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Located in the North East of India and practically isolated from the rest of Indian land mass but for a narrow corridor, the eight North Eastern states comprise a Region that has long been a confluence of Indo, Sinic, Tibetan and Myanmarese cultures and ethnicities. Over the millennia, the Region was a land bridge to the greater South East Asian Region referred to as Indo-China. Post India's independence from colonial rule in 1947, this Region went through a long process of assimilation with the modern Indian nation-state that saw several phases of both separatist insurgency as well as violent ethnic conflict. As the conflicts of the last century appeared to settle down, expectations arose of this Region once again being in the vanguard of a more comprehensive engagement with South East Asia, now bound together as ASEAN. The Look East Policy of 1990s and the more contemporary Act East Policy seeks to build upon the potential of the Region and its age-old ties with South East Asia. The intersection of the Act East Policy, the imperative of regional development and a deeper engagement with India's immediate neighbourhood East and South East Asia could well change the narrative of conflict that has dominated the Region over the last seven decades This work examines the deep well-springs of identity that determine the politics of North Eastern India, its past of violent conflict, its potential for economic development that would enable the Region to engage meaningfully with SE Asia and the challenges faced in building connectivity and trade through the Region.

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Mr. Jitesh Khosla, is a retired IAS officer and former Chief Secretary, Assam. During his service he held many positions in both the Central as well as State Government. In the Central Government his experience ranged from infrastructure financing (energy) in the Union Finance Ministry, to corporate law in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs where he was at the core of initiatives relating to corporate law and governance and the setting up of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. In the State Government (Assam), as Chairman of the Assam State Electricity Board, he initiated major reforms leading to the restructuring of the power (electricity) sector. Later he headed several infrastructural sectors such as Roads and Highways, Water Resources and Flood Control in the Government Assam. During his years in Assam, beginning with the Anti Foreigners Agitation, he also dealt with a range of situations concerning law and order, insurgency and terrorism in the North East. As Chief Secretary, he was the Chairman of the Strategy Group set up to facilitate the functioning of the Joint Civil-Military Command in Assam. Post retirement, in addition to security issues in the North East, he has actively engaged in sustainable development, use of UAV technology for enabling data-based agriculture and protection and care of conflict affected children. He is currently engaged in several activities including as a Distinguished Fellow at the United Services Institute and also held the Assam Rifles Chair of Excellence.Mr. Khosla is a recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Administration and the National Award for e-Governance 2007-2008 among others.

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