Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended a banquet at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in honour of His Excellency Mr Emomali Eahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, on September 3, 2012.

A group of Chinese scholars visited IDSA and had an interaction with the Institute's scholars on various aspects of India-China relations on August 30 2012.

Research Assistant, IDSA, Mr Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav delivered a lecture on ‘India-US Strategic Partnership’ at the Border Security Force Academy in Tekanpur on August 27, 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta attended a workshop at the Punjab University, Chandigarh on the theme ‘Promotion of Security Studies in India’ on August 28, 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta chaired a session at ‘India-China Dialogue on Evolving Security Environment’ in the Af-Pak Region, organised by the Academy Of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, on August 27, 2012.

Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta delivered a talk on ‘India’s Nuclear Strategy and its Relevance in the Present Day World Order’ at Western Naval Command on August 23, 2012.

The directing staff and course members of HC 41 course from Army War College, Mhow interacted with the IDSA scholars on August 14, 2012. Director General, IDSA, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Distinguished Fellow, IDSA, General Satish Nambiar, IDSA Research Fellows Cdr SS Parmar and Dr Ashok Behuria gave short presentations, followed by a question-answer session.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Medha Bisht presented a paper on the ‘Politics of water discourse in Pakistan’, at an international conference, titled as ‘Stakeholder Conference: Strategic and Economic Capacity Building Programme’. The Conference was organised by ICRIER and MacArthur Foundation on July 30, 2012.

Ambassador of India designated to Sweden, Ms Banashri Bose, called on Director General, IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta for a brief on IDSA and its activities. She also discussed the prospects of academic collaboration between IDSA and Swedish think tanks.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha addressed the officers of the Higher Command Course at the Army War College in Mhow on ‘Water Security in South Asia’ on July 31, 2012.