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Trends in Global Arms Trade & India

The SIPRI’s recent report on international arms transfer reflects the dynamic trends in the global arms trade. While the US, the world’s largest arms supplier, dominates the international arms market and its share has dramatically increased over ....

April 24, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Global Arms Trade , make in India initiative , Indigenization of arms
Technology, Geopolitics and India’s Quest for Tech Self-Reliance
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), digital platforms, machine learning (ML), data analytics, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, internet of things (IoT), virtual and augmented reality, and robotics have brought profound changes in almost e....

April 02, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies
Talk on Secure Communication in the Quantum World

In the emerging quantum world, establishing quantum secure communication is quite demanding and challenging affair. The quantum era is governed by rules of Quantum Physics, which has led to the development of quantum technologies aiming to harness ap....

February 28, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , inetraction , Quantum World , Secure Communication
VIF-CODISSIA meeting on Defence Manufacturing in India

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Coimbatore District Small Scale Industries Association (CODISSIA) held a virtual meeting on 31 January 2024. The meeting began with a presentation by CEO, CDIIC, Dr B. Vinodh Kumar and then remarks b....

February 28, 2024 Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , Make in India , defence manufacturing , Amrit Kaal , Self Reliant
Talk on Semiconductor Technology

The VIF under the S&T series organised a talk on “Semiconductor Technology: A Perspective on the Future of Intelligent Systems” by Prof Manan Suri, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi on 23 November 2....

February 17, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , technology , inetraction , semiconductor
Semiconductor Technology : A Perspective on the Future of Intelligent Systems
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

(The Report outlined below is based on a talk given by Prof Manan Suri, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Delhi at the VIF on 23 November 2023. It is enriched by the valuable inputs provided by the senior members from the armed services, ....

February 15, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Geopolitics , AI , Supply chains , Electronics , PLI scheme , semiconductor , StartUps , Cyran , Chips to Startup , Digital Empire , Memory Technology , Moore’s law , Neuromorphic Computing , Non Von Neumann , Semiconductor Materials
Bestowing Padma Award to Honour Foxconn’s Young Liu
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
The list of 132 Padma awardees on this Republic Day had a unique recipient this time around. Young Liu, the CEO of Foxconn, a Taiwanese company which is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics
February 09, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Foxconn , Semicon India , Young Liu , India Connect
Legal Aspects of General Electric and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited F414 Engines Deal
Kavya R. Krishnan Article

Introduction
In a path-breaking defence deal, US’s General Electric (GE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 22nd June 2023, to co-produce F414 engines for Tejas Light Combat ....

December 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Defence , HAL , Jet Engines , US relations , US export laws
Talk on Meta-materials for Stealth Technology

On 27 September 2023, the VIF under its Science and Technology (S&T) series organized a talk by Dr Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava on “Metamaterials for Stealth Technology”. Dr Srivastava is currently Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Enginee....

November 06, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , science and technology , DRDO , technologies , IIT , Meta-materials
Talk on Electronics, Trade and Geopolitics

As a part of Science and Technology (S&T) series, the VIF organised a talk by Shri Virat Bhatia, Managing Director, Apple India, who spoke on “Electronics, Trade and Geopolitics” at the VIF on 21 September 2023. The talk was followed by a discuss....

October 31, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , trade , World Order , Electronics , Apple India
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