Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended a farewell dinner hosted by Foreign Secretary, Shri Ranjan Mathai in honour of the outgoing Chinese Ambassador, at Hyderabad House on October 12, 2012.

Finnish Defence Command, Mr Harri Sakari Saari, called on Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta in his office on October 8, 2012. He sought a briefing on India’s foreign and security policies.

Research Assistant, IDSA, Mr Rahul Mishra spoke on Myanmar at the Young Thinkers' Conversation, organised by the British High Commission, New Delhi on October 4, 2012.

Associate Fellow, IDSA Dr Anand Kumar, gave a lecture ‘Recent Political Developments and State of Democracy in South Asia’ at the Department of Political Science/Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, University of Gothenburg/Göteborgs Universitet, Gothenburg, Sweden, on 2nd October 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta and Research Fellow, Dr Uttam Sinha participated in the discussion on 'Arctic and India' organised by the Association of Indian Diplomat at ICWA on September 26, 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended the Association of India Diplomats Meetings on September 26, 2012, at the ICWA.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended the CII-CBC Indian Ocean Global Forum 2012 on ‘Enhancing Indian Ocean Partnership for Trade, Infrastructure and Resource Development’ on September 25, 2012 at Hotel Le- Meridien. Dr Gupta chaired the plenary session on IOR Potential for Partnership.

Deputy Director General, IDSA, Brig Rumel Dahiya SM (Retd) delivered a talk on ‘Alternate Futures for China’ at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington on September 24, 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended a dinner hosted by Ambassador of Brazil, HE Mr Carlos Duarate on September 20, 2012.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Col PK Gautam (Retd) gave a presentation titled, ‘Non Traditional Security Threats’ before the 55th Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats at the Foreign Service Institute on September 14, 2012.