25 October, 2017, Bengaluru: A special talk on ‘Emerging World Order’ has been organized by IIM Bangalore’s Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM), on October 26 (Thursday), 2017, from 11.45 am to 1.15 pm, in Classroom C-23, as part of PGPPM’s event ‘Policy Speaks’, a Public Policy talk series. The talk will be delivered by Senior Fellow N Ravi.

Neelakantan Ravi retired from the Foreign Service in December 2009 after working for nearly 37 years at home and abroad. His last assignment was as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, looking after the conduct of all aspects of bilateral relations with as many as 60 countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, East Asia, South East Asia, Australasia, the Gulf, West Asia and North Africa. He was in charge of economic relations of India with all countries of the world, particularly through multilateral and regional organizations of which India is a member. These included ASEM, ASEAN, ARF, BIMSTEC, EAS, GCC and SAARC.

While working in India at different times, his assignments have covered political, economic and trade/commerce functions, in the Ministries of External Affairs, Finance and Commerce. His postings abroad have been in Belgrade, Tokyo (two postings), Thimphu (Bhutan), Moscow, Munich and Hanoi. In the overall context, exposure to economic and commercial work has occupied a major part of his career.

After retirement, with an MBA from IIMB (Class of 1982) and the experience in the international arena, he decided to involve himself in academics and training in the field of international management.

Topic: Emerging World Order

Speaker: N Ravi

Date: October 26 (Thursday), 2017

Time: 11.45 am to 1.15 pm

Venue: Classroom C-23