INVITATION
We have the pleasure of inviting you to a one-day conference on
SIMLA CONVENTION AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS
Dr. LOBSANG SANGAY, SIKYONG OF CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION WILL INAUGURATE AND GIVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Organized by
India International Centre in co-ordination with Tibet Policy Institute
Date: July 3, 2014
Time: 09:30 AM
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi
Contact: 01892 – 222403, 011 – 24609309
Mobile: 098822- 31929, 09871372854
PROGRAMME JULY 3, 2014
OPENING SESSION
09: 30-09:40 Opening Remarks by the Chair: Prof Siddiq Wahid
09: 40-09:45 Inaugural lighting of lamp
09:45 -09:55 Welcome address by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chair IIC, New Delhi
09:55 -10:20 Keynote Address: Hon’ble Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong of Central Tibetan Administration
10: 20-10:40 International Perspective on the Simla Agreement by Dr Michael van Walt van
Praag, Lawyer and Author
10:40 -11:00 Likely Policy of the New Indian Government on China & its Perspective on the issue of Tibet by Shri Ram Madhav, Writer & Author
11:00-11:15 Discussion
11:15-11:30 BREAK
SESSION ONE
11:30 – 11:37 Chair: Michael van Walt van Praag, Lawyer and Author
11:37 – 11:57 Panchsheel Agreement 1954 by Shri R.N.Ravi, former Special Director of IB
11:57 -12:22 International Status of Tibet at the Time of Simla Convention by Tashi Phuntsok, Secretary, DIIR
11:22 -12:42 Discussion .
12:42 -13:30 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION TWO
13:30 – 13:37 Chair: Prof Siddiq Wahid
13:37 – 13:57 Indian Perspective on Simla Convention by Prof. Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster, London
13:57-14:17 Tibet in the Great Game: View from London by Tenzin Norgay, Research Fellow, TPI
14: 17-14:37 Tibetan Perspective on Simla Agreement by Dhondup Gyalpo, Senior Fellow, TPI
14:37 -14:57 Reconciliation of perspective & its outcome by Shri Naresh Mathur, Advocate and Author
14:57-15:25 Discussion
15:25 -15:35 Concluding remarks by the Chair
15:35 -15:45 Vote of thanks by Mr.Thubten Samphel, Director of TPI
15:45 -16:15 BREAK
END OF PROGRAM