2Nd EAS Conference on Maritime Security and Cooperation, Goa, 4—5 November 2016

Vol.2, No.2, July-December, 2016 Major Events 2nd EAS Conference on Maritime Security and Cooperation, Goa, 4—5 November 2016

Group Photo: Amb. Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS; Amb. Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), MEA; Ms. Pooja Kapur, Jt. Secretary (ASEAN-ML), MEA; Rear Admiral Monty Khanna, Rear Admiral Suresh Mehta with the delegates of the 2nd EAS Conference on Maritime Security and Cooperation, Goa, 4-5 November 2016.

The Ministry of External Affairs gave Special Address. Ms. Blue Economy and Maritime (MEA), in partnership with the Pooja Kapur, Jt. Secretary Conservation, and (v) Way ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at (ASEAN-ML), Ministry of Ex- Forward. First session on RIS, the National Maritime ternal Affairs, New Delhi de- “Maritime Security Issues in Foundation (NMF) and Naval livered the Inaugural Address. the Asia-Pacific” was chaired War College (NWC) organized Dr. Prabir De, Coordinator, by Adm. Arun Prakash the 2nd EAS Conference on AIC gave the Welcome Re- (Retd.), Former Chairman, “Maritime Security and Coop- marks. Rear Admiral Monty Chiefs of Staff Committee and eration” on 4-5 November, 2016 Khanna, NM, Commandant Chief of the Naval Staff, In- in Goa. All the EAS countries NWC, Goa delivered the Spe- dian Navy. Speakers of the session were Commander nominated their officials to the cial Remarks. Prakash Gopal, Research Fel- Conference, and overall 100 The Conference was divided low, NMF, New Delhi and participants including senior into five sessions, aimed at fa- country representatives of Ja- officials attended this two-day cilitating an in-depth discus- pan, Indonesia, Singapore and event. Ambassador Preeti Sa- sion on maritime security and Vietnam. ran, Secretary (East), Ministry cooperation and maritime Mr. Daisuke Namioka, Di- of External Affairs, Government multilateralism: (i) Maritime rector, Maritime Security Pol- of India delivered the Keynote Security Issues in the Asia- icy Division, Ministry of For- Address. Ambassador Shyam Pacific, (ii) Maritime Safety eign Affairs (MoFA), Japan Saran, Chairman, RIS made the Issues in the Asia-Pacific, (iii) chaired the Second Session on Opening Remarks. Dr. Vijay Maritime Multilateralism: Op- “Maritime Safety Issues in the Sakhuja, Director, National portunities, Challenges and Asia-Pacific”. Dr. Gurpreet Maritime Foundation (NMF) Prospects for Asia-Pacific, (iv) Khurana, Executive Director,

Continued on page 2 Major Events 2 Continued from page 1 the Philippines and speakers ers in this session. Session V NMF, New Delhi; Dr. Lawrence were from Australia, the Phil- was a panel discussion on Prabhakar, Madras Christian ippines, Myanmar and Russia. “Way Forward”, which was College, Chennai and represen- Amb. Preeti Saran, Secretary chaired by Dr. Vijay Sakhuja, tatives from Thailand, China, (East), MEA delivered the Key- Director, NMF. The Conference Lao PDR were the speakers in note Address on the second discussed, analysed and had this session. day of the conference. This was put together the various com- Third Session on “Maritime followed by the 4th Session on ponents that would help Multilateralism: Opportunities, “Blue Economy and Marine strengthen cooperation among Challenges and Prospects for Conservation”, which was EAS participating countries in Asia-Pacific” was chaired by chaired by Dr. Prasanna the maritime security. In the Mr. Tham Borg Tsien, Deputy Kumar, Director, National In- Concluding Session, Dr. Vijay Director-General, ASEAN Di- stitute of Oceanography (NIO), Sakhuja, Director, NMF sum- rectorate, Ministry of Foreign Goa. Dr. P Shekhar, Chairman, marized the conference output. Affairs (MoFA), Singapore. In Microtech Corp., Mumbai and Comrade Ashok Rai, Deputy this session, the panellists in- country representatives from Commandant, NWC and Dr. cluded Amb. Yogendra Kumar, Singapore, China, Cambodia Prabir De, Coordinator, AIC Former Indian Ambassador to and Thailand were the speak- extended the Vote of Thanks. 5th India-ASEAN Economic Forum: A Curtain Raiser to 14th ASEAN – India Summit and 11th East Asia Summit, New Delhi, 8 July 2016

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Release of Knowledge Report by Hon'ble Gen. (Dr.) V.K. Singh (Retd.), Amb. Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), MEA; Amb. Shyam Saran, Mr Sunil Kanoria, HE (Mrs.) Ma. Teresita C. Daza, HE Ton Sinh Thanh, at the 5th India-ASEAN Economic Forum, 8 July 2016, New Delhi.

