Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Prerna Gandhi is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation with a focus on Japan, ASEAN and Korean Peninsula. She is currently a doctoral student at Dept. of East Asian Studies, Delhi University. She is also a recipient of the Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarship and visited Japan in the “Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths Program- JENESYS” in summer of 2011.

Contributions

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 1, 2020

April 01, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Medical Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of Coronavirus in US The company, Kinsa Health, which produces internet-connected thermometers, created a US national map of fever levels on March 22. Kinsa thermometers connect to ...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Coronavirus, WHO, COVID-19, Covid, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, Smart Thermometers Track, National Health Commission, Pompeo, Virus Outbreak, WTO, UN agencies, Subsidies food exports

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 31, 2020

March 31, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Medical Battelle Pioneers Technology to Clean and Reuse PPE: Gets US FDA Approval The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System is the first of its kind, capable of cleaning up to 80,000 pieces of PPE (personal protectiv...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, World Bank, Covid, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, Coronavirus Pandemic, US healthcare groups, Chloroquine in COVID-19, Swiss Pharma, Tokyo Olympics rescheduled, NPT Review, ASEA, LockdownN, China growth rates, GDP

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 30, 2020

March 30, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Medical Trouble with China-made Covid-19 Testing Kits: PCR vs. Antigen Testing As of March 26, 102 Chinese firms have been granted access to the European market, according to Song Haibo, Chairman of the China Association of I...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Wuhan, Global Economy, Coronavirus Outbreak, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, Covid-19 Testing Kits, Social Distancing Guidelines, Coronavirus lockdown

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 28, 2020

March 28, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic Food security concerns stoked as exporters curb sales, importers buy more Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods amid panic buying and disrupted...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, G20, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, corona crisis, Food security concerns, UN Security Council, ventilator procurement scheme, Healthcare, COVID-19 vaccine development

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Strategic G20 shows remarkable solidarity to deal with pandemic The G20 meeting was not marred by acrimony, as was feared given the ongoing oil price war initiated by Saudi Arabia-led OPEC, and a war of words between the US an...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Covid, G7, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Second Wave of Corona virus, Coronavirus infection, Supercomputers, Insurance Industry, Economic fallout, Emergency pandemic aid, IMF, US jobless claims, Corona virus HQ, TAIPEI Act, G20 meeting, G20 leaders, Daily scan

Occasional Papers

Japan’s Changing Security Discourse from the prism of its Deterrence Imperative

October 17, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

... US-Japan alliance is cornerstone for Japan’s security and its deterrence. However, despite conflicts of interests and intermittent tensions, Japan has never sought to replace the alliance with its own defense capabilities .. Though Japan’s s...

Keywords : Japan’s national security, Japan SDF deterrence

Issue Briefs

Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula

February 13, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to...

Event Reports

VIF-Embassy of ROK Seminar on Prospects of Peace and Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula

March 21, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint closed-door seminar with the Embassy of Republic of Korea on 20 December 2019 to discuss ‘Peace and Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula’. After opening remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Di...

Keywords : Seminars, Korean Peninsula, Denuclearization

Interaction with Korean National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA)

March 19, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a closed-door interaction with a visiting delegation from the Korean National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), South Korea on 14 June 2019. The interaction covered a gamut of issues from the emerging disco...

Keywords : Interaction, China, Korean National Diplomatic Academy, Korean Peninsula, North Korean crisis

Interaction with Professor C. Raja Mohan

March 19, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interaction with Dr C. Raja Mohan, Director of Institute of South Asia Studies at National University of Singapore on the topic of "Global Dynamics and Challenges to India". Dr Mohan focused his t...

Keywords : Interaction, International Relations, Climate Change, Global Dynamics, South Asia Studies

Discussion on ‘Remedial Measures to counter possible spread of Coronavirus'

March 17, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a discussion with a delegation led by Lt Gen RS Grewal, Director General Medical Services (DGMS), Army, on ‘Remedial Measures to counter possible spread of Coronavirus' on 06 March 2020. Air Commod...

Keywords : Interaction, China, Wuhan, Coronavirus, WHO, World Health Organization, Crisis

Roundtable on ‘Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers in an Unpredictable World’

March 11, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a closed-door roundtable on ‘Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers in an Unpredictable World’ on 3rd February 2020. The meeting was attended by many retired senior diplom...

Keywords : Interaction, China, Russia, ASEAN, Japan, United States, Global Economy, Strategic Autonomy, Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers