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Interaction with a Nepalese Business and Trade Delegation

Leading a twelve-member business and trade delegation from Nepal, Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, the Chief Whip of CPN-UML (the second largest political party in Nepal’s consensus government) visited the Vivekananda International Foundation on 22 Feb 201....

February 25, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , Indo-Nepal relations , Nepalese Business and Trade Delegation

Bilateral Ties to Move Forward During Nepali PM Oli's Visit to India

RNP Singh

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had surprisingly been the most vocal critic of India, at times even taking his criticism to personal level, using undiplomatic language, seems to have finally relented by deciding to pay an official visit to....

February 15, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal , Nepalese Prime Minister , KP Sharma Oli , Nepalese PM visit India

Interaction with a Nepalese Civil Society Delegation

Leading a six-member Nepalese Civil society delegation, Mr. Daman Nath Dhungana, a legal luminary in Nepal and former Speaker of the House of Representative, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 27 January 2016 for an interaction....

February 04, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , Nepalese Civil Society Delegation , Terrai region

Interaction with Prof Hari Bansh Jha on the Madhesi Uprising in Nepal

On 04 December 2015, the VIF invited Hari Bansh Jha, Professor of Economics, Nepal’s Tribhuvan’s University for an interaction on the current political uprising in Nepal and its implications, especially for India. Prof. Jha presented an insightfu....

January 06, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Madhesi , inetraction , Nepal’s economy , Terai region

Amending Nepal’s New Constitution

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Despite all the efforts made by the government of Nepal, the protests against the newly promulgated constitution by the Madheshi ethnic community continue unabated mostly in the Terai region of the country. The Madheshis have a feeling that the const....

January 04, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal’s New Constitution , Terai regio , Madheshi Leaders

National Business Initiative for Peace and Development in Nepal

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

1.0 Background The success of a society largely depends on successful business.¹ Business is not possible in unsuccessful society and in a situation when there is absence of security. Business groups like to make investment only ....

October 09, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal , National Business Initiative

Modi’s Visit to Nepal: An Assessment

C D Sahay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kathmandu from November 25-27 to participate in the 18th SAARC Summit. Though the visit was primarily for a multi-lateral event,the summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), i....

December 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Floods in Nepal: Time to Tackle the Problem on Priority

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Despite the development of science and technology, the magnitude of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, tornado, storms, floods and drought does not seem to have taken any respite. All the nations of the world continue to be plagued by su....

November 21, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

PM Modi’s Visit to Nepal: Challenges and Opportunities

C D Sahay

The past three months since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government assumed office in India have been momentous in terms of defining, inter alia, a new era of Indo-Nepal relations. The pace at which events have unfolded has been unprecedented. Starting ....

September 08, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Visit of Nepalese Delegation

A five-member delegation from Nepal Transition to Peace-Institute (NTTP I) visited the VIF on July 24, 2014 for interaction on a variety of issues of mutual interest. The delegation was led by former Speaker of the Nepalese Parliament Mr. Daman Nath ....

August 08, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , NTTP-I delegation , Government of Nepal