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Vimarsh - Book Discussion on “The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land”

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a Vimarsh dialogue in the shape of a book discussion on “The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land,” authored by General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, on the 27th of December...

December 27, 2021

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 35A, Article 370, Counter Insurgency, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir Conundrum, Jammu & Kashmir

Introduction to India’s Strategic Thinking and its Determinants

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The VIF organized the third series of lectures on India’s national security and strategic culture from 12 to 14 October 2020 in a virtual mode in continuation of the initiative taken in the previous year. The webinar enabled young students,...

October 12, 2020

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, Civilizational state, Climate Change, COVID-19, India foreign policy, Indian Economy, Indian Strategic Thinking

Bilateral Meeting Vivekananda International Foundation (India) & the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka)

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

On 17 August 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a bilateral meeting in collaboration with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) on “India - Sri Lanka relations”. Dr Arvind Gupta - Director of the VIF, welcomed the...

August 17, 2020

Tags: Article 370, Ayodhya Mandir, BIMSTEC, COVID-19, ETCA, Indian Constitution, Indo- Sri Lanka economic, Pandemic, SAGAR, Security, Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Interaction with the Delegation from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), China

Dr Teshu Singh

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr Lou Chunhao, Deputy Director Institute of South Asian Studies and Dr Zhang Shujian from the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR). The opening remarks were...

August 21, 2019

Tags: Article 370, BRI, CPEC, Informal Summit, UNSC, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Conference on the Plight of Kashmiri Pandits

VIF, together with All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS), organised a day-long conference ‘Revisiting the displaced Kashmiri Pandits issue’ on 13 February 2015. ‘J&K: the fractured electorate mandate and its implications,’ and ‘Creation of a...

February 13, 2015

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, All India Kashmiri Samaj, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Article 370, Kashmir Valley, Kashmiri Pandits, POK, Jammu & Kashmir

Vimarsha: Article 370 and Resolution of Kashmir Problem with Gen (Retd) SK Sinha, former Governor, Assam and J&K

On Nov 20th, 2014, VIF organised a talk by General (Retd) SK Sinha, former Governor, Assam and J&K on ‘Article 370 and Resolution of Kashmir Problem’ under its Vimarsha series of public discourse. With Shri Vijai Kapoor, former Governor,...

November 20, 2014

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, Gilgit Baltistan, Hindu refugees, Resolution of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir

Launch of Kishtwar Cauldron: The Struggle against ISI’s Ethnic Cleansing

On 13th September, Kishtwar Cauldron: The Struggle against ISI’s Ethnic Cleansing, authored by Maj. Gen. (Retd) Dr G D Bakshi, SM VSM, was launched at the VIF. The book was released by Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha, PVSM, former Governor of Assam...

September 13, 2013

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, ISI’s Ethnic Cleansing, Kishtwar Cauldron, Pakistani ISI