On May 23-24, 2012, the first conference on this topic was organized by the Center for Indian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was attended by researchers, teachers, postgraduates and undergraduates of the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ISAA MSU, IEA RAS, MGIMO(U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, IMEMO RAS, RSUH, HSE, Tomsk State University. University and Altai State University. teacher Training Academy, as well as a professor at the University named after him. Jawaharlal Nehru (Delhi) D. K. Mishra.

On the first day, V. V. Naumkin, Director of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Ajay Malhotra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation, delivered welcoming speeches at the plenary session.

Z. A. Khusnitdinov (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation) in his report "Russian-Indian strategic partnership as a factor in building a multipolar world order" considered the development of Russian-Indian relations as part of the process of establishing a new world order after the end of the Cold War era and a model for building equal and mutually beneficial relations between the two states.

The report of F. N. Yurlov (IB RAS) "New Trends in India's foreign Policy" examined in detail India's approaches to its foreign policy in the new conditions that developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bipolar system, India's foreign policy priorities at the beginning of the XXI century E. N. Komarov (IB RAS) in the report "Political Development India: Social Transformation and Democratization Processes in a comparative perspective " noted that democratization is the main content of the political process in India after independence, investigated its main patterns and contradictions, outlined some scenarios for further political development.

Further, the conference was divided into sections.

The work of the section on Foreign Policy of India was opened by T. L. Shaumyan, Head of the Institute of Foreign Policy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In her report "India's Foreign Policy: from the forecasts of the 1980s to the realities of the 2000s", she analyzed how the forecast of India's foreign policy development in the mid-1980s correlates with the realities of today, to what extent, on what specific points it was justified, and to what extent the methodology of its preparation can be used to forecast the foreign policy India's development strategy for the coming decades.

S. I. Lunev (IMEMO) in his report "India's foreign policy and the impact of internal factors on it" noted that internal factors affect the implementation of three main groups of national interests of the country - "functional" (ensuring positive internal functioning), "co-existential" (ensuring a significant role in the international environment) and " existential "(ensuring the country's security).

A number of reports were read on the problems of ensuring India's energy security and the impact of this factor on the formation of the country's foreign policy. Report by Yu. A. Antonova (MGIMO) " Energy Security Strategy of India: methods and tools. Energy Factor in India's Foreign Policy " examined the methods of forming the Indian energy security strategy, as well as India's initiatives to develop energy cooperation. Yu. S. Kalinina (HSE) in her speech "Energy demand as a factor in the transformation of India's foreign policy priorities" raised the issue of determining the country's line of conduct in conditions when the "energy pie" is already divided In his report "Possible consequences of the aggravation of the situation around Iran for India's Energy Security," S. L. Rabey (Institute of Internal Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences) noted that India's position on the Iranian issue seems economically motivated, since Iran is one of the largest oil suppliers to the country. India is interested in a peaceful resolution of the conflict; disruptions in oil supplies from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, as well as a sharp jump in energy prices, which is inevitable in the event of military operations, can cause a serious blow to the Indian economy.

Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. Ya. Belokrenitsky in his report "Perception of Pakistan in modern India" focused on the perception of Pakistan in modern India, which is presented in the book published in 2009 by a prominent Indian politician,

Former Foreign Minister J. R. R. Tolkien Singh, dedicated to the role of M. A. Jinnah in the struggle for independence, the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. N. A. Zamaraeva's presentation "Pakistan - India: Contradictions and challenges to the process of normalization of relations" was devoted to the current state of relations between India and Pakistan, which examined paradigms and challenges to the process of normalization of Pakistan-India relations.

The formation and development of India's political course in Eurasia, which is understood as Russia and the group of new post-Soviet states of Central Asia, as well as the Afghan-Pakistani-Iranian direction, was discussed in detail in the report of B. C. Boyko (AGPA, Barnaul) " India's policy in Eurasia in the first - early second decade of the XXI century: conceptual foundations A. A. Kireeva (MGIMO) devoted her presentation "China-Japan-India: Configuration of relations in the East Asian region" to the issues of regional transformation in Asia, which contributes to the formation of a new macroregion - East Asia, and the role played by the regional powers of the East Asian region - China, Japan and China-in the growing processes of interdependence. In her report "Some results of the twentieth anniversary of India's' Look East Policy 'course and features of the second phase in the new geostrategic conditions in the region", N. B. Lebedeva (Institute of Strategic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences) analyzed the main assessments and problems of the adopted Policy. Rao in 1991 of India's "Look East Policy" (or LEP), which largely determined India's foreign policy towards the countries of Southeast and East Asia in the last two decades. The development of the North-East of India as one of the tasks on the way to implementing the "Look East" course and expanding economic cooperation with the ASEAN countries was considered in T. O. Svinarchuk's speech "The role of the North-East of India in shaping Indian policy in the Bay of Bengal countries". To turn the Northeast into a land bridge connecting India and the ASEAN countries through the Bay of Bengal, it is necessary first of all to develop the region itself and solve such problems as economic backwardness, separatism, organized criminal groups, and corruption.

The development of relations between India and the countries of Africa was discussed in the speech of S. V. Fedotov (Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences) "Relations between Africa and India: history and modernity". Emphasizing the long history of these relations, the foundations of which were laid back in the pre-colonial and colonial era, the author noted that in modern conditions, interaction between Africa and India is one of the promising vectors of world political and economic life.

