Two-day seminar on China in Assam from today

Over 200 officers of the Indian armed forces including senior military leadership and ground commanders will be part of the seminar

Senior serving and retired Indian Army officers, diplomats, academicians, and experts are in Assam for a two-day seminar beginning today with a focus on China and the evolving threat on the northern borders.

Over 200 officers of the Indian armed forces including senior military leadership and ground commanders will be part of the seminar organised by the Army’s Eastern Command at the headquarters of IV Corps or Gajraj Corps, which covers Assam and Western Arunachal Pradesh.

The seminar will include talks and panel discussions by eminent subject matter experts including senior diplomats, academicians like former Indian ambassador to China Ashok Kantha, author, and China expert Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, president of Centre for China Analysis and Strategy Jaydeva Ranade, researcher and academician Dr Amrita Jash and French author and Tibetologist Claude Arpi.

Several senior Army officers like former army commander Northern Command Lt Gen, Ranbir Singh (retd.), former army commander Army Training Command Lt Gen Raj Shukla (retd.), and member of the National Security Advisory Board Lt Gen SL Narasimhan (retd.) will also be part of the seminar.

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