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Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX): Where do We Stand?
Naval Jagota, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) and the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC) platforms
The iDEX platform was launched in April 2018 under the DIO (Defence Innovation Organisation) and the aim was for “creation of an ecosyste....

February 22, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Defence , Defence production , R&D , iDEX , Start-up , Challenge , DISC , Innovators
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
DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem
Naval Jagota, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the at....

July 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , Defense , Atmanirbhar Bharat , R&D , Ecosystem , Technology Management , initiatives , start-up's
Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private Indian defence ....

May 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , DRDO , Self Reliance , R&D , Ministry of Defence , Defence Technologies , Transfer of Technology
Boosting electronics manufacturing in India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

By 2025, India aims to achieve a GDP of $5 trillion and a digital economy of $1 trillion. Since electronics underpin manufacturing, the demand for electronic products will rise to $400 billion by 2025. To meet the growing demand for electronic goods....

August 10, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Made in India , GDP , Self-reliance , R&D , Electronics , cybersecurity , Electronics manufacturing , PLI scheme
Vimarsha on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus by Prof. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, GOI

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 Scie....

July 24, 2020 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , artificial intelligence , MSMEs , R&D , Coronavirus Vaccine , Industry , Sars-COV-2 , MHRD
Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy
Praveen Menon Article

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia....

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , Indian Economy , Global supply chains , ROI , reforms , Purchasing Power Parity , R&D , spending , Total Factor Production , Research Excellence
Achieving Self Reliance through Indigenous R&D by DRDO /Industry - Part II

India is at the cusp of metamorphosing from a regional player to one with global clout. As India’s geo-political and economic ambitions grow, it needs to develop robust indigenous manufacturing capabilities and ecosystem to secure its ambition for ....

May 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , DRDO , Defence industry , Self Reliance , R&D , Indigenous , Aerospace , SIPRI
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
Vimarsha: DRDO’s Achievements in Defence Indigenization

On, Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence and Chairman DRDO was invited for a talk on ‘Achievements in Defence Indigenization’ under the aegis of the Vivekananda International Foundation’s Vimarsha lecture series. Dr Reddy ....

April 25, 2019 Vimarsh , Technological and Scientific Studies , DRDO , Indigenization , R&D , Defence Indigenization , Research Centre Imarat , Combat Aerial Vehicles
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