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.
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
20 May 2026
Megha Shrivastava
Technological breakthroughs in China have generally marked a new stage in the US-China competition. This is yet again in evidence in the context of the era-defining Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
13 May 2026
Vyjayanti Raghavan, Cho Choong Jae & Sandip Mishra
The 3-day State visit of the President of Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung on 19-21 April 2026, is a significant move to reinvigorate the India-ROK ‘Special Strategic Partnership’ forged in 2015 and now in its second decade.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
06 May 2026
Raj Gupta & Shruti Jargad
This presentation seeks to move beyond the PRC’s official/diplomatic statements and deconstruct the interpretations of the ongoing US-Israel and Iran war
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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