Umang has completed his Master’s in Development Studies from School of Development Studies (SDS), Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD). He has done his graduation in commerce from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi and has received merit scholarships during Master’s program. He has worked as an intern for Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP), a project under National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA). His research work primarily revolved towards City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS), with the purview of income, gender, physical and other social disparities in the domain of sanitation. His dissertation in “Management of Bio-Medical in Delhi: During Covid-19” highlights the consequence of ill-managed waste on environmental and human ethos, and also focuses on the informal market scenarios adhering to the medical waste. With a keen interest in public policy & diplomacy, and employing apt interdisciplinary, he aspires to dwell into the formation, functioning, and impact of policy in the domain of international relations.

Contributions 
President Muizzu Visit to India amidst Economic Uncertainties: An Analytical Overview On October 10, 2024 President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, accompanied by First Lady Madam Sajidha Mohamed, concluded the five-day state visit to India. The visit conducted by President Muizzu, at the invitation of Indian President Droupadi Murmu, marked the ...

China-Africa Cooperation Forum: An Analytical Overview China hosted the Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing on September 4-6, 2024. In the Ministerial conference of the 2024 FOCAC summit, Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, stated that the summit would be ‘China’s most important home di...

Maldives Presidential Elections 2023 Introduction Maldives is an archipelagic state situated strategically in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Maldives concluded its second phase of the fourth presidential elections on September 20, 2023, electing Mohamed Muizzu as the new Pre...

Event Reports 
VIF-Habibie Centre Joint Seminar On November 27, 2024 the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the Habibi Center, hosted a commemorative Indonesia joint seminar, celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Indonesia. The seminar served as a p...

Roundtable Discussion on Expectations from G20 Brazil Summit On October 28, 2024, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a roundtable discussion on ‘Expectations from G20 Brazil Summit’. The roundtable discussion was set forth to understand and evaluate the Brazilian presidency of Group of 20 (G...

Issues before the 16th BRICS Summit On September 12, 2024, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a talk, delivered by Shri Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, at VIF on the topic of ‘Issues before the 16th BRICS Summit’. The talk wa...

Vimarsh on ‘The Seven Tectonic Forces Undermining India: How to Confront & Defeat Them’ The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a panel discussion on 'The Seven Tectonic Forces Undermining India: How to Confront & Defeat Them’ on 3rd March 2023. The panel discussion was aimed to highlight the issue of various forces h...

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