Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

A webinar was held on August 26, 2020 where the main speaker, Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar, Dean, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan gave her second lecture in the series, Indian Philosophy for Beginners, organised by...

August 26, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Atharvaveda, Environmental Awareness, Indian Philosophy for Beginners, Paryavarana, UNESCO, Vedas

VIF Book Discussion on ‘Patterns in Past Settlements’ authored by M B Rajani

Anmol Mahajan

The Vivekananda International Foundation held a webinar on 20th August 2020 to discuss a book, Patterns in Past Settlements: Geospatial Analysis of Imprints of Cultural Heritage on Landscapes (forthcoming from Springer). The main speaker of the...

August 20, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Geospatial Analysis, Modern technologies, Patterns in Past Settlements

Bilateral Meeting Vivekananda International Foundation (India) & the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka)

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

On 17 August 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a bilateral meeting in collaboration with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) on “India - Sri Lanka relations”. Dr Arvind Gupta - Director of the VIF, welcomed the...

August 17, 2020

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies
Tags: Article 370, Ayodhya Mandir, BIMSTEC, COVID-19, ETCA, Indian Constitution, Indo- Sri Lanka economic, Pandemic, SAGAR, Security

Ayodhya Movement and National Polity

On 13th August 2020, Vimarsh was held through a webinar at VIF, on the topic “Ayodhya Movement and National Polity.” This subject was thoroughly reviewed by Shri S Gurumurthy, Economic & Political Analyst and Chairman, VIF. The Ayodhya...

August 13, 2020

Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Archaeological Survey, Ayodhya, Ayodhya Movement, Bhoomi Pujan, Hinduism, Hindutva, K M Munshi, National Polity, paradigm shift, S Gurumurthy, vote bank politics

Chikitsa Dharma (Medical Ethics): Insights from Ancient Indian Tradition

Anmol Mahajan

The Vivekananda International Foundation held an online discussion on 10th August 2020, on the subject of “Chikitsa Dharma (Medical Ethics): Insights from Ancient Indian Tradition”. The main aim of the discussion was to understand medical...

August 10, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Ancient Ethical Principles, ancient India, Chikitsa Dharma, Holistic treatment, Medical Ethics

Webinar on “Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects”

Key Takeaways On 07 August 2020 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Vivekanand International Foundation (VIF) jointly organized a panel discussion on Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects. The session deliberated on the following...

August 7, 2020

Economic Studies
Tags: Economic crisis, EPC, Financial Sector, GDP, Indian Economy, Macro economic, MSME, RBI

The Arthasastra- New Directions in Research

Navreet Kullar

On 6th August 2020 VIF organised a symposium on the theme: “The Arthasastra: New Directions in Research”. The aim of the symposium, apart from briefly discussing the historical perspectives on the Arthasastra, was to shed light on the strategic...

August 6, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: ancient India, Arthasastra Philosophy, Historical perspectives, Kautilyas Arthasastra, Strategic Perspectives, Western civilization

Indian Philosophy for Beginners

Dr Arpita Mitra

VIF has started a new lecture series called ‘Indian Philosophy for Beginners’. Lectures will be given on the Vedas, Upanisads and the Indian schools of philosophy, that will (a) introduce and explain these subjects lucidly to non-experts (...

July 30, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Indian philosophy, Indian Philosophy for Beginners, Pramanas, Purvapaksha, Upanisads, Vedas

Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

On 24 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia”. The panel included, Dr Sreeradha Datta, Mr Bipul Chatterjee, Mr Pratim Bose, Mr...

July 24, 2020

Neighbourhood Studies
Tags: COVID-19, economic cooperation, FAT, Post-COVID, Regional Value Chain, South Asia

Re-conceptualizing Religious History: Archaeological Findings from Itkhori, a Composite Sacred Space

Dr Arpita Mitra

VIF organized a talk by Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (Vivekananda Chair Professor of Social Science, University of Calcutta) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled...

July 16, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Bhadrakali temple, Brahmanism, Buddhism, Civilization, Itkhori, Understanding Indian History

Developments in West Asia

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual interactive session on the subject, “Developments in West Asia” on 13 July 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks and introduced the central topics, i.e....

July 13, 2020

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: China, COVID-19, Gulf, Indo-Pacific, Iran, West Asian region

Vimarsha on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus by Prof. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, GOI

Radhika Daga

On 10 July, 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation conducted an online Vimarsha lecture on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus. The speaker for the session was Prof. K Vijay Raghvan, the Principal...

July 10, 2020

Governance and Political Studies
Tags: artificial intelligence, Coronavirus Vaccine, Industry, MHRD, MSMEs, R&D, Sars-COV-2

Discussion on India, China and South Asian Neighbours

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

On 09 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “India, China and South Asian Neighbours”. Dr Arvind Gupta delivered the opening remarks followed by presentations by Dr Raj Verma and Dr Atul Aneja...

July 9, 2020

International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: CPEC, Gilgit-Baltistan, Indian Ocean, Quad Plus, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Interaction with Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online interaction with the Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki on 29 June 2020. The one-and-a-half-hour interaction saw participation by many stalwarts from New Delhi’s...

June 29, 2020

International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Act East, Ambassador of Japan, COVID-19, Global Partnership, Samvad, Self-reliance, standing cooperation

Vimarsha on Story of Emergency (1975-1977): the Greatest threat to Democracy

Navreet Kullar

On 25thJune, 2020, Vimarsha was held through a webinar at VIF, on the topic "Story of Emergency (1975-1977): the Greatest Threat to Democracy, How the people fought and won". It has been 45 years since the declaration of the National Emergency...

June 25, 2020

Governance and Political Studies
Tags: 1975-1977, Congress Party, Constitution, democracy, Emergency, Indra Gandhi, RSS

The Shared Heritage of Yoga: Ideas and Practices from Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

Dr Arpita Mitra

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, VIF organized a talk by Professor Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, USA) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled The...

June 22, 2020

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Buddhism, Hinduism, International Day of Yoga, Jainism, Key Chapple, Philosophy, Shared Heritage of Yoga