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The Geopolitical Cartographer (GC) participates in various webinars as part of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Academic Group (IORAG).
On 26th June 2024, the Geopolitical Cartographer (GC) and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) co-hosted two webinars on the topics “India-Sri Lanka Relations: An Overview” and “Bay of Bengal and Maritime Security”. 
“Bay of Bengal and Maritime Security” was moderated by Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director, GC
The panelists were as follows:
  • Dr. Rohan Perera, Director, GC
  • Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe (Retd), Director, GC
  • Pratnashree Basu, Fellow, ORF
  • Sayanthan Haldar, Research Assistant, ORF
On 26th June 2024, the Geopolitical Cartographer (GC) and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) co-hosted two webinars on the topics “India-Sri Lanka Relations: An Overview” and “Bay of Bengal and Maritime Security”. 
“India-Sri Lanka Relations: An Overview” was moderated by Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, ORF
The panelists were as follows:
  • Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara, Director, GC
  • Mr. Rishan de Silva, Executive Director, GC
  • Anasua Basu, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
  • Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Associate Fellow, ORF
On 27th July 2022, the Geopolitical Cartographer and the India Foundation hosted a webinar on the topic ‘Law of the Sea: Upholding a Rules-Based Order in the Indian Ocean’ .  The discussion was moderated by Veteran of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Anup Singh (Retd.)
The panelists were as follows:
  • Dr. Rohan Perera – Sri Lanka’s Former Permanent Representative to the UN, SAC Member of the Geopolitical Cartographer
  • Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe (Retd.) – Former Vice Chancellor of the Kotalawela Defence University, SAC Member of the Geopolitical Cartographer
  • Dr. Aniruddha Rajput – Member of UN Law Commission, India Foundation
On 29th June 2022, the Geopolitical Cartographer and the Gateway House hosted a Webinar on the topic ‘From Crisis Towards Recovery: Takeaways from Sri Lanka‘. The discussion was moderated by Former Indian Ambassador, Rajiv Bhatia. 
The participants were as follows:
  • Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja – Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Geopolitical Cartographer, Sri Lanka
  • Amit Bhandari – Senior Fellow, Connectivity, Investment, and Energy, Gateway House, India 
  • Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara – Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Geopolitical Cartographer, Sri Lanka
  • As well as background slides from Dr. R. H. Samaratunga – Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Geopolitical Cartographer, Sri Lanka
On 5th April 2022, the Geopolitical Cartographer hosted a Webinar on the topic ‘The Russia-China Joint Statement, NATO Expansion and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis: A Discussion on the Impact on the ‘Indo-Pacific”. The discussion was moderated by Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe (Retd.).
The participants were as follows:
  • Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara, Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Geopolitical Cartographer, and Former Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka
  • Maj. Gen. BK Sharma (Retd.), Director USI of India
  • Vice Admiral Anil Chawla (Retd.), USI of India
  • Dr. Anil Sooklal, Ambassador at Large: Asia and BRICS, South Africa
  • Dr. LOU Chunhao, Deputy Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
  • Dr. Summar Rao, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
  • Dr. Victoria V. Panova, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia

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