I-DAIR, Switzerland National Intelligence, Australia
Amar Patnaik Anjali Nayyar
Member of Parliament, Executive Vice President, Global

India Health Strategies, India
Ambika Vishwanath Anna Roy
Co-Founder and Director, Advisor (DMA & Frontier

Kubernein Initiative, India Technology), NITI Aayog, India
49
Anne Neuberger Ashok Malik
Deputy National Security Policy Advisor, Ministry of

Advisor, Cyber and Emerging External Affairs, India
Technology, United States
Anniken Huitfeldt Ashutosh Chadha
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director and Country Head,

Norway Government Affairs and Public
Policy, Microsoft, India
SPEA KERS
Anthony Abbott Astha Kapoor
Former Prime Minister, Australia Co-Founder, Aapti Institute,

India
Anurag Thakur Athira Menon
Minister of Information and Head, Public Policy, Uber India

Broadcasting; Minister of Youth and South Asia
Affairs and Sports, India
Anže Logar Ausaf Sayeed
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary (CPV and OIA),

Slovenia Ministry of External Affairs,
India
Ararat Mirzoyan Ayoade Alakija
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Co-Chair, African Union’s African

Armenia Vaccine Delivery Alliance;
Special Envoy and Co-Chair for
ACT-Accelerator, World Health
Organization
Arvind Gupta Baijayant Panda
Head and Co-Founder, Digital National Vice President,

India Foundation, India Bharatiya Janata Party, India
50
Bela Bajaria Cecile Fruman
Head of Global TV, Netflix, India Director, Regional Integration

and Engagement, South Asia,
World Bank
Bhupendra Yadav Chandrika Bahadur
Minister of Environment, Forest Former Director, SDG Academy,

and Climate Change, India India
SPEA KERS
Bibek Debroy Charles Kupchan
Chairman, Economic Advisory Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign

Council to the Prime Minister, Relations; Professor of International
India Relations, Georgetown University,
United States
Biswo Nath Poudel Christian Kettel Thomsen
Vice Chairperson, National Vice President, European

Planning Commission, Nepal Investment Bank
Bruno Bosle Christophe Penot
Country Director, AFD, France Ambassador for the Indo-Pacific,

Ministry for Europe and Foreign
Affairs, France
Caitriona Heinl Col. (Retd.) Miriam Eisin
Executive Director; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Reichman

Research Fellow, The Azure University, Israel
Forum for Contemporary
Security Strategy, Ireland
Carl Bildt Dammu Ravi
Former Prime Minister, Sweden Secretary (Economic Relations),

51
Daniel Carmon Elizabeth Yee
Senior Research Fellow, Executive Vice President,

International Institute for Program Strategy and Chief
Counter-Terrorism, Israel; Former of Staff, The Rockefeller
Ambassador of Israel to India Foundation, United States
Daniel Twining Erin Saltman
President, International Director of Programming, Global

Republican Institute, United Internet Forum to Counter
States Terrorism (GIFCT), United States
SPEA KERS
Diego Llosa Velásquez Erin Watson-Lynn
Former Vice-Minister of Foreign Public Affairs Consultant and

Trade, Peru Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith
Asia Institute, Australia
Dino Patti Djalal Feodor Voitolovsky
Founder and Chairman, Foreign Director, Primakov Institute

Policy Community of Indonesia, of World Economy and
Indonesia International Relations, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Russia
Dóra Szűcs François Godemont
Head, International Relations, Senior Advisor, Institut

Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Montaigne, France
Hungary
Eamon Gilmore Francoise Nicolas
Special Representative for Director, Center For Asian

Human Rights, European Union Studies, French Institute of
International Relations, France
Eldor Aripov Gabrielius Landsbergis
Director, Institute of Strategic Minister of Foreign Affairs,

and Regional Studies, Lithuania
Uzbekistan
52
Galit Palzur Geoffrey Onyeama
Sustainability and Climate Risk Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Management Expert, Israel Nigeria
Gargee Ghosh Gudrun Wacker
President, Global Policy and Senior Fellow, German Institute

Advocacy, Bill and Melinda for International and Security
Gates Foundation, India Affairs (SWP), Germany
SPEA KERS
Garima Mohan Gwendoline Abunaw
Fellow, Asia Programme, Managing Director, EcoBank

German Marshall Fund, Germany Cameroon, Cameroon
Gautam Chikermane Harsh V Pant
Vice President, Observer Vice President, Studies and

Research Foundation, India Foreign Policy, Observer
Gen. Angus Campbell Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Chief of the Defence Force, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of

Australia External Affairs, India
Gen. Koji Yamazaki Henri Verdier
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japan Ambassador for Digital Affairs,

Self-Defense Forces, Japan Ministry for Europe and Foreign
Affairs, France
Gen. Manoj M Naravane Heribert Dieter
Chief of the Army Staff, India Senior Fellow, German Institute

for International and Security
Affairs, Germany
53
Hiroyuki Akita Jane Holl Lute
Commentator, Foreign Affairs Former Deputy Secretary,

and International Security, Department of Homeland
Nikkei, Japan Security, United States
Hugh Hilton Todd Janka Oertel
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director, Asia Programme, ECFR,

International Cooperation, Germany
Guyana
SPEA KERS
Ian Blatchford Javid Ahmad
Director and CEO, Science Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council,

Museum Group, United United States
Kingdom
Ila Patnaik Javier Salido Ortiz
Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Director General for North

Group, India America, Eastern Europe, Asia
and the Pacific, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Spain
Indrani Bagchi Jayant Sinha
CEO, Ananta Aspen Centre, Member of Parliament, India

India
Jaibal Naduvath Jean Asselborn
Vice President and Senior Minister of Foreign and

Fellow, Observer Research European Affairs, Luxembourg
Foundation
James Carafano Jeffrey Nadaner
Vice President, Foreign Policy, Executive Vice President,

The Heritage Foundation, Government and Public Affairs,
United States SAFE, United States
54
Jenny Mander Kairat Sarybay
Co-Director, Centre for the Executive Director, Conference

Study of Global Human on Interaction and Confidence
Movement, University of Building Measures in Asia
Cambridge, United Kingdom (CICA), Kazakhstan
Jeremy Jurgens Kanchan Gupta
Managing Director; Head of Senior Adviser, Ministry of

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Information and Broadcasting,
Revolution, World Economic India
SPEA KERS
Forum
Jeremy Quin Kaush Arha
Minister of State (Minister for Fellow, Atlantic Council,

