Amb VP Haran

Amb. VP Haran joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1980. With a long career in the service, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative to WTO in Geneva, Dy. Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Nepal, India's Ambassador to Syria, and India's Ambassador to Bhutan.

Contributions

Future of Hydropower Cooperation with Bhutan

May 11, 2022 Amb VP Haran

‘Hydropower today is an important source of our wealth. With rapid advancements in harnessing nuclear, hydrogen, fusion, solar, thermal and wind energy, hydropower may soon lose its competitive edge. We may soon become a net energy importer’....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Bhutan, Article, India, Bhutan, GDP, Chukha project, costs, hydropower potential

India-Bhutan Relations: Exploring the New Vistas of Cooperation

May 06, 2022 Amb VP Haran

In this podcast, Rishi Gupta, Research Associate, VIF, talks to Ambassador VP Haran on India's bilateral ties with Bhutan. In his remarks, distinguished Guest Amb. VP Haran adds that the special ties between India and Bhutan are marked by mutual trus...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Bhutan, India, Bhutan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India-Bhutan Relations, Education, Podcast, Fintech, Space, Development Cooperation, Hydropower, Tri-Junction, S. Jaishankar

Syrian Unrest: A Decade of Misery for Syrians

March 17, 2021 Amb VP Haran

18th March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the commencement of unrest in Syria. The arrest and ill treatment of 15 schoolboys in Darra, a town on the border with Jordan led to about 3000 people holding a demonstration after Friday prayers, demandi...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, US, UNSC, Arab Spring, Turkey, Golan Heights, Bashar al Assad, Gulf States, Kurds

Bhutan China Border – Is Sakteng a New Front?

July 14, 2020 Amb VP Haran

An attempt was made by China last month to stop Global Environment Facility [GEF] funding for the Sakteng Wildlife sanctuary in Bhutan. Since it did not press with its objection, it was clearly aimed at sending a strong political message to Bhutan th...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article