India Foundation organised a conference on `Cartography Challenges in the Indo-Pacific` on January 12, 2024. Amb Preeti Saran, Member, Governing Council, India Foundation, delivered the Keynote Address and Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, delivered the Special Address.
The first panel discussion was chaired by Amb Preeti Saran. Vice Admiral Saroj Jha, Former Chief Hydrographer to the Govt of India, Shri C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute, Delhi, and Mr Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, delivered their remarks.
The second panel discussion was chaired by Amb Vijay Thakur Singh, Director General, ICWA. Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation, and Mr Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, delivered their remarks.
The third panel discussion was chaired by Vice Adm Shekhar Sinha, Chairman, Board of Trustees, India Foundation. Dr. Sriparna Pathak, Associate Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs; Dr Shristi Pukhrem, Deputy Director (Academics & Research), & Ms Deeksha Goel, Senior Research Fellow & Deputy Director (Adm), India Foundation, delivered their remarks.