Defence Procurement), Scowcroft Center for Strategy
United Kingdom and Security, United States
Jesal Doshi Kenneth Juster
Deputy CEO, B Medical Distinguished Fellow, Council on

Systems, Luxembourg Foreign Relations, United States;
Former Ambassador of United
States to India
João Gomes Cravinho Kim Heungchong
Minister of Foreign Affairs, President, Korea Institute for

Portugal International Economic Policy,
South Korea
Joan Benson Kira Vinke
Executive Director, Public Health Head, Center for Climate and

Partnerships, Global Vaccines Foreign Policy, German Council
Public Policy, Merck, United on Foreign Relations (DGAP),
States Germany
Joojin Kim Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong
Managing Director, Solutions For Deputy Minister Political and

Our Climate, South Korea Economic, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Regional Integration,
Ghana
55
Kwame Owino Lucy Corkin
CEO, IEA, Kenya Business Strategist, RMB,

South Africa
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini Lydia Kostopolous
Deputy Minister of International Senior Vice President, Emerging

Relations and Cooperation, Tech, KnowBe4, United States
South Africa
SPEA KERS
Lakshmi Puri Lynn Kuok
Former Assistant Secretary Shangri-La Dialogue Senior

General, United Nations, India Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security,
IISS, Singapore
Leslie Vinjamuri Wright M. Hari Menon
Director, US and Americas, Director, India Country

Chatham House, United Office, Bill and Melinda Gates
Kingdom Foundation, India
Lisa Curtis Madhuri Dixit
Director, Indo-Pacific Security Actor, Producer, India

Program, CNAS, United States
Lisa Singh Mahmoud Mohieldin
Director and CEO, Australia UN Climate Change High-Level

India Institute, Australia Champion, UNFCCC COP27
Conference, Egypt
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Rajesh Pant Maj. Gen. Jung Hae-Il
National Cyber Security President, Korea National

Coordinator, Prime Minister’s Defence University, South Korea
Office, India
56
Malancha Chakrabarty Medha Girotra
Fellow, Observer Research Vice President, Public Policy

Foundation, India (South Asia), Mastercard, United
States
Malshini Senaratne Meenakashi Lekhi
Asst. Head of Department Minister of State, Ministry of

and Lecturer, University of External Affairs, India
Seychelles, Seychelles
SPEA KERS
Manish Tewari Melinda Bohannon
Member of Parliament, India Director, Strategy, Foreign,

Commonwealth and
Development Office,
United Kingdom
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil Melissa Conley Tyler
Head, Policy Planning, Ministry Program Lead, Asia-Pacific

for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Development, Diplomacy and
France Defence Dialogue,
Australia
Mark Chataway Mihir Sharma
Managing Director, Hyderus, Director, Economy and Growth

United Kingdom Programme, Observer Research
Foundation, India
Mathias Cormann Milena Lazarevic
Secretary-General, OECD Programme Director and

Co-Founder, European Policy
Centre, Serbia
Md. Shahriar Alam Ming-Shih Shen
State Minister for Foreign Acting Deputy CEO & Director,

Affairs, Bangladesh Division of National Security
Research, Institute for National
Defence and Security Research
57
Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman Nanjira Sambuli
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Fellow, Technology and

Office; Second Minister for International Affairs Program,
Foreign Affairs and Education, Carnegie Endowment for
Singapore International Peace,
United States
Mohamed Nasheed
Narek Mkrtchyan
Speaker of the Parliament;
Former President, Maldives Minister of Labor and Social
Affairs, Armenia
SPEA KERS
Mohammad Hassan
Sheikholeslami Navdeep Suri
Deputy Foreign Minister and Distinguished Fellow, Observer

President of the Institute for Research Foundation, India
Political and International
Studies (IPIS), Iran
Moosa Al-Farai Nick Clegg
CEO, Atheer, Oman President, Global Affairs, Meta,

United Kingdom
Naghma Sahar Nilanjan Ghosh
Senior Fellow, Observer Director, Centre for New

Research Foundation, India Economic Diplomacy, Observer
Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel N.K. Singh
Vice President, International Chairman, 15th Finance

Government Affairs, Lockheed Commission, India
Martin, United States
Nandan Unnikrishnan Omneya Ghamry
Distinguished Fellow, Observer Programme Manager, Cairo

Research Foundation, India International Centre for Conflict
Resolution, Peacekeeping and
Peacebuilding, Egypt
58
Oommen C Kurian Preeti Sudan
Senior Fellow, Observer Panel Member, The

Research Foundation, India Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response;
Former Secretary (Health), India
Palki Sharma Upadhyay Preeti Soni
Executive Editor, WION, India Head, UN Asian and Pacific

Centre for Transfer of
Technology, India
SPEA KERS
Peter Grk Priyanka Chaturvedi
Secretary-General, Bled Member of Parliament,

Strategic Forum, Ministry of India
Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Péter Sztáray Rachel Rizzo
Minister of State for Security Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Centre, United States
and Trade, Hungary
Petra Sigmund Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Director General for Asia and Minister of State, Electronics and

the Pacific, Federal Foreign Information Technology, India
Office, Germany
Philippe Orliange Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
International Operations Director, Centre for Security,

Executive Director, AFD, France Strategy and Technology,
Observer Research Foundation,
India
Priyam Gandhi-Mody Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Author and Communications Minister of State, Ministry of

Strategist, India External Affairs, India
59
Rayali Banerjee Saad Mohseni
Communications Manager at CEO, MOBY Group, Australia

Syngenta, Australia and New
Zealand
Rayhan Asat Sameer Patil
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council,

United States Senior Fellow, Observer
SPEA KERS
Reinhard Bütikofer Samir Saran
Member, European Parliament, President, Observer Research

Germany Foundation, India
Rema Rajeshwari Sanjay Verma
District Police Chief, Nalgonda, Secretary (West), Ministry of

Telangana, India External Affairs, India
Richard J. Randriamandrato Sanskriti Dawle
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Co-Founder and CEO,

Madagascar Thinkerbell Labs, India
Romana Vlahutin Santiago Andrés Cafiero
Ambassador at Large for Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Connectivity, European External International Trade, and
Action Service Worship, Argentina
S. Jaishankar Sarah Bressan
Minister of External Affairs, India Co-Founder, Better Think

Tanking; Research Fellow, Global
Public Policy Institute (GPPi),
Germany
60
Satoru Nagao Shekhar Kapur
Fellow (Non-Resident), Actor, Director, Producer, India

