Keynote Address

• Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Chairpersons

• Narendra Sisodia, Director General, IDSA
• Amb. Rajiv Sikri, Strategic Consultant
• Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. B.S. Malik, PVSM, AVSM, President, Centre for Studies in International
  Relations and Development, and Control Arms Foundation of India.
• Amb. I P Khosla, Member Secretary, ICSAC, Editor-in-Chief, South Asian Survey, New Delhi
• Prof. Madhu Bhalla, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, Delhi.
• Amb. Leela K Ponappa, Former Deputy National Security Adviser & Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat, New Delhi.

Valedictory address

• Amb. Leela K Ponappa, Former Deputy National Security Adviser & Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat, New Delhi.

Speakers

Afghanistan

• Dr. Davood Moradian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
  Stabiling Afghanistan: Challenges Ahead
• Dr Ahmad Shayeq Qassem, former First Secretary, Afghanistan
  Afghanistan’s Conundrum: Can There Be a Regional Approach?

Bangladesh

• Dr M. Rahamatullah, Transport Policy Advisor, Planning Commission, Bangladesh
  Regional Transport Connectivity: Getting Past the Impediments
• Brig(retd) Shahedul Anam, Editor, Strategic Affairs, The Daily Star, Dhaka
  Dealing with terrorism 2020: Can there be a regional approach?

India

• Dr Arvind Gupta, Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair, IDSA
  South Asia in 2020: Possible Scenarios
• Prof. Amita Batra, Professor, South Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi
  Future of Regional Cooperation: BIMSTEC*
• Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Research Fellow, IDSA
  Water as a Source of Cooperation or Conflict?
• Dr Nitya Nanda, Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
  Regional Economic Integration and SAFTA: What Does it Portend?
• Souvik Bhattacharjya, Research Assoicate, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
  Regional Economic Integration and SAFTA: What Does it Portend?
• Prof Sujit Dutta, Gandhi Chair, Nelsom Mandela Centre for Peace, JMI
  Defining regional security architecture for South Asia
• Dr Swadesh M Rana, Visiting International Fellow, IDSA
  A regional framework for non-state actors in South Asia
• Prof Swaran Singh, Professor, Centre for International Politics and Disarmament, JNU
  China and South Asia
• Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan, Professor and Chair, Centre for International Politics and Disarmament, JNU
  Extra-regional Powers and emerging Security Scenario in South Asia
• Dr Smruti S Pattanaik, Research Fellow, IDSA
  Does SAARC has a Future?

Maldives

• Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, Speacial Envoy of the President of Maldives
  South Asia 2020: Towards Cooperation or Conflict? A Maldives Perspective

Nepal

• Dr Nischal Nath Pandey, Director, Centre for South Asia Studies
  Role of Extra Regional Powers and Future of Peace Process in Nepal
• Prof Krishna Khanal, Professor, Department of Political Science, Tribhuvan University
  Federalizing the Nepali State: Challenges and Opportunities

Pakistan

• Dr Asad Sayeed, Director, Collective for Social Science Research Karachi
  Is There a Future to Indo-Pak Economic Relations?
• Prof Kaiser Bengali, Member, National Finance Commission, Pakistan
  Changing pattern of security threats: Time for realignment
• Dr Tahmina Rashid, Programme Director, Internaitonal Development, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  Radicalisation of civil society: A Case study of Pakistan

Sri Lanka

• Prof. Sumansiri Liyanage, Dept of Economic, Peradenya University
  The Tamil National Question in Sri Lanka: Current Dynamics and Future Trends
• Dr Darini Rajasingham Senanayake, Research Fellow, Institute for South Asian Studies, National University Singapore
  South Asia between Co-operation and Conflict: Globalization, Peace Building, Violence