Explore how the overall U.S.-India strategic relationship and specifically the policy initiatives in the areas such as energy security, defense, terrorism etc. will impact the economic ties and opportunity that exists between the two nations moving forward.

THE PANELISTS
The following speakers and panelists have confirmed their attendance for the conference.

Xenia Dormandy (Moderator)  |   Raminder Jassal   |   Manjeet Kriplani   |   Steve Mann

	Xenia Dormandy (Moderator) Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center Xenia Dormandy is the Executive Director for Research at the Belfer Center. Until August 2005, Ms. Dormandy served as Director for South Asia at the National Security Council where she played a key role in coordinating the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which resulted in a new strategic partnership between the United States and India. Before taking up this position, Ms. Dormandy served as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Regional Affairs Office of the Bureau of South Asia at the Department of State. Her major portfolios included counterterrorism, nonproliferation, conflict issues (particularly Kashmir), and other law enforcement areas such as narcotics, corruption, and homeland security. During her tenure at the Department of State, Ms. Dormandy was also a Special Advisor at the Homeland Security Group and an officer in the Office of Export Controls and Conventional Arms Nonproliferation Policy in the Bureau of Nonproliferation. Shortly after September 11, 2001, Ms. Dormandy was detailed from the Department of State to the Office of the Vice President to work as the Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Vice President for Homeland Security Affairs. Ms. Dormandy is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government where she completed her Masters in Public Policy, concentrating in International Security and Political Economy and Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. During her graduate studies, she worked on conflict issues for UNICEF in New York and on cooperation-building activities for an NGO in Israel and the West Bank. She received her B.A. from Oxford University after which she worked in the private and non-profit sectors in the U.S. and the UK Top
	Raminder Jassal Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976 after graduating from Delhi University. His first assignment was at the Embassy of India in Moscow where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981-1984 serving for a period as Charge-d’ Affaires. Returning to Delhi he served as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the Ministry of External Affairs between 1985 and 1988. Thereafter he did a three-year assignment as the Political Counsellor at the Embassy of India, Washington. Between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counsellor at the Embassy of India, Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during 1996-1997. Mr. Jassal was then appointed to the post of Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the Ministry of Defence where he served between 1997 and 1999. He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999-2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the Prime Minister of India and all incoming state and official visits including those of President Clinton to India in March 2000 and Prime Minister Vajpayee to Washington D.C. in September, 2000. Mr. Jassal served as India’s Ambassador to Israel from 2001-2004. During this period relations between India and Israel took rapid strides forward in all areas. Ambassador Jassal joined his new post as Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of India, Washington DC on January 17, 2005. Mr. Jassal is married to Dr. Smita Tewari Jassal. The couple have two sons. Top
	Manjeet Kriplani Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Manjeet is a career reporter and editor. She most recently served as India Bureau Chief for BusinessWeek, reporting on India for ten years. Her work analyzes India's impact on globalization and how globalization impacts India. Experience: India Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek (1996-present); Deputy Press Secretary, Forbes for President campaign, New Jersey (November 1995-March 1996); Associate Editor, Worth, New York (1994-95); Deputy Chief of Reporters and staff reporter, Forbes, New York (1989-1994); Senior Editor and correspondent, BusinessWorld, Mumbai, India (1986-88); Honorary Secretary, Jai Vakeel School for Children in Need of Special Care (1986); Attorney, Bhaishanker, Kanga and Girdharlal, Solicitors and Attorneys (Mumbai High Court, 1983-85). Top
	Steve Mann Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs Ambassador Steven R. Mann joined the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in May 2006 following his service as Senior Advisor for Eurasia. He is responsible for the full range of foreign policy issues in the region, including management of US relations with India and region-wide energy issues. From 2001 to 2005, he was the senior US official responsible for Caspian energy issues and was heavily involved in realizing the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and in the successful launch of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium line, among a wide range of other Eurasian energy issues. He also played an active role in mediating Eurasian conflicts, notably the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In 2003, he served on the staff of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and managed the phase-out of the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Ambassador Mann is a Pennsylvanian who joined the Foreign Service in 1976. He has served in a number of foreign and domestic assignments, starting with postings to Jamaica and Moscow. He opened the first United States Embassies in Armenia, Micronesia, and Mongolia. From 1992 to 1994, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has had a number of Washington assignments, including Country Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan. In 1985-86, Ambassador Mann was a Fellow of the Harriman Institute for Advanced Soviet Studies at Columbia University. He is a 1991 Distinguished Graduate of the National War College. Ambassador Mann was born in Philadelphia in 1951. He holds an A.B. degree from Oberlin College and M.A. degrees from Cornell and Columbia Universities. His languages are Russian and German. Top