India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Lecture Series

The Lecture Series has been coordinated by RIS since 1998 to promote people-to-people contacts and generate ideas for taking the ASEAN-India partnership forward. The Lecture Series has involved many distinguished personalities such as Prime Minister Mahathir, Prime Minister Thaksin, Dr C. Rangarajan and Dr Narayanamurthy from India. RIS has also published a volume based on the texts of lectures delivered upto 2002. During the period under review, it was decided to launch the next phase of the programme and a list of potential invitees was drawn up including the ASEAN Secretary-General H.E. Ong Keng Yong at a mutually convenient time.