Speeches/Transcriptions/Presentations
Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF on the Release of History of Ancient India volumes

Sh Ajit Doval Ji, Sh Gurumurthy Ji, Prof Dilip Chakrabarti Ji Members of the media and Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s function being organised to release....

Welcome remarks by the Director during the talk by Amb Eric Garcetti, US Amb to India on 09 Apr 2024

H.E Ambassador Eric Garcetti, On behalf of the Vivekananda International Foundation and the strategic community gathered here, I would like to welcome Amb Eric Garcetti to the Vivekananda International Foundation. We have been expecting f....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh Talk by Lt Gen Ata Hasnain on ‘India's preparedness for dealing with disasters’: 23 Jan 2024

Dear friends, I wish you a happy new year and welcome you to this first Vimarsh talk this year. Today we are going to talk about a very important subject namely India’s preparedness for dealing with disasters. Today’s speaker is D....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Book Release: Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A Swadeshi Paradigm, edited by Ashwani Mahajan

It is a matter of great pleasure far the VIF to organise today’s event to release the book Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A Swadeshi Paradigm edited by Sh. Ashwani Mahajan. A timely book, it is a collection of essays by prominent economists, reflecting ov....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation during the visit of Valdai Discussion Club delegation on 08 Jan 2024

On behalf of the Vivekananda International Foundation, I would like to welcome the distinguished delegation from Valdai Discussion Club led by Mr Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Di....

Welcome Remarks by the Director on the visit of CICIR delegation to the VIF on 30 Nov 2023

I would like to welcome Dr. Hu Shisheng, Special Assistant to the President of CICIR and his colleagues to the VIF. We had the opportunity to interact with Dr Fu Mengzi , Vice President CICIR, Dr. Hu Shisheng and other members of the Chinese delegat....

Director’s Talk on ‘Kautilaya’s Rajmandala Theory’ At Ramanujan College on 28 Oct 2023

The Arthasastra is a detailed treatise on statecraft. The state is at the core of the Arthasastra. The Arthasastra provides advice to the King on how to govern, strengthen and expand the state. Written around 4th century B.C, the Arthasastra....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk on “New Paradigms in Governance 2019-2024” by Shri V Srinivas, Secretary to Government of India, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, on 07 Nov 2023

Dear Friends, I would like to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh by Shri V Srinivas, Secretary to the Govt of India on a very important topic “New Paradigms in Governance 2019-2024”. I would like to thank Srinivas j....

Address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Indian Space Conclave 2023, organised by ISpA on 11 Oct 2023 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

I would like to congratulate the Indian Space Association for organising the Indian Space Conclave 2023, co-hosted by Indo-French Summit. Following the spectacular success of India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission and the launch of Aditya solar mi....

A talk on “National Security Planning in India” by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF to 63rd NDC Course on Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023

Talking Points National Security Planning in India Post Covid, Post Ukraine, the world is in a transition. The transitional phase brings a change in the balance of power in the world and also the rise of new players. A....

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