The Hindu Huddle 2025 Day 1: best minds from politics, industry, sports take the stage
Suresh Nambath, The Editor of The Hindu lighting the lamp, as L.V. Navaneeth, CEO, The Hindu Group and Narayan Lakshman, Curator, The Hindu Huddle, and Opinion Editor, The Hindu look on.
M.K. Narayanan (centre), Former National Security Adviser, India, T.S. Tirumurti (left), Former Permanent Representative of India to the UN, New York with N. Ravi (right), Director, Kasturi & Sons at the session titled 'Fortified State: Balancing National Security with Political Expediency'.
The second session on Day 1 of The Huddle 2025 had Dr. Bhavani S. from Christ University, Dr. Jonathan Gil Harris from Ashoka University and Sudheesh Venkatesh from Azim Premji Foundation speak with Srinath Raghavan from Ashoka University.
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