Programme

Day 1: 5 December 2018

• Welcome Address by Maj. Gen (Retd.). Alok Deb, Deputy Director General, IDSA
• Introductory Address by Mr. Pankaj Hazarika, Director (CS), BIMSTEC Secretariat, Dhaka
• Inaugural Address by Shri. Rajinder Khanna, Dy. National Security Advisor, Government of India

Chair: Dr. Ajeet Bajpai, Director General, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC);
Co-Chair: Dr. Ajey Lele, IDSA

• Bangladesh perspective by M.D. Sakhawat Hossain Superintendent of Police (SP), Special Branch, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh
• Bhutan: Cybersecurity Initiatives, Challenges and Issues by Ms. Sonam Choki, Sr. ICT Officer, Bhutan CIRT
• India perspective by Dr. Sanjay Bahl, DG, CERT-In
• Myanmar perspective by Mr. Soe Naing Oo, Police Brigadier General, Criminal Investigation Department, Myanmar
• Cyber Security in Nepal by Rabin Basnyat, Chief of Digital Forensics, CID, Nepal Police
• Sri Lanka perspective by Rohana Chaminda Akmeemana Palliyaguru, Director-Operations, Sri Lanka CERT|CC, Colombo
• Thailand perspective by Ms. Rawinnipa Karin, Plan and Policy Analyst, Directorate of Countering, Transnational Threats, Office of the National Security Council (NSC), Thailand

Chair: Dr. Madan Oberoi, ICT Advisor, MHA/ Shri Janardhan Singh, JD, MHA

Speakers:

• Ms. Sangay Choden, ICT Officer, Infrastructure Division, Department of IT and Telecom, Ministry of Information and Communications, Bhutan
• Ms. Papakorn Vorasathit, Plan and Policy Analyst, Professional Level, Office of the National Security Council (NSC), Thailand
• Brig. Ashish Chibbar, IDSA
• Rep. from Fireye
• Rep. from Kaspersky
• Rep. from Microsoft
• Rep. from Tech Mahindra/ McAfee

Chair: Upender Singh Rawat, JS (Cyber Diplomacy) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
Co-Chair: Soe Naing Oo, Police Brigadier General, Criminal Investigation Department, Myanmar

Speakers:

• Shri Hemant H. Kotalwar, JS, NSCS
• Shri Rahul Gosain, Director, MeitY
• Mr. Pankaj Hazarika, Director (CS), BIMSTEC Secretariat, Dhaka
• Ms. Rehana Parvin, Assistant Secretary (BIMSTEC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
• Mr. Munish Sharma, IDSA

Day 2: December 6, 2018

Chair: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology;
Co-Chair: Mr. Werachai Prayoonpruk, Deputy Director, Office of Cybersecurity, ETDA, Thailand

• Rep of MeitY
• Rep MHA
• Mr. Amit Sharma, Additional Director (R&D) Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)
• R. Ananthalakshmi Ammal, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Trivandrum – New Challenges of Digital Forensics
• Dr. Cherian Samuel, Research Fellow, IDSA

Chair: Ms. Prabha Rao, Ex-Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat;
Co-Chair: Dr. Sanjay Bahl, DG, CERT-In

Speakers:

• Shri Narendra Nath, DDG Security, DoT
• Mr. Pankaj Phukan, US (Cyber Diplomacy), MEA
• Dr. S K Pal, Director (IT & CS), DRDO
• Mr. Sachin Burman, Deputy Director General, NCIIPC
• Shri Anoop Yadav, Dy. Legal Advisor, IS-II, MHA

Chair: Maj. Gen. Alok Deb,  DDG, IDSA;
Co-Chair: Mr. Pankaj Hazarika, Director (CS), BIMSTEC Secretariat, Dhaka

• Concluding Remarks by Shri Piyush Srivastava, JS (BIMSTEC), MEA
• Concluding Address by Dr. Gulshan Rai, NCSC – Roadmap for BIMSTEC Cooperation