Indian Diaspora is playing a greater role in  India’s Foreign  Policy Today, J.C. Sharma

A talk on “Role of Diaspora  in India’s Foreign Policy, national security and economic development” was delivered by Ambassador J.C. Sharma, Former Member of High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora at Vivekananda International Foundation Auditorium, New Delhi on 31 July 2012. Ajit Doval who welcomed Ambassador Sharma highlighted the importance of diaspora especially the human resource it posses in the national development. “We have not really understood the total potential of the diaspora”, he mentioned. Ambassador Sharma has highlighted some of the impact of diaspora in the national and international politics out of his own experience during his long career as Foreign Service personnel of the Government of India. He mentioned that the events which are sensitive and racial have reverberation far