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.
12 Aug 2026
Shanky Chandra
In 2015, Liu Cixin became the first Asian writer to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, propelling The Three-Body Problem — serialized in Science Fiction World in 2006 — into a global literary phenomenon.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
05 Aug 2026
Vivek Y. Kelkar
China’s economic rise has been underpinned by an export-oriented regime characterised by state-directed industrial policy, manufacturing scale, and deep integration into global production networks.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
29 Jul 2026
Anudeep Gujjeti
The India-Japan relationship has developed from a limited bilateral engagement into a Special Strategic and Global Partnership spanning defence, maritime security, infrastructure
Venue: Zoom Webinar
22 Jul 2026
Bidisha Seth
The trajectory of feminist activism in contemporary China reveals a remarkable process of adaptation under conditions of increasing state censorship and digital surveillance.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
15 Jul 2026
Torunika Roy
South Korea’s total fertility rate has fallen to 0.80 in 2025, making it one of the lowest globally. With a current population of 51.8 million, the country is projected to shrink to 36.2 million by 2072.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
08 Jul 2026
Pralay Kanungo
China’s rich, diverse and plural religious universe, severely jolted during the Republican and Communist era, returned to rejuvenation and effervescence with the coming of the reform era
Venue: Zoom Webinar
01 Jul 2026
Debasish Chaudhuri
This Wednesday Seminar presentation analyses China's criminal world, with gambling as its structural driver and cross-border networks as its most resilient dimension.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
17 Jun 2026
Antara Ghosal Singh
Chinese activities in Tibet - from constructing elaborate settlements to intensifying forward patrolling, building up critical border infrastructure and issuing Chinese names to places within India – are matters of serious concern for India.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
10 Jun 2026
D. Ravi Kanth
China applied to join the World Trade Organization in 1986 and, after 15 years of negotiations, acceded at the WTO’s Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha in December 2001.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
03 Jun 2026
Debasis Bhattacharya
The evolution of India's "Look East" policy of the early 1990s to "Act East" policy in 2014 marked a significant revamp in New Delhi's strategic priorities and engagements with South-East Asia and the Far-East.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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