Ambassador (Retd.) Dinkar P. Srivastava, former Indian Ambassador to Iran
delivered Lecture on “Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control”
on 14th March, 2023.
Dr. Mohinder Singh, Professor and Director National Institute of Panjab Studies, New Delhi,
delivered a Special Lecture on Democratic Ideals and Institutions of the Sikhs (Bharat: Loktantra ki Janani)
on 24th November, 2022.
Shri Narinder Singh Jamwal, ADG, BSF (Retd.) delivered a lecture on Know Thy Border on 26th May 2022.
‘Role of Women in Border Security Force (BSF)’ a webtalk was organised by the department
of National Security Studies on 10 March 2022.
A WebTalk was organised on the title ‘Indo-Pacific: A Construct In Offing’ by the
department on 13 April 2021.
The department organised a webtalk on ‘Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s Attempts at Forced
Assimilation’ on 13 February 2021.
A WebTalk was organised on the title ‘The Neo-Taliban: The Whats, Whys & Hows?’, by the
department on 9 June 2020.
The department organised a webtalk on ‘India’s Maritime Security: Indian Ocean and
Beyond’, on 2 June 2020.
The department organised a webtalk on ‘India-Nepal Relations: Kalapani-Lipulekh-Domestic
Politics’ on 25 May 2020.
A Webtalk on ‘Gilgit-Baltistan - A Road Map?’ was organised by the department on 18 May
2020.
The department organised a web talk on ‘Xinjiang - Internal Situation & External
Responses’, on 11 May 2020.
A WebTalk was organised by the department on 4 May 2020 on ‘Afghan Peace Process-
Implications for India’
The department organised A WebTalk was organised on the title ‘The Rise of China & India's
Response’ on 27 April 2020.
Ambassador (Dr.) Bhaskar Balakrishnan, former Head of the Investment & Technology Promotion Division of the
MEA, delivered a lecture on Science & Technology and International Relations on 20th April 2018
Dr M Venkataraman, Assistant Professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies,
University of Madras, delivered a lecture on China Factor in
India-Africa Relations - What Next? on 2 August 2017.
Professor Suba Chandran, Professor and Dean, National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Bangalore, visited the department and delivered a lecture on Pakistan's Internal Conflicts:
Old Issues, New Violence on 31 July 2017.
Dr. Amit Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of
Strategy and International Studies, USAF Air War College, United States of America delivered a talk on ‘Chinese Interest in South Asia on 30th February 2017.
Prof. Flavia Stara, Director, department of Education, Cultural Heritage and tourism,
University of Macerata, Italy delivered a lecture on ‘Gender, Conflict and Security’ on 15
February 2017
Dr. Tara Kartha, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), New Delhi had an interactive session on National Security issues on1st February, 2017.
Prof. Utham
Kumar Jamadhagni, Head, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of
Madras delivered a lecture on ‘India’s Maritime Security: Issues and Concerns' on 21 October 2016.
Dr. Chen Jinying, Associate Professor, Shanghai International University delivered two
lectures on “Social Media, Internet Politics and State-Society Relation in China”, on 13 October 2016/
The Department in collaboration with 26 Tiger Division, Indian Army organised a lecture to
commemorate the victory of war in Kargil and to honour the martyrs of the war held on 9
August 2016 at Auditorium, Central University of Jammu, TAB, Sainik Colony.
Amb. Pathasarathy delivered a lecture on India’s Relationship with Pakistan: Contextualising Regional
Integration in South and Southeast Asia on 16 February 2016.
Prof. Alka Acharya, Director-General, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), New Delhi visited
the department and delivered an Eminent Lecture on 7 September 2015.
Prof. Christian Wagner, Director, South Asia programme of Stiftung Wissenchaft und Politik
(German Institute for Interntional and Security Affairs), Berlin, Germany visited the
department and delivered an Eminent Lecture on War and Peace in South Asia in 2015.
