Articles

Talk on Role of Biotechnology for Society, Health & Food Safety

The VIF under its S&T series organized a talk on “Role of Biotechnology for Society, Health, and Food Safety: A Modern Perspective” by Prof Naveen Kumar Navani, Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, and Dean of Academic Affairs, ....

November 18, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , AI , Biotechnology , Food Security , health , ML , Biology , Biological Warfare , Anti-Biotech , Probiotic , S&T Series , TaMYaA

Talk on Compound Semiconductors Emerging Trends

The VIF under the S&T series organised a talk on “Compound Semiconductors Emerging Trends” by Ms. Suma Varughese, Distinguished Scientist & Director General, Micro Electronic Devices, Computational Systems & Cyber Systems (MED & CoS), DRDO on 19 ....

November 06, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , DRDO , 5G , R&D , semiconductors , Cyber Systems

India’s Growing FinTech Cooperation : Bridging Borders and Empowering Digital Economies

India has emerged as a leader in the Financial Technology (FinTech) innovation and growing acceptance of its digital payments mark an important milestone in the global expansion of India’s digital payment system. The cross-border digital transactio....

November 01, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , RBI , Digital India , Fintech , QR code , Global South , UPI , NPCI , Digital Payments , DPI , Digital Literacy , Fast Payments System , NIPL , RuPay Card , SWIFT System

Talk on Global Supply Chain: Resilience, Digital Transformation & Sustainability

The VIF under the S&T series organised a talk on “Global Supply Chain: Resilience, Digital Transformation & Sustainability” by Dr Arshinder Kaur, Professor at the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, on 9 September 2024. The meeting focu....

October 22, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , Digital transformation , IIT Madras , Global Supply Chain

Talk on AI Growth and Readiness Initiative (AGRI)

The VIF under the Science & Technology series organised a talk on “AI Growth and Readiness Initiative (AGRI)” by Mr Kundana Kumar Lal, President, Vitti Foundation, on 22 July 2024. The talk focussed on three key aspects of Artificial Intelligence....

August 21, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , AI , Quantum Computing , AGRI

Games, Politics and Geopolitical Games

Anurag Saxena Commentary

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् प्रजनशाऽस्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः “Among weapons....

August 20, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Bharat , data sovereignty , Gaming Industry , itihasa

Defence Technology Ecosystem for Aatmanirbhar Bharat

This report is an outcome of a study conducted by the Vivekananda International Foundation to find out the causes of shortfall in performance and work out recommendations for further reforms in the defence sector. This study was conducted in four com....

July 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Defence technology , Defence Exports , Ecosystem , Aatmanirbhar Bahrat , Defence R&D , MoD Organisations

The Growth of Digital Payments in India: 10 Key Factors

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

Over the last 10 years, India has witnessed phenomenal growth in the digital payments’ domain. In terms of volume, the total number of digital transactions have increased from a mere 162 crores during Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 to over 16,443 cr....

July 12, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Fintech , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Digital payment systems , Department of Payment and Settlement Systems , Unified Payments Interface , National Electronic Funds Transfer , Real-Time Gross Settlement

Framework for Development, Deployment & Use of AI in India

Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Cyber technology is advancing at an exponential pace. Web 2.0 has migrated to web 3.0, a three-dimensional technology which has intensive deployment of AI. It has opened new types of services and capabilities and may well be the most consequential te....

June 11, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , AI , Deepfakes , Gen AI , regulation , Roadmap AI , responsible AI , strategy for AI , National Strategy for AI

Discussion on Establishing Defence Manufacturing Ecosystem in India

The VIF in collaboration with the IIT, Madras held a Roundtable Discussion on “Establishing Defence Manufacturing Ecosystem in India” at the VIF on 18th April 2024, where the participants deliberated the importance of establishing a defence manuf....

May 16, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , Make in India , defence manufacturing , Indigenisation , IIT Madras