Programs and Events
“Countering Terrorism in India - Challenge of the 21st Century”
August 31, 2009
The American Center partnered with the South Indian Education Society’s College of Arts and Science and the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (Western Region) for a three-day seminar on “Countering Terrorism in India - Challenge of the 21st Century” August 31-September 2, 2009.
Acting Consul General David Tyler inaugurated the event. The other panel members included Ajit Kumar Doval, former Director Intelligence Bureau; Vikram Sood, former Director RAW; V.N. Deshmukh, former Chief of State Intelligence Department; V. Balachandran, former Diplomat of Indian Mission, Washington D.C.; K.P. Raghuvanshi, Additional Commissioner of Police, Anti-Terrorism Squad; and Sadanand Date, Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Heather Collins of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and Michael Newbill, Economic-Political Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai were also speakers. Collins talked about the Patriot Act and Newbill on the U.S. Government’s efforts to counter terrorism.