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Seminar on Exploring the Roots of India’s Strategic Culture
October 05, 2017
- Introduction by Col P.K. Gautam at Seminar on Exploring the Roots of India’s Strategic Culture
- Prof Charan Wadhwa Chaired Session I : Inauguration
- Special Address by Dr Arvind Gupta – Exploring the Roots of India’s Strategic Culture
- Amb A.N.D. Haksar Chaired Session II Roots in Language, Culture and Philosophy
- Vishnu Saksena: Brāhmi Script and the Roots of Pan-Indian Culture
- Adil Rasheed : The Vedantist and Islamic Theological Schools on the Unity of Godhead
- Nazir Ahmad Mir : Cultural Explanation of Statecraft: Aśoka and Akbar
- Prof S.D. Muni Chaired Session III: Intelligence and Strategic Culture
- Michael Liebig: The Kautilyan Roots of Intelligence Culture in South Asia
- Subrata K. Mitra: Ministry of Home Affairs and Intelligence in India
- Kajari Kamal: Indian Strategic Culture
- Sqn Ldr R.T.S. Chinna Chaired Session IV: War – Practice and Theory
- Saurabh Mishra: The Use of Force and War in the Arthaśāstra
- Vikrant Deshpande: Hybrid Warfare: The Kautilyan Construct
- P.K. Gautam: Comparing Kāmandakī, Nītisāra and Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra
- Arpita Anant: Maratha Tradition of Statecraft and Warfare as Reflected in Ājñapatra (Read out by Col. P.K. Gautam)
- Vote of Thanks by Col P.K. Gautam (Retd)
Launch of two books on Arthashastra
January 12, 2017
- Subrata K. Mitra and Michael Liebig, Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra: An Intellectual Portrait-Classical Roots of Modern Politics in India, Baden-Baden, Germany, Nomos, 2016.
- Michael Liebig and Saurabh Mishra (eds.), The Arthaśāstra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli, New Delhi, IDSA, Pentagon Press, 2017.
International Seminar on Kautilya
April 9, 2014
- Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director General (DG) IDSA
- Keynote Address by Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Adviser
- Prof Patrick Olivelle:
(a) “What are the issues of Ecology and the Management of Natural Resources in Kautilya’sArthaśāstra?”
(b) The concept of “outwitting” (atisaṃdhāna): the heart of Kauṭilyan strategy and diplomacy”
Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. - Dr Mark McClish, “Strategic Partnerships in Kauṭilyan Foreign Policy”, Assistant Professor of Religion, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama , USA
- Mr Michael Liebig, “The Kautilya-Arthashastra and Core Concepts of Intelligence Analysis”, doctoral candidate , Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Prof Rashed- Uz- Zaman, “What is the understanding of strategic culture when seen from the perspective of South Asian subcontinent? Is there any evidence of the Arthasastra in political behaviour?”, Dept of IR Dhaka University, Bangladesh
- Dr Shubhada Joshi, “Enlightened leadership – The concept of RAJARISHI fromArthashastra”, Director General – Chanakya Institute of Public leadership (CIPL) Professor & Head, Dept of Philosophy, University of Mumbai
- Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai, “Application of Chanakya’s Saptanga model in modern warfare strategy”, Director, CIPL, Dept of Philosophy, University of Mumbai
- Dr Medha Bisht, “Bargaining and Negotiation Analysis: Lessons from Arthashastra”, Associate Professor, South Asian University, New Delhi
- Dr Jayashree Vivekanandan, ‘Does Indian IR have a History? Seeking Answers in theArthashastra‘, Associate Professor, South Asian University, New Delhi
- Col PK Gautam(Retd), “Composition of the Army- Then and Now”, Research Fellow, IDSA
National Seminar on Kautliya’s Arthasastra
Developing Indigenous Concepts and Vocabulary: Kautilya’s Arthasastra
October 8, 2013
- Keynote address – Kautilya’s Arthashastra – Shivshankar Menon
October 8, 2013 - What is the role of historical texts such as the Arthasastra in the formulation of Indian strategic traditions? – Jayashree Vivekanandan
October 8, 2013 - What are the nuances that may be missing in the Western discourse on IR as existing in Arthasastra? – Medha Bisht
October 8, 2013 - Exploring the concepts of Grand Strategy and strategic planning in Kautilya’s Arthasastra through a hermeneutical lens – G. Adityakiran
October 8, 2013 - A relook at various powers used in military strategy in Arthasastra – Radhakrishnan Pillai
October 8, 2013 - Counter Insurgency Strategy – Vinay Vittal
October 8, 2013 - Means and Methods of Warfare: Kautilya and Contemporary Laws of Armed Conflict – U. C. Jha
October 8, 2013 - Military Adages and Stratagems in the Kautilya Arthaśāstra – Harjeet Singh
October 8, 2013 - Status of education and teaching on Kautilya in Indian universities (including departments of Sanskrit) and other Institutions – U. P. Thapliyal
October 8, 2013 - Vidyasamuddesha: Its relevance in contemporary education: Defence and Development – Shubhada Joshi
October 8, 2013 - One Year of Arthasastra : Response , Pedagogy and Research – P. K. Gautam
October 8, 2013
Workshop on Kautilya
October 18, 2012
- Keynote address: Kautilya’s Arthasastra – Shivshankar Menon
October 18, 2012 - What Lies Where and Current Teaching Programme – Radhakrishnan Pillai
October 18, 2012 - State of Teaching of Sanskrit as it Relates to Kautilya – Santosh Kumar Shukla
October 18, 2012 - Case Study-Kautilya as Known to Me Through Sanskrit – Amalesh Kumar Mishra
October 18, 2012 - State of Archives, Digitization and Preservation – N.S. Mani and N. Raju Singh
October 18, 2012 - The Kautilyan Concepts of the Circle of States and the Six-Fold Policy of Inter-State Relation – Rananbir Chakravarti
October 18, 2012 - Varieties of Sandhis and Varieties of Mitras: An Understanding Through Text – Krishnendu Ray
October 18, 2012 - A Post-Kautilya View of Diplomacy: the Nitisara of Kamandaki” – A.N.D Haksar
October 18, 2012 - Intelligence System as Described in Arthasastra of Kautilya – Amalesh Kumar Mishra
October 18, 2012 - Kautilya’s Pioneering Exposition of Comprehensive National Power in the Arthashastra – G. Adityakiran
October 18, 2012 - Arthasastra and its relevance in Contemporary Security Environment – Sachin More
October 18, 2012 - History and Study of International Relations – S. Kalyanaraman
October 18, 2012 - Policy Issues Identified and Next Step(s) – P K Gautam
October 18, 2012
