DELHI DIALOGUE VII : ASEAN-India Shaping the Post-2015 Agenda

Brig. Rumel Dahiya, SM retired from Net Assessment Directorate at Integrated Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces in 2009 after 32 years of service in the Indian Army. He is presently Deputy Director General at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He is also Coordinator of the Military Affairs Centre and Managing Editor of the Journal of Defence Studies.

He has had extensive command and staff experience during his military career, including that in counter-insurgency situations and has also served as Defence Attaché to Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, and with the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan. He also served with Military Operations Directorate of the Indian Army. He is a graduate of the National Defence College and Defence Services Staff College. He was awarded the Sword of Honour and Gold Medal from Indian Military Academy at his commissioning. His major publications include: India`s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the Next Two Decades (2012), Developments in the Gulf Region: Prospects and Challenges for India in the Next Two Decades.

Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh is Senior Research Associate and Coordinator of the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He studied in Delhi at St. Stephen`s College (BA Honours and Masters in History) and School of International Studies (M.Phil and Ph.D). He specializes in Southeast Asia with special attention to Myanmar. He joined IDSA in 1993. The co-edited work, Rumel Dahiya and Udai Bhanu Singh,(Eds) Delhi Dialogue VI: Realising the ASEAN-India Vision for Partnership and Prosperity was released during Delhi Dialogue VII, in March 2015. Dr. Singh earlier authored ASEAN Regional Forum and Security of the Asia-Pacific besides contributing to journals and chapters in books. He has participated in Track-2 and 1.5 dialogues with Myanmar, New Zealand and Australia. He contributes to the media and has delivered lectures at academic and defence institutions in India and abroad.