Speeches/Transcriptions/Presentations
EU-India Think Tank Cooperation: AIDA-SADF (South Asia Democratic Forum) Joint Summit on 20 Jan 2021

Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta Think tanks are very sensitive to the environment. They take up issues which are current, difficult and have a large impact. Think tanks in Europe and South Asia cannot but be affected by the winds of c....

India-Taiwan Dialogue : Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

I would like to extend a hearty welcome to all the speakers and participants in today’s dialogue on India-Taiwan relations. I am grateful AmbGurunglal Das and AmabsaadorBaushuan Ger for participating in today’s dialogue. They are spearheading the....

VIF-IISS meeting on 16 September 2020 on in the UK relations : Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

The VIF and IISS have taken this initiative to discuss Indo-UK relations at a time when the coronavirus is raging and resurging all over the world, international and regional situation is in great flux, and China’s aggressive and assertive behaviou....

Book discussion of the book titled ‘Towards a New India: Governance Transformed 2014-2019’ by Addl. Secy. Sh V Srinivas on 11 Mar 2020 at the VIF

Sh Amitabh Kant- CEO, NITI Aayog Sh. Sudhir Bhargava, Former Chief Information Commissioner of India Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul, Member, NITI Aayog It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the discuss....

Special Remarks by Director, VIF at ICWA Seminar on ‘India’s Arctic Policy’, 4th March 2020

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....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the 2-day seminar on “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Revisited: Exploring India’s Soft Power Assets” on 03-04 Mar 2020

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....

Talk delivered on Information Warfare in the Present Era by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (20 January 2020)

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....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during Vimarsh on “India’s Space Programme: Achievements and Prospects” by Dr Kiran Kumar, former Chairman ISRO on 17 Jan 2020

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....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Round Table Discussion on India-Central Asia Relations on 23 Jan 2020

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....

Vimarsh on ‘Swami Vivekananda and National Regeneration’ by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana on 13 Jan 2020

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 ....

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