India-Armenia Dialogue at Raisina Dialogue 2024
An opening session on India-Armenia relations at the Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier geopolitical conference
New Delhi, India
February 21, 2024
On February 21 the Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia), in cooperation with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), co-hosted the India-Armenia Dialogue as one of the opening sessions of the 2024 Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier conference on geopolitics and strategic studies. The Raisina Dialogue is held annually in New Delhi as a joint initiative of ORF and the Ministry of External Affairs of India.
The India-Armenia dialogue was opened by APRI Armenia President Lara Setrakian and Mr. Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman of ORF, followed by keynote remarks delivered by Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan.
After all opening remarks, the dialogue turned to two panels. In the first panel, entitled “India-Armenia Geostrategic Cooperation: From Security to Defence,” panelists spoke about the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus and the implications of the India-Armenia relationship in defense and diplomacy.
The panel included:
- Nvard Chalikyan, Research Fellow, APRI Armenia
- Benyamin Poghosyan, Senior Research Fellow, APRI Armenia
- Ambassador Reena Pandey, Former Ambassador of India to Armenia
- Manu Pubby, Senior Editor, The Economic Times
Moderator: Lara Setrakian, President, APRI Armenia
The India-Armenia Dialogue also featured a panel entitled “Platforming a New Geoeconomics: Technology, Energy, Connectivity.” Speakers from the private sector and academia discussed collaboration opportunities in technology and artificial intelligence, renewable energy, trade, infrastructure, and digital transformation.
The panel included:
- Grigor Harutyunyan, Investment Director, Amber Capital Armenia
- Raffi Kassarjian, CEO, Sensyan
- Gulshan Sachdeva, Professor, Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Nilanjan Ghosh, Director, Centre for New Economic Diplomacy, ORF Kolkata
Moderator: Shairee Malhotra, Europe Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
This was APRI Armenia’s second year co-hosting the India-Armenia Dialogue with ORF.
Read more about the highlights and outcome of the conference here.
