SPEAKER PROFILES
(In alphabetical order of Surnames)
His Excellency Dr Philipp Ackermann
German Ambassador to India and Bhutan
Shri Ajay Bhatt
Hon’ble Minister of State for Defence; & State for Tourism, GOI
General Anil Chauhan
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM
Chief of the Defence Staff, GoI
Prof (Dr) Christian Bueger
Professor of International Relations
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
HE Mr Herve DELPHIN
Ambassador of the EU to India
Delegation of the EU to India and Bhutan
Adm RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Swaminathan Gurumurthy
Chairman
Vivekananda International Foundation
Dr S Jaishankar
Hon’ble External Affairs Minister, GOI
Adm DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Former Hon’ble President of India
Link to: Amb Ina Krisnamurthi
HE Ms Ina Hagniningtyas KRISNAMURTHI
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to India and Bhutan
Admiral R Hari Kumar
PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
Former Chief of the Naval Staff
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Jaideep Majumdar
Indian Foreign Service
Secretary (East)
Ministry of External Affairs, GoI
Adm Sureesh Mehta, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Former Hon’ble President of India
Late VAdm KK Nayyar, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
His Excellency Mr Indra Mani Pandey
Secretary-General, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Adm Arun Prakash, PVSM, AVSM, VC, VSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Hardeep S Puri
Hon’ble Minister of MOP&NG, GOI; & Housing and Urban Affairs, GOI
His Excellency Mr Sanjiv Ranjan
Secretary-General
IORA Secretariat
Mr Sanjeev Sanyal
Secretary to the Government of India
Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council
Government of India
Ambassador Kanwal Sibal
Chancellor, JNU
Former Foreign Secretary of India
Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, Indian Navy (Retd)
Shri Rajnath Singh
Hon’ble Defence Minister, GOI
Mr Damien Syed
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the Republic of France, India
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
PVSM, AVSM, NM
Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy
Ambassador D Bala Venkatesh Varma
Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Shri Bhupender Yadav
Hon’ble Minister of MoEFCC, GOI; & Labour and Employment
Government of India