Sarada Subhash is a graduate in International Relations from University of Bristol. She is also an undergraduate in Medical Microbiology from School of Medical Education, MG University. Her interest areas include India’s foreign policy approach towards China, Sino-India relations (historical and contemporary), strategic and security studies in the domain of South Asia and Indian Ocean Region. She is currently pursuing Mandarin (HSK 1) to understand deeper the foreign policies formulated by China towards other nation-states and India in particular.

Contributions 
The Paddy Gene Bank of Sathyanarayana Beleri Shri. Sathyanarayana Beleri, a paddy gene bank conservator and farmer from the Belur village of Kasargod, Kerala was recently conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of agriculture...

Raphi Ramanath and his Miyawaki Forest A report published by The Hindu recently highlighted the efforts of Raphi Ramanath, a native of Kerala, who has created two gardens on the campus of his school, Vignjana Vilasini Higher Secondary School (VVHSS), Alappuzha, Kerala. Of these tw...

Cheruvayal Raman the Guardian of Native and Ancient Paddy Varieties The Government of India has recently honoured Shri. Cheruvayal K. Raman, a tribal farmer from Kerala, with one of the highest civilian awards in Bharat (India), the Padma Shri. The septuagenarian farmer from the Wayanad (or Vayal Nadu, i.e., the land...

VIF Papers 
Biden as a Liberal Crusader: Assessing the Obama-Biden Human Rights Legacy … the hope is that Biden would have learnt from the Obama era mistakes and hence follow a non-interventionist policy to avoid another ‘humanitarian’ war … at the end of his Presidential term, Biden may emerge a ‘liberal crusader’ or be an...

VIF Briefs 
Penpa Tsering, the New President of the Central Tibetan Administration, Calls on China to Grant ‘Genuine Autonomy’ to Tibet Penpa Tsering has been elected as the new Sikyong or President of 17th Tibetan government-in-exile (TGiE), formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). This write-up explores the life and policy stance of the newly elected Sikyong, his...

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