Hudson Institute, Japan
Saurabh Kumar Shikha Bhasin
Secretary (East), Ministry of Senior Programme Lead, Council

External Affairs, India on Energy, Environment and
Water (CEEW), India
SPEA KERS
Seyed Rasoul Mousavi Shirish Sinha
Assistant Minister; Director Director, Climate, CIFF, India

General (South Asia), Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Iran
Shahidul Haque Shombi Sharp
Senior Fellow, South Asian Resident Coordinator India,

Institute of Policy and United Nations
Government, North South
University, Bangladesh
Shamika Ravi Shrayana Bhattacharya
Vice President, Economic Policy, Economist, Social Protection

Observer Research Foundation, and Labour Unit for South Asia,
India World Bank
Sharad Sharma Sixit Bhatta
CEO, iSPIRT, India Co-Founder and CEO, tootle.

today, Nepal
Shashi Tharoor Smriti Z. Irani
Member of Parliament, India Minister of Women and Child

Development, India
61
Stefan Mair Tan Kiat How
Executive Chairman and Minister of State, Ministry

Director, German Institute for of National Development;
International and Security Affairs Minister of State, Ministry
(SWP), Germany of Communications and
Information, Singapore
Stéphane Duguin
Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.
CEO, CyberPeace Institute,
Switzerland Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
Philippines
SPEA KERS
Stephen Harper
Thorsten Benner
Former Prime Minister, Canada
Co-Founder and Director, Global
Public Policy Institute, Germany
Stormy-Annika Mildner
Tim Cahill
Executive Director, Aspen
Institute Germany, Germany Senior Vice President, Global
Business Development &
Strategy, Lockheed Martin,
United States
Sumit Seth
Tobias Lindner
Joint Secretary, Policy Planning
and Research, Ministry of Minister of State, Federal
External Affairs, India Foreign Office, Germany
Sunjoy Joshi
Tshering Cigay Dorji
Chairman, Observer Research
Foundation, India Former CEO, Thimphu TechPark,
Bhutan
Tadashi Maeda
Ulka Kelkar
Governor, Japan Bank for
International Cooperation, Japan Director, Director Climate
Program, World Resources
Institute, India
62
Ursula von der Leyen Viktoriia Zhuravleva
President, European Commission Head, Center for North

American Studies, Primakov
National Research Institute
of World Economy and
International Relations (IMEMO),
Russia
Usta Kaitesi
CEO, Rwanda Governance

Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Board, Rwanda
Foreign Secretary (Designate),
SPEA KERS
India
V. Muraleedharan
Minister of State, Ministry of

Vivek Lall
External Affairs, India
Chief Executive, General
Atomics Global Corporation,
United States
Velina Tchakarova
Director, Austrian Institute for

V.K. Paul
European and Security Policy,
Austria Member, NITI Aayog, India
Victoria Panova
Vice President for International

Waseqa Ayesha Khan
Relations, Far Eastern Federal
University, Russia Chairman, Parliamentary
Standing Committee on
Ministry of Power, Energy and
Mineral Resources; Member of
Vikram Sharma
Parliament, Bangladesh
Founder and CEO, Quintessence
Labs, Australia
Wopke Hoekstra
Deputy Prime Minister; Minister

of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Vikram Singh
Senior Adviser, USISPF, United

States
63
Yalda Hakim Zunaid Ahmed Palak
Chief Presenter-International Minister of State, Information

Correspondent, BBC World and Communication Technology,
News, Australia Bangladesh
Zbigniew Rau
Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Poland
SPEA KERS
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Delegates
 AB Mathur  Aman Raj Khanna

Director, National Security Council Secretariat, India Country Director, India, The Asia Group, India
 Adam Burakowski  Amanda Ashley Toombs

Ambassador of Poland to India, Poland Community Leader, Girl Gone International; Owner,
Benefit Society (BNFT SCTY), United States
 Adam Taylor
FCDO, United Kingdom  Amanda Strohan
Deputy High Commissioner of Canada to India,
D E L EG AT E S
 Adm. Karambir Singh Canada

Chairman, National Maritime Foundation (NMF),
India  Amb. Hemant Krishan Singh
Director General, Delhi Policy Group, India
 Ahmed Suzil
Deputy Head of Mission of Maldives in India,  Amb. Katharina Wieser
Maldives Ambassador of Austria to India, Austria
 Akhilesh Mishra  Amb. Kumar Tuhin

CEO, Bluekraft Digital Foundation, India Director General, Indian Council for Cultural
Relations, India
 Aleksei Kupriianov
Head, Group on South Asia and Indian Ocean of  Amb. Freddy Svane
the Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Institute of Ambassador of Denmark to India, Denmark
World Economy and International Relations, Russian
Academy of Sciences (IMEMO, RAS), Russia  Amb. Vijay Thakur Singh
Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs,
 Alex Ellis India
FCDO, United Kingdom
 Ambika Khurana
 Ali Chegeni Director, Public Policy, Netflix, India
Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to India,
Iran
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 Amit Paranjape  Bal Krishnan Sharma
Co-Founder, ReliScore,India Director, United Service Institution of India, India
 Amun Thapa  Barry Robert O’Farrell

Founder and CEO, Sastadeal, Nepal High Commissioner Australian High Commission
Delhi, Australia
 Anastasia Likhacheva
Dean, Faculty of World Economy, National Research  Bhakti Sharma
University Higher School of Economics, Russia Sarpanch, Barkhedi Abdulla, India
 Andre Aranha Correa do Lago  Brendan Ward

Ambassador of Brazil in India, Brazil Ambassador of Ireland to India, Ireland
 Andrew Small  Brian Heath

Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, United States
Germany Embassy in India, United States
 Andrew Wilder  Bruno Bosle
D E L EG AT E S
Vice President, Center for South and Central Asia, India Director, AFD (Agence Française de
United States Institute of Peace, United States Développement), France
 Archna Vyas  Bryce Wakefield

Deputy Director, Communications, Bill & Melinda National Executive Director, Australian Institute of
Gates Foundation, India International Affairs, Australia
 Arindam Bagchi  Cameron MacKay