AIC at RIS in collaboration with 2016 at New Delhi. This event between ASEAN and India. Department of Industrial Policy was a curtain raiser to 14th Mr. Sunil Kanoria, President, & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of ASEAN-India Summit and 11th ASSOCHAM gave the Wel- Commerce and Industry (MoC), East Asia Summit. The objec- come Address. Mr. R. K.

- December,2016 Government of India, Invest- tive of the forum was to pro- Gupta, Chairman and Manag- ment & Technology Promotion vide platform for entrepre- ing Director, WAPCOS gave Division, Ministry of External neurs, financers, mentors and the Theme Address. Ambassa- Affairs (MEA), Government of other stakeholders to engage dor Shyam Saran, Chairman, India, Micro, Small and Medium and collaborate across the RIS; HE Mr. Ton Sinh Thanh,

Enterprises (MSME), ASEAN ASEAN, to share ideas, best Ambassador of Vietnam; and Secretariat and ASSOCHAM, practices, develop solutions HE Mrs. Ma Teresita C. Daza, organised the 5th India-ASEAN and partnership that Economic Forum on 8th July strengthen the relationship Continued on page 3 Continued from page 2 3 Ambassador Extraordinary and Arvind Mehta, Additional Sec- and Sanitation, Government of Plenipotentiary, the Philippines retary, Department of Com- India gave the Keynote Ad- delivered the Special Addresses, merce, Government of India dress in this Session. gave the Keynote Address and respectively. Ambassador Preeti Third Session on Ms. Ravneet Kaur, Joint Secre- Saran, Secretary (East), Ministry “Addressing India-ASEAN tary, Department of Industrial of External Affairs (MEA), Gov- Transport Connectivity” was Policy and Promotion (DIPP), ernment of India delivered the moderated by Mr. Raghu Ministry of Commerce & In- Keynote Address. Gen. (Dr.) V. Dayal, Former Chairman, Con- dustry, Government of India K. Singh (Retd.), Minister of tainer Corporation of India State, MEA gave the Inaugural delivered the Special Address. Dr. Prabir De, Coordinator (CCI). Mr. Sanjay Mitra, Secre- Address. AIC took part in the panel dis- tary, Ministry of Road Trans- The Forum had three sessions cussion of the First Session. port & Highways, Government covering various issues of trade, of India made the Keynote Ad- The Second Session on investment, environment sus- dress. Ms. Pooja Kapur, Jt. Sec- “Water and Sustainable En- tainability and ASEAN-India retary (ASEAN ML), Ministry ergy: Increasing Environ- connectivity. The First Session mental Resilience” was chaired of External Affairs (MEA) de- was focused on “Trade, Invest- by Mr. Rudresh K Sugam, Sen- livered the Special Address. ment and Financing: Exploring ior Programme Lead Council Finally, Mr. D. S. Rawat, Secre- New Opportunities”, chaired on Energy, Environment. Mr. tary General, ASSOCHAM by Mr. Subhomoy Bhattachar- Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, gave the Concluding Remarks jee, Business Standard. Mr. Ministry of Drinking Water and Vote of Thanks. Seminar on Promoting India’s Export to Japan under India-Japan CEPA, New Delhi, 6 October 2016

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Hon’ble Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Government of India releasing the RIS-AIC report on India-Japan CEPA. Also seen in picture (from left to right) are Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, DG, RIS; Amb. Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS; HE Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan and Amb. V. S. Seshadri, Vice-Chairman,

