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Legal Dimensions of Commercialisation of Space

(The following is a transcript of the presentation made by Dr Ranjana Kaul at the Vivekananda International Foundation during a joint roundtable with Indian Space Foundation on 18 January 2023) The world is moving towards contestation of the ‘....

May 04, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Space , Commercialization , Outer Space , Sputnik

E-Commerce: Issues and Challenges

Anil Kumar Kanungo Article

E-Commerce globally is on the rise. Relentless innovation in technology, endless consumer’s demand for variety of products and services, digitalization drive, advent of internet, OTT, and Covid-19 pandemic have propelled the world economy to witnes....

April 27, 2023 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , WTO , G-20 , MSME , FTA , E-Commerce , ICT , ONDC , RTA

Missing Dot Pattern, Spotlight and Capacity Building Opportunity for Bharat

Devsena Mishra Article

On 22nd March 2016, something interesting happened in the tech world. Almost all web platforms started crashing within a few minutes, from small enterprise apps to giants like Facebook, Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, etc. At one point, it seemed that the ....

April 10, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , technology , AI , Capacity Building , World economic forum , Bharat , Chaos Engineering , powershift , Tathastu , technology support division

India-Singapore FinTech Cooperation

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

On 21 February 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the first payment linkage between India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow, which opened a new chapter in cross-border FinTech con....

March 21, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , RBI , Digital India , Singapore , G20 , innovation , Fintech , PayNow , UPI , P2P , MAS , NPCI , P2M , QR , Remittance , VPA

Successful and Effective Therapy in Radiation Oncology

Dr Suvro Parui Positive Bharat

Oncology is one of the most sought-after treatments, and the Medical Tourism Market report by Allied Market Research projects that the Indian medical tourism industry will reach $9 billion by 2027. In recent years, India has also become a hub for cli....

March 13, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Positive Bharat , particle therapy; proton therapy; radiation oncology , Medical Tourism

US Critical and Emerging Technology Strategy

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

As a part of the wider modernisation agenda, the US Department of State announced on 3rd January 2023 the establishment of a new Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology. The purpose of establishing this office is to bring add....

January 30, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , US , China , Russia , AI , 14th Five Year Plan , Special Envoy , semiconductor , NSS , Made in China 2025 , NDS , Entity List , CET , Chips and Science Act , Export Control , NSIB , iCET

US-China Tech Rivalry: Pentagon Report on China’s Emerging Technology Strategy

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

On 29 November 2022, the US Department of Defence released the 2022 annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” in which “China’s drive to dominate emerging technologies” figure prominent....

December 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , US , China , artificial intelligence , Indo-Pacific , Internet of Things , PLA , Big Data , semiconductors , Quantum Technologies , Autonomous Systems , Cloud Computing , Emerging Technology , Informatised Wars , Made in China 2025

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In this VIF Podcast, Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF and Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate at the VIF discuss the various features of the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, including the categorisation of personal data and rules of....

December 19, 2022 Technological and Scientific Studies , Podcast , Personal Data Protection Bill , Data Security , Privacy

A Quiet Revolution in the Making

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The RFP and Beyond

On 07 Sept 2022, a Request for Technical and Commercial Proposal (RFP) was issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the design and developme....

December 06, 2022 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Indian microchip industry , Bharat Secure Chips , BSC 1 , BSC 2

VIF-FICCI Conference 2022; Making India a Global Drone Hub

On 01-02 September 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly organised a two-day conference on Making India a Global Drone Hub in New Delhi, India. The t....

November 01, 2022 Technological and Scientific Studies , Seminars , FICCI , R&D , Making India , Global Drone , PLI , QCI