The annual All India Conference of China Studies (AICCS) is a flagship event of the ICS. This year's conference in IIM-K has been partially funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
The initiative is to provide a knowledge sharing platform to students and bring together the finest minds in India to discuss the role of economic reforms in bringing economic well-being in China and important lessons it holds for the developing world, an IIM-K press release said.
The keynote speaker and the Chief Guest for the conference is Ashok Kantha, Ambassador Designate to the Peoples' Republic of China.
Those participating include diplomats like Saurabh Kumar, former Indian Ambassador to the UN and Ambassador Kishan Rana, and Dr Zeng XiangYu, Visiting Fellow in ICS from Sichuan University.