India has a long history of association with the Arctic. It became a member of the Svalbard Treaty in 1920. In 1903, Bal Gangadhar Tilak published a book titled The Arctic Home in the Vedas in which he argued that several Vedic hymns mentioned....
Sh Gurumurthyji, Distinguished scholars & participants, Distinguished guests, It gives me pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd edition of our annual seminar on the general theme of Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam. We have titled it as “Vasudhaiva....
The world is undergoing a transition. Its main features are; uncertainty; diffusion of power; the emergence of multipolar world order; deepening of tech and economic driven globalization; increasing salience of data and information. Information pe....
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s Vimarsh talk on India’s Space Programme: Achievements and Prospects” by Dr Kiran Kumar, former Chairman ISRO I would like to thank him for having agreed to deliver a talk on India’s Sp....
Excellencies, I would like to welcome and thank Amb. Yerlan Alimbaye V, Amb. of Kazakhstan; Amb. Asein Isaev, Ambassador of Kyrgyz Republic; Amb. Sulton Rahimzoda, Ambassador of Tajikistan; Amb. Shalar Geldynazarov, Ambassador of Turk....
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s Vimarsh talk on Swami Vivekananda and National Regeneration by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana. This talk is dedicated to the birth anniversary of Swamiji which fell on 12 January. I would like to ....
Opening Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF In today’s round table we intend to take stock of the global nuclear developments and identify the challenges for India and how it should respond. As we speak, the global and region....
It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s function to release Mr. RNP Singh’s latest book titled Politics of Opportunism: Regional Parties, Coalitions, Centre-State Relations in India. Vivekananda International Foundati....
Welcome Remarks by the Director, VIF Amb PS Raghavan, Chairman NSAB, Excellency Mr. M Shahidul Islam, Secretary General of BIMSTEC, Ambassador Virander Paul, Joint Secretary (BIMSTEC, SAARC & Nalanda), Ambassadors, High Commissioners a....
Talk by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Introduction The main drivers of the future conflicts will be geopolitics, economics, technology and identity. On all these fronts, there is a great deal of uncertainty today. That makes....