Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

On 5th July 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh public lecture on ‘Hindutva and Religion’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma. Prof. Sharma, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is the Birks Professor of...

July 5, 2023

Tags: Caste, Casteism, Hindutva, Nalanda, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Release of Book ‘Caste as a Social Capital’ by Prof. R Vaidyanathan

A seminal book, namely, ‘Caste as a Social Capital’, revisiting Caste as playing an important role in promoting economic growth, written by Professor R Vaidyanathan was released on 9th April 2019 at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF...

April 9, 2019

Tags: Backward Classes, Caste, Caste as Social Capital, Sampradaya’, Scheduled Castes, Governance and Political Studies