- RIS and AIC jointly organised Address. Dr. V. S. Seshadri, ent Charge), Mrs. Nirmala December,2016 the Seminar on “Promoting, Vice-Chairman, RIS made a Sitharaman was the Guest of India’s Export to Japan under brief presentation of the RIS- Honour and released the Re- India-Japan CEPA”. Inaugural AIC report on “India-Japan port entitled “India-Japan Session was chaired by Am- CEPA: An Appraisal”. It was CEPA: An Appraisal”, au-

bassador Shyam Saran, Chair- succeeded by the ministerial thored by Dr. V. S. Seshadri, man, RIS. Prof. Sachin level inaugural session, where Vice-Chairman, RIS, and gave Chaturvedi, Director General, the Minister of State for Com- the Keynote Address. HE Mr. RIS delivered the Welcome merce and Industry (Independ- Continued on page 4 Continued from page 3 4 Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador tor General, Apparel Export ies; Dr. Abhay Sinha, Regional Extraordinary and Plenipotenti- Promotion Council (AEPC), Director, Pharmexcil; Mr. Ma- ary, Embassy of Japan gave a New Delhi; and Mr. D. L. koto Shigemitsu, Executive Special Address. Dr. S. Sharma, Director, Vardhman and Deputy Managing Direc- Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary, Mills. tor, Medreich Limited, Banga- Ministry of External Affairs Mr. Hari Krishna, Director, lore; and Mr. Krunal Parekh, (MEA) delivered a Special Ad- Ministry of Commerce and In- General Manager-Operations, dress. Dr. Prabir De, Coordina- dustry, Government of India Lupin Pharmaceuticals were tor, AIC extended the Vote of chaired the Second Session ti- the panellists. Thanks. tled “Promotion of Indian Sea Session Four titled The one-day seminar had Food Exports”. Dr. Ram “Promoting Greater Trade and four sectoral sessions focusing Mohan, Deputy Director, Ma- Cooperation in IT and IT- on promoting India’s exports to rine Products Export Develop- enabled Services in an Increas- Japan in the areas of (i) Textiles ment Authority (MPEDA) and ingly Digital Era” was chaired and Garments, (ii) Marine Prod- formerly Resident Director of by Mr. Mayoshi Tamura, Gen- ucts and Sea Food, (iii) Pharma- MPEDA office in Tokyo; and eral Manager, Hitachi Pvt. Ltd, ceuticals, and (iv) IT Services. Mr. Kazuhisa Tateno, Vice Co-chair of NASSCOM-Japan First session on “Bringing Value President, Toyota Tsusho India Council. In this Session, speak- and Volume to Indian Textile Pvt. Ltd. were the speakers in ers included Mr. T.V Kamalak and Apparel Exports to Japan” this Session. Kannan, Director and Chief was chaired by Dr Jayant Das- Third Session titled “The Delivery Officer, TCS, Japan; gupta, former Ambassador of Business Opportunity Arising Mr. Yasujiro Miyake, Counsel- India to the WTO. In this Ses- from Japan’s Decision Towards lor, Embassy of Japan; and sion, the panellists included Mr. Greater Use of Generics by Prof. Arpita Mukherjee, IC- Seiji Hamanishi, CEO, Ryohin- 2020—How can Indian Com- RIER. Finally, Amb. V. S. Se- shadri, Vice Chairman, RIS ad- Keikaku Reliance India Pvt. Ltd. panies Respond?” was (MUJI); Mr. J.D. Giri, Vice- dressed the concluding session chaired by Prof. Abhijit Das, President, Shahi Exports; Mr. and extended the Vote of Vijay Mathur, Additional Direc- Head, Centre for WTO Stud- Thanks. International Workshop on Services Trade and Regulatory Reforms in Asia: In Search of a

AIC Newsletter, Vol.2, No.2, July Vol.2, AIC Newsletter, Comprehensive Approach, Kolkata, 26-27 October 2016 Asian Development Bank Insti- shop participants included sen- pacity Building, Asian Devel- tute (ADBI), AIC at RIS and ior policymakers, international opment Bank Institute (ADBI) International Management In- experts, and representatives introduced the workshop. Emi- stitute (IMI), Kolkata organised from academia and the private nent scholars and practitioners a workshop “Services Trade sector engaged in dealing ser- from ADBI, IDE-JETRO, APEC and Regulatory Reforms in vices trade. Total 20 officials Secretariat, NASSCOM, IMI Asia: In Search of a Compre- from Southeast and South Kolkata, ICRIER, etc. delivered hensive Approach”, on 26-27 Asian countries attended the special lectures. Dr. De pre- October 2016, at Kolkata. The workshop. Prof. Arindam sented a paper on barriers to