Official Spokesperson and Joint Secretary (XP), High Commissioner of Canada to India, Canada
 Carleton Cramer
 Artis Bertulis Dean, College of Security Studies, Daniel K. Inouye
Ambassador of Latvia in India, Latvia Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, United
States
 Asein Isaev
Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to India,  Chris Waters
Kyrgyzstan Minister-Counsellor, Australian High Commission
Delhi, Australia
 Ashraf Shikhaliyev
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to India, Azerbaijan  Claudio Ansorena Montero
Ambassador of Costa Rica to India, Costa Rica
 Asma Graimiche
Producer-Distributor, FPP Films, Morocco
69
 Cormac Callanan  Dilshod Akhatov
Cybersecurity Coordinator, EU Enhancing Security Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Cooperation, Ireland Uzbekistan to India, Uzbekistan
 Craig Briese  DJ Revar

Counsellor, Australian High Commission Delhi, NSCS, India
Australia
 Dorian Ducka
 Daniel Markey External Advisor on Investments to the Prime
Senior Advisor for South Asia, US Institute of Minister of Albania, Albania
Peace, United States
 Eduardo Uziel
 Darshana Baruah Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazil Embassy in India,
Associate Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for Brazil
International Peace, India
 Eleonora Dimitrova
 Dave Sutton Ambassador of Bulgaria to India, Bulgaria
Director for Asia, Lockheed Martin, United States
D E L EG AT E S
 Elias Marini Schaefer

 David Pine Program Officer, KAS, Germany
High Commissioner of New Zealand in India, New
Zealand  Federico Salas Lotfe
Ambassador of Mexico in India, Mexico
 David Simon Gideon
Senior Systems Engineer, PTP, United Kingdom  François Delhaye
Ambassador of Belgium to India, Belgium
 David White
FCDO, United Kingdom G Byambasuren
General Director, Policy Planning Department,
 Deepak Mishra Mongolia
Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for
Research on International Economic Relations  Ganbold Dambajav
(ICRIER), India Ambassador of Mongolia in India, Mongolia
 Deepali Khanna  Garima Verma

Vice President, Asia, The Rockefeller Foundation, FCDO, United Kingdom
India
 Gaurav Dalmia
 Denis Evgenyevich Alipov Chairman, Dalmia Group Holdings, India
Ambassador of Russia to India, Russia
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 Gaurav Sharma
Member of Parliament, New Zealand  Imran Muhammad
High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India,
 Govinda Raj Pokharel Bangladesh
Member, Central Committee (Nepali Congress) &
Former Vice Chairperson, Planning Commission,  Ingrid Henick
Nepal Vice President, The Cohen Group, United States
 Greg Moriarty  Jacky Amprou

Secretary of the Department of Defence, Australia AFD Regional Director South Asia, France
 Gurjit Singh  Jagannatha Kumar

Former Ambassador to Germany, Indonesia, Honorary Treasurer, Observer Research Foundation;
Ethiopia ASEAN and the African Union Chair, India CEO, Reliance Foundation, India
 Harald Nusser  Jaivir Singh

Vice President, Global Patient Solutions, United Vice Chairman, PwC India Foundation, India
States
D E L EG AT E S
 Jakub Klepal
 Harsh Gupta Executive Director, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech
Investor, Author, India Republic
 Hijiri Tomiyama  James Crabtree

Deputy Director at the Social Infrastructure Finance Author and Journalist; Associate Professor of
Department, Infrastructure and Environment Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Finance Group, Japan Bank for International Policy, Singapore
Cooperation, Japan
 Jane Terry
 Hugo Javier Gobbi Vice President Communications, Lockheed Martin,
Ambassador of Argentina in India, Argentina United States
 Hussain Niyaaz  Jarnail Singh

High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives in Deputy Director, India, John D. and Catherine T.
India, Maldives MacArthur Foundation, India
 Ilaha Ibrahimli  Jayashree Balasubramanian

Deputy Secretary General, Nizami Ganjavi Head, Communication, Reliance Foundation, India
International Centre, Azerbaijan
 Jean-Paul Pritchard
Ops Manager, CIVIPOL, France
71
 Jens Hanefeld  Klas Molin
Head of International and European Policy, Ambassador of Sweden in India, Sweden
Volkswagen AG, Germany
 Koyel Mandal
 Jernej Grahor Chief of Programs, Shakti Sustainable Energy
Project Manager, Centre for European Perspective, Foundation, India
Slovenia
 Leon Marc
 Jiten Jain Ambassador, Advisor in the Minister’s Office,
CEO, Indian Infosec Consortium, India Slovenia
 Julius Pranevičius  Lukmon Bobokalonzoda

Ambassador of the Republic to Lithuania to the Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the
Republic of India, Lithuania Republic of India, Tajikistan
 Kanchi Gupta  Madhura Joshi

Senior Program Associate, ClimateWorks, India India Energy Transitions Lead, E3G, India
D E L EG AT E S
 Kanwal Sibal  Mahadevan Nambiar

Former Foreign Secretary, India Public Policy, Uber, India
 Kartik Pande  Mahima Kaushal

Joint Secretary (IOR), Ministry of External Affairs, FCDO, United Kingdom
India
 Maj. Gen. Rajesh Arun Moghe
 Katrin Kivi Senior Directing Staff, National Defence College,
Ambassador of Estonia in India, Estonia India
 Katy Budge  Mandakini Kaul

FCDO, United Kingdom Regional Coordinator, South Asia, World Bank,
India
 Kavitha Kunhi Kannan
META, India  Manish Dabhade
Founder, The Indian Futures, India
 Kedir Awol Omar
Head of Mission, Saudi Arabia, International  Manoj Joshi
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Ethiopia Distinguished Fellow, ORF, India
 Klara Jordan Tothova  Mariana Pacheco Montes

Chief Public Policy Officer, CyberPeace Institute, Ambassador of Colombia to India, Colombia
Switzerland
72
 Marie Schroeter  Mukesh Aghi
Junior Expert, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Mercator President and CEO, US-India Strategic Partnership
Fellow, Germany Forum, United States
 Martin Strandgaard  Nagesh Singh

Deputy Head of Mission, Danish Embassy to India, Chief of Protocol, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Denmark
 Nalin Mehta
 Mateja Vodeb Ghosh Dean, School of Modern Media, UPES; Non-
Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to India, Resident Senior Fellow, ISAS, National University
Slovenia Singapore; Advisor, Global University Systems, India
 Md Shadan Zeb Khan  Naveen Srivastava

Secretary, Central Waqf Council, India Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
 Michael Karimian  Neelima Dwivedi

