Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Talk on Meta-materials for Stealth Technology

On 27 September 2023, the VIF under its Science and Technology (S&T) series organized a talk by Dr Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava on “Metamaterials for Stealth Technology”. Dr Srivastava is currently Professor and Head, Department of Electrical...

September 27, 2023

Tags: DRDO, IIT, Meta-materials, science and technology, technologies, Technological and Scientific Studies

Ease of Doing Business with DRDO - New Initiatives

Naval Jagota

On 19th September 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) held the fourth edition of the talks by eminent persons from DRDO. In this edition the speaker presenting was Shri Sangam...

September 19, 2022

Tags: Defence industry, DRDO, MSME, Technological and Scientific Studies

Talk by Shri Atul D. Rane, Scientist ‘H’, Outstanding Scientist and DG BrahMos, DRDO

Naval Jagota

Vivekananda International Foundation and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) together have interactions in which eminent and distinguished speakers from DRDO have given presentations to the think tanks, industry, startups,...

July 20, 2022

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Atul D. Rane, BrahMos, DRDO, Defence

Talk by Shri Hari Babu Srivastava, DRDO

Naval Jagota

VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defense industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 for brainstorming on synergizing the Defense R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology...

June 8, 2022

Tags: DRDO, Technology Management, Defence

Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

Shashank Sharma

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private...

March 16, 2022

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence Technologies, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, R&D, Self Reliance, Transfer of Technology, Defence

Release of VIF Task Force Report: Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India

On 22 April 2019, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) released the Task Force Report on “Organisation of STEM Education in India”. The task force report was released by Dr. V K Saraswat, former chairman Defence Research &...

April 22, 2019

Tags: Defence Research & Development Organisation, DRDO, STEM Education, Technological and Scientific Studies

Vimarsha: DRDO’s Achievements in Defence Indigenization

On, Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence and Chairman DRDO was invited for a talk on ‘Achievements in Defence Indigenization’ under the aegis of the Vivekananda International Foundation’s Vimarsha lecture series.

April 11, 2019

Tags: Combat Aerial Vehicles, Defence Indigenization, DRDO, Indigenization, R&D, Research Centre Imarat, Technological and Scientific Studies

Interaction with H.E. Nadir Patel, Canada’s High Commissioner to India

A panel of eminent policy experts representing the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), including representatives from the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), among others...

April 11, 2016

Tags: Canada, CII, DRDO, India-Canada relations, Nadir Patel, International Relations and Diplomacy

Seminar on ‘Design and Make in India in Electronics’

With a view to evolve the future roadmap towards building comprehensive national capabilities in design and manufacturing in the Electronic Sector, the VIF, in collaboration with the DRDO, CII and the American Chamber of Commerce in India (...

June 3, 2015

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, AmCham India, DRDO, Make in India, Defence

Vimarsha on ‘Make in India’ in Defence Sector by Vice Admiral Puri, former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff

With the ‘Make in India’ drive of the government promising to change the entire industrial landscape in the country, the VIF organised it monthly talk ‘vimarsha’ on the ‘Role of Technology in the Manufacture of Defence Equipment’ on 23 April...

April 23, 2015

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, DRDO, Make in India, Manufacture of Defence Equipment, Role of Technology, Defence

Vimarsha on Indigenising Technology and Production in Defence – India’s Survival Need with Dr. V. K. Saraswat

On 11th November 2013, Vivekananda International Foundation invited Dr. V. K. Saraswat, former Director General of DRDO and former Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, to deliver a talk on Indigenising Technology and Production in...

November 11, 2013

Tags: Defence technology, DRDO, ISRO, R&D, Scientific Advisor, Technological and Scientific Studies

Seminar on Defence Procurement Procedures 2013

Towards Expeditious Procurement and Indigenisation Despite several initiatives undertaken by the Government, the stated goal of self reliance in defence production still remains elusive. One of the main reasons is that for too long India has...

July 19, 2013

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence Procurement Procedures, DPP 2013, DRDO, Expeditious Procurement, Indigenisation, Defence