Raisina Dialogue
The Raisina Dialogue is an annual conference held in New Delhi, envisioned to be India's flagship conference of geopolitics and geo-economics.[1] The conference, organized like the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore[2], is held jointly by Ministry of External Affairs, India and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an independent think tank based in India. Its inaugural session was held from March 1st through 3rd in 2016. The conference name comes from Raisina Hill, the elevation in New Delhi, which is the location of both the Government of India as well as the presidential palace of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan, which inspired the design of the conference symbol.[2][3]
This conference is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectorial conclave, involving policy and decision makers, including cabinet ministers from various Governments, high-level Government officials and policy practitioners, leading personalities from business and industry, and members of the strategic community, media and academia.
The inaugural dialogue was hosted between March 1st and 3rd, 2016, in New Delhi and witnessed participation of more than 100 speakers from over 35 countries. Indian news media called the Dialogue as "an attempt at packing a global punch in Delhi".[3]