Book Launch - Grasping Greatness: Making India a Leading Power

Thu. December 1st, 2022
The Oberoi, New Delhi

Grasping Greatness: Making India a Leading Power

In the volume, eminent thinkers like Rakesh Mohan, Ila Patnaik, Surjit Bhalla, Arjun Subramanian, and others reflect upon India’s ascent as a major power. The book elaborates on the economic, state-building, and international dimensions of this ambition, the tasks at hand and the desirable routes to achieve them.

We hosted the book launch of Grasping Greatness: Making India a Leading Power, edited by Ashley J. Tellis, Bibek Debroy, and C. Raja Mohan at Ballroom, The Oberoi, New Delhi on December 1.

Ashley J. Tellis was in conversation with S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India. The conversation will be followed by a panel discussion including Ila Patnaik, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group; Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM); Arjun Subramaniam, President’s Chair of Excellence, National Defence College; and C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute.

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event speakers

Ashley J. Tellis

Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs

Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.