India and China have recognised their comparative and cooperative strengths—even while acknowledging their shared concerns and competitive edge, vis-a-vis
each other, and when pitted against the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, the strategic community, in general, and policy makers, in particular, have been keenly engaged in
following the developments related to the two countries over the part four decades.
The Chennai Chapter of the Observer Research Foundation organised a one-day seminar on India-China Relations in the New Era on October 24, 2006. Participants focussed on the current trends in bilateral relations between the two Asian neighbours and their impact on mutual, regional and global equations.
The speakers for this seminar included:
(i) Dr Gopalji Malviya, Professor & Head, Dept of Defence
and Strategic Studies, University of Madras;
(ii) D. S. Rajan, formerly Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India;
(iii) Raakhee Suryaprakash, Research Assistant, ORF Chennai;
(iv) K. Subramaniam, formerly Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India;
(v) P. N. G. Subramaniam, IFS (retd), formerly India’s Consul-General at Shanghai;
(vi) R. Swaminathan, IPS (retd), formerly Director-General (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India; (vii) Commodore R. S. Vasan (retd), Additional Director, ORF-Chennai;
(viii) Vinod Surana, Surana & Surana, International Attorneys, Chennai
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