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On November 17, 2023, the International Conference "Actual Problems of India's Development" was held at the MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

IMEMO employees made presentations at the conference:

Section "India's Economic Strategy and the Country's Place in the World Economy"

•    Yana Sadovnikova, Research Fellow of the Group of Economic Problems of the Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Cand. of Science (History), – report "Economic Initiatives of Narendra Modi: the Course towards Self-Sufficient Development";

•    Ellina Shawlai, Research Fellow of the Sector of Innovation Policy of the Department of Science and Innovation, Cand. of Science (History), – report "Goals of Indian Economic Policy: Expectation vs Reality".

Section "India's Foreign Policy Strategy and the Country's Place in International Relations"

•    Gleb Makarevich, Junior Research Fellow of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "There will be our Jerusalem": Comparison of Approaches of India and Pakistan to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict".

Section "India's Foreign Policy Strategy: Regional Agenda"

•    Irina Kolgushkina, Junior Research Fellow of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "Socio-Economic Cooperation between India and South Africa";

•    Ivan Shchedrov, Junior Research Fellow of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "Noble Hegemon. Features of India's Symbolic Policy in Central Asia";

•    Maria Savishcheva, Senior Research Assistant of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "’Port Fever’ of India and Japan in the Bay of Bengal".

Section "Modern India: Political, Social and Cultural Landscape"

•    Ivan Zaitsev, Junior Research Fellow of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "Features of Appeal to Buddhist Canonical Texts in Public Speeches of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (2015-2023)";

•    Evgenia Zeegofer, Junior Research Fellow of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, – report "Decolonization of Consciousness as a Tool of Internal Political Struggle of the Bharatiya Janata Party".

The conference was attended by sсientists and experts from Russia and India.

• – India's foreign policy vectors and international relations in South Asia;
• – India's internal political and economic development;
• – India's role in world politics: perceptions of India and its partners;
• – Social problems in modern India: challenges and solutions.

Organizer: Center for South Asian Studies of the Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.