Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity-The Archaeology of Ancient India’s Trade Networks by Dr. Marike van Aerde

On 19th January 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr. Marike van Aerde for a talk on ancient trade connectivity and the integral role played by the Indian Subcontinent in these exchanges. The Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta’s...

January 19, 2022

Tags: Buddhism, East Africa, Indian Ocean Trade, Indian Subcontinent, Trade networks, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Re-conceptualizing Religious History: Archaeological Findings from Itkhori, a Composite Sacred Space

Dr Arpita Mitra

VIF organized a talk by Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (Vivekananda Chair Professor of Social Science, University of Calcutta) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled...

July 16, 2020

Tags: Bhadrakali temple, Brahmanism, Buddhism, Civilization, Itkhori, Understanding Indian History, Historical and Civilisational Studies

The Shared Heritage of Yoga: Ideas and Practices from Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

Dr Arpita Mitra

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, VIF organized a talk by Professor Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, USA) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled The...

June 22, 2020

Tags: Buddhism, Hinduism, International Day of Yoga, Jainism, Key Chapple, Philosophy, Shared Heritage of Yoga, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Book discussion on Dharma in Governance authored by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

Dr Arpita Mitra

VIF organized an online book discussion on Dharma in Governance: Towards a Welfare State (Aditya Prakashan, 2018) authored by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha on 21 May 2020. The panel included the author, Prof. Arvind Sharma (McGill University), Col....

May 21, 2020

Tags: Arthasastra, Buddhism, dharma, governance, Public policies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Talk on ‘Indian Impact on Chinese Art’ by Dr. Shashi Bala

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi, the topic being, ‘Indian Impact on Chinese Art’. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired...

November 6, 2019

Tags: Buddhism, Caves in China, Chinese Art, Sanyas, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Interaction with the Ambassador Gonchig Ganbold

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the Ambassador of Mongolia, Gonchig Ganbold on 26 June 2019. Dr Arvind Gupta delivered the welcome remarks. In his remarks, he emphasized the cultural and historical linkages between both...

June 26, 2019

Tags: Buddhism, Gonchig Ganbold, mongolia, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, United Nation, International Relations and Diplomacy

Talk on ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in India-Chinese Relations’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. The topic of the lecture was ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in Indo Chinese...

April 15, 2019

Tags: Buddhism, India-Chinese Relations, Kumarajiva, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Shared Values and Democracy in Asia - 4th Samvad Conference at Tokyo

The Conference on the theme of ‘Shared Values and Democracy in Asia’ was addressed by PM Abe in which he returned to the theme that democracy in Asia was not a foreign idea introduced from the West. Prime Minister Modi in his message emphasised...

July 5, 2018

Tags: Buddhism, democracy, Democracy in Asia, Hinduism, Human Rights, shared values, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Talk by Dr. Shashibala, Dean, Centre for Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, on ‘Echoes of Indian Culture in China’

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture cum discussion by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. The topic of the lecture cum discussion was ‘Echoes of Indian Culture in China’. Dr. Arvind...

June 21, 2018

Tags: Buddhism, Chinese culture, Echoes of Indian Culture in China, Indian influence, Vedic studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

On 08 February 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), for a second time since its inception in December 2009, had the honour and privilege of hosting the Nobel Peace Laureate, His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the...

February 8, 2017

Tags: Ancient Indian, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Nalanda Monastery, Tibet, Neighbourhood Studies

Global Conclave on ‘Hindu-Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) jointly organised a three-day global conclave ‘Samvad:Hindu-Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness’, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Federation and...

September 3, 2015

Tags: Bodh Gaya, Buddhism, Conflict Avoidance, Conflicts across societies, Environment Consciousness, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Samvad, Historical and Civilisational Studies