The Honorable Jaswant Singh

The Honorable Jaswant Singh is among the most respected names in India’s public life, and in the world of diplomacy.  He is a Member of Parliament, in the Lok Sabha.  Mr. Singh has served with rare distinction in both Houses of India’s Parliament and is among the most respected public figures of India.  He has headed six core Ministries of the Government of India, and was simultaneously the Minister of External Affairs and Defence.  Uniquely again, in the same term of office of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, he then became the Minister of Finance. He is the author of several books, including National Security: An Outline of Our Concerns, Defending India, and most recently Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence.

We are pleased that Mr. Singh will be in residence at CASI as a CASI/UPenn Distinguished International Scholar from March 14 - 28, 2010.

Events:

March 18: CASI/UPenn Distinguished International Scholar Lecture – “The India-Pakistan-U.S. Triangle”

[ Read full transcription of March 18 event - published as CASI Working Paper ]

March 23: CASI Seminar on Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence

March 25: CASI Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture co-sponsored by the Asia Society of New York on Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence

For more event information, please see the Asia Society Web site.