Articles

Under the Science & Technology series, the VIF organised a talk on “Enigma of Hypersonic Flight” by Prof Gopalan Jagadeesh, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore on 14 March 2024. Prof Jagadeesh provid....

May 10, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , science and technology , IIT , Hypersonic Flight , Aerospace Engineering

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

Technology 2019: Another Year of Breakthroughs

Radhika Daga Article

Introduction

The world is at the cusp of Fourth Industrial Revolution. 2019 has emphasised on the opportunities and growth from a sound digital economy. Technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Internet of Things (IOT)....

January 17, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , science and technology , Industry 4.0 , Digital India Biotechnology

Interaction with Dr Sushmit Kumar on India’s Potential to become a Super Power

On 01 Mar 2018, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited Dr Sushmit Kumar, author of “The Modernisation of Islam and the Creation of a Multipolar World Order” (Booksurge, January 2008) for a discussion that hinged on exploring possi....

March 23, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , science and technology , skill development , Super Power , Modernisation of Islam , Education

What does the Economic Survey tell us about National Security?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

What does India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 tell us about national security? This may sound an unusual question because in traditional understanding of national security and economy are two separate entities which are not discussed together. The two ....

February 05, 2018 Economic Studies , India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 , external trade , Economic Survey , Jobs , gender , skills , science and technology , agriculture , national security , economic reforms , GST