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Celebration of Africa Day 2022 Over a Book Discussion | ‘The Harambee Factor: India - Africa Economic and Development Partnership by Ambassador Gurjit Singh’
Samir Bhattacharya

Every year on May 25, the world celebrates Africa Day. On May 25 1963, 30 independent African leaders signed the founding charter of the OAU (Organization of African Unity). In 2002, to give more impetus to the organisation, many new areas were...

May 27, 2022
Tags: Banjul Formula, COVID-19, Gandhi, India Africa Forum Summit, India-Africa Relationships, ITEC, Line of Credit, Mandela, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy
Talk on Evolving Situation in Sri Lanka
Dr Rishi Gupta

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a talk on Economic Situation in Sri Lanka on 18 May 2022. The talk was chaired by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation

May 18, 2022
Tags: China, COVID-19, Economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Evolving Situation in Sri Lanka, IMF, Sri Lanka crisis, Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies
West Asia Experts Group Meeting
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The West Asia Experts Group Meeting was virtually held on 4 August 2021 by the Vivekananda International Foundation, the discussion was focussed on India-Turkey Relations; Turkey’s Foreign Policy and its Regional role. The key speakers in the...

August 4, 2021
Tags: COVID-19, G20 summit, President Erdogan, Turkey, West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy
VIF Webinar on “Indo-Uzbek Relations”
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

India and Uzbekistan share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. Uzbekistan is India’s extended neighbour and a strategic partner. This relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-...

December 4, 2020
Tags: Central Asia, Central Asian Republics, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Indo-Uzbek, Pandemic, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
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
VIF Webinar on “NEP-2020 and Nation Building”

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a milestone document in the context of nation-building. Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), a forerunner in policy planning for nation building has thus planned to take up issues arising out...

September 3, 2020
Tags: COVID-19, Education, Nation Building, National Education Policy, NEP, Governance and Political Studies
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
Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia
Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

On 24 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia”. The panel included, Dr Sreeradha Datta, Mr Bipul Chatterjee, Mr Pratim Bose, Mr...

July 24, 2020
Tags: COVID-19, economic cooperation, FAT, Post-COVID, Regional Value Chain, South Asia, Neighbourhood Studies
Developments in West Asia
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual interactive session on the subject, “Developments in West Asia” on 13 July 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks and introduced the central topics, i.e....

July 13, 2020
Tags: China, COVID-19, Gulf, Indo-Pacific, Iran, West Asian region, West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online interaction with the Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki on 29 June 2020. The one-and-a-half-hour interaction saw participation by many stalwarts from New Delhi’s...

June 29, 2020
Tags: Act East, Ambassador of Japan, COVID-19, Global Partnership, Samvad, Self-reliance, standing cooperation, International Relations and Diplomacy
Virtual Vimarsha on 'Global & Indian Economy'
Aarushi Suri

A special virtual edition of Vimarsh was organized on Global & Indian Economy in the Post-COVID era by the Vivekananda International Foundation on June 8, 2020. The public webcast brought together an eminent panel comprising of Sh. S....

June 8, 2020
Tags: Aatmanirbhar Bharat, COVID-19, Economic Recovery, Global Economy, Indian Political Economy, Self-reliance, US-China Decoupling, Economic Studies
Significance & Potential of Indo-US Relations in the Post-Covid World : Interaction with Amb. Kenneth Juster
Aarushi Suri

The VIF hosted a special web-based interaction session with H.E. Mr. Kenneth Juster, Ambassador of U.S. to India on May 28, 2020. Amb. Juster spoke about the evolving geopolitical scenario in a post-Pandemic world, and the crucial position that...

May 28, 2020
Tags: COVID-19, Defence equipment, Kenneth Juster, Military cooperation, US India strategic partnership, US, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with H.E. Mr. Emanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France
Dr Himani Pant

The heath crisis brought upon by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has opened up a pandora’s box of crises worldwide. As different countries reel under the economic recession and related socio-political challenges, the still ongoing pandemic...

May 21, 2020
Tags: Ambassador of France, Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, Global geopolitics, Indo-French cooperation, International Relations and Diplomacy
VIF Presentation cum discussions on West Asia
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised two sets of interactive discussions on the impact of COVID-19 in West Asia and its implications on India. On 7 May 2020, Amb. D P Srivastava Distinguished Fellow, VIF spoke on the topic...

May 7, 2020
Tags: COVID-19, Gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council, Strategic cooperation, UAE, West Asian region, West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy
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