Public Lecture by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs M. J. Akbar “India: Pivotal Power of Asia”

On 25th of May (Thursday) Indian politician who is the Minister of State for External Affairs Mobashar Jawed “M. J.” Akbar will be visiting IIRPS VU and will give a talk on topic “India: Pivotal Power of Asia”. Event will take place at 4:50 p.m., room 304. Lecture will be followed by the discussion. Moderator: assoc. prof. Konstantinas Andrijauskas.

During his lecture Mr. Akbar will give some thoughts about the growth of India and its position in South Asia. He will also ask to give a talk about India‘s relations with other Asian regions and actors, especially with Eastern part of Asia and China.

M. J. Akbar – Indian politician who is the Minister of Stat for External Affairs since 2016. He is a former journalist, author of a few books and also a former member of Indian Parliament. Read more about the guest here.