21st Russia-India-China Trilateral Academic Conference 2026

The 21st Russia-India-China Trilateral Academic Conference 2026 is being held in New Delhi, from 15 to 16 October 2026.

During the 21st RIC Trilateral Academic Conference, the participants from ICCA, CIIS and the participants from the Indian side invited by the ICS, will deliberate on the following themes.

Session One: RIC Cooperation Amid International Upheavals and Global Uncertainty

Session Two: RIC’s Role in Shaping Multilateral Cooperation through BRICS, Regional Economic Dynamics, and Emerging Economic Frontiers

Session Three: Exploring Bilateral Cooperation among Russia, India, and China: Expanding Societal and Cultural Connections

The Russian delegation comprises Kirill Babaev, Director, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Sergei Uianaev, Deputy Director, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia and Head of the Center “Russia, China, World”; Yana Leksyutina, Deputy Director, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Chief Researcher at the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Full Professor at the School of International Relations of Saint-Petersburg State University; Ekaterina Zaklyazminskaya, Head of the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Olga Kharina, Senior Researcher and Head of the Sector for South Asian Studies, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Chinese delegation comprises Liu Qing, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), and the Chairman of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) China Committee; Li Ziguo, Director, Department for European-Central Asian Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS); Lan Jianxue, Director, Department for Asia-Pacific Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS); Lin Duo, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for Asia-Pacific Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

The participants from Indian side include Alka Acharya, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi; Manoranjan Mohanty, former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Anuradha M. Chenoy, Adjunct Professor, School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University; Professor (Retd.) and former Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Biswajit Dhar, former Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi; Amb. D. B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation; former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation; Amb. Dammu Ravi, Former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; former India Sherpa for BRICS; Rajan Kumar, Professor, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Amb. Ajai Malhotra , Distinguished Fellow and Senior Advisor (Climate Change), Director General’s Office, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI); former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation; Rityusha Mani Tiwary, Associate Professor, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi; Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.

By Invitation Only