- December,2016 workshop was an opportunity Banik, Director, IMI-Kolkata services trade in Session II, and to exchange views on the cur- gave Welcome Remarks; Dr. chaired a session “Critical is- rent state of services trade in Bokwan Yu, Deputy Dean, sues in Services Trade (2): Asia including issues related to Asian Development Bank Insti- Digital Services and e- barriers to trade in services, tute (ADBI) gave Opening Re- commerce”. Vote of Thanks domestic regulations, regula- marks; Dr. Prabir De, Coordi- was extended by Prof. Arin- tory frameworks, services nator, AIC gave Special Re- dam Banik and Dr. Prabir De. trade reforms and their impact marks; and Dr. Aladdin D. on global value chains. Work- Rillo, Head, Training and Ca- Continued on page 5 Continued from page 4 5

Group Photo: Participants of the International Workshop, 26 – 27 October 2016, Kolkata The workshop is classified Economic Policy (ICRIER), Jadavpur University, Kolkata. into seven sessions. The first New Delhi and Dr. Bokhwan Prof. Arindam Banik and Prof. Session on “Understanding Ser- Yu, Deputy Dean, ADBI were Prabir De were the speakers in vices Trade and Global Value the speakers in this Session. this session. Prof. Prabir De Chains” was chaired by Prof. The 2nd Session on made a presentation on Arindam Banik, Director, IMI “Addressing Barriers to Ser- “Addressing Barriers to Ser- Kolkata. Prof. Arpita Mukher- vices Trade and Their Impact vices Trade and Their Impact jee, Professor, Indian Council on Trade Flows” was chaired on Trade Flows”. for Research on International by Prof. Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Continued on page 6 Workshop on Trilateral Cooperation, Bangkok, 22-23 September 2016

India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Cooperation is one of the pillars of ASEAN-India strate- gic partnership. To explore the scope and opportunities of Trilateral Cooperation, ASEAN India Centre (AIC) at RIS and ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at Chulalongkorn University organised a workshop “India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Relationship: Way Towards a

Stronger ASEAN-India Partnership”, at Bangkok on 22 – 23 September 2016. This workshop No.2, July Vol.2, AIC Newsletter, at Chulalongkorn University was attended by several scholars and practitioners of all the three countries. A total 18 papers were presented at seven sessions in this one and a half day workshop. A follow-up workshop will be held in India during the 1st half of 2017. One of the outcomes of this workshop is to publish a book on the subject.

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Group Photo: Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Prof. Suthiphand Chirathivat, Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Dr. Prabir De and participants of Trilateral Cooperation Workshop, 22 – 23 September, 2016, Bangkok.

Continued from page 5 6 The 3rd Session was focused Paramita Mukherjee, Dean chaired by Dr. Aladdin D. on “Regulating Services Trade - (Academics), IMI Kolkata and Rillo. Dr. Shintaro Hamanaka, Does It Matter?”. Prof. Ajitava Dr. Sahana Roy Chowdhury, IDE, Tokyo was the speaker in Raychaudhuri chaired this Ses- Assistant Professor, IMI Kol- this Session. Finally, the 7th sion. In this session, panellists kata were the speakers in this Session was on “Critical issues were Prof. Arpita Mukherjee, session. in Services Trade (2): Digital Services and e-commerce” was ICRIER, New Delhi and Dr. Fifth Session titled “Services chaired by Dr. Prabir De. Dr. Shintaro Hamanaka, Econo- Trade and Regulatory Reforms Anupam Khanna, former Di- mist, Institute of Developing – Country Presentations” was rector General, National Asso- Economies (IDE), Tokyo. chaired by Dr. Tirthankar Nag, ciation of Software and Ser- Dean (Research), IMI Kolkata. Fourth Session titled vices Companies (NASSCOM), Participants from Bangladesh, “Services and Structural Re- New Delhi was the speaker in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and forms” was chaired by Prof. this Session. The workshop Myanmar presented their Rajat Acharya, Jadavpur Uni- ended with an open discussion views. versity, Kolkata. Dr. Andre on the subject. Prof. De and Sixth Session on “Critical Wirjo, Analyst, Asia-Pacific Prof. Banik thanked the ADBI, Issues in Services Trade: Move- Economic Cooperation (APEC) RIS and IMI for the support ment of Natural Persons” was Secretariat, Singapore and Dr. and encouragement. EAS Conference on Disaster Risk Management and Regional Cooperation, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2 November 2016

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Group Photo: Mr. Kiren Rijiju, MoS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ambassador Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS, Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS, Prof. Santosh Kumar, ED, NIDM, and Dr. Prabir De with the delegates of the EAS Confer- ence on Disaster Risk Management and Regional Cooperation, New Delhi, 2 November2016.