Director, Digital Diplomacy, Asia and the Pacific, Executive Director, Government Affairs, Policy,
Microsoft, United Kingdom Communications and Market Access, India Region,
D E L EG AT E S
MSD Pharma, India
 Mikhail Korostikov
ESG Cooperation Head, Sberbank International,  Neeta Bhushan
Russia Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
 Milan Solár  Nivedita Mehra

First Vice President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia Managing Director-India, US-India Strategic
Partnership Forum, India
 Milos Prislan
Deputy Head of Mission, Slovenian Embassy in  Nurlan Zhalgasbayev
India, Slovenia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Republic of Kazakhstan to India, Kazakhstan
 Monika Shergill
Vice President, Content, Los Gatos Production  Oshrit Birvadker
Services India LLP, Netflix, India Lecturer, IDC Herzilya, Israel
 Mridul Kumar  Pallavi Parashram Ade

Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Co-Founder, Asian Pathfinders Director, Kaaram
India Food and Agro, India
 Muhammad Inran  Pankaj Madan

High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Deputy Head, India Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-
Bangladesh Stiftung, India
73
 Patricia Anne Lacina  Rajesh Ranjan
Charge d’Affaires, American Embassy in India, Director, Government Affairs, Microsoft, India
United States
 Rajesh Shah
 Pattarat Hongtong Trustee, ORF; Co-Chairman and MD, Mukand Ltd.,
Ambassador of Thailand to India, Thailand India
 Pavel Mraz  Rajiv Aggarwal

Senior Project Manager, Microsoft, Czech Republic META, India
 Payal Kamat  Rajiv Bhatia

Public Policy Manager, Twitter India, India Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Studies Programme
at Gateway House, India
 Peiling Yap Bratschi
Chief Scientist, I-DAIR, Singapore  Ralf Nikolaus Heckner
Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan,
 Peter O’Connor Switzerland
Deputy Head of Mission of Ireland in India, Ireland
D E L EG AT E S
 Renu Pall
 Peter Rimmele Additional Secretary for New Emerging and Strategic
Former Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Technologies, Ministry of External Affairs, India
India
 Reuben Gauci
 Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty High Commission of Malta in India, Malta
Visiting Fellow, ORF, India
 Reuben Gauci
 Pornet Alisée High Commissioner of Malta, Malta
Head of Climate Finance and Energy, AFD India,
France  Ritva Inkeri Ronde
Ambassador of Finland to India, Finland
 Prachi Satish Parab
Manager, Matrix IEC Pvt Ltd, India  Robert Maxian
Ambassador of Slovakia to India, Slovakia
 Pradeep Goswami
Deputy Director, United Service Institution of India,  Rohan R Sirkar
India Director, Public Policy, South Asia, Mastercard, India
 Radhika Kaul Batra  Rohina Dass

Chief of Staff, UNRCO, United Nations Senior Program Associate, Global Health
Strategies, India
74
 Rohit Bansal  Sarah Teich
Head of Communications, RIL, India Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
 Roman Babushkin  Sarral Sharma

Minister Counsellor and DCM of Russia to India, PhD Scholar Special Centre for National Security
Russia Studies (SCNSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU), India
 Ronny Dirk Heine
Regional Representative to Central Asia, Konrad-  Satwant Khanalia
Adenauer-Stiftun, Uzbekistan Director (FSO), Ministry of External Affairs, India
 Rudra Chaudhuri  Shagufta Kamran

Director, Carnegie India, India Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Twitter,
India
 Saachi Bhalla
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates  Shalar Geldynazarov
Foundation, India Ambassador, Embassy of Turkmenistan in India,
Turkmenistan
D E L EG AT E S
 Samir Ahmad Bhat
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and  Shaurya Doval
Governance, Central University of Kashmir, India Founder, The India Foundation, India
 Samiran Gupta  Shishir Bajoria

Senior Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, State Executive Member, BJP West Bengal, India
India and South Asia, India
 Shivnath Thukral
 Sandeep Arya META, India
Additional Secretary (D&ISA), Ministry of External
Affairs, India  Shriram Nene
Doctor, India
 Sandeep Aurora
Senior SDE, Microsoft, United States  Shubhashis Dey
Director, Climate Policy (Low Carbon Development,
 Santosh Jha Air Quality and Climate Finance), Shakti Sustainable
Ambassador of India to Belgium, India Energy Foundation, India
 Sarah Storey  Siddhartha Raja

Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank
Commission to India, Australia
 Sinisa Pavic
Ambassador of Serbia to India, Serbia
75
 Smita Barooah  Syed Mafiz Kamal “Onik”
National Executive Council Member, Mahila Senior Analyst, Centre for Research and
Morcha, BJP, India Information, Bangladesh
 Sriram Gutta  Tadeusz Chomicki

Deputy Head, India and South Asia, World Ambassador for Cyber Tech Affairs, Ministry of
Economic Forum Foreign Affairs, Poland
 Stefania Benaglia  Tahina Rasamoelina

Associate Researcher, CEPS, Belgium Chargee d’Affaires in India, Madagascar
 Steven Bartholomeusz  Tammy de Wright

Head of Public Affairs, Asia Pacific, Neste, Counsellor (Political), Australian High Commission,
Singapore Delhi, Australia
 Sudip Mozumder  Tatiana Seliverstova

Lead External Affairs Advisor, South Asia Region, Chairman of the Management Board, Leaders of
World Bank International Cooperation, Russia
D E L EG AT E S
 Sujan Chinoy  Thirapath Mongkolnavin

Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Deputy Chief of Mission, Thai Embassy in India,
Defence Studies and Analyses, India Thailand
 Sujeet Kumar  Thomas Cherian

Member of Parliament, India Director, Communications, Netflix India, India
 Suketu Shah  Tika Dhakal

Chairman, Adonis Laboratories, President and Joint Press Advisor to the President of Nepal, Nepal
MD, Mukand Pvt Ltd., India
 Tim German
 Sunil Abraham Director, Aeronautics International Business
META, India Development, Lockheed Martin, United States
 Susannah Patton  Toshihiko Kurihara

Research Fellow and Project Director, Power and Chief Representative, India, JBIC, Japan
Diplomacy Program, Lowy Institute, Australia
 Ugo Astuto
 Sushant Sareen Ambassador of the European Union to India, EU
Senior Fellow, ORF, India
 Ulrich Storck
Country Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, India
76
 Uma Sekhar  Vijay Latha Reddy
Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Co-Chairman, Global Commission on Stability in
India Cyberspace, India
 Valery Khodzhaev  Vikram Misri

