A Seminar Jointly organised by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC), New Delhi

Programme

9.30 AM-10.00 AM: Registration

Inaugural Session: 10.00 AM-10.30AM:

Chair &Welcome Remarks: Amb. Jayant Prasad, Director General, IDSA
Remarks: H.E. Chung –Kwang Tien, Representative, TECC
Speech: Mr. Theodore Huang, Chairman TECO Group and Honorary Chairman, Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce (CNIAC)
Key Note Speaker: TBC

Session-I: 10.30-11.45AM: India and Taiwan: Mutual Perspectives

Chair: Prof Alka Acharya, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Delhi
Prof B. R. Deepak, JNU: India and Taiwan: From Benign Neglect to Pragmatism
Dr. Francis Yi-hua Kan, IIR, NCCU, Taiwan: The Ma-Xi Summit and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: Implications for India’s Role in East Asia”.
Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh, IDSA:Creating Framework for India-Taiwan Relations
Dr. Jabin Jacob, ICS: India-Taiwan Relations: Constrained or Self-Constraining?
Dr. Ritu Aggarwal, JNU: Two Democracies, Two Governing Systems: Viewing Taiwan from India.
Discussant: Dr. Tuan Yao Cheng, University of Kang-Ning

Session-II: 11.45AM-1.15PM: TPP, RCEP and India-Taiwan in Regional Integration

Chair: Dr. Lee Chun, WTO and RTA Center, CIER, Taipei
Dr. Jagannath Panda, IDSA: India, Taiwan and Emerging Institutions in Asia and Beyond
Dr. Kristy Tsun-Tzu Hsu, CIER, Taiwan: India-Taiwan Partnership in the Asian Era
Dr. T.G. Suresh, JNU: India and Taiwan: Emergence of a New Economic Convergence
Dr. Arvind Yelery, ICS: India-Taiwan Economic Relations: Building Synergies for Regional Economic Integration
Mr. Sanjay Pulipaka, ICRIER: Approaches to Regionalism: India and Taiwan
Discussant: Dr. Lee Chun

1.15PM-2.15 PM: Lunch Break

Session-III: 2.15-3.20PM: India and Taiwan’s Role in Asian Regional Peace
and Stability

Chair: Prof. Manoj Joshi, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, JNU:India and Taiwan in Asian Peace and Stability
Dr. Fu-Kuo Liu, NCCU, Taiwan: Maritime Security and the Indo-Pacific Security Link: India and Taiwan’s Strategic Reorientation
Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, IDSA: Taiwan and the “Indo-Pacific/Asia Pacific Context
Dr. Cherian Samuel, IDSA: India-Taiwan Cyber-Security Cooperation

3.20– 3.30 PM Coffee/Tea Break

3.30- 4.45 PM: Panel Discussion: Enhancing India-Taiwan Partnership and
Cooperation from the Global Perspectives

Chair: Amb P Stobdan, Senior Fellow, IDSA
Theodore Huang, Chairman TECO Group and Honorary Chairman, CNIAC
Prof. Sreemati Chakrabarti, Delhi University (DU), Delhi
Dr. Tuan Yao Cheng, University of Kang-Ning
Dr. Francis Yi-hua Kan, National Cheng-Chi University (NCCU), Taiwan
Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Amb (retd.) R. Rajagopalan, Former Ambassador of India
Dr. Fu-Kuo Liu, National Cheng-Chi University (NCCU), Taiwan
Mr Manoj Joshi, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi
Dr. Kristy Tsun-Tzu Hsu, Taiwan ASEAN Studies Centre, Taipei

4.50-5 PM: Concluding Remarks: Shri Jayant Prasad, DG IDSA