Annual Report 2007 - Observer Research Foundation

Events organised during the year under the ORF Institute of Security Studies
On April 17, 2006, Brigadier (retd.) Gurmeet Kanwal made a presentation on “India’s Nuclear
Forces” at the Monday Morning Meeting.
On May 19, 2006, Brigadier (retd.) Gurmeet Kanwal organized a visit of the Taiwanese Delegation.
On May 24, 2006, Dr Peter Lavoy visited ORF Campus and interacted with General (retd.) V. P.
Malik and ISS Team.
On May 29, 2006. Mr. Deba R. Mohanty made a presentation on “ Trends in Global Defence Industry:
Implications for India” at the Monday Morning Meeting.
On June 19, 2006, Dr. P.V. Ramana made a presentation on “ Travelling Through Andra - Orissa
Border Guerrilla Zone” at the Monday Morning Meeting.
On June 26, 2006, Mr. Rudra Chaudhari made a presentation on “Dynamics of US ‘Force Transformation’:
An Assessment” at the Monday Morning Meeting.
On July 6, 2006, ISS organized a visit of a delegation from National Defence University, Israel.
On August 24, 2006, ISS organized a visit of Mr Mike Smith, Australia’s Ambassador for Counter
Terrorism.
On September 25, 2006, Ms. Garima Singh made a presentation on “Iran: Policy Options for India”
at the Monday Morning Meeting.
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On October 12, 2006, Deba Mohanty organized an ISS National Seminar on “Public - Private Partnership
in Defence: Problems and Prospects” at the ORF Auditorium.
On November 23 – 24, 2006, ISS organized the ORF - RLF International Conference on “The
Rise of China: Asian and European Perspectives”. It was coordinated by Ms. Garima Singh. Deba
Mohanty, Senior Fellow at the ISS presented a paper in this Conference.
On January 11–12, 2007 Commodore (retd.). R.S. Vasan organized an International Conference on
Maritime Security under the theme “Maritime Trade And Security: Striking The Right Balance”
at Mumbai. The concluding part of the Conference was held at the ORF Campus, New Delhi, on
January 16, 2007.
On January 15, 2007, Mr. Deba Ranjan Mohanty made a presentation on “Trends in India’s Military
Expenditure” at the Monday Morning Meeting.
On January 17, 2007, P.V. Ramana organized a meeting on “Terrorism”.
On February 15, 2007, Deba Mohanty coordinated a Round Table Meeting on “Making Decisions
in Missile Defence”, presented by Mr Peter J Mantle, President Mantle & Associates, LLC.
On March 15 and 16, 2007, South Asia Regional Workshop on “Security and Liberty: Linking
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights” was organised in Delhi.
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