AIC and RIS in partnership ing countries on 2 November, Government of India delivered with Ministry of External Af- 2016. All the EAS countries the Keynote Address. Ambas- fairs (MEA), Ministry of Home nominated their officials to this sador Shyam Saran, Chairman, Affairs (MHA), National Insti- Conference, and overall 100 RIS made the Opening Re-

- December,2016 tute of Disaster Management participants including senior marks. Prof. Sachin (NIDM), East Asia Summit officials attended this one-day Chaturvedi, Director General, Earthquake Risk Reduction event. Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Hon’ble RIS gave the Welcome Re- Centre and National Disaster Minister of State, Ministry of marks. Prof. Santhosh Kumar, Management Authority Home Affairs (MHA), Govern- Executive Director, NIDM ex- (NDMA) organized an EAS ment of India delivered the In- tended the Vote of Thanks. Conference on Disaster Risk augural Address. Ambassador The Conference was divided Management and Regional Co- Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), into two sessions aimed at fa- operation for EAS participat- Ministry of External Affairs, Continued on page 7 Continued from page 6 7 cilitating an in-depth discussion Development Programme cial Remarks. Mr. O.P. Singh, on Disaster Risk Reduction and (UNDP), New York. Prof. San- Director General, Central In- Regional Cooperation: (i) Disas- tosh Kumar, NIDM made a dustrial Security Force (CISF) ter Risk Reduction, Sustainable presentation on this session and Formerly Director Gen- Development Goals and Re- and country representatives of eral, National Disaster Re- gional Cooperation and (ii) Re- Australia, China, Cambodia sponse Force (NDRF), New gional Cooperation to and Vietnam were the panelist Delhi was the lead presenter Strengthen Disaster Risk Man- of the session. and country representatives of Lao PDR, Indonesia, New Zea- agement Capacity. First session Dr. Le Quang Tuan, Head of land, South Korea and Thai- on “Disaster Risk Reduction, Science and International Co- land were the speakers in this Sustainable Development Disas- operation Division, Depart- session. The Conference dis- ter Risk Reduction, Sustainable ment of Natural Disaster Pre- cussed, analyzed and had put Development” was chaired by vention and Control, Vietnam together the various compo- Mr. Kamal Kishore, Member, chaired the Second Session on nents in order to strengthen National Disaster Management “Regional Cooperation to cooperation among EAS par- Authority (NDMA), Govern- Strengthen Disaster Risk Man- ticipating countries in the Dis- ment of India. Special Remarks agement Capacity”. Ms. Pooja aster Risk Reduction issues. was made by Mr. Krishna Vatsa, Kapur, Jt. Secretary (ASEAN - The Conference was concluded Global Advisor, Climate Risk ML), Ministry of External Af- with a Vote of Thanks by Dr. Management, United Nations fairs (MEA) delivered the Spe- Prabir De, Coordinator, AIC. International Programme on Cultural and Civilizational Links in Asia, India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, 19 December 2016

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Release of Books authored by internationally known scholars, from the left, Dr. Andre Acri, Prof. Madhu Khanna, Ambassador Shyam Saran, Prof. Lokesh Chandra, Prof. G. C. Tripathi, and Dr. Ni Ariati at the event.

Centre for Indic and Agamic (ICCR), Ministry of External marks the beginning of a new Studies in Asia, New Delhi or- Affairs, Government of India on research venture to pursue ganized an international pro- “Cultural and Civilizational joint programmes with schol- gramme with the support of Links in Asia” on 19 December ars from ASEAN nations to AIC at RIS and the Indian 2016 at the India International focus on cultural links in Asia Council for Cultural Relations Centre (IIC), New Delhi. It and to promote the broader Continued on page 8 Continued from page 7 8 aims of strengthening socio- Pasek Ariati, Director, SIT Pro- gore National Fellow, National economic ties through better gramme, Bali, Indonesia; Dr. Museum, India. Finally, the understanding of cultural roots Andre Acri, Ecole Pratique des seminar was concluded with the of Asian countries. Prof. Lokesh Hautes Etudes in Paris, France; Vote of Thanks by Ms. Devika Chandra, President, ICCR was and Prof. Madhu Khanna, Ta- Khanna, Trustee, CIASA. the Chief Guest at the programme and Amb. Shyam Sa- ran, Chairman, RIS was the Book Release Guest of Honour who delivered HE Mr. Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, Indian Ambassador to Thai- the Opening Address. The event land released the book entitled “Celebrating the Third Decade was very well attended by over and Beyond: New Challenges to ASEAN – India Economic 100 scholars, students, writers, Partnership”, published by ASEAN-India Centre (AIC), New artists and academicians. Delhi at the India Studies Centre, Chulalongkorn University, The Programme had three Bangkok on 22 September 2016. major activities: (i) Release of six academic books authored by internationally known scholars, (ii) Annual Distinguished Lec- ture on Veda and Agama across Asia by Prof. G.C. Tripathi, and (iii) Panel Discussion on Cul- tural and Civilizational Links in Asia, which was Chaired by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Pro- fessor of Religious Studies, McGill University. The speakers at the Panel Discussion were Prof. Thomas Hunter, Univer- Amb. Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, Indian Ambassador to Thailand sity of California, Berkly, USA; releasing the book.

