CHANAKYA DEFENCE DIALOGUE 2025

Time (Hr)	Event	Remarks
1015	Arrival of COAS
1015-1020	Welcome Remarks	DG CLAWS
1020-1025	Release of CDD-2025 Teaser
1025-1115	Fireside chat with COAS (in Hindi)	Ms Sweta Singh, Senior Managing Editor, Aaj Tak
1115-1145	Group Photograph and High Tea
1145-1200	Special Address - Securing India's Digital Frontiers & Strategic Convergence of Technology for National Security	Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Former Minister of State, GoI & Technocrat
1200-1300	Panel Discussion Theme - Atmanirbharta in Defence: Key to Sashakt Bharat	Chair: Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, AVSM, VSM, DCOAS (CD & S) Participants: • Dr Chandrika Kaushik, DG PC&SI, DRDO • Mr Ashish Rajvanshi, CEO Adani Defence & Aerospace • Prof Manan Suri, Founder CYRAN AI Solutions
1300-1315	Q&A Session
1315 Onwards	Lunch & Dispersal

Venue: Ashoka Hall, Manekshaw Centre

Timing	Session/Topic	Remarks
0830-0915	Arrival of Delegates & Registration	To be seated by 0930
Inaugural Session
1030	Arrival of Hon'ble President of India	Received by COAS
1030-1116	Welcome Address	DG CLAWS
1030-1116	Screening of CDD Movie
1030-1116	Keynote Address	COAS
1030-1116	Special Address by Chief Guest	Hon'ble President of India
1120	Departure of Hon'ble President of India
1120-1150	High Tea
1155-1210	Special Address: Bharat: A Timeless Legacy & Secure Future @2047	Shri BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog
1215-1340	Session 1 - Op SINDOOR: A Sovereign Strategic Victory
	Opening Remarks by Chair	Ms Palki Sharma
	• Redefining Global War on Terrorism	Mr Peter Knoope, Director, Center for Counter Terrorism, Hague
	• Escalation Dominance: Setting Strategic Benchmark	Ms Carice Witte, Founder Signal Group, Israel
	• Deterring Terrorism in South Asia	Dr Hideaki Shinoda, Tokyo University
	• New Power Dynamics: Relevance of International Rules Based Order and India's Strategic Responses	Shri Alok Joshi, Chairman NSAB
1340-1430	Lunch
Special Session
1435-1450	Special Address: Re-imagining Defence Reforms for Resilient National Security	Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, IAS, Defence Secretary
1455-1610	Session 2 - Changing Status Quo: Vitalising Defence Reforms
	Opening Remarks by Chair	Amb Ajay Bisaria
	• Future Warfare: Assessing Global Trends in Defence Transformation	Dr Adrian Haack, Director KAS, Germany
	• Swadeshikaran se Sashaktikaran: Empowering Defence Production & Innovations	Shri Baba Kalyani, Padma Bhushan, Chairman & MD of Bharat Forge Ltd
	• Refining Systems and Processes: Breaking Barriers in Def Ecosystem	Shri Manoj Jain, CMD BEL
1610-1630	Running Tea
1635-1650	Special Address: Leveraging Technology for Strategic Superiority	Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Former Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India
1655-1810	Session 3 - Civil Military Fusion: Drivers for Change
	Opening Remarks by Chair	Shri Sanjay Mitra, IAS, Former Defence Secretary
	• Redefining War: Impulses for Transformation	Prof M W Kitzen, Faculty of Military Science, Netherlands Defence Academy
	• Stronger Together: Merging Capabilities for Emerging Challenges	Lt Gen VG Khandare, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd), Former Principal Advisor MoD
	• Forging the Future: Roadmap for Civil Military Fusion in R&D	Shri Ankit Mehta, CEO ideaForge Technology
1815-1830	Special Address: Future Wars: Strategic Posturing Through Military Power	CDS (Chief of Defence Staff)
1845-2030	Cocktails	Manekshaw Centre (By Invite)

Timing	Session/Topic	Remarks
0930-1015	Arrival of Delegates & Registration	To be seated by 1030
Special Session
1100	Arrival of Hon'ble RM	Received by COAS
1100-1115	Unveiling of Initiatives by Hon'ble RM	Green Initiative & Digitisation Initiative
1116-1121	Welcome Address and Screening of CDD Movie	DG CLAWS
1121-1136	Special Address: Defence Reforms for a Sashakt, Surakshit aur Viksit Bharat	Hon'ble RM
1136-1137	Felicitation of Hon'ble RM	By COAS
1137-1200	High Tea & Group Photograph
1200	Departure of Hon'ble RM
1210-1225	Special Address: Resilient National Security@2047: The New Normal	Amb D. B. Venkatesh Varma, Member NSAB
1230-1345	Session 4 - Battlefield Equalisers: Transforming Technologies for Future Wars
	Opening Remarks by Chair	Dr Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
	• Disrupt or Get Disrupted: Embracing Emerging Technologies (AI, Autonomous Systems, Hypersonic and Robotics)	Shri Anshuman Tripathi, Member Empowered Committee on High-Tech Manufacturing (Former Member NSAB)
	• Fireproofing: Cyber Security & Digital Infrastructure Reforms	Prof Greg Austin, ANU, Australia
	• Capacity Building in Critical Defence Technology: An International Perspective	Dr Cho Choong Jae, Director, Korean Institute for International Economic Policy
1345-1445	Lunch
1450-1505	Special Address: Redefining Strategies: Conventional Wars Through Prizm of Technology	Amb Pankaj Saran, Former Dy NSA
1510-1625	Session 5 - Raksha Vivartan: Transforming into an Integrated, Agile & Modern Force (Military Implications and Lesson Learnt)
	Opening Remarks by Chair	Lt Gen Raj Shukla, PVSM, YSM, SM (Retd), Member UPSC
	• Resilient Security: Perspective from Island Nations	Dr Athaullah Ahmed Rasheed, Maldives National University, Maldives
	• Operational and Organisational Agility: Enhancing Jointness through Adaptive Structures	Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd), Former CNS
	• Social Media as Strategic Territory: Capturing Attention to Control Reality	Dr Sanjana Y Hattotuwa, Sri Lanka
Concluding Session
1630-1640	Closing Address	VCOAS
1640-1645	Vote of Thanks	DG CLAWS
1645-1715	Running Tea
1715 Onwards	Dispersal

CHANAKYA DEFENCE DIALOGUE 2025

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