At the very moment that the BRICS forum seemed to gain global traction, its internal contradictions and external challenges became visibly sharper. The panel discussion reviewed the outcomes from the 15th BRICS summit in South Africa and will assess its prospects in a conversation moderated by Dr. C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, with speakers Suhasini Haidar (Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu), Nandan Unnikrishnan (Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation) and Rajiv Bhatia (Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House, Mumbai).