Capacity Building

    • Addressed the ITEC Participants on "Trade and Sustainable Development: South-South and Regional Cooperation" organized by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Gurgaon, Haryana on 22 November 2016.

    • Participated as a panelist in the Mid Career Training Programme for Deputy Secretary level Indian Foreign Service Officers of 2004-2008 batch on "Nairobi Declaration: Could India protect the interests of its Agriculture Sector?" organized by Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi on 25 October 2016.

    • Addressed the 10th Special Course for ASEAN Diplomats on "WTO, PTAs & Developing Countries" organized by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), New Delhi on 3 October 2016.

    • Addressed the 62nd Professional Diplomats (PCFD) on 'Regional Groupings: ASEAN and BRICS', organized by the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi on 1 August 2016.

    • Addressed the 61st Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats (PCFD) on 'Regional Groupings: ASEAN & BRICS' organized by the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi on 12 April 2016.

Serving as Course-Director of various RIS Capacity Building Programmes since 2001. Prominent Programmes directed include:

§ One-month Programme on International Economic Issues and Development Policy (IEIDP), under ITEC/SCAAP of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (Each year since 2001~)

§ One-month Programme on Global and Regional Economic Cooperation Issues (GRECI), sponsored by ERIA, Jakarta (2008, 2009, 2010)

§ Two-day Module on ‘International and Regional Economic Cooperation Issues’ Organized for Foreign Diplomats, Under the Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats (PCFD), Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, (Every year since 2007-present.

§ One day Module on ‘Understanding Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia, organized for Teachers under UGC’s Refreshers Course (Since 2007 –till present)

§ One Week Programme on ‘Global Economic Regime and India’s Regional Economic Engagements’, for Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Probationers (Since 2004-2009).

§ One week Training Workshop of Ministry of Finance, Government of India for Senior Indian Economic Service (IES) Officers on Regionalism in the World and Asia: Challenges and Options before India held at RIS August 29 - September 2, 2005, New Delhi.

§ Training Programme for Tariff Commission Officers on Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements, held at RIS, March 1-7 2005, New Delhi.

§ Programme for Senior Government Officials of the Tariff Commission, Govt. of India on various conceptual and empirical issues of WTO and Global and National Trade Policy Making Processes, under the RIS Training Programme, 2002.