⇒ The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, also the ex-officio President of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), addressed the 19th meeting of the Governing Council of the ICWA in virtual mode from Hyderabad, on 03 July 2021. Earlier in the day, he had chaired the 20th Meeting of the Governing Body of the ICWA.
Addressing the meetings, the Vice President expressed appreciation for ICWA decision to set up a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Study Centre and a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) Coordination Centre within the Council. These initiatives are aimed to give an impetus to ICWA’s work related to these multilateral fora.
The Vice President also welcomed efforts envisaged in the direction of professional management of ICWA’s book publication programme, which is an important area of its activity aimed at supporting academics, practitioners and upcoming scholars in the field of international relations.
Book:
The Vice President also launched the book titled “Sapru House: A Story of Institutions Building in World Affairs” on the occasion. The book has been authored by Dr. TCA Raghavan, DG, ICWA and Dr. Vivek Mishra, Research Fellow at ICWA.
Director General of the ICWA:
At the meeting, former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Ms Vijay Thakur Singh was appointed as the next Director General of the ICWA. The term of Dr. TCA Raghavan was ending on 23 July 2021.