French Ambassador Visits the IMI Campus

French Ambassador Visits the IMI Campus

H. E. Mr. Dominique Girard, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indian Embassy of France visited the International Management Institute's (IMI, New Delhi) campus for an hour-long captivating talk on, "Indo-French and Political and Economic Relations" under the aegis of the Silver Jubilee Lecture Series. The engaging session was followed by signing of an MOU between IDRAC, a Lyon-based Institution and IMI.

French Ambassador H. E. Mr. Dominique Girard Addressing IMI Students

In his distinguished career, His Excellency has earlier served as Ambassador to Indonesia and Australia. He has also been in China, Vietnam and Singapore, and has developed extraordinary expertise in the political economy of the South and South East Asian region.

His erudition and experience came to the fore in the talk which expectedly spanned a wide range of issues. From economics to politics, from culture to business, the Ambassador held his own and cogently articulated his vision for the new world order. While nuclear weapons cannot be eliminated, they can certainly be controlled and proliferation can be prevented, he argued pragmatically. France is not exactly enthusiastic about India's nuclear capability, but at the same time respects India's right to secure its strategic interests. France, he emphasised, was one of the few countries that has supported India's claims to the permanent seat in the Security Council, because it recognises India's growing political and economic prowess and crucially sees India as a responsible and reliable nuclear state.

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Contributed by -
Ms. Anjali Sinha,
Exec. Corporate Communications,
International Management Institute, Delhi.

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