As part of our activities, in furtherance of the aims and objectives, the IAS instituted a lecture series in memory of the late U.S.President, John F. Kennedy, in 1967.

The lecture series has had distinguished personalities speak on topics related to Indo-U.S. relationships.

List of Speakers
1967 : Inaugural Lecture by Dr. John P. Lewis
India and the U.S.A., A Decade of Development
1968 : Dr. A. Ramaswamy Mudaliar
This Changing World
1969 : Dr. S. Chandrashekhar
Population Power and Peace
1970 : Mr. G. L. Mehta
Foreign Aid - Stimulus or Soporific?
1971 : Mr. J. C. Shah
Influence of American Judicial Opinion on India
1973 : Mr. Nani Palkhivala
Democracy in India and in the United States
1974 : Mr. M. C. Chagla
Our Two Democracies - India and the U.S.
1977 : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Indo-American Relations
1979 : Mr. Khushwant Singh
Indo-American Experiences
1981 : Prof. Ram Joshi
Higher Education in India and the U.S.
1983 : Mr. Jagat Mehta
Roosevelt Presidency and India
1985 : Dr. Karan Singh
35 Years of Indian Democracy

Mr. L. K. Jha
The Price Problem
1986 : Mr. B. K. Nehru
Role of Political Parties
1988 : Mr. M. V. Kamath
Profiles in Political Courage
1989 : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
Indo-American Cooperation in Science and Education
1993 : Mr. N. Vaghul
Spiritualism of the East and Capitalism of the West
1994 : Mr. Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.
What next for the Global Economy and India’s role in it
1995 : Mr. Romesh Bhandari
Towards A New World Order
1997 : Mr. James Michaels
My Fifty Year Love Affair with India
1998 : Prof. Rooshikumar Pandya
Ahmedabad to America- In Search of Success Formula