Publications

AIC Newsletter, Vol.2, No.2, July Vol.2, AIC Newsletter, Celebrating the Third Decade and Beyond: New Challenges to ASEAN-India Economic Partnership, Edited by Prabir De and Suthiphand Chirathivat, Knowledge World, New Delhi This volume reviews the past progress of ASEAN-India economic integration and suggests the ways to further strengthen the economic partnership. It primarily deals with the economic integration issues between ASEAN and India, and assesses policy priorities, effectiveness, implementation imperatives and challenges. Each chapter in this book tries to capture essential features of the crosscutting issues and attempts to draw some policy implications. It is a valuable reference for policymakers, academics and

December,2016 practitioners.

India-Japan CEPA: An Appraisal of Progress, V S Seshadri, AIC-RIS, 2016 AIC - RIS published a Report titled “India-Japan CEPA: An Appraisal of

Progress”. Ambassador V.S. Seshadri was the lead investigator and author of the Report, which was funded by the Ministry of External Affairs, Gov- ernment of India. This Report reviews the implementation of the India- Japan CEPA and examines the scope for improvement in its implementa- tions and makes specific recommendations. 9 Research Publications (July—December 2016) De, Prabir and Mustafizur Rahman Beyond: New Challenges to ASEAN Firms’ Ability to Export? Experi- (eds.) (2016) Regional Integration in – India Economic Partnership. ence from Asia-Pacific Coun- South Asia: Essays in Honour of Dr. Knowledge World, New Delhi. tries”, ARTNeT Working Paper M. Rahmatullah, Knowledge Kumarasamy, Durairaj and Im- No.159, UNESCAP, Bangkok. World, New Delhi. dadul Islam Halder (2016) De, Prabir (2016) “SDGs through De, Prabir and Suthiphand Chira- “Trade in Services in Asia- Trade Facilitation in South thivat (eds.) (2016) Celebrating the Pacific: Assessing Barriers and Asia”, Trade Insight, Vol.12, No.1 Third Decade and Beyond: New Chal- Implications for Services Trade Raichaudhuri, Ajitava and Prabir lenges to ASEAN – India Economic Facilitation in India”, in Prabir De (2016) “Trade, Infrastructure Partnership, Knowledge World, De and Suthiphand Chirathivat and Income Inequality in Se- New Delhi. (eds.) Celebrating the Third Decade lected Asian Countries: An Em- and Beyond: New Challenges to pirical Analysis”, in Malabika De, Prabir (2016) “BBIN MVA: Good ASEAN – India Economic Partner- Roy and Saikat Sinha Roy (eds.) Beginning but Many Challenges” ship. Knowledge World, New in Prabir De and Mustafizur Rah- International Trade and Interna- Delhi. tional Finance: Explorations of man (eds.) Regional Integration in De, Prabir and Imdadul Islam Contemporary Issues, Springer, South Asia: Essays in Honour of Dr. Halder (2016) “Inequality in New Delhi M. Rahmatullah. Knowledge Asia: Convergence and Determi- World, New Delhi. Kaur, Opinder (2016) Book Re- nants”, ARTNeT Working Paper view on “Environment & Devel- De, Prabir (2016) “Look East to Act Series, No. 158, UNESCAP, opment: Essays in Honour of Dr. East: Connectivity Challenges in Bangkok. U. Sankar”, by K.R. Shanmugam India’s North East” in Prabir De Kumarasamy, Durairaj and and K.S. Kavi Kumar (eds.), and Suthiphand Chirathivat (eds.) Prakash Singh (2016) “Does Ac- South Asia Economic Journal, Vol. Celebrating the Third Decade and cess to Finance Facilitates the 17, No. 2, pp. 333-335. Research Projects: Ongoing

