Events

Director Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey was the Moderator in the ‘India-Nepal Development Partnership Conclave’ held on Jan. 23, 2023 in Kathmandu. It was organized on the occasion of the 75^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Nepal and India.  

CSAS and CDD organized a talk program on the above theme on June 2, 2022 in Kathmandu. Senior political leader and former Foreign Minister Pashupati SJB Rana, former foreign minister Ramesh Nath Pandey and former foreign secretary Kedar Bhakta Shrestha shed light on the challenges brought out by the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, COVID-19 pandemic and the latest Russian invasion of Ukraine on global economy and regional security. The also hoped that like in the past, Nepal will be able to navigate itself safely amidst this turbulence in the geo-political scene.

COSATT-KAS hybrid roundtable on ‘BIMSTEC After the Fifth Summit’ was held in Kathmandu on April 14, 2022. Speakers from India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Nepal shed light on the strategic significance of BIMSTEC. A report of the roundtable will soon be published.

Director Dr. Nishchalnath Pandey spoke at the BIMSTEC 2022 Roundtable Conference organized by Pathfinder Foundation and India Foundation in Colombo on March 31-April1, 2022.

CSAS in cooperation with National College and KAS organized a 2-day webinar on ‘Accelerating Progress and Equality in Education’ on May 31-June 1, 2021. More than 100 students and faculty participated in the programme which centered around discussions on how the pandemic has impacted on education, challenges of on-line learning, cost factors and need of re-orientation of the faculty towards digital tools. A host of speakers from Nepal, Singapore and Germany shed light on the challenges and opportunities of on-line learning.

COSATT in cooperation with KAS and the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore organized a national workshop on ‘Nepal’s Contributions to UN Peacekeeping’ in Kathmandu on April 19, 2021. Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali was chief guest. A number of strategic affairs experts shed light on the topic.

COSATT in cooperation with RECAP-KAS, EastWest Institute and the INSSSL, Colombo organized a workshop on ‘Water Security and Disaster management in Asia’ in Colombo on March 3-4, 2020. It was inaugurated by the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva. Prominent experts from the region spoke at the event.

CSAS Director Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey participated in the ‘Asia-Pacific Think-Tank Summit’ held in Bangkok on Nov 10 2019 to Nov 12 2019. It was co-hosted by the UN-ESCAP and the University of Pennsylvania.

A regional conference in cooperation with Rule of Law Asia Programme of the KAS was held on Sep. 11, 2019 in Kathmandu on 'Coordination in Management of Migrant Labour Issues among SAARC Nations' with senior diplomats of South Asia. Former Under Secretary General of the UN Gyan Chandra Acharya, Amb. Ranjit Rae (India), Amb. Arif Kamal (Pakistan), Amb. Javed Yusuf (Sri Lanka) and Ms. Marina Sultana (RMMRU, Dhaka) shed light on the theme.

Regional Steering Group meeting South Asia of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) was held in Kathmandu on June 30-July 4, 2019. A youth conference was organized by CSAS at the National College and a gender focal point meeting was also held with women M.Ps.

A COSATT delegation comprising of some of the prominent think-tanks of South Asia visited Heidelberg for the conference on 'Security and Economic Implications in the Indo-Pacific' organized by the Heidelberg University. The delegation also had meetings at the Bundestag, Federal Foreign office, GIGA and SWP among others.

A conference on the above theme was held in Kathmandu on March 12-13, 2019 with heads of think-tanks, researchers and experts from across the region. Dr. Seshadri Chari, Amb. Sujan Chinoy, Dr. Suba Chandran, Prof. Swaran Singh, Maj. Gen. AKM Abdur Rahman, Mr. Hernaikh Singh among others presented their views. A book will be published soon on the conference.

A book discussion was held on Dec. 28, 2019 in Kathmandu on the latest COSATT publication. Senior strategic analysts, academics and Nepali policy makers shed light on both the BRI and the BBIN for small countries of South Asia.

In cooperation with the Rule of Law Asia Programme of the KAS, CSAS organized the above conference with lawyers and experts from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar. It was held in Kathmandu on Sep. 26. A large number of law students from the Kathmandu University also participated.

COSATT in collaboration with the ISAS, Singapore and KAS organized the above workshop in Singapore on Sep. 24, 2018. BIMSTEC Secretary General, ASEAN former SG, former DPM and foreign minister of Nepal among a range of experts and heads of think-tanks from BIMSTEC member states participated in the workshop.

CSAS organized by the above talk program on Aug. 24, 2018 wherein the Hon'ble Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali was the chief guest. Former Foreign Ministers Ramesh Nath Pandey and Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, former foreign secretary Madhu Raman Acharya and former ambassador Dr. Dinesh Bhattarai shed light on how Nepal can take advantage from the forthcoming 4th BIMSTEC Summit.

COSATT-KAS-BIISS conference on “Importance of BRI and BBIN for South Asia” was held in Dhaka on July 4-5, 2018. Honourable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh sent his message to the conference while Minister of State for Finance and Planning was present at the Valedictory session. Former Secretary of Commerce of Nepal, Heads and Representatives of Think-Tanks from South Asia including a large number of diplomats, officials, academics from Bangladesh participated in the 2-day event.

Director Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey spoke at the above conference held at the Ramada, Colombo on June 7, 2018. It was jointly organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. He also participated at the GPPAC Regional Steering Group Meeting held on June 8.

COSATT held its regional conference on the above theme with participation of heads and representatives of think-tanks from all eight South Asian countries on March 25-26, 2018 in Kathmandu. Former Deputy PM of Nepal Upendra Yadav inaugurated the conference. A publication as proceedings of the conference will soon be published.