Center for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE) organized the First CLAWS-NIICE Annual Dialogue on 14 September 2019 on a theme “Traditional and Non-Traditional Issue in South Asia” in Kathmandu. Eight distinguished delegates and speakers from NIICE and CLAWS to the dialogue through their presentations. The dialogue was inaugurated by the Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Senior Leader of Nepal Communist Party Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal. It was attended by the senior army officials, diplomats, policymakers, researchers, scholars, leaders from different political parties, media personnel and representatives of various international organizations. The dialogue had Inaugural Session and two technical sessions.

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                                    Program Schedule

13:30-14:00            Registration

                                       Inaugural Session

14:00-14:20            Welcome Remarks by NIICE and CLAWS

14:20-14:45             Inaugural Remark by Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal, Former Prime Minister of Nepal

14:45-14:50            Vote of Thanks

Group Photo of Participants

                                  Technical Session - I

Chair: Dr Deepak Prakash Bhatt

15:00-15:15             Dr. Jyoti M. Pathania, Senior Fellow, CLAWS – Conceptual Analysis: Non-Traditional Security

15:15-16:30             Lt. Gen Rakesh Sharma (retd), Distinguished Fellow, CLAWS – Emerging Traditional & Non-Traditional Security Issues in South Asia

 16:30-16:45           Ms. Sumitra Karki, Program Coordinator, NIICE- Human Trafficking in South Asia

16:45-17:00            Dr. Chandra Pandey, Asst. Professor Kathmandu University, Narayani to Gandak: Trajectories of Trans boundary Water Governance and                                          Civic Engagement

17:00-17:15             Question and Answers

17:15-17:25                Tea Break

                                   Technical Session II

Chair: Lt. Gen Rakesh Sharma (retd)

17:30-17:45             Col. Anuraag Singh Rawat, Senior Fellow, CLAWS – Terrorism as an Emerging Threat in South Asia.

17:45-18:00            Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, Research Director, NIICE – Environmental Security and Disaster Management in South Asia

18:15-18:30             Dr. Deepak Prakash Bhatt, Founding Chairperson of Nepal Center for Security Governance – Security Sector Governance

18:30-18:45            Ms. Radhika Haldar, Program Analyst at Niti Foundation, Radicalization and Terrorism in South Asia

18:45-19:00            Questions and Answers

19:00-20:30             Exchange of mementos & Dinner

Please click here to read the detailed event report of the Annual Dialogue.