admin | 28 Feb 2007 - 10:27 | All Subjects
The Principal and Chairman of Council of King's College London have led a successful delegation from the College to India to develop further links, and raise the College's profile.
The Principal, Professor Rick Trainor, and Chairman, Baroness Rawlings, went to the Presidential Palace to meet the President of India, Dr Abdul Kalam, who was a career physicist.
On Monday 12 February the College hosted a major seminar on Perspectives on Terrorism – Europe & Asia which made a significant contribution to the ongoing debate on global approaches to terrorism.
Presentations were given by Michael Clarke, Professor of Defence Studies at King's and an international commentator on defence issues; and Major General Afsir Karim (retd), editor of the leading journal in South East Asia on terrorism.
The seminar was chaired by King's War Studies alumnus, Professor Maroof Raza at the United Service Institution of India Auditorium, New Delhi and attended by more than 100 people, including the Vice Air Marshal of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as a number of diplomats and senior military personnel.