V. P. Kashin (Institute of Internal Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in his report "Shtatomania" in India: the Telengana experience "on the example of the movement for education of the state of Telengana showed the process of struggle for the formation of "small" states, which has become more active in the country. India in recent years, and the role of the new political elite as a carrier of the idea of regional separatism. The report of A. A. Nemova (MGIMO)was devoted to the analysis of two opposite trends in Indian federalism-the strengthening of political and economic mobilization of regions and the parallel strengthening of the role of the center, which is primarily associated with the growing role of the country in the world "Regionalism and centralization in India on the example of the state of West Bengal". The report of E. L. Komissaruk (RSUH)was devoted to the use of various tools in the struggle for regional autonomy and how religion and politics are intertwined in the course of this process "The Ladakh Autonomy Movement: Linguistic and Religious Aspects".

A. A. Bychkova's presentation "Some socio-economic and political problems of the State of Nagaland", based on the author's field research, aroused great interest, in which various aspects of life in the first "tribal" state of India were analyzed. The problem of tribal development and the policy of the Government of India in relation to them are studied in the report of A. V. Ivanov (RSUH) "Indian Government and tribes: policy and its results". The report presented the results of some programs aimed at improving the financial situation of the tribes, both positive and negative, and attempted to explain the reasons for this situation, as well as made an assumption about the prospects for the development of the situation.

Complex and contradictory processes taking place in Indian society, the topic of the report by E. S. Yurlova (IB RAS) "Indian women at the beginning of the XXI century: between tradition and modernity". Despite the fact that modern Indian society is dominated by patriarchal views on the place and role of women, there are also new trends in family, marriage and family relations.

public relations. They are related to the mass entry of women into professional activities, business, and their appearance in major government posts. These changes mainly affected the middle class. E. V. Volgina's report "Women's Leadership in Modern India (on the example of Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and Jayaram Jayalalitha)", devoted to the analysis of the activities and image of women political leaders at the regional level of modern India, continued this topic. In the report of V. A. Komarova (IEA RAS) "Interfaith conflict as an environment for the formation of a common Hindu identity", it was shown how interfaith conflicts in India generate a common Hindu identity that unites participants in different conflicts and leads to the emergence of each conflict far beyond its local boundaries.

A.V. Bochkovskaya (ISAA) in her report "On the' Dalitization ' and 'Talibanization' of Sikhism "noted that the historically determined socio-caste heterogeneity of the Sikh community formed the basis for serious conflicts that unfolded in Punjab throughout the XX century and entered a qualitatively new stage at the turn of the century. The report examined the correlation between the phenomena of "Dalitization" and "Talibanization"of Sikhism in the context of the political and socio-cultural development of Punjab.

The report of A. L. Safronova (ISAA)" Interpretation of Buddhist values in the ideological and political life of modern India " emphasized the role of Buddhist values in the public consciousness of modern India, the place that the provisions of Buddhism occupy in the ideological constructions of modern political parties in India.

A.3. Khusnitdinov (Institute of Political Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in his report "The party-political system in India at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries" noted that in modern India, the paradigm of the second half of the 1970s, when the political situation in India was determined by the confrontation between the INC and the bloc of anti-aggressive forces, was replaced by a new model of multi-party coalitions. Ryzhakova (IEA RAS) in the report "Traditional, Regional, national: Indian cultural policy and Indian Dance. The second half of the XX century" presented the general picture of India, revealed the degree of influence of state institutions and cultural policy on it, and the development of dance policy.

Section devoted to socio-economic problems of modern India.

A.V. Akimov (IB RAS) in his report "Long-term forecast of India's development: calculation of environmental constraints and forecast scenarios" presented the calculation of the population of India, the needs of the growing population in fuel and energy resources (FER) and the country's provision of arable land and fresh water, which allows us to assess in a complex the prospects for demographic growth, opportunities for industrial development and the growing population is provided with natural resources for food production. Based on the results of calculations, scenarios for the development of India in the coming decades were presented: an ecological and demographic catastrophe, a successful catch-up development, and a struggle for leadership in the world. V. G. Rastyannikov (IB RAS) in his report "Some aspects of the current situation in the agricultural sector of India", analyzing the state of the agricultural sector in India, stressed that today India needs a system of farms with adequate market efficiency. I. V. Deryugina's report "Is a second Green Revolution possible in India?"In her opinion, biotechnologies will play a key role in the further development of agriculture, primarily to ensure sustainable yield growth. The second "green revolution" will be connected with biotechnology.

O. V. Malyarov (Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in his report "Ways and Methods of financing economic development (India's experience)" considered the experience of India in implementing structural modernization of the economy while implementing economic reforms aimed at expanding market freedom. In her presentation "The Middle Class of India: mythology and reality", E. A. Bragina (IMEMO) drew attention to the peculiarities of the Indian middle class, assessed its structure, the influence of various factors on its formation and its stabilizing role in Indian society."I analyzed the main directions and features of innovative development in India, the stages of its evolution, the place and role of regions in these processes. The level of achievements and opportunities of large Indian capital on the example of the development of one of the largest Indian corporations, the Tata Group of Companies, was studied in the speech of M. M. Rybin (MSU, ISAA) "Tata Group of Companies: development trends at the turn of the millennium".

K. V. Volodichev (IB RAS) in the report " Sea Trade Ports of India: a catalyst for the country's economic development. Problems and prospects" identified positive and negative-

key aspects of the processes that are currently taking place in the field of sea cargo transportation and the development of seaports in India. The role of the Government of the country in the development of port and transport infrastructure, as well as possible problems that may hinder its development, were noted.

Following the conference, a collection of articles is being prepared for publication. Such conferences are planned to be held regularly.

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