Online Essay Competition

India-Southeast Asia Relations: Review and Prospects

Themes
• Historical legacy of Non-Alignment; its contemporary reflections.
• Political cooperation
• Economic relations: opportunities and challenges
• Institutional and sub-regional cooperation: India-ASEAN; Mekong-Ganga Cooperation; BIMSTEC.
• Developmental cooperation
• Cultural linkages, and historical connections, people-to-people ties
• Defence and Security cooperation
• Non-traditional security cooperation (maritime security; counter-terrorism)
• Bilateral and trilateral cooperation
• Role and potential of India’s Northeast region in advancing regional cooperation.
• Scientific and technical cooperation.
• Recent developments.

Registration period: 1 September to 22 September 2025
Submission deadline: 25 September 2025
Result declaration: 30 September 2025
Word limit- 1200-1500 words
Registration fee: INR 300 (Indians), USD 5 (Foreign nationals)
Submission language: English
First prize: INR 2000
Second prize: INR 1500
Third prize INR 1000

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