India-Southeast Asia relations: Review and Prospects - September 2025
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Description
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
What you'll learn
Contemporary Developments in the India-Southeast Asia Relations
Requirements
Course Content

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Experts
Ms. Amruta Karambelkar is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the School of International Cooperation, Security, and Strategic Languages (SICSSL) since August 2023. She has previously worked at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi (Indo-Pacific cluster); Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (Southeast Asia Research Programme); and the Indian Council of World Affairs.
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