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Workshop on Kautilya
IDSA Project on Indigenous Historical Knowledge-I
0900-0930: Registration
0930-1000: Inaugural Session
Welcome remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, DG IDSA
Keynote Address by Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Adviser
1000-1015: Tea Break
1015-1130: Session I - Technical and Pedagogical Issues: Teaching and Text
Chair: Dr. Ranabir Chakravarti, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
Presenters:
1. Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai, “What Lies Where and Current Teaching Programme”, Chanakya Institute of Public Leadership, Department of Philosophy, Bombay University [Watch Video]
2. Dr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, “State of Teaching of Sanskrit as it Relates to Kautilya”, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU [Watch Video]
3. Dr. Amalesh Kumar Mishra, “Case Study-Kautilya as Known to Me Through Sanskrit”, History Division, Ministry of Defence [Watch Video]
4. Shri N.S. Mani (Microphotologist) and N. Raju Singh (Archivist) deputed by the National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture, on “State of Archives, Digitization and Preservation” [Watch Video]
1130-1300: Session II – Ideas on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Chair: Amb K.P. Fabian, IFS (Retd.)
Presenters:
1. Dr. Rananbir Chakravarti, “The Kautilyan Concepts of the Circle of States and the Six-Fold Policy of Inter-State Relation”, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU [Watch Video]
2. Dr. Krishnendu Ray, “Varieties of Sandhis and Varieties of Mitras: An Understanding Through Text”, Department of History, University of Calcutta [Watch Video]
3. Amb A.N.D Haksar, IFS (Retd.), “A Post-Kautilya View of Diplomacy: the Nitisara of Kamandaki” [Watch Video]
1300-1400: Lunch
1400-1530: Session III - Relevance to Contemporary Times
Chair: Dr. U.P. Thapliyal, History Division, Ministry of Defence
Presenters:
1. Dr. Amalesh Kumar Mishra, “Intelligence System as Described in Arthasastra of Kautilya”, History Division, Ministry of Defence [Watch Video]
2. Wg. Cdr. G. Adityakiran, “Kautilya’s Pioneering Exposition of Comprehensive National Power in the Arthashastra" Directing Staff, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu [Watch Video]
3. Wg. Cdr. Sachin More, UK Staff College/ King’s College London dissertation on "Arthasastra and its relevance in Contemporary Security Environment" [Watch Video]
1530 -1545: Tea Break
1545- 1655: Session IV - Future Studies and Next Steps
Chair: Dr. Arvind Gupta, DG IDSA
Presenters:
1. Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, “History and Study of International Relations”, Research Fellow, IDSA [Watch Video]
2. Col. P K Gautam (Retd.), “Policy Issues Identified and Next Step(s)”, Research Fellow, IDSA [Watch Video]