International Seminar
on
India – Kazakhstan: Prospects for a Strategic Partnership
January 18 – 19, 2011, New Delhi
Programme
India – Central Asia Foundation,
New Delhi - 110048
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About the Seminar
The India-Central Asia Foundation (ICAF) was formed in April 2005 as a registered Society in New Delhi. It is
a Track II initiative to advance the common interest between India and Central Asia. ICAF has already
established good contacts with prominent research/academic institutions and distinguished scholars in Central
Asia. The current President is Mr. K Santhanam, Distinguished Scientist, and the Vice-President is Mr. K
Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of India.
As part of its ongoing research activities and Track II functions, ICAF has organized first India – Kazakhstan
bilateral Seminar in 2006. The present Seminar is the 2nd in the series and is being organized jointly by ICAF
and the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Seminar would have a sharp focus on prospects for strategic partnership while addressing the issues of
security challenges, science & technology and the opportunity for cooperation in areas of mutual interest. India
has been laying considerable importance in enhancing economic, political and security linkages with
Kazakhstan. The Seminar would try to explore and develop institutional linkages for promoting a higher level of
understanding and appreciation of strategic partnership between India and Kazakhstan.
There would be about 8 paper contributors from India and a matching number from the Kazakh side. Scholars
from ICAF, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata, Centre for Land
Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Global India
Foundation (GIF), Kolkata India and the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS), Almaty would
make presentations at the Seminar.
The Seminar has the following themes:

Cooperation in Historical, Cultural, Political and Security Areas

India – Kazakhstan Economic Relation

Current Status and Prospects of Cooperation in Science & Technology
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PROGRAMME
Tuesday January 18, 2011
0930 – 1000 h
Registration
1000 – 1045 h
Inaugural Session
Welcome Remarks
K Santhanam, President, ICAF, New Delhi
Aims of the Seminar
Prof Nirmala Joshi, Director, ICAF
Opening Remarks
Prof O P Mishra, Member Secretary, Global India
Foundation (GIF), Kolkata
Prof Hari Vasudevan, Director, Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
(MAKAIAS), Kolkata
Guest of Honour
Dr. Bulat K Sultanov
Director, KazISS, Almaty
Vote of Thanks
Brig (retd) Devinder Singh
Member, Governing Body, ICAF
1045 – 1100 h
Tea Break
1100 – 1300 h Academic Session # 1:Cooperation in Historical, Cultural, Political and Security Areas
Chair:
Dr. Bulat K Sultanov, Director, KazISS, Almaty
Co-Chair:
Amb K Raghunath, Vice-President, ICAF, New Delhi
Perspectives:
1
Dr. Murat Laumulin, Chief Research Fellow, KazISS, Almaty
2
Prof Nirmala Joshi, Director, ICAF
3
Vyacheslav Dodonov, Chief Research Fellow, KazISS, Almaty
4
Dr. S K Pandey, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
5
Fellow, MAKAIAS, Kolkata
Discussion
1300 -1400 h Lunch
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1400 – 1500 h Academic Session # 1 (cont.)Cooperation in Historical, Cultural, Political and Security
Areas
Chair: Prof O P Mishra, Member Secretary, Global India Foundation (GIF), Kolkata
Co-Chair: Kazakh Scholar, KazISS, Almaty
Perspectives:
6
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal, Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New
Delhi
7
Fellow, MAKAIAS, Kolkata
8
Dr. Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay, Fellow, Global India Foundation, Kolkata
1500 – 1515 Tea Break
1515 - 1700
Academic Session # 2
India – Kazakhstan Economic Relation
Chair:
Prof Hari Vasudevan, Director, MAKAIAS, Kolkata
Co-Chair:
Amb Rajiv Sikri, former Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Perspectives:
9
Dr. Leila Muzaparova, First deputy Director, KazISS, Almaty
10 Dr. Gulshan Sachdeva, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi
11 Dr. Anurag, Fellow, Global India Foundation, Kolkata
Discussion
Wednesday January 19, 2011
1000 – 1100 h
Academic Session # 3: Current Status and Prospects of Cooperation in Science &
Technology
Chair:
K Santhanam, President, ICAF, New Delhi, India
Co-Chair:
Kazakh Scholar
Perspectives:
12 Indian Scholar
13 German Kim, Chief Research Fellow, KazISS, Almaty Indian Scholar
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1100 – 1115 h Tea Break
1115 – 1300 h
Academic Session # 3 (cont)….:
Perspectives:
14 Indian Scholar
15 Kazakh Scholar
16 Indian Scholar
Discussion
Concluding Remarks
K Santhanam, President, ICAF, New Delhi, India
Dr. Bulat K Sultanov, Director, KazISS, Almaty
Prof O P Mishra, Member Secretary, GIF, Kolkata
Prof hari Vasudevan, Director, MAKAIAS, Kolkata
Phir Milenge/ Dosvidanya
Note : We shall provide you a full list of Indian and Kazakh participants soon.
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