(Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s Curtain Raiser Address at the Inaugural Session of the 9th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2026 – in Mauritius on April 10-12, 2026.) Namaskar and Good Evening! It gives me immense pleasure to invite you to the 9th edition of the Indian Ocean Conference here in Mauritius. This conference is […]
Speeches
7th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]

