ISAS PUBLIC LECTURE

“Terrorism & the State: Transforming Conflict, Building Peace”

by Mrs Chandrika Kumaratuga, Former President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Programme

3.30pm Registration

4.00pm Welcome Remarks

Ambassador Gopinath Pillai

Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies; and

Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

4.15pm ISAS Public Lecture

Mrs Chandrika B. Kumaratunga

Former President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

5.15pm Panel Discussion with Q&A

Chairperson

Ambassador Gopinath Pillai

Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies; and

Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Panelists

Mrs Chandrika B. Kumaratunga

Former President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Emeritus Professor Sukh Deo Muni

Professor Emeritus Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

Professor Vineeta Sinha

Head, South Asian Studies Programme

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

National University of Singapore

Professor Riaz Hassan

Visiting Research Professor

Institute of South Asian Studies

National University of Singapore

6.15pm Presentation of Tokens of Appreciation

by HE Chandra Das, Ambassador of Singapore to Sri Lanka

End of Public Lecture