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Theme of the PDNS 2023: Securing India’s Economic Growth

Venue: HQ Southern Command Officers Mess and Pride Hotel, Shivajinagar

Flow of the Programme

Date: Monday, November 27, 2023

  • 5:45 PM – 06:15 PM: Tea/ Coffee at HQ Southern Command Officers Mess
  • 6:30 PM – 6:45 PM: Introduction to PDNS by Lt Gen Vinayak Patankar, Convenor, PDNS
  • 6:45 PM – 7:00 PM: Welcome address by Lt. Gen. Ajai Kumar Singh, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, GOC-in-C HQ Southern Command
  • 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM: Address by General Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, Chief of Army Staff
  • 7:45 PM – 8:00 PM: Lt Gen Vinayak Patankar to announce felicitation of award winning student essay writers by COAS | Presentation of PIC’s books to COAS by Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, FRS
  • 8:00 PM onwards: Cocktails followed by Dinner

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

  • 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM: Assembly and Registration at Hotel Pride, Shivajinagar
  • 8:55 AM – 9:05 AM: Inaugural Session | Opening Remarks by Lt. Gen. Vinayak Patankar (Retd.) Convenor, PDNS
  • 9:05 AM: Welcome address by Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, FRS, President, Pune International Centre
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Session 1 | Imperatives of High Economic Growth
    Chairperson: Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Vice President, Pune International Centre
    Speaker: Dr. Surjit S Bhalla, Chairperson, Ministry of Commerce High Level Advisory Group on Trade
    Panelists: Dr. Ajit Ranade, Vice Chancellor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Dr. Ravi Pandit, Co-founder & Group Chairman, KPIT Technologies
  • 11:00 AM – 11:25 AM: Tea/Coffee Break
  • 11:30 AM – 01:00 PM: Session 2 | Critical Minerals, Minerals, Energy & Supply Chains
    Chairperson: Mr. Gautam Chikermane, Vice President, ORF
    Panelists: Mr Rishabh Jain, Senior Programme Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water; Col. Anurag Awasthi, Vice President, India Electronics and Semiconductors Association; Ms Jhanvi Tripathi, Associate Fellow, ORF
  • 1:00 PM – 1:55 PM: Lunch
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Session 3 | Understanding Dissent in Hinterland & Impact on Economic Growth: Punjab Case Study
    Chairperson: Mr Pradyot Haldar, President, PPF
    Panelists: Mr Ramesh Inder Singh, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Punjab and Mr Praveen Swami, Journalist and Author
  • 3:35 PM – 5:15 PM: Valedictory Session | Vision 2047 for India
    Chairperson: Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, President, Pune International Centre
    Closing Remarks: Lt Gen S.S. Mehta (Retd.), Trustee, Pune International Centre
    Valedictory Address: Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon. Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • 5:15 PM: Vote of Thanks: Abhay Vaidya, Director, Pune International Centre
  • Tea/Coffee and Dispersal

Theme of the PDNS 2022: India’s Security in a Changing World Order

Venue: Pride Hotel, Shivajinagar

Flow of the Programme

Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022

  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Assembly & Registration
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Inaugural Session
    Opening Remarks: Lt Gen Vinayak Patankar, Convenor, PDNS
    Welcome Address: Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, FRS, President, Pune International Centre
    Keynote Address: Mr. Vikram Misri, Deputy National Security Advisor, GoI
  • 9:50 AM – 11:35 AM: Session 1 | Impact of Internal Dimension on India’s Security
    Chairperson: Mr. Pradyot Haldar, President, PPI, New Delhi
    Panelists: Mr. Gurbachan Jagat, Former Governor of the State of Manipur; Dr. Ajai Sahni, Founding Member & Executive Director, Institute of Conflict Management; Mr. Gopal Pillai, Former Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI
  • 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM: Tea/ Coffee Break
  • 12:00 PM – 1:50 PM: Session 2 | China-Pakistan Combined Threat to India’s Security
    Chairperson: Amb. Gautam Bambawale, Former India’s Ambassador to China, Bhutan & High Commissioner to Pakistan
    Panelists: Lt. Gen. Shokin Chauhan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM, SM, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies; Prof. Srikant Kondapalli, Dean, School of International Studies, JNU; Amb. TCA Raghavan, Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan
  • 1:55 PM – 2:35 PM: Lunch
  • 2:40 PM – 4:15 PM: Session 3 | Panel Discussion on India’s Security in a Changing World Order
    Chairperson: Mr. Nitin Gokhale, Strategic Affairs Analyst
    Panelists: Dr. Tara Kartha, Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Research; Mr. Jayant Umranikar, Former DGP, Maharashtra; Lt Gen S.L. Narsimhan, PVSM, AVSM, Member NSAB
  • 4:20 PM – 5:20 PM: Closing Session
    Chairperson: Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Vice President, PIC
    Valedictory Address: Lt Gen S.S. Mehta, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, VSM, Former Western Army Commander
    Closing Remarks: By the Chairperson
    Vote of Thanks: Abhay Vaidya, Director, PIC
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