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.
18 Nov 2026
Debasish Chaudhuri
China has incorporated the United Nations 2030 Agenda into its national development strategy, with the concepts of ecological civilization and Beautiful China serving as important guiding principles for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem governance.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
11 Nov 2026
Athira Anand
Imperial China’s historical maritime extension towards the Kerala coast, from the Song dynasty (960-1279) to its abrupt denouement during the early Ming era (mid-15th century CE)
Venue: Zoom Webinar
04 Nov 2026
Prabir Kumar Talukdar
Following China’s economic reforms in 1978, its social stability and public acceptance of rising inequality have rested on a powerful meritocratic bargain that academic achievement and relentless personal struggle will lead to upward mobility.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
21 Oct 2026
Hritika Patil
China’s household registration (hukou) system has long determined access to public services and welfare benefits based on the place of registration.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
14 Oct 2026
Bibek Dhoj Thapa
This Wednesday Seminar will explore the journey behind the book Seventy Years of Nepal-China Relations:
Venue: Zoom Webinar
07 Oct 2026
Lt. Col. Gautam Das
Since the 1950’s, writings on Sino-Indian relations and Sino-Indian border negotiations have always included the term ‘Line of Actual Control’ or LAC.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
30 Sep 2026
Himadree Sonowal
This Wednesday Seminar presentation examines the Chinese diaspora in the United States through the dynamic frames of belonging, identity, and the PRC’s engagement with overseas Chinese communities.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
23 Sep 2026
G. Venkat Raman, Meeta Keswani Mehra & Rajan Kumar
The 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi has taken place at a consequential moment for the grouping.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
16 Sep 2026
Da Wei
Two traditions have always pulled at American foreign policy—the self-preserving republican tradition and the expansionist imperial tradition—driving its trajectory from a great power to a hegemon in a pattern of “two steps forward, one step back.”
Venue: Zoom Webinar
09 Sep 2026
Faisal Ahmed
The trust deficit between India and China, both BRICS members, restrains policy space for convergences, and can instead lead to more divergences.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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