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Wednesday Seminars

Coterminous with the Institute, is the weekly Wednesday Seminar, which has been held uninterruptedly for the last four decades. The topics span an enormous range and attract students, experts, practitioners and laypersons alike. These seminars provide an opportunity for interested people to have access to informed discussions on various aspects of China and are ample evidence that the sections within India, which are interested in knowing and learning about China are widening and enlarging.


24 Dec 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Navigating India’s China Strategy on Climate and Energy | 24 December 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Pooja Vijay Ramamurthi

Despite attempts to become self-sufficient in green technologies and build resilient supply chains for critical minerals, studies show that India will remain reliant on China in the short and medium term to meet its decarbonisation goals.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
17 Dec 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Regionalisation of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia: The Interplay between Geo-economics and Geopolitics | 17 December 2025 @3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Ishani Naskar

Ever since Edward Luttwak highlighted the significance of geo-economics, much attention has been devoted to understanding the interface between geo-economics and geopolitics.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
03 Dec 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Making China Knowable: Sir William Jones and the Production of China in Eighteenth-Century British Orientalist Thought | 3 December 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Diki Sherpa

On 22 February 1790, in his Seventh Anniversary Discourse as President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Sir William Jones advanced what would later be termed his “Brahmin theory” of Chinese origins.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
26 Nov 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Transformations in the Global Energy System and their Impact on China and India | 26 November 2025 @3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Niharika Tagotra

The global energy system is undergoing rapid transformation and reshaping strategic relations across Asia. This Wednesday Seminar presentation will analyse the impact of the transformation on India and China.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
19 Nov 2025
Wednesday Seminar | New Frontiers in China's Military Organisation | 19 November 2025 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Anushka Saxena

China’s People’s Liberation Army has recently established three support forces, viz, the Information Support Force, the Cyberspace Force, and the Military Aerospace Force.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
29 Oct 2025
Wednesday Seminar | China’s Electric Vehicle Industry: Strategic Approaches and Policy Implications | 29 October 2025 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Saheli Chattaraj

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held from 15 to 18 July 2024, highlighted that ‘opening up’ is a defining characteristic of Chinese-style modernisation.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
22 Oct 2025
Wednesday Seminar | The Gen Z Movement in Nepal: China’s Challenge or Opportunity? | 22 October 2025 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Rishi Gupta

Nepal has once again entered into uncertain times of reforms and elections with the Gen Z youth-led movement bringing yet another political change in Nepal.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Executive Summary
15 Oct 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Exploring Rhetorical Expressions of Political Leaders in Contemporary China | 15 October 2025 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Snehal Ajit Ulman

The uniqueness of political culture in contemporary China lies in the use of different rhetorical elements in the expressions by its leaders.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Executive Summary
08 Oct 2025
Wednesday Seminar | The Dissemination and Reception of Lu Xun in India | 8 October 2025 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Niu Ruiyuan

As two representative civilisations in Eastern culture, China and India share more than 2,000 years of cultural exchanges, profoundly enriching and developing the world’s cultural landscapes.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Executive Summary
01 Oct 2025
Wednesday Seminar | From Sentiment to Statute: Legislating Patriotism in Contemporary China | 1 October 2025 @ 5:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Nishant Dilip Sharma

January 2024 onward, China’s Patriotic Education Law has made the cultivation of patriotic sentiment a matter of legal duty.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Executive Summary

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