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Discussion on ‘Russia In The 21st Century: Where From, Where To'

The VIF organised an internal discussion the topic being, ‘Russia in the 21st Century: where from, where to’, on 23 Sep 2016. The discussion was conducted by Amb PS Raghavan and moderated by Amb PP Shukla, both India’s former Ambassadors to Rus....

October 03, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Featured , Russia , Interaction , India-Russia Relations , India-US relations , Russia In The 21st Century , President Putin
Interaction with Ambassador Timothy Roemer, former Member of the U.S. Congress and Ambassador to India

On 26 Sep 2016, the VIF held a fascinating interaction with Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer, former Member of the US Congress for six terms from Indiana and Ambassador to India (2009-2011), sharing his perspective on the 2016 U.S. presidential election,....

October 03, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , U.S. Congress , Timothy J. Roemer , US presidential election
Internal Security and Police Reforms
Prakash Singh

Policing in contemporary India has turned into a major challenge, This challenge requires the evolution of new policing culture, better training, comprehensive modernisation and astute personnel management. However, efforts made towards that directio....

October 03, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , Internal Security , Islamic State , North East , Police Reforms , Left-wing extremism
Surgical Strikes and More
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The surgical strikes by the Indian army on the launch pads along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K for infiltrating terrorists into India is a long-awaited step with major implications for the future. For 55 years India has not crossed the LoC in J&K ....

October 02, 2016 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , LeT , Surgical Strikes , Line of Control
VIF Director's Message on the Surgical Strikes
General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

Bravo India! At the outset, we will like to convey our compliments to the Modi Government for the most befitting and unambiguous message by India to Pakistan that the continuing acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Pakistan deep State throu....

September 30, 2016 Pakistan , POK , LoC , LeT , Surgical Strikes , jihadist
नए वित्तीय प्रशासन के अंकुर
Rajesh Singh

पिछले कुछ समय से ये अटकलें लगने लगी हैं कि मोदी सरकार देश के वित्तीय प्रशासन में तीन उपायों के ज�....

September 29, 2016 Governance and Political Studies
Visit of a Delegation from China’s Pangoal institution

Leading a four-member delegation, Mr. YI Peng, founder President of the Pangoal Institution, a Bejing-based non-governmental think tank, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 20 Sep 2016 for an interaction, targeted at exploring p....

September 29, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , UN sanctions , Pangoal Institution , Chinese investors
Freebies and Good Governance
BP Singh

Background and Argument I have chosen to speak on a subject of contemporary interest and importance: ‘Freebies and Good Governance’. I deliberately withheld the umbrella in suggesting the title of the talk that provides both inspiratio....

September 28, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Good Governance , UPA , MGNREGA , Planning Commission , PMJDY
Breaking The Caste Code In Uttar Pradesh
Rajesh Singh

It is election season in Uttar Pradesh. The four major political parties in the fray are seeking to win the people’s affection on the promise of developmental governance. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’....

September 27, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , Congress , BJP , Uttar Pradesh , BSP
India and the United States - Recent Development
Dr Harinder Sekhon

As the Obama administration enters its last months in office, it is normal that it would want to assess the state of relations between the United States and India. Both countries have invested a lot in revitalizing this partnership and the US would n....

September 26, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , modi , Obama , UNCLOS , India - United States
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