Speeches

7th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2024

Ram Madhav, February 10, 2024

(Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s Curtain Raiser Address at the Inaugural Session of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2024 – in Perth, Australia on February 9-10, 2024) Namaskar and Good Evening! It is my privilege and honour to welcome all the distinguished eminences to the 7th edition of the annual Indian Ocean Conference. […]

Peace, Prosperity, Partnership for a Resilient Future

Ram Madhav, May 13, 2023

(Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s Curtain Raiser Address at the Inaugural Session of the 6th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2023 – in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 12-13, 2023) Namaskar, Good Evening and Shubho Sandhya! Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the 6th edition of the annual Indian Ocean Conference, hosted by India Foundation, New […]

The Indo-Pacific Region: ASEAN Centrality and the Role of India

Ram Madhav, March 28, 2023

Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s address at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics in Hanoi on the theme of “The Indo-Pacific Region: ASEAN Centrality and the Role of India” delivered on March 28, 2023.  Good Afternoon! I am delighted to be here in Vietnam, a dear friend of India for millennia. India and […]

R20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia

Ram Madhav, November 4, 2022

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Valedictory Address at the Handover Ceremony of the R20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.  Namaskar and Good Evening! What a wonderful two days of intense brain-storming over good religious values for humanity! I do not know if Pak Yahya, Holland Taylor and their team realise what a tectonic force they have […]

Dharma Dhamma Traditions in Building a Post Covid World Order

Ram Madhav, November 8, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address on “Dharma-Dhamma Traditions in Building the Post-Covid World Order” at the Dharma Dhamma Conference 2021 organised by Nalanda University and India Foundation on 7-9 November 2021 at Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar.

India – South Korea: Aspects of Public Diplomacy

Ram Madhav, August 11, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at a webinar organised by India Foundation in collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India in Seoul; Department of Indian Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies; and College of Buddhism, Dongguk University, Seoul on “India-Republic of Korea: Aspects of Public Diplomacy” on August 11, 2021 India’s proactive Ambassador […]

Quad Economics: Australia and India Perspectives in the COVID Era

Ram Madhav, July 21, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at a webinar organised by Wired Global Australia and India Foundation on “Quad Economics: Australia and India Perspectives in the COVID Era” on July 21, 2021 Senator Canavan, Amb Vohra, Mr Varghese and colleagues from the India Foundation and Wired Global – Akashika, Alok Bansal, Shristi and others. My […]

India and UK – Towards a new multilateral order

Ram Madhav, June 28, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at a Webinar organised by Policy Exchange and Observer Research Foundation on “India and the UK: Towards new Multilateral Order” The mankind is entering a post-pandemic new world order. India and UK as ‘natural partners’ have an important opportunity in that emerging global order to prosper and progress through […]

Ideology and Vision of Mahatma Gandhi: Global Relevance in 21st Century

Ram Madhav, February 9, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Keynote Address at International Conference (Virtual) on “Ideology and Vision of Mahatma Gandhi: Global Relevance in 21st Century” organised by Panjab University in association with India Foundation, Nottingham University and Nottingham Trent University on 1-3 February, 2021. I congratulate Punjab University for hosting the conference on “Relevance of Gandhi in […]

Shaivism in Kashmir

Ram Madhav, February 2, 2021

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address at the Book Release of Hungarian translation of Swami Lakshman Joo’s works on Shaivism in Kashmir, organised by the Embassy of India in Budapest, Hungary on 28 January 2021. Swami Lakshman Joo was a great mystic scholar of Kashmir Shaivism in the last century. Born into a Kashmiri Pandit […]