Senior Counsellor, Russian Embassy in India, Russia Deputy National Security Advisor for India, India
 Vance Serchuk  Vincenzo de Luca

Executive Director, KKR Global Institute and Private Ambassador of Italy in India, Italy
Equity, United States
 Vivan Sharan
 Vanita Sharma Partner, Koan Advisory Group, India
Advisor, Strategic Initiatives Reliance Foundation,
India  Vyjayanti Desai
Practice Manager, Digital Development and ID4D/
 Venu Rajamony G2Px, World Bank
Officer on Special Duty, External Co-operation,
Government of Kerala; Professor of Diplomatic  Will Obeney
D E L EG AT E S
Practice, OP Jindal Global University, India FCDO, United Kingdom
 Victor Thomas  William Blair

President and CEO, Canada-India Business Council, Vice President and Chief Executive, India, Lockheed
Canada Martin, United States
 Vijay Kant Karna  Yoshihiro Uematsu

Chairman, CESIF; Former Ambassador of Nepal to Chief Secretary and Advisor, Corporate Planning
Denmark, Nepal Department, Japan
77
Advisory Board
Jane Holl Lute
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland

Security, United States
Stephen Harper
Former Prime Minister, Canada
D E L EG AT E S
Carl Bildt
Former Prime Minister, Sweden; Co-Chair, European

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R A I S I N A
4
Y O U N G F E L L O W S
& A L U M N I
Raisina Young Fellows
Aakanksha Tangri Daniela Blaschke
Founder of Re: Set, Canada Political Strategy and

Communication (current); Public
Affairs and Innovation Policy
(2022), Volkswagen, Germany
Alastair Brockbank Diego Sebastian

Llosa Velasquez
Chief of Staff, Office of the
Secretary-General, Organisation Vice Minister of Foreign Trade,
for Security and Co-operation in Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Europe (OSCE), United Kingdom Tourism, Peru
Alexandra Schmitt Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan
Foreign Policy Fellow, U.S. Researcher/Head of Project,

House of Representatives, International Security
United States Division, German Instititute
for International and Security
Affairs, Austria
Augustina Abdulai Akapame
Esther Nadya Stefanie Tamara
Assistant Director IIB, Finance
and Accounts, Ministry of Director of Climate Unit;
Foreign Affairs and Regional Associate - Research & Analysis;
Integration, Ghana Secretary of China Policy Group,
Research & Analysis; Climate
R A IS IN A Y OU N G
Unit, Foreign Policy Community

FE L L O WS
of Indonesia, Indonesia
Bani Grewal
Researcher at the Australian

Georgiana Olivia Sisilica
Strategic Policy Institute’s
International Cyber Policy Policy Officer, Asia, European
Centre, Australia External Action Service, EEAS;
Romania
Chris Holder Ross

Grace Abuhamad
Diplomat, Political Department,
the UK High Commission in Senior Advisor at the U.S.
India, United Kingdom Department of Commerce,
United States
82
Hallelujah Lulie Wondimu Julie Hamaide
PhD Student, Department CEO, Koi Media, France

of Politics and International
Relations, University of Oxford,
Ethiopia
Hatice Celik Julie-Ann Tai Shiraishi
Department Head, Asian Policy Advisor, Head of

Studies, Institute for Area India Desk, Department of
Studies, Ankara Social Sciences International Cooperation, Free
University, Turkey and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,
Senate Chancellery, Germany
Hongqiao Liu
Karina Asbjornsen
Freelance climate journalist and
consultant in Europe, China Second Secretary, Norwegian
Embassy in New Delhi,
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Norway
Jakub Zlocki
Lilit Banduryan
Assistant to the Prime Minister,
member of the Team of Third Secretary of the OSCE
Experts, Prime Minister’s and Arms Control Division,
Office, Chancellery of the Prime International Security, Ministry of
Minister of Poland, Poland Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Lucas Lamberty
Jan Huisman
Senior Advisor, Executive Office,
RA I SI N A Y O U N G
Officer, Political Affairs and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,
Security Policy Division, NATO Germany
F EL LO W S
International Staff, NATO;
Netherlands
Martin Niedermeier
Personal Advisor to State

Julia Schellhaas
Secretary Wolfgang Schmidt,
Senior Advisor to the Special Office Secretary of State,
Representative and Co-ordinator Ministry of Finance, Germany
for Combating HumanTrafficking
at the Organization for Security
Mohammad Abdelwahab
and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE), Germany Second Secretary at the
Egyptian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Egypt
83
Olivia Enos Sam Mealy
Senior Policy Analyst, Asian Policy Advisor, Sustainable

Studies Center, The Heritage Finance, E3G, Ireland
Foundation, United States
Rajeev Amarasuriya Sandra Bartol
Secretary, Bar Association of Sri Deputy Antici, Permanent

Lanka; Self-employed, Sri Lanka Representation of Croatia to
the EU, Ministry of Foreign and
European Affairs of the Republic
of Croatia, Croatia
Randi Laura Gebert
Saskia Leinders
Counter-Terrorism Policy Officer
& Coordinator, Emerging Legal Officer, Chambers,
Security Challenges Division, UN IRMCT, United Nations,
NATO, Germany Netherlands
Riya Sinha
Senjuti Saha
Research Associate, Foreign
Policy and Security, Centre for Director/Scientist, the Child
Social and Economic Progress Health Research Foundation,
(formerly Brookings India), India Bangladesh
Rohana Prince
Seyed Ahmad Mirkarimi
Policy Officer, Department of
ASEAN, Australian Department Expert, Institute for Political
R A IS IN A Y OU N G
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and International Studies (IPIS),

Australia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran
FE L L O WS
Russ McPartland
Siddarth Jain
Political Officer, Head of India–
Pakistan (and Kashmir) regional Chief of Staff/OSD, Office
politics, British High Commission of Honorable Jayant Sinha,
in Islamabad, FCDO, United Chairperson of Parliamentary
Kingdom Standing Committee on Finance
and Member of Parliament, India
Sakshi Gupta Sofia Del Carril
Young Professional, Department Executive Director, Masters

of Agriculture, NITI Aayog, Degree in International Relations,
Government of India, India School of Politics, Government
and International Relations,
Universidad Austral, Argentina
84
Teenah Jutton Vivek Kumar
Parliamentary Private Secretary, Funding Manager Entrepreneur

Politician, Government of First, India
Mauritius, Mauritius
Tibor Fejes Xifan Yang
Advisor in Sustainable Finance, China Bureau Chief, Politics, DIE

