The India Trilateral Forum is the leading regular dialogue between Americans, Europeans and Indians involved in influencing, crafting and implementing national and foreign policies. Twice each year since 2010, the Forum has convened government officials, intellectuals, media commentators and business representatives for an intimate conversation on shared political, social and economic objectives as well as the implications of India's rise for the transatlantic community. In 16 editions — held in seven cities including Stockholm, London, New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru — the Forum has convened hundreds of experts to discuss geopolitical issues, economic and bilateral relations, and India's role in a changing world. The participants include leading politicians and government officials, influential columnists, representatives from top businesses, and renowned policy experts from India, the United States and Europe.
The café style format of the forum is designed to create a conversation between peers. While panelists are expected to help lead the conversation, they are only asked to give scene-setting remarks of around 5-7 minutes, preserving the majority of the session for an open back and forth between all of the participants in the room.
India Trilateral Forum is held under the Chatham House Rule. The intellectual content generated by the forum helps in producing spin-off papers, videos and podcasts over the course of the year.
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The opening keynote will be delivered by Jayant Sinha, MP, Chairperson of Standing Committee on Finance.
The closing keynote will be delivered by Manish Tewari, MP, Indian National Congress.
Speakers
Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Ayog
Aparna Pande, Director, Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute
Arun Sukumar, Head, Cyber Security and Internet Governance Initiative, Observer Research Foundation
Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Cara Abercrombie, President, Defence Security Cooperation University
Constantino Xavier, Fellow, Brookings India
Dhruva Jaishankar, Director, US Initiative, Observer Research Foundation
Eric Brown, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Garima Mohan, Fellow, German Marshall Fund
G. Balasubramanian, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs
Hans-Christian Hagman, Chief Analyst and Senior Advisor to the State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Harsh V. Pant, Director of Research, Observer Research Foundation
Ila Patnaik, Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy
Indrani Bagchi, Diplomatic Editor, Times of India
Jeff Smith, Research Fellow, South Asia, Heritage Foundation
Jabin Jacob, Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University
Julianne Smith, Director, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund
Kaush Arha, Senior Adviser, USAID
Latha Reddy, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Mihir Sharma, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Ranjan Mathai, Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Richard Moore, Political Director, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Richard Rossow, Senior Advisor and Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Robin Sukhia, Secretary-General, Sweden-India Business Council
Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador at Large for Connectivity, European External Action Service
Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation
Saurabh Singh, Head of Government Relations India, Nokia
Shamika Ravi, Director of Research, Brookings India
Subrata Mitra, Head, Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson, Inc.
Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation
Tanvi Madan, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European Union to India
Vikram Doraiswami, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
