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Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue on
Politics and Security
September 10-14, 2007
A
twelve member Bangladesh
delegation, lead by Professor
Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre
for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
attended the Indo-Bangladesh
Dialogue held in New Delhi,
India during September 10-14,
2007. The dialogue focused on
Politics & Security was hosted
by India International Centre (IIC),
New Delhi. The dialogue, a track
two initiative of the civil
society of the two countries
addressed relevant issues that
relate to politics & security
concerning the two neighbouring
countries. The dialogue is part
of a series of Indo-Bangladesh
Dialogue being jointly organised
by the CPD in Dhaka and IIC in
New Delhi since 2005. The first
two rounds of Indo-Bangladesh
dialogue held in Dhaka & New
Delhi earlier have focused
respectively on Trade,
Investment & Connectivity and
Media & Culture.
The Bangladesh delegation
included Mr Mahbubul Alam,
Former Advisor to the Caretaker
Government and Editor, The
Independent, Mr Faruq Ahmed
Chowdhury, Former Advisor,
BRAC and Former Foreign
Secretary, Maj General (Retd)
Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, BP,
Researcher in Department of
Peace and Conflict Studies,
Dhaka University, Professor
Rounaq Jahan, Southern Asian
Institute, Columbia University,
USA, Mr Nazrul Islam Khan,
Former Ambassador and Secretary
General, Bangladesh Institute of
Labour Studies (BILS), Mr
Mostafa Faruque Mohammed,
Former Bangladesh High
Commissioner to India, Professor
Amena Mohsin, Department
of International Relations,
Dhaka University, Mr Latifur
Rahman, President,
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (MCCI) and Managing
Director, Transcom Group, Lt
Gen Harunur Rashid, Former
Chief of Army Staff, and Ms
Anisatul Fatema Yousuf,
Additional Director, CPD.
Led by Mr Deb Mukharji,
Former High Commissioner to
Bangladesh, the Indian
delegation also included Mr
Surendra K Arora, Bhartiya
Janta Party and Former IFS;
Maj Gen (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee,
Institute of Peace & Conflict
Studies; Mr Amit Baruah,
Foreign Editor, The Hindustan
Times; Mr Sumit Chakravartty,
Editor, Mainstream; Professor
Muchkund Dubey, President,
Council for Social Development;
Mr Shekhar Dutt, Deputy
National Security Adviser,
National Security Council
Secretariat; Dr Sreeradha
Dutta, Research Fellow,
Institute of Defence Studies and
Analysis; Ms Arundhati Ghose,
Former Indian Ambassador; Mr
Eric Gonsalves, Former
Ambassador; Maj Gen (Retd)
Afsir Karim, Editor, Aakrosh;
Mr I P Khosla, Former
High Commissioner to Bangladesh;
Dr Radha Kumar, Director,
Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace
& Conflict Studies; Mr
Brajesh Chandra Mishra,
Former Indian Ambassador and,
Former National Security
Advisor; Professor S D Muni,
Former Professor of South Asian
Studies, Jawharlal Nehru
University; Lt Gen V G
Patankar; Mr E N Rammohan,
Former Director General, Border
Security Force; Dr Jaideep
Saikia, Journalist; Smt.
Veena Sikri, Former High
Commissioner to Bangladesh;
Mr BG Verghese, Centre for
Policy Research; Mr N N Vohra,
Special Representative of the
Government of India for the J &
K Dialogue; Mr B L Vohra,
Former DG Police of Tripura
The Hon’ble Vice President of
India Mr Hamid Ansari
inaugurated the dialogue and
Mr Anand Sharma, the Hon’ble
Minister of State for the
Ministry of External Affairs of
India was present as the Chief
Guest at the concluding session.
Apart from the discussion on the
subject, the delegates also
called on Mr Somnath
Chatterjee, the Hon’ble
Speaker of the Indian Lokshabha.
