INDIA AND THE NUCLEAR QUESTION

Saturday, Oct 31st 1998
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
University of California, Los Angeles
Faculty Center, California Room -- Lot 2 (entrance Hilgard and Westholme)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

H.E. Ambassador T.P. Srinivasan. Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India.

Albert Carnesale. Chancellor, UCLA

K. Subrahmanyam. Former Director, Institute of Defense & Strategic Studies. New Delhi.

India's nuclear testing in May, 1998, followed by Pakistan's in the same month, set off global alarms regarding nuclear proliferation in the sub-continent. A distinguished roster of speakers from India and the United States will address the impact of India's nuclear testing in the following areas: national security, economic sanctions, geopolitical strategies and armament policies. This comprehensive review of India is the inaugural program presented by the UCLA Doshi Chair in Indian History in co-sponsorship with the Asia Society Southern California Center.

PANELISTS & MODERATORS

Tahir Raza Shah Andrabi. Professor, Economics, Pomona College. B. Ramesh Babu. American Studies Research Center, Osmania University, India. P.R. Chari. Co-Director, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies; Visting Professor, CSDS, Delhi. Michael Intrilligator. Professor Emeritus, Economic & Political Science, UCLA. Neil Joeck. Political Analyst. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Rajesh Kadian. Physician & Author. Devesh Kapur. Assistant Professor, Political Science, Harvard University. Gary Larsen. Vice President, Asian Society - Pacific Coast.

Deepak Lal. James Coleman Chair, Economics, UCLA. C. Kumar N. Patel. Vice Chancellor of Resaerch, Physicist, UCLA Rajendran Raja. Physicist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago. Damodar R. SarDesai. Professor, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian History, UCLA Gunwat Shah. Professor, Political Science, Gujarat University, India. Ashley J. Tellis. Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation. Raju C. Thomas. Professor, Political Science, Marquette University. Stanley A. Wolpert. Professor Emeritus, History, UCLA.