Obituary of Mr. K. P. Singh by Siddharth Shriram. Business Standard, May 17, 2011 The recently deceased KP Singh of Mawana Sugars combined a ready wit with extraordinary relationship building, based on integrity... For Full Document Click Here
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Obituary on Mr. K. P. Singh by Dilip Cherian, May 1, 2011 The passing away of a dear old friend, K.P. Singh, in Delhi last week was significant in the lives of many senior babus. Though many of his best and senior babu buddies have passed away before Singh, his memorial service was replete with the real heaven-born who were still around.
The Delhi Policy Group is saddened by the demise of its Trustee, Mr. K.P. Singh [18.10.1936-20.04.2011]. He joined the DCM Group of Companies after a distinguished career in Birla Group and ITC Ltd. for 27 years as Resident Representative. In the DCM, he was instrumental in conceputalising and developing the Group Corporate Affairs Department.
5th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue: The 5th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue was a two day conference held in Goa on the 27th – 28th of December 2010. The conference was attended by 17 participants from the region: five from India, eight from Afghanistan and four from Pakistan. The participants included government officials, Members of Parliament, retired generals, former ambassadors and diplomats and policy analysts from each of the three countries.
4th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue: The 4th Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trialogue was held in Kabul, 11 and 12 December, 2010. The conference was attended by 45 people (21 from Afghanistan, 13 from Pakistan and 11 from India). The participants included officials, Members of Parliament, retired generals, former ambassadors, media and civil society experts from all three countries.
Delhi Policy Group holds Kashmir Conference, 22-23rd September 2010 As a result of the terrible clashes of the past four months the Delhi Policy Group organized a conference of political representatives and civil society from Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi in September 2010 to discuss both immediate steps for peace and longer
It is with a deep sense of loss the Delhi Policy Group mourns the death of its Trustee, Mr. Gopi K. Arora [1933-2009]. Gopi Arora was a close aide of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who wielded enormous power and authority in the 1980. He was 76. Arora joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1957.
Delhi Policy Group is saddened by the news Delhi Policy Group is saddened by the news of the death of Sir Michael Quinlan on 26th February ’09, at the age of 78. He was the leading civilian thinker within the British government on defence policy, particularly nuclear issues, and a strong believer in the value of deterrence. After his retirement from the civil service, he maintained his interest in these issues and developed his reputation as a commentator. He worked closely with the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London. He was admired in India and abroad for the quality of his analysis expressed in a unique style. His last publication, Thinking About Nuclear Weapons: Principles, Problems, Prospects (2009), will remain relevant to policymakers.
---------------------------------------- When The Worm Turns The government has finally put security reforms on a fast track. They have announced a Bill to set up a National Investigating Agency, a new coastal command, amending the CISF Act to protect private facilities and a slew of other measures. How far will these help to prevent the security lapses Mumbai made so painfully clear?
---------------------------------------- Say never again to terror Mumbai has been the target of terrorism since the Dawood Ibrahim financed attacks of 1993, which killed over 250. The next attack was in 2003 when 50 people died; then in 2006 a string of bombings in local trains killed 200. And now these attacks,which has turned south Mumbai into a place of horror.
---------------------------------------- Plug The Security Holes The government has finally put security reforms on a fast track. They have announced a Bill to set up a National Investigating Agency, a new coastal command, amending the CISF Act to protect private facilities and a slew of other measures. How far will these help to prevent the security lapses Mumbai made so painfully
---------------------------------------- The Economic Times -Terror attacks: Only a security failure? Let me begin with the question. Terrorist attacks — which is what the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad were — are obviously not the result of security failures alone. There is a political context, which has unfortunately a plethora of roots, from familial problems to religious and communal grievances, to the global “war on terrorism”.
