Indian Studies Center, South Asian Studies Center and Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University cordially invite you to Bharatanidesha Public Talk No. 47 on

India’s Nuclear Policy in the International Context

by R. Swaminathan Former Ambassador of India to Egypt and Austria, Former Governor for India to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India

09:00 – 12:00 hours, Wednesday October 28, 2020 Room No. 614, Kasem Udyanin Building Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

The 47th bharatanidesha public talk on ‘India’s Nuclear Policy in the International Context’ is organized by Indian Studies Center, South Asian Studies Center and Department of International Relation, Chulalongkorn University on October 28, 2020. The organizers very warm welcome the renowned speaker, R. Swaminathan, who was a former Ambassador of India to Egypt, Austria and the former governor for India to the International Atomic Energy Agency and etc. He talked about the development of Nuclear policy of India and also Pakistan and the rest of the world. The nuclear policy in India began from the international sanctions, international crisis and war. However, the main reason to nuclear development of India is the border conflicts like Indo-Pak since 1947, Indo-China war on 1962, the instability of India after nuclear test of China at the Gobi desert of Xinxiang in 1964. Indian Nuclear program is started by the famous tata company and founding many research center for nuclear development. India, later became to make India’s Peaceful Nuclear Explosion in 1974 (Pokhran I) and the Pokhran I to operation Shakti (Pokhran II) in 1998. For Pakistan, the nuclear weapon is a first choice because the Pakistani Leader said that if the Pakistani people will eat grass, they should be like that but our country should develop a nuclear weapon. We have a country without security that means the people will die. However, R. Swaminathan gave a great summary, ‘Nuclear is like a knife in our sense. The knife will make a great profit for cutting the fruit and eat, but also, it will kill people. The nuclear also has two sides: the good side is for humanity and the bad side is for killing the people. However, it is concerning to the user.’