Guwahati: Nivedita Das Kundu of York University, Toronto, on Tuesday said New Delhi should be more proactive to establish a cordial relationship with Beijing despite the various conflicts that exist between India and China.

Delivering a lecture on Indo-China Relation, organised by the Centre for South East Asian Studies, at Gauhati University, she said, "There are various conflicting issues between India and China - the Dalai Lama's visit, stapled visas, opposition to India's membership of Nuclear-Suppliers Group (NSG) and construction of roads, among others. China's growing proximity to one of India's neighbours is also an emerging conflict.

"Despite all these, a cooperation has also been seen. But to sustain this cooperation, the Indian side should be more proactive. India should focus on doing the right thing at the right time, " the Washington DC-based expert in foreign policy and international affairs said.

"The Doklam confrontation prompted a new thinking on Sino-Indian relations. There should be an effort to build a peaceful Asia. Prosperity, security and progress of the two nations can alter the fate of Asia," Kundu said.

Earlier, an open house on Rhino Poaching in Assam was held followed by a release of Mandalay written by journalist Mrinal Talukdar. "There must be a regional approach to solving the rhino-poaching problem which has led to an international black market of rhino-horn trading in China. Incidents of killing rhinos took place in 2007. On an average, 1,200 rhinos have been killed every year since then. Until and unless the problem is addressed at the regional level, there is less chance to even trace the problem," he said.

Pradyuman Goswami of Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati, said killing of rhinos in Kaziranga has decreased from 27 in 2013 to seven in 2016.