Sustainable Finance Department, ZEIT, Germany
Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central
Bank of Hungary), Hungary
Vinod Kannuthurai
Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of

South and Central Asian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State,
United States
RA I SI N A Y O U N G
F EL LO W S
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Alumni
Abhinav Prakash Singh Arjun Singh Kadian
Assistant Professor, Economics Convenor, Haryana Chapter of

Department, SRCC, Delhi the Indic Academy, India
University, India
Ahemed Ramy Mebrouk Arka Biswas
CEO, Nrecycli, Algeria Manager - Security Solutions,

South Asia
International SOS, India
Aishath Rafiyya Bartosz Makowicz
Director CB, Sun Siyam; Deputy Viadrina Compliance Center,

Leader, MDA, Maldives |European University Viadrina,
Germany
Amanie Brik Benislos Thushan
Senior Program Manager, Founder and Chief Instructor of

Strategy and Operations, Digital Storytelling, Sri Lanka
Google Research, Israel
A L U MN I
Arif Nezami Bhuvan Bagga
CEO, Preneur Lab, Bangladesh South Asian Correspondent,

AFP, India
Arjun Pandey Brett Medlin
President, Sales & Marketing, F-21 India Campaign Lead,

Strategy & Alliances, India Aeronautics Strategy & Business
Ahead TV, India Development, MBA,
United States
86
Clara Buelhoff Fares Al Kaabi
Global Affairs Advisor, ICRC, International Economic Research

Switzerland Specialist, Central Bank of the
UAE, United Arab Emirates
Davor Kunc Faris Hadrovic
Senior Coordination Officer, MD, CBD d.o.o, Bosnia and

Mandate Management, Herzegovina
European Investment Fund (EIF),
Luxembourg
Dina El Mosalamy Haroun Ouanes
Co-Founder, Pepla, Egypt CEO and Co-Founder, GoStaff.io

Tunisia
Dominique Gnezele Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Regional Digital Ecosystem Turkey Expert and Lecturer,

Manager, Marketing and Moshe Dayan Center for Middle
Business, Chez Bosch, Ghana Eastern and African Studies, Tel
Aviv University, Israel
Duduzile Nyirongo Helio Castilhos Franca Neto
Finance Director, Blackshark Head of Field Office (West

Protection Services, Zimbabwe Bank), UNRWA, Brazil
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Elsayed Ghannam Israel Hernandez Seguin
Career Diplomat, MFA Egypt, Director, Government and

Egypt Public Affairs, LATAM en Koch
Industries, Mexico
Emmanuel Akoto Ivan Vejvoda
Founder & CEO, Fat2Fit Ghana Acting Rector, Institute of

Foundation, Ghana Human Sciences, IWM, Serbia
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Javid Ahmad Mamun Miah
Senior Fellow, South Asia/ The Earth Society, Executive

Middle East, Atlantic Council, Director and Member of the
United States Board, Bangladesh
Jovan Ratkovic Mansour Alsanooni
Member of the Presidency & Co-Founder, Maak Events,

International Secretary, SDS, Saudi Arabia
Belgrade; Senior Fellow,
Agora Strategy Institute, Serbia
Julia Sveshnikova Mohamed Ameen Talal
Research Fellow, Expert Institute Business Intelligence, Business

of the National Research Development, Sales & Marketing
University Higher School of Freelancer, Upwork, Bahrain
Economics, Russia
Karthik Nachiappan Mohammad Aref Sammour
Research Fellow, Institute of Global Directors of Programs,

South Asian Studies, NUS, India Peace First, Jordan
Krzysztof Zalewski Mosenda Robi Chacha
Boym Institute, Warsaw, Poland Advocate, High Court of Kenya,

Kenya
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Lilia Rizk Nahim Razzaq
Program Manager, Atlantic Member of Parliament;

Dialogues Emerging Leaders Member, Parliamentary Standing
Program, Morocco Committee, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Bangladesh
Madalitso Zililo Phiri

Nicoló Andreula
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
(PDRF), Johannesburg Institute Founder and Managing Director,
for Advanced Study (JIAS), Disal Consulting, Italy
University of Johannesburg (UJ),
South Africa
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Omair Ahmad Rajeev Mantri
Managing Editor, South Asia, Founder and Managing Director,

The Third Pole, India Navam Capital, India
Parisa Shakur Rasta Daei
Director, North South University, Head of Office for Syria, Canada

Bangladesh Embassy, Canada
Pavel Luzin Rijve Arefin
Columnist, Riddle; Co-Founder, Awareness 360

Founder, Under Mad Trends Bangladesh
Research Project, Russia
Peace Chikodinaka Eze Rogelio Cantoral Castro
Anchor/Political Correspondent, Consultant, Organiszation of

Africa Independent Television, American States, United States
Nigeria
Prasanna Karthik R
Rohan Mishra
Fulbright & Clinton Global
Fellow; Former Policy Advisor to Sr. Director, Government
the Defence Minister of India & Relations, Coca-Cola, India
Chief Minister of Goa, India
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Prerna Mukharya Shimelse Mekonnen
Founder, Outline India, India Co-Founder and Board

President, Your Ethiopian
Professionals (YEP), Ethiopia
Priyank Mathur Shruti Pandalai
Founder and CEO, MythosLabs, Fellow, M.P. Institute for Defence

United States Studies and Analyses, India
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Shuvaloy Majumdar Uche Igwe
Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald- Visiting Fellow, Firoz Lalji

Laurier Institute, Canada Institute for Africa, United
Kingdom
Siddharth Patel
Vali Golmohammadi
Head, Digitalization &
Technology, JSW Steel, India Assistant Professor, Tarbiat
Modares University, Iran
Simon Kofi Tettey

Vladislava Galan
Associate Supply Officer,
UNHCR South Sudan, Ghana MD, Mercury Public Affairs,
United States
Sophie Briquetti
Zillur Rahman
Political Officer, Global
Partnerships, Political Affairs and Executive Director, Center for
Security Policy Division (PASP), Governance Studies, Bangladesh
NATO Headquarters, EU
Srinath Sridharan
Visiting Fellow, ORF, India

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Suneera Madhok
Founding Partner, Nomos

Associates, India
Thorsten Benner
Co-Founder and Director, Global

Public Policy Institute, Germany
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SHRINGLA Chairman, Joint Secretary,
Foreign Secretary, Observer Research Foundation Policy Planning,
Ministry of External Affairs, India Ministry of External Affairs, India
Curator
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Aamir Rabbani Preeti Lourdes John
Multimedia Lead Deputy Editor
Anahita Khanna Sanjay Verma

