Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Brainstorming Session on Strategic & Economic Outlook for 2022

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an online brainstorming session on Strategic and Economic Outlook for 2022 on 10 January 2022. It saw participation from Dr. Arvind Gupta, Dr. Anantha Nageswaran, Dr. C Rajamohan, Lt Gen Ravi...

January 10, 2022

Tags: 2022, ASEAN, Covid wave, Economic Outlook, GDP, Strategic Outlook, International Relations and Diplomacy

Webinar on “Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects”

Key Takeaways On 07 August 2020 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Vivekanand International Foundation (VIF) jointly organized a panel discussion on Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects. The session deliberated on the following...

August 7, 2020

Tags: Economic crisis, EPC, Financial Sector, GDP, Indian Economy, Macro economic, MSME, RBI, Economic Studies

Decoding Atmanirbhar Bharat with Dr. Anantha Nageswaran

Aarushi Suri

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a virtual interaction with Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran to discuss the Special Economic “Atmanirbhar Bharat” Package announced by the Government of India in the wake of COVID-19. Dr. Nageswaran is...

May 26, 2020

Tags: Atmanirbhar Bharat, GDP, Global Economy, Government, MSME, Nageswaran, Economic Studies

Discussion on ‘Post COVID-19: India and the South Asian Neighbourhood’

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a discussion on ‘Post COVID-19: India and the South Asian Neighbourhood’ on 18 May 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivered the opening remarks followed with presentations by Dr...

May 18, 2020

Tags: Atmanirbhar South Asia, GDP, Post COVID-19, South Asian Neighbourhood, WHO, Neighbourhood Studies

Vimarsha: Panel Discussion on Political Stability and Transformation of Union Budget

Aarushi Suri

A special edition of Vimarsh was organized on Political Stability and Transformation of Union Budget at the Vivekananda International Foundation on February 15, 2020. The public event which marked the launch of the newly set-up VIF Centre for...

February 15, 2020

Tags: Budget 2020-21, CAD, GDP, Government, Political stability, Transformation of Union Budget, Union Budget 2020, UPA government, Economic Studies

Vimarsha: ‘State of the Economy: India and the World’, A Talk by Shri S. Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Shri S Gurumutrthy, Member, Board of Governors, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and Chairman, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), delivered an insightful talk on ‘The State of Economy: India and the World’ under the aegis of Vimarsha on 15...

November 15, 2018

Tags: GDP, Gross Domestic Product, GST, MSMEs, RBI, State of Economy, Economic Studies

Panel Discussion on Economy

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a panel discussion on economy with Dr Roger Moser and Mr S. Gurumurthy on 15th November 2018. Dr Roger Moser is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of Asia Connect Center at...

November 15, 2018

Tags: Digitization, GDP, Jivana Vitality, Middle East Policy, Robotics, US economy, Economic Studies

Vimarsha: A Talk by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on ‘Urbanisation in India: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities’

Eminent speakers have addressed the public on varied subjects of importance to the nation and society from the Vimarsha platform. Keeping with this monthly tradition, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited Shri Hardeep Singh...

July 23, 2018

Tags: agriculture, Amrut Scheme, GDP, Smart Cities Program, Urbanisation in India, Governance and Political Studies

Round Table Dialogue on Economic Survey and Union Budget

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a round table dialogue (RTD) on 12 February 2018, to discuss the Economic Survey 2017-18, and the Union Budget 2018-19. The panel comprised of eminent economists Dr Surjeet Bhalla (Member...

February 12, 2018

Tags: Economic Survey 2017-18, GDP, R&D, Union Budget, Economic Studies

‘DARWINOMICS’ for India: Gross Domestic Knowledge of India

Talk by Umberto Sulpasso, Senior Fellow of Centre for Digital Future, University of Southern California, Los Angeles at the Conference at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), 18 December 2017 Director Dr. Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Dr....

December 18, 2017

Tags: Darwinomics, GDP, Gross Domestic Knowledge Product, Economic Studies

A Round Table Discussion on ‘GST-Making India a Single Market’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on 23 Aug 2017, gathered a powerful battery of former top bureaucrats and economic policy experts including Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rajeev Kher, former Commerce...

August 23, 2017

Tags: GDP, GST, Indian Economy, Economic Studies

Round Table Discussion on China’s Economy

Having transited from a government-controlled economy to a market-based economy in 1990, China had been successively clocking double digit growth until a decade ago. China's economic miracle, however, appears to be gradually fading away in...

January 24, 2017

Tags: China’s Economy, GDP, President Trump, US-China economic relations, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Round Table Discussion on the ‘Slowdown of China’s Economy’

The VIF held an internal discussion on the current trends in the Chinese economy on 21 July 2016. The discussion was held in two parts; part one of the discussion ‘Slowdown of the Chinese Economy: Implications for India’ was led by Dr. Arvind...

July 21, 2016

Tags: China Growth, Chinese economy, CPC, GDP, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with TN Ninan, author of ‘Turn of the Tortoise’

While the jury may still be out debating whether India’s economy has really taken off under the new political dispensation in New Delhi, members of the VIF faculty, General NC Vij, Director VIF, Amb PP Shukla, Adm KK Nayyar, among others,...

December 2, 2015

Tags: GDP, India’s economy, Turn of the Tortoise, Economic Studies

Seminar on Indian Economy

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a day long seminar, critically examining various aspects and undercurrents of the Indian Economy, on 10th December 2013. The main speakers at the seminar included Shri Vijai Kapoor, former Lt....

December 10, 2013

Tags: Banking sector, GDP, Indian Economy, Economic Studies

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...

August 1, 2013

Tags: Chinese economy, GDP, Indian Economy, Nageswaran, Economic Studies