Category: General Interest

  • Future of Security: Beyond Pax America

    Future of Security: Beyond Pax America

    At a time when the United States grapples with domestic and international challenges, what does the future for the nation look like? Frank G Wisner, Former US Ambassador to India, spoke at the Synergia Conclave-2019 about the future of Pax Americana.

  • Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace

    Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace

    How can conflicts within cybersecurity be mediated and resolved? Latha Reddy, Former Deputy NSA GOI & Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Aaron Shull, CEO, CIGI Canada and Richard Wilcox, Senior Advisor CHD, Geneva deliberated on this topic during the Synergia Conclave-2019.

  • India’s role in shaping the New World Order

    India’s role in shaping the New World Order

    In the vortex of disruptions in Geopolitics have institutions like the UN, WTO and ICJ been undermined because of unilateralism, protectionism and isolationism? Jayant Sinha, MP and Chairperson of Standing Committee on Finance, spoke during Synergia Conclave-2019 on, India Shaping Role in the New World Order.

  • Mizoram Brus: The Reluctant Returnees

    Mizoram Brus: The Reluctant Returnees

    The Brus or the Reang is a community indigenous to North East India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. Despite two decades of living in exile, the Brus of Mizoram are still reluctant to return home.

  • Embracing Digital Innovations

    Embracing Digital Innovations

    Admiral Timothy Fraser, CB, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, UK and Subhash Chandra, IAS, Secretary Defence Production GOI provided the respective perspectives of the UK and the Indian government on how defence forces must prepare to meet the new digital world.

  • Future of Conflict

    Future of Conflict

    Global trends indicate increasing instability and growing opportunity for confrontation and conflict. With the world in the midst of flux and technology being the prime driver for national power, it is very difficult to predict with any degree of certainty the contours of future conflict. Panel comprising of Sanjay Mitra, IAS, Former Defence Secretary GoI,…

  • Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainties

    Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainties

    Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, gave his expert insights on how India can navigate geopolitical uncertainty of the 21st Century during the Synergia Conclave-2019.

  • The Future of Security- Building a 5G Ecosystem

    The Future of Security- Building a 5G Ecosystem

    A panel distinguished subject matter experts to include Aruna Sundararajan, IAS, former Telecom Secretary, GOI, Shinya Kukita, Chief Architect, Global Business Unit, NEC, Rajan Mathews, Director General COAI and Dr KD Nayak former DG DRDO, was assembled at the Synergia Conclave 2019. The panel unravelled the intricacies of the 5G ecosystem in a lucid and…

  • US Perception of the 5G Revolution

    US Perception of the 5G Revolution

    Admiral Dennis C Blair, Former Director of National Intelligence, US, addressed the Synergia Conclave-2019 through video on guidelines for building and deployment of the revolutionary 5G technology.

  • U.S. – China Technology War

    U.S. – China Technology War

    Dr Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, Winner of the Marconi Prize & IEEE Alexander Bell Medal, speaking during the Synergia Conclave 2019 provided a larger perspective on the current US-China technology war. He also gave his insights on what kind of implications it holds for the world.