The Delhi University on Wednesday inaugurated the Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, envisaged as a platform to promote 'excellence in transnational,
comparative and inter-disciplinary research'.The school has been founded in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)'s External Publicity
and Public Diplomacy Division.'Delhi School of Transnational Affairs is envisaged as a unique global and virtual platform for cutting-edge debates on various
academic issues of transnational significance,' a statement from the university read. The inaugural was marked by a lecture by G. Parthasarathy, a retired
diplomat and former spokesperson of the ministry, who spoke on India's foreign policy, approbating its disengagement in disputes in West Asia, which he said
had served the country well.