Home
Interaction with Daniele Mancini, Italian Ambassador to India

On 1st August 2013, VIF welcomed the Italian Ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini for an interaction session. Mr Ajit Doval, KC, Director VIF, initiated the interaction session by briefing Amb Mancini about the aims and achievements of th....

August 05, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Italy , Free Trade Agreement , India-Italy economic relations
Talk by Dr. V Anantha Nageswaran on Recent Developments in the Indian and Chinese Economies

VIF welcomed Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, noted economist, author and its Visiting Fellow, on 1st August 2013 to speak on the myths and realities of China’s growth story and the Indian economic situation. Pointing out that it was China’s economy tha....

August 02, 2013 Economic Studies , Interaction , Chinese economy , Indian Economy , GDP , Nageswaran
India-Bhutan Ties: New Delhi Got it Right
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Many in India believe that we have failed in our policy towards our neighbours. For them the hall mark of any successful foreign policy is good relations with neighbours. Because we are so big, many think that we must make an extra effort to win the ....

July 30, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan
Vimarsha: Institutional Subversion in India –Implications for the Nation & its Security with Mr Mahesh Jethmalani

VIF organized Vimarhsa on Saturday, July 20, 2013, where senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani dwelt at length on the topic ‘Institutional Subversion in India – Implications for the Nation and its Security’. In his introductory remarks, Ajit Dov....

July 25, 2013 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , BJP , nationalism , UPA , Mahesh Jethmalani , Godhra Case , Zakia case , Sohrabuddin , Ishrat Jahan case
Social Media: Freedom Yes, License No
K G Suresh

The recent expose about Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot allegedly buying ‘Likes’ for his official Facebook page in Istanbul, the ‘Twitter’ war between the ruling Congress and the main Opposition BJP and an outrageous tweet by Congress l....

July 25, 2013 Media Studies
Terror Attacks in Bodh Gaya: Prevention is Better than Cure
Dr N Manoharan

When serial blasts rocked Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya on 07 July 2013, it was for the first time that a Buddhist holy spot was targeted in India. Ten of the 13 bombs planted at the temple were indeed of low intensity, but their psychological impact....

July 24, 2013 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Seminar on Defence Procurement Procedures 2013

Towards Expeditious Procurement and Indigenisation

  1. Despite several initiatives undertaken by the Government, the stated goal of self reliance in defence production still remains elusive. One of the main reasons is that for too long ....

    July 24, 2013 Seminar_57 , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , DRDO , Indigenisation , DPP 2013 , Defence Procurement Procedures , Expeditious Procurement
Kashmir: The Unwritten History; Christopher Snedden; Harper Collins; PP 434; Rs 599
Sushant Sareen

Over the last few months, there is suddenly a lot of unnecessary, unwarranted and self-serving focus of Western academics, analysts and authors on the India-Pakistan equation – the issue of Jammu and Kashmir inevitably being a centre-piece of the d....

July 24, 2013 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Book Reviews , Azad Kashmir
Has China Upstaged India in Space Diplomacy?
Radhakrishna Rao

Space exploration, once a preserve of the advanced industrialized countries, is no more being viewed as an area of esoteric research involving a huge investment and complex technological systems. Indeed, space technology has now become an indispensab....

July 24, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Hard Power, The Only Currency That Works in Afghanistan
Sushant Sareen

The so-called Afghan endgame is really nothing more than the US endgame in Afghanistan. For the Afghans, there is unlikely to be any endgame. Even the Americans suspect, even fear, that their exit from, nay abandonment of, Afghanistan will most likel....

July 23, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
Contact Us