Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

‘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. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chancellor of NITI Aayog, “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Be full of that idea. This is the way to success. Swami Vivekananda”.

January 02, 2018 Event Report

The Indian Economy: Casting Away Structural Chains

Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran

... successful economic development and the achievement of middle-income status in the twenty-first century is arguably considerably more difficult than it has been in the previous two centuries. Hence, the burden on the political leadership today is immeasurably greater than it has ever been. Not only should they sustain their focus and energies but also keep themselves open to honest and competent advice ... the government's prioritising and addressing the right issues have been discussed in this note ...

January 01, 2018 Issue Brief

Where Economics and Strategy Intersect: A Political Economy Approach to Global Power

Amb Prabhat P Shukla

This essay attempts to understand the role of economic power in shaping the world since the Second World War. It focuses on the main strand of economic developments over this period, separated from looking at subsidiary processes related to the Cold War, détente or the UK-US economic competition in mid-1960's because from the economic point of view, these processes were put in the shade by the much bigger magnitudes of capital flows in the West and among the oil producers. The study begins with the European Recovery Programme, or the Marshall Plan ......

December 26, 2017 Paper

Book Release: “Black Money and Tax Havens”, authored by Professor R Vaidyanathan

On 3 November 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, hosted the launch of Professor R Vaidyanathan’s latest book titled ‘Black Money and Tax Havens’. Professor R Vaidyanathan is Dean of Centre for Economic Studies at the VIF and a former professor of Finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is well known for his extensive works on finance, especially in banking, insurance and capital markets.

November 09, 2017 Event Report

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 Secretary, Mr. Sashi Sekhar, former Secretary, Water Resources, Dr. Harshvardhan Singh, Executive Directo of Brookings India, Sreekumar Nair, Dr. Sanjay Baru, ex-media Advisor to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, and Mr. TN Ninan, noted economic columnist and author, among many others, for an early assessment of India’s most ambitious tax reform i.e.

September 04, 2017 Event Report

Round Table Discussion on the Union Budget - 2017-18

Following the presentation of NDA-led government’s’ fourth consecutive budget on 01 February 2017, the VIF assembled a high-powered panel, comprising India’s best-known economists - Mr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and Dr. Bimal Jalan, among others -to share their thoughts on the budget and its long term impact for the economy of India. The discussion also entailed an assessment of a few big-bang measures including the ‘de-monitisation’ drive and the Goods &Services Tax (GST), and their impact on Indian economy.

May 29, 2017 Event Report

Round Table Discussion on Economy

Noting apprehensions of another round of recession in global economy being triggered by China’s economic slowdown, the VIF organised a discussion led by three leading economists on the state of India’s economy.

May 10, 2017 Event Report

De-monetisation: The Balance Sheet – ‘Vimarsha’ with Shri S Gurumurthy

The Vivekananda International Foundation held its monthly ‘Vimarsha’ on 12 December 2016 with eminent thinker and economist, Shri S Gurumurthy, widely acclaimed as a champion of ‘economic nationalism’ in India. As expected, the event attracted a large audience to listen to Shri Gurumurthy explaining the underpinnings of de-monetisation i.e. the sudden decision announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi last month to do away with Rs. 1000/- and 500/- currency notes.

December 12, 2016 Event Report

Considering the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provisions under the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Mrigank Ranjan

Introduction In today's day and age, international trade and economic cooperation is considered the norm rather than the exception, especially with the rise of organizations such as the WTO. However, rather than diving headlong into the world of laissez-faire economics, due precaution must be taken before getting into multilateral trade agreements. This paper seeks to examine the Investor-State Dispute Settlement clause within the Trans Pacific Partnership and make general observations as to the veracity of the Agreement from India's perspective.

June 03, 2016 Paper

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, engaged T.N Ninan, the distinguished journalist and author of ‘Turn of the Tortoise: The Challenge and Promise of India’s Future’ on December 2, 2015 in a penetrating interaction, focusing on the state of economy and what the future potentially holds for India, especially in terms of developmental aspirations.

December 04, 2015 Event Report