The Association of Indian Diplomats (AID), in fact of Former Ambassadors, held its annual dinner at IHC in Delhi tonight.
Was great to connect with two former colleagues who are members of the Indian Cabinet: Minister S Jaishankar and Minister Hardeep Puri.

At 18, my academic advisor told me that “higher education might not be for you” as I struggled my 1st year at Uni. I was determined to prove him wrong. Yesterday, this first-generation, state-schooled student graduated from Cambridge with a PhD.

State school kids, you can do it!

Muizzu’s ‘India Out, China In’ campaign
Muizzu will do well to learn from Sri Lanka’s experience of China’s predatory policies
Srikanth Kondapalli
28 April 2024 deccanherald.com/opinion/muizzu…
#Maldives #India #ChinaInfrastructure #CPC #Chinese #indian #muizzu #laamu #

Namaste from Kathmandu!🇳🇵

If you are around, please attend the first talk on my new book (jointly authored with Amb K V Rajan, India’s Former Ambassador to Nepal): “Kathmandu Chronicle: Reclaiming India-Nepal Relations (Penguin India; 2024)” FCC South Asia
|Ambassador Manjeev Puri S Venkat Narayan

Two think tank heads hanging out talking geopolitics, sustainability, Indian Ocean security and 🇿🇦’s upcoming #G20 presidency. Great to meet Elizabeth Sidiropoulos at Jan Smuts House South African Institute of International Affairs today on Wits University campus.

Just performed the sacred duty of a citizen by casting the vote in Parliamentary elections 2024.
Smooth, peaceful activity at our polling station in Noida 15A Club.
Election officials were confident and courteous, and police officials visible but staying in the background.
Kudos!

At Jindal Univ yesterday, with other panelists, and proudly displaying the institution's signature muffler embossed with one's name!
Thank you, Prof Adam, Prof Chaulia, and Jindal University students and leadership!
A frank discussion on BRICS and Global South. See YouTube.

Ambassador Vani Rao, presented the Letter of Credentials to H.E. Sergio Mattarella, President of Italian Republic, to be formally accredited as Ambassador of India to Italy.
Vani Rao 🇮🇳 Randhir Jaiswal Farnesina 🇮🇹

#IndiaAt2047 | NSA Doval Meets Myanmar NSA In Russia, Talks Focus On Civil War Impact On Border Areas, Projects

Nayanima Basu reports

tinyurl.com/3j2sd9xk

#Myanmar #Myanmar Military #AjitDoval #NationalSecurity #NeighbourhoodWatch #ABPLIVE

Meeting of NSAs of India and Myanmar is significant, being the highest level bilateral interaction in many months and following the crucial developments since Oct 2023. news.abplive.com/news/india/nsa…

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia writes about Myanmar.

[Myanmar:
A neighbour of India
A member of the Global South
But is India up for 'breaking the impasse' in Myanmar?
Your guess is as good as mine
From West Asia to Indo-Pacific, it's the same story]

Myanmar will no longer be the same as it was before 2021.

Rajiv Bhatia recommends in Hindustan Times, the need for experts from select #ASEAN States and its neighbours to assist their governments with a #peaceproposal , while highlighting the three scenarios for #Myanmar 's future.

Panel Discussion at Jindal Univ today on BRICS and the Global South.
With South African Acting HC and academic leaders of the university.
I raised the difficult question: are China and Russia parts of the Global South, and offered a candid answer.

Lunch today at the residence of Australian HC Philip Green, a friend of over two decades, starting from our shared time in Kenya.
A meaningful conversation with him and his colleague, Grace.
Australia-India P2P ties are on a rising trajectory.

With President Mohamed Muizzu winning a 'super majority' in the parliamentary elections in Maldives on Sunday, India needs to brace itself for major competition with China in the Indian Ocean Region - Reporting ABP LIVE

news.abplive.com/india-at-2047/…

#IndiaAt2047 | Maldives Now A ‘Major Concern’ For India In Indian Ocean Region As China’s Friend Muizzu Scores Big Win

Nayanima Basu reports

tinyurl.com/yhhdx8yp

#MaldivesElection #China #Muizzu

My comments for Nayanima Basu ABP LIVE on yesterday's parliamentary elections in #Maldives & implications for President #Muizzu 's relations with #India & #China news.abplive.com/india-at-2047/…
#Maldives Election #India nOcean #IOR #SmallStates #SmallerSouthAsian countries East-West Center in Washington

Excellent story by Nayanima Basu on Parliamentary elections in Maldives.
Quoted!
Here is a serious challenge that demands a creative, nimble and yet firm response by India. news.abplive.com/india-at-2047/…

Please join our coming Panel Discussion on BRICS, Perspectives from #SouthAfrica & #India .” on 24 April 23, organised in collaboration with Jindal India Institute Jindal India Institute (JII). 
Rajiv Bhatia Dr. Hebatallah Adam
Jindal School of International Affairs Africa Dialogue Forum (ADF)
#SouthAfrica _HighCommission_India
JGU