C3S Founders' Memorial Lecture

                                                                                                              Programme Schedule

09:30 – Registration & Tea

10:00 - 10:15 hrs– Welcome Address - Commodore R.S Vasan IN(Retd.) Director General, Chennai Centre for China Studies, Regional Director, National Maritime Foundation TN Chapter, (NMF) (C3S)

10:15 – 10:20 hrs– Remembering the Founders of C3S – Shri B.S Raghavan IAS (Retd.), Chief Patron, C3S

10:20 – 10:25 hrs - Remembering Late Shri B Raman - Prof V Suryanarayan, Founding Director – Centre for South & South-East Asian Studies, University of Madras

10:25 – 10:30 hrs– Remembering Late Shri R. Swaminathan IPS - Colonel R. Hariharan (Retd.) Strategic Analyst of Intelligence Corps

10:30- 10:35 hrs – Remembering Late Shri D. S. Rajan - Shri LV Krishnan, Former Director – Safety Research Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

10:35 – 11:15 hrs– Presentation on “Combatting Global Terrorism: Trends and Challenges” – Ambassador T S Tirumurti IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

11:15 – 11:25 hrs – Q/A session

                                                                                         ----11:25 – 11:40 hrs Tea Break----

                                                                                                           Panel Discussion

                                                                   “Need for National Security Strategy: Challenges & Priorities”

                                                     Session Chair: Rear Admiral S Venkat Raman: Flag Officer Commanding 

                                                                  Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Area (FOTNA)

11:40 – 11:50 hrs - Remarks by Session Chair

11:50 – 12:05 hrs – ‘National Security Strategy: Army & Land Perspective’ - Lt Gen PR Shankar PVSM AVSM, VSM; Director-General Artillery (Retd.) Professor, Aerospace Department, IIT Madras

12:05 – 12:20 hrs – ‘National Security Strategy: Naval & Maritime Perspective’ Commodore R S Vasan IN (Retd.) Director General C3S

12:20 – 12:35 hrs – ‘National Security Strategy: Aerospace and Air power Perspective’ – Air Marshal M Matheswaran, Founder President, Peninsula Foundation

12:35 -12:55 hrs – Q/A session

12:55 – 13:00 hrs - Vote of thanks

                                                                                                         ---13:00 hrs – Lunch---

                                                                                                            Session Concludes