Two-Day National Conference on the topic, “Implications of the
Political Turmoil in Bangladesh”, will be held at India International
Centre (IIC), 40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi
Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110003 on 26th and 27th March, 2025.
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
DAY – I (MARCH 26, 2025)
9.30 am to 10.00 am -- REGISTRATION
10.00 am to 10.30 am -- INAUGURAL SESSION
SARASWATI BANDANA
i) Welcome Address: Professor
Radharaman Chakrabarti,
Honourable Chairman, Executive
Council, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS),
Kolkata & Former Vice Chancellor,
Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata.
At present Project Director, UNESCO
supported programme on International
Understanding for Human Unity at
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture, Kolkata.
ii) Welcome Adderess: The Antar Rashtriya
Sahyog Parishad (ARSP), Delhi
(Knowledge Partner).
iii) Welcome Adderess: The Center for
Studies in International Relations (CSIR),
New Delhi (Knowledge Partner).
iv) Inaugural Address: Ambassador
Veena Sikri, IFS (Retd.), former High
Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
10.30 am to 10.45 am -- TEA / COFFEE BREAK
10.45 am to 12.00 noon - Academic Session-I: Internal Political Developments in
Bangladesh.
Chair: Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay, Azad Fellow, MAKAIAS,
Kolkata.
Speakers:
i) Shri Devendra Sharma, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Honourable
Member of the Society, MAKAIAS, Kolkata.
ii) Shri Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Diplomatic Editor, The Economic Times.
iii) Shri Subhajit Roy
12.00 noon to 13.30 pm -- Academic Session-II: Increasing Radicalisation and the Status
of Minorities in Bangladesh.
Chair: Padma Bhushan Dr. Swapan Dasgupta, Former Member of Parliament, Rajya
Sabha & eminent Writer and Journalist.
Speakers:
i) Ambassador Veena Sikri, IFS (Retd.), former High Commissioner of India to
Bangladesh.
ii) Professor Ranjan Mallik.
iii) Dr. Sarup Prasad Ghosh, Director, MAKAIAS, Kolkata.
13.30 pm to 14.30 pm -- LUNCH
14.30 pm to 15.45 pm -- Academic Session-III: Involvement of External Actors in the
Crisis.
Chair: Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, IFS (Retd.), former Foreign Secretary of India, New
Delhi.
Speakers:
i) Shri Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
ii) Professor Swaran Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
iii) Ambassador R.K. Raina, former Assistant High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
iv) Shri Ayanjit Sen, CNN, BBC.
v) Shri Mannan Dwivedi.
16.00 pm to 17.30 pm -- Academic Session-IV: Implications of the Economic Crisis in
Bangladesh.
Chair: Professor Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System
for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi.
Speakers:
i) Professor Dipankar Sengupta, Department of Economics, University of Jammu,
Jammu & Kashmir & Honourable Member, Society, MAKAIAS, Kolkata.
ii) Dr. Sabyasachi Saha, Associate Professor, Research and Information System for
Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi.
iii) Shri Pratim Bose.
DAY – II (MARCH 27, 2025)
10.00 am to 11.30 am -- Academic Session-V: Border Management for Bangladesh
Neighbours.
Chair: Professor Gurmeet Singh, former Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry University
and Honourable Member, Society, MAKAIAS, Kolkata.
Speakers:
i) Dr. Pushpita Das, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
(MP-IDSA), New Delhi.
ii) Dr. Uttam K. Sinha, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and
Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.
iii) Shri S.K. Sood, ADG, BSF (Retired).
11.30 am to 11.45 am -- TEA / COFFEE
11.45 am to 13.15 pm -- Academic Session-VI: Security Implications of the
Crisis.
Chair: General V.K. Chaturvedi.
Speakers:
i) Lt. General N. Kohli.
ii) Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and
Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.
iii) Dr. Rajiv Nayan, Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar Institute for
Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi and Honourable Member
of the Executive Council and Society, MAKAIAS, Kolkata.
13.15 pm t 14.15 pm -- LUNCH
14.15 pm to 16.00 pm -- Views from Think Tanks
NATIONAL ANTHEM
