SYNERGISING INDIAAFRICA RELATIONS: Contemporary Realities and Emerging Prospects

IndiaAfrica relations have intensified across a range of sectors as a consequence of the India Africa Forum Summit process. Since India opened new diplomatic missions in Africa to expand its footprint, it has engaged African countries on global issues such as climate change and health and worked to promote mutually beneficial trade and investment relationships. Over the years, developmental cooperation between India and Africa has expanded and now India is considered a major partner for African states. Besides, there is scope to deepen peopletopeople contacts by promoting sports, tourism, and mediarelated ties. This book is a compilation of the themes (mentioned below) and attempts to offer a platform for a candid exchange of views.

This book is an attempt to bring together academia, strategic thinkers, and policy makers from India and African countries to discuss and evaluate India’s partnership with Africa in various sectors and explore new emerging areas of cooperation to further strengthen IndiaAfrica ties. This book primarily focuses on six themes related to India and Africa— Enhancing cooperation on global Issues, Indian Diaspora in Africa: Role and their contribution, Agenda 2063 and taking Stock of IndiaAfrica development partnership, IndiaAfrica cooperation on maritime security, Deepening peopletopeople Connect between India and Africa, Enhancing IndiaAfrica trade and investment linkages, IndiaAfrica cooperation for security, stability and sustainability: Energy, Environment, Food and Health Security and recent developments: IAFSIV and the Way Forward.

This book also emphasises on various contemporary issues of IndiaAfrica relationship and its orientation in contemporary times. Together, eminent experts of the domain, foreign policy officers, senior professors, research scholars, and students, have met the objectives that focus on how to deliberate on the significance and importance of IndiaAfrica partnerships.

¦ To dissect the diverse facets of engagements of global and other major powers in influencing IndiaAfrica relationships.

¦ To analyse the opportunities and challenges for IndiaAfrica relationships.

¦ To synthesise views from diverse sources, understand geostrategic, political, economic, sociocultural dimensions and intricacies of the IndoAfrica region in the post COVID world.