International Conference Agenda

THEME: INDIA & UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PARTNERS IN GLOBAL SECURITY AND CHALLENGES

DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 2019

VENUE: HOTEL THE TAJ PALACE, Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Chief Guest : Shri Hardeep Singh Puri,

Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs (I/c); Minister for Civil Aviation; Minister for
Commerce & Industry

10.00am – 10.25am – Registration

MC INVITES:

10.30am – 10.40am: Welcome Address by Mr. Kartikeya Sharma, Founder, Sunday Guardian
Foundation

10. 40 am: 11.10 am – Special Address by Shri Subramaniun Swamy, Member Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
on Pathway to Partnership

11.10 am – 11.20am Special Address by Dr. Shekhar Dutt, SM Patron- GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism
Council), Former Governor & Former Defence Secy, GoI

11.20am - 11.30am Special Address by Shri Kanwal Sibal, Former Foreign Secretary, GoI

11.30am – 11.50am Special Address by Dr. Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary of India, GoI

11.50am – 12.00am Special Address by Shri OP Singh,IPS Director General of Police-Uttar Pradesh

11.40am – 11.50am Special Address by Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla, Director General-PP, Indian Army

11.50am – 12.00pm Special Address by Rear Admiral DS Gujral, ACNS-CSNCO

12.00pm – 12.10pm Special Address by Air Vice Marshal Surat Singh, ACAS, Indian Air Force

12.00pm – 12.10pm Special Address by IG KR Suresh, Operations Head, DDG-Indian Coast Guard,

12.15pm – 12.30pm TEA/COFFEE BREAK

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
12.30pm – 1.30 pm Panel Discussion – India and US Defence Partnership

Panelists:

Mr. Bradley Bowman, CMPP Senior Director, Foundation for Defence of Democracies, Expert US
Defence Policy and Strategy
Dr. Yogendra Narain, Patron- GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) & Former Defence Secretary, GoI
Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh, Executive Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council), State
Information Commissioner, Govt. of Haryana & Former GOC-in-C, Western Command, Indian Army
Air Marshal Ramesh Rai, Executive Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) & Former
AOC in C, Training Command, Indian Air Force
Moderator: Krishan Varma,RAS Advisory Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) &
Former Special Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat), GoI

1.30pm – 2.15pm – Lunch

2.20pm – 3.15pm Panel Discussion- India-US cooperation in Global War on Terror

 Lessons from India & USA’s battle against terrorism

 Political Warfare
 Afghanistan-Future Scenarios

Panelists:

Shiv M Sahai, IPS, Additional Secretary, NSCS, Prime Minister’s Office, GoI
Mr. Mahaveer Singhvi, IFS, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs, GoI
Prof. M.D.Nalapat, Advisory Director SGF Foundation and Editorial Director iTV Network
Cleo Paskal, , Senior Fellow, FDD
Syed Salman Chishty, Chairman, Chishty Foundation
Moderator: Saurabh Shukla, Editor-in-chief and co-founder NewsMobile

3.150PM-4.00 PM Panel Discussion - Shared Interests and Common Threats

Panelists:

Mr. Bill Roggio – Senior Fellow and Editor of FDD’s long War Journal, Washington DC
Lt. Gen. Rakesh Sharma, Executive Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) & Former
Adjutant General, Indian Army

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Advisory Board Member-Global Counter Terrorism Council & Professor, School
of International Studies, Jawahar Lal Nehru University
Ms. Anju Gupta, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh
Zafar Sareshwala, Executive Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) & Former
Chancellor-Maulana Azad National Urdu University
MODERATOR: Mr. Rishab Gulati, Managing Editor, NewsX

4.00pm – 4.20pm Tea/Coffee Break

4.20 pm – 5.15pm Panel Discussion – Joint Challenges

PANELISTS ARE:

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha – Executive Council Member-GCTC (Global Counter Terrorism Council) &
Former Commander-in- Chief, Western Naval Command, Indian Navy
Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ms. Varsha Koduvayur, Senior Research Analyst, Foundation for Defence of Democracies, Washington DC
Mikhael Smith, Research Analyst, FDD
Mr. R K Arora, Commandant, Global Centre for Counter Terrorism
Moderator: Mr. Ashish Singh, Editor Defense & Foreign Affairs NewsX

5.15pm: Vote of Thanks

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS