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COVID-19: Visible Arrows, but Still in the Quiver

The pandemic outbreak has caught almost the entire global population on the hop. The rare retreat from the regular has sent the world in a tizzy. However, while this indefinite hiatus has put a halt on the “natural” course of actions, the researc....

May 28, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Vaccines , Gene-Engineering , Microbiology

A Lifetime of Moulding Technology and Science Policy in India: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Ashok Parthasarathi, Editor: Sachin Chaturvedi, Academic Foundation, 2017, 128 pp, ISBN: 9789332703551, Price: Rs 795

Radhika Daga

Science and Technology (S&T) has assumed great salience in India’s development and security matrix. In last few years’ policy initiatives like Make-in-India, Start-up-India and Digital India Programme have further given an impetus to this thought....

May 15, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Reviews , Self-reliance , Science and Technology Policy , Electronics , National S&T Archive

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats

Experiments & Applications: S&T in Coronavirus Pandemic

Radhika Daga Article

Throughout the history of pandemics, technology has played its role in many ways in proliferating infectious diseases to a wider area. However, it’s the same science and technology (S&T) research and innovations that also provide a way out of such ....

April 25, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Telemedicine , Antibody Test , Biotechnology , Epidemiology

Discussion on Report on STEM Education in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a seminar to discuss a VIF taskforce report on STEM education in India launched in 2019. The report, titled, “Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India” was written u....

March 20, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , STEM Education , Association of Indian Universities , R&D , Information Technology , Communications Technologies

Technology, Economics and Geopolitics of 5G Cellular - A Compendium

Dr Kamlesh Bajaj

5G is an investment for the next decade. It is not just a game changer; it is likely emerge as a General Purpose Technology (GPT). 5G mobile will move from being a consumer device to an industrial productivity and efficiency tool, with billions of Io....

February 25, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Smart Cities , 5G , Compendium , Digital economy , 5G Value Chain

India’s Space Programme: Achievements and Prospects

On 17th January 2020, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held its monthly ‘Vimarsha’ lecture series on the important subject of India’s Space Programme. Dr A.S Kiran Kumar, former Chairman ISRO, was invited to speak on the opportunities....

February 19, 2020 Vimarsh , Technological and Scientific Studies , sustainable development , ISRO , IRNSS , India’s Space , Chandrayaan-1 , Low Earth orbit , International Space , UFOs , Chandrayaan-2

Roundtable on ‘Global Nuclear Developments and India’s Policy challenges'

On 8 January 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a roundtable on Global Nuclear Developments and India’s Policy challenges. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, opened the floor by laying the purpose of the roundtable, which....

January 09, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , Nuclear Weapons , INF Treaty , Global Nuclear Developments , India’s Policy challenges , India’s Policy

Lt Gen SRR Aiyengar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Social Media – A Study of Social Media and Its Impact on Contemporary War/Conflicts, Uday Publishing House, 2019, PP. 152, ISBN: 978-93-85991-85-1, INR- 699/-

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Development of Social Media (SM) is a relatively new phenomenon. Between 2004 and 2014, all 22 of the world’s biggest Social Media (SM) networks were developed and launched. The Facebook was the first to be started on February 4, 2004. Rapid global....

December 19, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Reviews , Social Media , Cyber warfare , Contemporary War , Role of Media , National Security policy

Building Indigenous Missile Capability - An Imperative

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

When the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was sanctioned way back in 1982-83, Agni Missile was not even a part of the four missile Projects in its development agenda which included the Prithvi Short Range Surface-to-Surface Mis....

October 10, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Building indigenous missile capability , Inescapability of different types of missiles , Range of air threats