Session on “India – Africa Development Partnership”6:00 pm to 7:00 pm: 25 April, 2013 WWF Auditorium, 172 – B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi

India’s relations with the African continent goes way back in history and it is through common struggle against colonialism and apartheid that a more contemporary partnership of development cooperation took shape. Since the inception of India’s Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme and its Indian Council for Cultural Relations Scholarship Programme in the 1960s, Africa has emerged as one of India’s most important development partners. During the past ten years, the India – Africa  partnership has significantly expanded in virtually every category.  Bilateral trade has expanded to touch 53 billion USD during 2010 -11. The “Africa – India Framework Cooperation” is a unique initiative in the history of South-South cooperation, placing development cooperation within a much broader context of overall relations between India and Africa. It looks at development not merely in economic terms but as a process that is sustainable only if located within a larger political, social and intellectual environment. India-Africa development cooperation is conceived in terms of a unique three-tiered pattern, encompassing bilateral, regional and pan-African cooperation. To discuss this unique model of cooperation, Aspen Institute India invites you to join a talk on  “India – Africa Development Partnership” by  Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, National Security Advisory Board & Former Foreign Secretary of India. The session will be chaired by Mr. T. N Ninan, Chairman, Business Standard Limited & Trustee, Aspen Institute India. Participation is restricted and will be by prior registration only.

WHEN Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:00 PM  - 7:00 PM  Registration : 5:30 pm  WHEREWWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi EstateNew Delhi – 110003    RSVPThursday, April 25, 2013 by 9:00 AM

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Shyam Saran is a career diplomat and is currently Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board.  Since joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1970, he has served in Beijing, Tokyo and Geneva.  He has been India’s Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal and High Commissioner to Mauritius. In the Ministry of External Affairs, Shyam Saran headed the Economic Division and the Multilateral Economic Division and also headed the East Asia Division which handles relations with China and Japan.  As a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office in 1991/92, he advised the Prime Minister on foreign policy, nuclear and defence related issues. Saran was appointed India’s Foreign Secretary in 2004 and he held that position till his retirement in September 2006. Subsequently, he was appointed Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Indo-US civil nuclear issues and later as Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change. Shyam Saran is also Co-Chair on the Indian side on the India-Asean Eminent Persons’ Group.  Saran also serves as Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries. He speaks and writes regularly on a variety of  subjects. He is currently serving as an Independent Director on the Boards of Wipro, ONGC (Videsh) and Indian Oil respectively. He is a member, Board of Trustees of World Wildlife Fund (India). In 2011, Shyam Saran was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

T N Ninan is the Chairman of Business Standard Limited. He has been the editor of different newspapers and magazines over a quarter-century, leading radical change and achieving rapid growth in all of them under his stewardship. From 1986, he has been successively the executive editor of India Today, the editor of The Economic Times and of Business World, and most recently of Business Standard, where he has been the company chairman since 2009. He writes a widely-read Saturday column in Business Standard. He is the president of the Editors Guild of India, a trustee of Aspen Institute India, and a member of the Indo-German Consultative Group. He received the B.D. Goenka Award for excellence in journalism in 1992.

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