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India's Energy Cooperation with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal

India's Energy Cooperation with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal

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India's Energy Cooperation with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal
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"INDIA'S ENERGY SECURITY"
ENERGY STUDIES PROGRAMME, SIS, JNU, NEW DELHI

Cordially invites you for a Panel Discussion on

"India's Energy Cooperation with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal"

Monday, 6th February 2017 
at Committee Room No. 344, SIS II (New Building) JNU

Programme: 10:00 AM -1:30 PM

Welcome remarks and introduction of a Project entitled, " India's Energy Security: Inter-regional Cooperation to Energy Security Society" by Prof Sanjay K Bhardwaj, Director, Energy Studies Programme, SIS,JNU, .followed by opening remarks by Dr. R.K. Malhotra , Director General, Petroleum Federation of India, New Delhi

Inaugural Address by Prof M Jagadesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, JNU

Panel Discussion Chaired by Prof Manoj Pant, Dean, School of International Studies, SIS, JNU

Panellists:
Ambassador Farooq Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute and Former Foreign Secretary, Government of Bangladesh
Major Gen. Abdur Rahman, Director General, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, Chairperson, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, SIS, JNU
Dr Ashok Sharma, Fellow, Australia- India Institute: The University of Melbourne and Deputy Chair, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Auckland
Dr Medha Bisht, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, South Asian University, New Delhi

Vote of Thanks: by Dr Nand kumar Janardhan, Assistant Professor, Energy Studies Programme, SIS, JNU

Lunch: 1:30 PM at JNU Cafeteria

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

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