Distinguished Lecture titled "Navigating the Indo-Pacific: India’s Strategy," organized by IIT Dharwad as part of the "Distinguished Lecture Series".

Distinguished Lecture titled "Navigating the Indo-Pacific: India’s Strategy," organized by IIT Dharwad as part of the "Distinguished Lecture Series".

The details of the lecture are: 
Title: " Navigating the Indo-Pacific: India’s Strategy"
Speaker: Ambassador Anil Wadhwa
Date and Time: 18th March 2025, 4:30 PM
Venue: L 106, Central Learning Theatre (CLT), Permanent Campus, IIT Dharwad

Brief Bio of Speaker:  Ambassador Anil Wadhwa is a distinguished officer of the Indian Foreign Service and an outstanding diplomat. He has a distinguished career spanning almost 4 decades in the Indian Foreign Service since he joined the service in 1979. He was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1979-2017 and has served as the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Thailand, Oman, and Poland. As Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs of India, he oversaw relations with South East Asia, Gulf and West Asia, Pacific and Australasia. He has served as the Indian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Program (WFP) UNESCAP and worked with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague heading the Government Relations and Political Affairs and Media and Public Affairs Branches. He has served as India’s chief delegate to the East Asia Summit, ASEAN-India, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), the Arab League, Mekong Ganga Cooperation, and Asian Regional Forum (ARF) meetings. Ambassador Wadhwa’s previous postings include stints with the Indian Permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, twice to the Indian Embassy in Beijing, and in the Commission of India in Hong Kong. He has led a CII task force for writing the Australia Economic Strategy report for the Indian government. Ambassador Wadhwa is currently a Distinguished fellow with the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, and serves as an Independent Director and Advisor on the Boards of some corporate firms and organizations in India and abroad.

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All the faculty members, students, research scholars, and officers of the Institute are invited to the Lecture and gain valuable insights into our foreign policy.