Time & Date: 9:00am to 4:30pm, September 21, 2018

Venue: RNJ 101 (or other classrooms available)

9:00-9:20   Guests Meeting VC

Guests meeting Dr. Dishan Kamdar, Vice Chancellor, FLAME University 

9:20-10:00    Opening Remarks

Dr. Dishan Kamdar (Vice Chancellor, FLAME University)*

Dr. (Arthur) Shuhfan Ding (Professor Emeritus, National Chengchi University)

Dr. Roger Liu (Executive Officer and Associate Professor, FLAME University)

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Senior member(s) from the IS team

10:00-10:10   Lamp Lighting Ceremony

For the Opening of the Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies (CSSAS), FLAME University

10:10-10:30   Tea Break

10:30-12:00   Panel 1: Regional Powers and Neighbors in South and SE Asia

Presenters:

- Dr. Prof. S. D. Muni (Professor Emeritus, JNU; Former Indian Ambassador to Laos)

- Dr. Geeta Kochhar (Assistant Professor, Center for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, JNU)

- Dr. Vijay Khare (Head, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University)

- Dr. (Arthur) Shuhfan Ding (Professor Emeritus, NCCU, Taiwan)

12:15-13:00   Lunch

13:00-14:30   Panel 2: New Development in the triangular relations between India, US and China

Presenters:

- Dr. Jabin Jacob (Associate Editor, China Report)

- Dr. Raviprasad Narayanan (Associate Professor of Chinese Politics, JNU)

- Prof. Saheli Chatteraj (Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia) 

- Prof. Deepanshu Mohan (Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, OP Jindal Global University)

14:30-15:00   Tea Break

15:00-16:15  Roundtable: General Review of Act East Policy: Prospects and Suggestions

- All Participants and FLAME faculty members

16:15-16:30   Vote of Thanks

- Dr. Roger Liu