Exploring Closer Eco- AIC has undertaken this study with support of the MEA. This study attempts to ana- nomic Cooperation with lyze, among others, the scopes and opportunities in India’s closer economic coopera- No.2, July Vol.2, AIC Newsletter, East and South East Asia tion with East and Southeast Asia. The study develops an economic geography model to be tested with sub-national data, and assesses the impact of economic (transport) corridors in India with special Assessing Impacts of Eco- reference to Indian states in terms of growth. Four important corridors, connecting nomic Corridors India with eastern neighbours, have been selected, namely, (i) BCIM-Economic Corri- dor, (ii) East-West Corridor (part of Golden Quadrilateral project), (iii) Trilateral Highway, and (iv) Kalandan multimodal transit transport project.

Non-Tariff Measures The study analyses the NTMs faced by India in ASEAN and ASEAN in India in select (NTMs) in ASEAN- products. Out of 16 NTMs, it considers the major ones, namely, SPS and TBT. The India Trade study is based on both primary and secondary data.

December,2016 This study explores the possibilities to build cross-border networks within those in- dustries on which the India has manufacturing capacities and complementarities that Emerging Production Net- match with the demand or supply capacity of ASEAN and vice versa. Besides, this works between India and study also makes an attempt to identify the challenges in building the production ASEAN networks. In particular, the study identifies the gaps in connectivity and trade facili-

tation in promoting the production networks between ASEAN and India, and pro- vides the possible remedies.

Forthcoming Major Events (January to June 2017) – Dates for Your Diary

 2nd International Conference on Cultural and Civilizational Links between ASEAN and India, 19 January 2017, Jakarta  Policy Dialogue on Mekong – Ganga Cooperation (MGC), 8 April 2017, New Delhi  Delhi Dialogue IX, June 2017, New Delhi  Fifth Roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think-Tanks (AINTT), June/July 2017, Indonesia

Ninth South Asian Training Program on CGE Modelling, 10 Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 12-16 November 2016 from 12-16 November 2016. The workshop was jointly organized by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka and South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environ- ment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu together with the Centre for WTO Studies (CWS), New Delhi. The training lectures were delivered by Dr. Selim Rai- han, Professor, Department of Economics Univer- sity of Dhaka and Executive Director, SANEM. Participants across South Asian countries came to attend the workshop. The five days workshop Group Photo: Ninth South Asian Training Program on CGE focused on structure of CEG modeling and on its Modelling, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. different steps. The workshop covers the single Ms. Sreya Pan, Research Associate, AIC at RIS par- country static CEG model, which is being used in ticipated in the Ninth South Asian Training Pro- many countries in trade, tax policy, and climate- gram on CGE Modeling at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh change and poverty analysis. About RIS Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi based autono- mous think-tank under the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, is an organization that specializes in policy research on international economic issues and development cooperation. RIS is envisioned as a forum for fostering effective policy dialogue and capacity-building among developing countries on international economic issues. The focus of the work programme of RIS is to promote South-South Cooperation and assist developing countries in multilateral negotiations in various forums. RIS is engaged in the Track II process of several regional initiatives. RIS is providing analytical support to the Government of India in the negotiations for concluding comprehensive economic cooperation agreements with partner countries. Through its intensive network of policy think tanks, RIS seeks to strengthen policy coherence on international economic issues. For more information please visit www.ris.org.in About AIC Considering the work of the ASEAN-India Eminent Persons Group (AIEPG), and its Report with

AIC Newsletter, Vol.2, No.2, July Vol.2, AIC Newsletter, recommendations for forging a closer partnership for peace, progress and shared prosperity, the Heads of the State/Government of ASEAN and India at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Sum- mit 2012, held at New Delhi on 19-20 December 2012, recommended the establishment of ASEAN- India Centre (AIC) using existing resources at New Delhi. AIC was formally inaugurated by the Honourable External Affairs Minister of the Government of India on 21 June 2013. AIC serves as a resource centre for ASEAN Member States and India to fill the knowledge gaps that currently limit the opportunities for cooperation. The AIC is closely working with both the ASEAN Divi- sions of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to undertake and disseminate policy research and provide analytical policy recommendations. For more information please visit http://aic.ris.org.in

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