SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Seminars
Through the Seminars at the International Summer School (ISS), students have the exclusive opportunity to engage with eminent speakers on a wide variety of topics and issues that shed further light on contemporary India.
A complete schedule of these interactions is finalized subject to the availability of speakers during the program. Past Seminars organized by the ISS have included the following speakers:
Ms. Suhasini Haidar, Editor (Diplomatic & Strategic Affairs), The Hindu
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah, the first Chief Information Commissioner of India
Mr. Ravi Singh, Secretary General, WWF-India
Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP & Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs
Mr. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary (Higher Education), Government of India
Ambassador Pooja Kapur, then Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Executive Director, IDSA
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, then Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Mr. Najeeb Jung, then Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Delhi
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, then Press Secretary to the Hon’ble President of India
Dr. Shamika Ravi, Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and Director (Research), Brookings India
High Commissioner Vikas Swarup, then Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, Fmr. National Security Advisor to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr. Waiel S.H. Awwad, then President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia
Ms. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
Ambassador Preeti Saran, then Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Mr. Nakul Anand, Executive Director, ITC Ltd.
Justice Madan B. Lokur, then Hon’ble Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Dr. Junaid Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank
Mr. Shakti Sinha, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Ambassador Akhilesh Mishra, Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Ambassador Dr T.C.A. Raghavan, Director General, Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA)
Mr. William Bissell, Managing Director, Fab india
Mr. Nitin Pai, Director, Takshashila Institution
WORKSHOPS
In addition to the Seminars, the ISS conducts Workshops that allow students to develop a deeper understanding of the aforementioned overarching themes while keeping in mind the guiding principles of Education; Diplomacy; and Leadership. Many of these Workshops are convened in partnership with organizations such as WWF-India, CogitoHub, 5waraj, Invest India and InMe.
