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Welcome Remarks:   Shri .  Sudhir  T.  Devare , Chairman-SIOS Introductory  Remarks:  Retd .  Vice  Admiral  Anup  Singh Vote of Thanks:  Shri . S. N.  Tripathi , IAS(R),  Secretary General-SIOS

Post- Covid  Strategic Outlook of the Countries of Bay of Bengal Region 26 th   October, Monday, 2020 ,  3:00  pm –  5:00  pm

SOCIETY FOR INDIAN OCEAN STUDIES NEW  DELHI –  110030

For any queries please  contact          Shri .  Sudhir  T.  Devare , Chairman-SIOS ( stdevare@gmail.com ; sgsiosindia@gmail.com   )

Webinar  Link:      https://iipa.webex.com/iipa/onstage/g.php?MTID=e88320f4cb59f11eddab14c825b2c1f18 Event Password :     sios@9  Event Number :  126 022 6799

Speaker:   Prof.  Dewi  Fortuna Anwar   Member of the Social Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI)  Speaker:   Prof.  Mustafizur   Rahman Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh Speaker :   Dr  Dushni   Weerakoon Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS ) Speaker: Dr. Min  Zaw   Oo Executive Director at Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security

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Prof.  Dewi  Fortuna Anwar Member of the Social Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI)

Political Studies-Indonesian Institute of Sciences (P2P-LIPI), and Vice Chairman of the Board of Management of The  Habibie  Center (THC) based in Jakarta.  Dewi  was the  Kippenberger  Visiting Chair at the Centre for Strategic  Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand from 1 October to 30 November, 2018 and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the S.  Rajaratnam  School of International Studies (RSIS),  Nanyang  Technological University, Singapore from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2018. From 2010 to 2017  Dewi  served as a Deputy Secretary to the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia (For Political Affairs, October 2010-May 2015; For Government Policy Support, May 2010-February 2017).  Dewi  was Deputy Chairman for Social Sciences and Humanities-LIPI from 2001 to 2010, and Chairman of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights-THC from 2010 to 2018. She served as Assistant Minister of State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs in 1998-99 during the  Habibie  Presidency.   Dewi  was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at CSEAS, Kyoto University in 2010 and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University in 2007.  She has written widely on Indonesia’s democratization, foreign policy, as well as on ASEAN regional political and security issues.  Dewi  sits and has sat in a number of national and international advisory boards. She is currently a member of the Foundation Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a Governing Board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and a Board Member of Shift Project based in New York. She served as a member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) in 2004-2008, and a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in 2008-2012.  Dewi  was an APSA Congressional Fellow at the U.S. Congress in 1990-1991. She obtained her PhD from  Monash  University, Melbourne in 1990, while her M.A. and B.A. ( Hons ) were from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 1982 and 1981 respectively.

Dewi  Fortuna Anwar straddles the world of academia, political activism and government. She is a member of the Social Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) since 2015. She works as a Research Professor at the  Center for

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Prof.  Mustafizur   Rahman   Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fellow at Yale University, USA. His areas of research include WTO and interests of the LDCs; addressing Bangladesh’s LDC graduation challenges; South-South Cooperation, regional cooperation and economic integration in Southern Asia; fiscal-monetary policies and macroeconomic performance of Bangladesh; challenges of SDGs implementation. He has published widely in Bangladesh and abroad. Professor  Rahman  has served as member of a number of national bodies set up by the Government of Bangladesh including WTO Advisory Committee, Regulatory Reforms Commission and Core Committee on Connectivity. He was a member of Panel of Economists for the ongoing Seventh Five Year Plan of Bangladesh, and the Second Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2021-2041). Professor  Rahman  has been a member of Government delegations to several WTO Ministerial Conferences and trade-related hearings. Professor  Rahman  is currently a member of the Dhaka University Senate and member of Board of Trustees and Syndicate of BRAC University.

Professor  Mustafizur   Rahman  is an economist by training. He is currently serving as Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Earlier Dr.  Rahman  had taught as a Professor in the University of Dhaka. He was Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, UK and Senior Fulbright

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Dr  Dushni   Weerakoon   Executive  Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS)

in policy  development committees of the Government of Sri Lanka, working as a consultant to international development  organisations , and serving as a director on the boards of corporate and academic entities in Sri Lanka. She holds a  BSc  in Economics with First Class Honors from the Queen's University of Belfast, U.K., and an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester, U.K.

Dushni   Weerakoon  is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) and Head of its Macroeconomic Policy Research.  Her research and publications cover areas related to macroeconomic policy, regional trade integration,  and international economics. She has extensive experience  working

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Dr. Min  Zaw   Oo   Executive Director at Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security

Executive Director of the Technical Secretariat Centre of the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC). He is also an adviser to the Peace Commission that reaches out to ethnic armed groups to implement the peace process. Min was the Director of Ceasefire Negotiation and Implementation at Myanmar Peace Centre to facilitate the negotiation to achieve historic Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. Min was also instrumental to support Myanmar’s transition to democracy after decades of military rule. Min worked in various international peace and security projects , including in Afghanistan,  before returning to Myanmar. Min received a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University, M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University.