Junior Fellow Manager Web
Anoop Maini Sankalita Dey

Programme Coordinator New Media and Digital Lead
Antara Vats Shashank Mattoo

Junior Fellow Research Assistant
Jaibal Naduvath Shubh Soni

Vice President and Senior Head of Forums and
Fellow, ORF Mumbai Partnerships
Komal Badodekar Sitara Srinivas

Multimedia Lead (Hindi) Executive Assistant to the
President
Mihir Swarup Stelin Paul

Director, Centre for Economy Junior Fellow
and Growth Programme
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Research Assistant Chief of Staff & Programmes
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Raisina Support
Asad Abdul Samad Shaumik Roy
Administration Manager Intern
Jhanvi Tripathi Shruti Jain

Associate Fellow Junior Fellow
Mannat Jaspal Suyash Das

Associate Fellow Project Coordinator
Monika Chhabra Theo

Manager, Human Resources Intern
Paramjeet Kaur Vijay Kr. Seth

Front Office Executive Manager
Pulkit Mohan
Associate Fellow
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Code of Conduct
Raisina Dialogue Charter of Participation
The Raisina Dialogue is an inclusive and diverse forum with participants from across a range of backgrounds. We
place a high premium on ensuring that the conference is an open and safe venue for every attendee, regardless of
gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
We request that all those associated with the Raisina Dialogue, including participants, organisers, and hotel staff, to
follow our Charter of Participation and understand the repercussions of any violations.
Team Raisina will also announce house rules and updates throughout the conference, which we request all the
stakeholders to follow as well.
VIOLATIONS OF THE CHARTER OF PARTICIPATION
We expect all those involved to abide by our expected conduct guidelines and respect our anti-harassment policy
during the conference. This includes conference-related social events and online social media engagement.
If asked by conference organisers to cease prohibited behaviour, you are expected to comply immediately. If
inappropriate behaviour persists, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including
immediate expulsion from the conference and/or reporting to appropriate authorities.
RESOURCES
Reporting Inappropriate Conduct
If you are subjected to harassment or other unacceptable behaviour, please notify a conference organiser. Event
organisers will be accessible and present throughout the conference. If you witness or have a grievance and prefer
to remain anonymous, please fill out and submit a handwritten/typed complaint and submit it to a member of the
organising team.
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If an emergency arises, please first contact the Delhi Police immediately by dialling 100 (Emergency Toll-Free
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ELIGIBILITY
All accredited members of the media, non-accredited senior journalists, columnists and commentators.
COVID-19 vaccination certificate is mandatory for those desirous of attending in person.
VENUE AND AGENDA
The Raisina Dialogue will be held in New Delhi, India from April 25-27, 2022, at the Taj Palace Hotel, Diplomatic
Enclave, New Delhi.
The full agenda is available on https://www.orfonline.org/raisina-dialogue/ Please bear in mind that session timings
are subject to change.
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Media will have access to all public sessions.

Public sessions can also be viewed live on ORF’s web platform or our Twitter and Facebook handles.
You can also visit our website for various updates on the conference.
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All public interviews will be held at the Rajabagh lawns. Please contact the organisers for prior permission and
assistance for scheduling interviews with speakers and delegates.
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If any members of the media are found in violation of conference rules, access may be revoked.
We expect media to be transparent and accurate in its reporting of conference events. Media is expected to report
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For all media coverage during and following the conference, including off stage interactions with speakers and
participants, “The Raisina Dialogue” and its hosts, “The Observer Research Foundation” and “The Ministry of
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Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Raisina Dialogue 2022 is held under the auspices of

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Observer Research Foundation

DAY ONE Monday, April 25, 2022

1915-2100 Inaugural Dinner Shahjehan Foreign Secretary’s Dinner

Women at the Forefront Addressing Change

Bangladesh-India Relations: Role Model for Neighbourhood

Mumtaz Taking the Knee: The Battle Against Vaccine Apartheid

DAY ONE Monday, April 25, 2022

Roshanara Strife on the Streets: Responding to Kinetic

DAY TWO Tuesday, April 26, 2022

1000-1040 Townhall The Raisina AMA

1145-1215 In Conversation In Conversation

Mumtaz Digital Doses: Healthcare, Technology and a Coalition of

Jehangir Interaction with the Young Fellows

DAY TWO Tuesday, April 26, 2022

1840-1930 Panel Discussion Dragon’s Fire: Deciphering China after Ukraine

DAY TWO Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Mumtaz Hashtags without Collectives: We Bargain in the

Jehangir Amoral Machines: Negating Human Agency, Codifying

Nizwan Ministerial Dinner (By Invitation Only)

DAY TWO Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Roshanara The Sanction Question: Currency of Mass Destruction

0910-1010 Panel Discussion Sabres of Silicon: (Re)Assessing a 21st-Century Global Risk

Adm. R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, India

1010-1040 In Conversation Bhupendra Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate

DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022

DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism and Environment,

Roshanara Roundtable: Regaining Leadership: A G20 Agenda For

DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022

DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022

1950-2040 Panel Discussion Showstopper: Weaponisation of Everything

Melissa Conley Tyler, Program Lead, Asia-Pacific Development,

Mumtaz Banking the Next 2 Billion: Digital Payments, Currencies

DAY THREE Wednesday, April 27, 2022

In Conversation: Curtain Raiser

The Myanmar Question: One Year On

The Meta Question: Global Technology, Local Aspirations (Virtual)

Can the Atlantic Order Unite in the Indo-Pacific?

Warsaw Vision: The OSCE in a Changing World

Yuans and Euros: Decoding China’s Role in Europe

COP26 Scorecard: Creeping Decay?

Pandemic, Technology, and I: A Story from Africa

RMA 2.0? India and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

The Pivot to Asia Turns 10: Retrospect and Prospect

ASEAN and its Role in the Global Order

The Caucasus and the New World Order

The Sanctions Fallout: Geoeconomics after Ukraine

Tech Travails: Democracies and the Future of Technology

A New Dawn: Mapping a Vision for Europe

Shifting Sands: India and the New Middle East (Virtual)

Till Tech Does Us Part

India’s World: Raisina Special

From Budapest to Bangalore: Creating a Global Response to Digital Bads

Pax Sinica: Decoding Eurasia’s future