We have confirmed the participation of the following notable speakers and moderators for the convention.

 
SPEAKERS’ PROFILE
   
Mr Richard ARMITAGE
Former Deputy Secretary of State
United States of America
Dr HAN Seung Soo
Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea; and
Senior Advisor, Kim and Chang, Republic of Korea
Professor T. N. SRINIVASAN
Yong Pung How Chair Professor
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Mr Shahid Javed BURKI
Former Finance Minister, Pakistan; and
Former Vice-President, World Bank; and
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore
Dr Parag KHANNA
Senior Research Fellow
New America Foundation
United States of America
Mr Tarun DAS
Former Chief Mentor
Confederation of Indian Industry, India
Mr Minoru MAKIHARA
Senior Corporate Advisor
Mitsubishi Corporation
Japan
Mr HO Kwon Ping
Chairman, Singapore Management University; and
Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings Limited
Singapore
Mr Piyush GUPTA
Chief Executive Officer
DBS Group Holdings Ltd & DBS Bank Ltd, Singapore
Dr S. NASIM
Global Chief Executive Officer
Meinhardt International Group, Singapore
Ms CHONG Siak Ching
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ascendas Pte Ltd, Singapore
Mr Jignesh SHAH
Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer
Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
India
Mr Sohel F. RAHMAN
Chairman
Beximco Ltd, Bangladesh
Mr Binod K. CHAUDHARY
President
Confederation of Nepalese Industries
Nepal
Dr Saman KELEGAMA
Executive Director
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Mrs Ayesha KHANNA
Director
Hybrid Reality Institute
New York, United States of America
Dr Aasim Sajjad AKHTAR
Professor of Political Economy
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad; and
Political Activist, Pakistan
Professor TAN Chung
Academic Associate, University of Chicago,
United States of America; and
Emeritus Member, Institute of Chinese Studies,
New Delhi, India
Dr C. Raja Mohan
Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; Contributing Editor, The Indian Express; and
Visiting Research Professor,
Institute of South Asian Studies,
Singapore
Dr XIA Mingde
Senior Director
Corporate Office of Science and Technology
Johnson & Johnson
Dr Tahmima ANAM
Writer and Anthropologist
United Kingdom
Mr Pradeep PANT
President, Asia Pacific
Kraft Foods, Singapore
Mr Siddharth JAIN
Chief Creative Director
Playware Studios Asia, Singapore
 
   
MODERATORS’ PROFILE
   
Professor Kishore MAHBUBANI
Dean,
Professor in the Practice of Public Policy
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
Ambassador Tommy KOH
Ambassador-at-Large
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore;
Chairman, National Heritage Board; and
Co-Chairman, India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue
Ambassador Gopinath PILLAI
Chairman
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore
Mr Girija PANDE
Chairman
Tata Consultancy Services (Asia Pacific)
Mr Sat Pal KHATTAR
Chairman, Khattar Holdings Pte Ltd; and
Co-Chairman of the Singapore-India Partnership Foundation
Singapore
Professor TAN Tai Yong
Director
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and
Vice Provost (Student Life), Office of the Provost, National University of Singapore
Dr S. NARAYAN
Head, Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and
Former Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of India
Professor S.D. MUNI
Visiting Research Professor
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and
India’s former Special Envoy to Southeast Asian Countries on UN Security Council Reforms
Professor Robin JEFFREY
Visiting Research Professor
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore
Dr Iftekhar Ahmed CHOWDHURY
Senior Research Fellow
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and
Former Foreign Advisor (Foreign Minister) of Bangladesh
   







 
 

   
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