Appointment of Professor (Dr.) Mohan Kumar as DEAN of the Office of International Affairs & Global Initiatives of Jindal Global University. Sharing some good news and hoping to make a singnificant contribution!
Now that France has made up with Australia, it will be interesting to see if we can quickly revive the Australia-India- France trilateral in the Indo-Pacific!
At a Jindal Harvard Study Abroad programme on Human Rights. Dr Shashi Tharoor key note speaker on Universal Human Rights and me the next day on WTO and Human Rights! A pleasure and honour to be at the Harvard Kennedy School on behalf of Jindal Global Univ.
Really happy that Prof Sachin Chaturvedi has been reappointed as DG for a further term of 5 years. Hope to take RIS to new heights working with him and his team! Congrats
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Great news that Indian and Canadian negotiators have begun talking on the contours of a trade deal, this will provide ballast to the ties!
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It is fitting that Bangladesh has declared mourning for Pranab Da. He was not just fond of Bangladesh, his knowledge was encyclopaedic! I only had to listen to him as JS BSM. Everytime it was a masterclass.
On Int Diplomats day, very proud of having been one. Lucky to have served India and if ever there is re-incarnation wish to be born again as a Diplomat!
For the first time, had the honour of representing RIS before the standing committee of the Ministry of External Affairs. Searching questions by honourable MPs and a great interaction followed! Thanks to all hon'ble members who participated.
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The G7 communique is 70 paragraphs long. Not to be outdone, NATO communique is 79 paragraphs long. Have constituted a team of young scholars who are scouring it, results in a months time!!!!
A French political giant Jacques Chirac is no more! The first French leader to recognize the importance of India and may be the only Western leader to understand India's nuclear tests in 1998. A loss for France and for India. RIP!
It was a pleasure catching up with dear friend Iain Lindsay and Bridget in London last night. Iain and I were Ambassadors for our respective countries in Bahrain post 2010.
The National Education Policy is truly path breaking and epic. My only repeat only concern is with creating Indian Education Service, not sure about how this will work. But Congrats to GOI for a great report!
Great honour to be Vice Chair of Research and Information System for Developing Countries(RIS), grateful for the opportunity to contribute in the area of trade, investment, technology and innovation!
The most important COVID outcome for international relations: in addition to food security and energy security, there must now be "health security" as a strategic objective for major countries like India!!!
@ConstantinoX
The important thingbis not that India invited France, it is the one major strategic partnership that is totally problem free. But France accepting it in the circumstances shows wisdom, magnanimity and above all a special commitment to the bilateral relationship.
Delicious irony in today's world: lots of countries have strategic petroleum reserves but nothing even remotely approaching strategic medical reserves!
In a TV interview for DD yesterday, I made the point that if India is going to retain and access the strategic petroleum reserves in the US, then, we could offer to keep strategic pharma product reserves in India for access by the US. Builds trust for resilient supply chains!
Quick analysis of what went wrong for India. Faulty team selection. For Pujara conditions were tailor made, he failed. For Rahane, an excellent opportunity, he failed. Kohli's big match player reputation is dented. India's tail not capabke of adding even 20 runs.
@bhogleharsha
Have followed Indian Diplomacy for some 40 years now. The sheer number and the range of meetings that our PM and our EAM have had over the last few days is truly unprecedented in India's diplomatic history! Bravo team India!
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It is great that the maiden green bond in India was able to attract $ 1 billion ans that too on terms better than conventional bonds. Landmark achievement!!!
The real problem is: India rightly seeks disengagement first followed by de-escalation. The Chinese, I suspect, seek de-escalation followed by little or no troop disengagement. Am afraid we are in it for the long haul!
The BCCI may want to send a fact seeking delegation to New Zealand to find out how a country of just 5 million people produces a world class cricket team!!!!
Chinese Prez has written to our newly elected President Murmu. He has spelt out China's position. In response, our President can thank the Chinese Prez for his wishes but spell out our position in some detail. Just saying.