Put together in this form these reflections present visionary perspectives and a body of current thinking in the region on many issues of current development concerns in this part of the world that will be found useful by policy makers and scholars. The lectures have been classified into four broad parts. Part I presents a visionary perspective on the India-ASEAN relations as articulated by Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad of Malaysia in his inaugural India-ASEAN lecture. Part II includes lectures reflecting on the globalization and the East Asian Economic crisis of 1997. They also draw lessons from it and discuss implications of it for the India-ASEAN cooperation. Part III covers lectures dealing with the broad theme of Indian-ASEAN partnership and opportunities and challenges facing it. Finally Part IV combines lectures dealing with sectoral issues such as science and technology in general and as applied to food and nutrition, sustainable development and health. It also deals with such important issues as corporate governance and cultural sovereignty in the context of globalization.
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This
Volume puts together the texts of most of the lectures delivered
under the India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Lecture Series so far. The
India–ASEAN Eminent Person Lecture Series was launched by Government
of India in December 1996 to enhance people-to-people interaction
between India and ASEAN countries to complement the growing India-ASEAN
partnership.| |