Min is currently serving as Executive Director at Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security that implements policy research and analysis supporting the peace dialogue and security transition. Min set up the first joint-ceasefire mechanism in Myanmar to implement the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and multiple bilateral ceasefire agreements as the

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Shri   Sudhir  T.  Devare , IFS  (R),  Chairman, SIOS Shri   Devare  is a former diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1964 and worked in the Indian missions in Moscow, Washington,  Gangtok , Frankfurt, Geneva and Yangon. He was ambassador to South Korea when India's relations with this country were beginning to be shaped. He was the first Indian Ambassador to the Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia after these new republics were formed following the disintegration of the Soviet Union.  Shri   Devare  was later Ambassador to Indonesia where he also worked with the ASEAN Headquarters.

As Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs ( 1998-2001) he was closely associated with the evolution and implementation of India's Look East policy and multilateral economic relations .  Shri   Devare  was a member of the National Security Advisory Board in 2002-03. He was also a Visiting Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Research and Information System (RIS) of Developing Countries and is now Chairman of RIS's Research Advisory Council. Shri   Devare  was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. ( 2003-06). He was with the  Weatherhead  Center , Harvard University , Cambridge ,USA and continues to be a Fellow  there.Shri   Devare  was the Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs, the oldest think-tank in India. (2009-12) From 2013 -17 he was the Ram  Sathe  Chair Professor at Symbiosis International University in  Pune  and  Noida . Ambassador  Devare  is the author of a book,' India and Southeast Asia: towards Security Convergence' and has edited four books and contributed extensively to journals, newspapers etc on foreign policy issues.

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Shri  Surendra   Nath   Tripathi , IAS (R),  Secretary General, SIOS Shri   Surendra   Nath   Tripathi , IAS (R) was an IAS officer of 1985 batch (Odisha Cadre). An MA in Political Science from Allahabad University and MBA in Public Policy from Slovenia,  Sh   Tripathi  is a highly seasoned  Civi  Servant with a true academic flavour. Before joining IAS, he had been Lecturer in Allahabad University. He took over the charge of Director IIPA in April 2019 while he was still holding the charge of Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs,  Govt  of India. Before that he adorned many important positions both in  Govt  of India as also in the  Govt  of Odisha. He worked as  AS  & FA in

Union Ministry of Agriculture and Joint Secretary as also Development Commissioner in MSME. In  Govt  of Odisha, he held highly important positions like Secretary IT, Secretary  Panchayati  Raj and Rural Development besides working as District Magistrates in several districts. He is credited with revolutionising the  Panchayati  Raj and Rural Development  Deptt  of Odisha. As Secretary IT, he digitised all  Govt  orders and other information of  Govt  of Odisha and put them into public domain on Website. He is credited with wide ranging reforms in the Tool Room concept while being in MSME as JS and then DC.  After joining IIPA, he has been instrumental in implementing e-Office at IIPA which has simplified the office working tremendously. In this crisis time of Covid-19, when face to face training is practically nil, he has worked overnight for reorienting IIPA towards digital and online training. Due to his motivation and continuous guidance, IIPA has been able to develop digital training materials in record time even during the lockdown period.

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About the Webinar   The webinar link details (single click  url :    https://iipa.webex.com/iipa/onstage/g.php?MTID=e88320f4cb59f11eddab14c825b2c1f18     and  Event Password:   Events@2020  &  Event Number:  126 022 6799 The webinar will be held on WebEx Platform.   The webinar will start for participants at  1500  hrs on  26th October  2020.   To pose questions to the distinguished Panelists, participants can email their questions beforehand to the email ID :   stdevare@gmail.com  &  sgsiosindia@gmail.com   or  can ask questions LIVE through Chat box. Moderator will take questions during Q &A Session. Participants are requested to keep their questions clear and brief.

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 For any queries please  contact          Shri .  Sudhir  T.  Devare , Chairman-SIOS ( stdevare@gmail.com ; sgsiosindia@gmail.com   )

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 Webinar  Link:      https://iipa.webex.com/iipa/onstage/g.php?MTID=e88320f4cb59f11eddab14c825b2c1f18 Event Password :     sios@9  Event Number :  126 022 6799

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 About the Webinar   The webinar link details (single click  url :    https://iipa.webex.com/iipa/onstage/g.php?MTID=e88320f4cb59f11eddab14c825b2c1f18     and  Event Password:   Events@2020  &  Event Number:  126 022 6799 The webinar will be held on WebEx Platform.   The webinar will start for participants at  1500  hrs on  26th October  2020.   To pose questions to the distinguished Panelists, participants can email their questions beforehand to the email ID :   stdevare@gmail.com  &  sgsiosindia@gmail.com   or  can ask questions LIVE through Chat box. Moderator will take questions during Q &A Session. Participants are requested to keep their questions clear and brief.

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