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Employability in India: Understanding Demography and the Skills Gap
Partha Pratim Mitra

… skill development programmes must begin at the primary school level … vocationalisation of education should be introduced to prevent drop-outs … curriculum of vocational education must take into consideration the local resources and natural....

October 25, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Jobs , Make in India , Employment , Employability in India , Skills Gap , skill development
Defence Corridors Notwithstanding, the Real Challenge is "Make in India"
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The Finance Minister, in his budget speech 2018 announced that two Defence Industrial Production Corridors (DIPC) will be developed in the country. Following this, the Govt., in early this month, announced that the first of this corridor will come up....

March 15, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Industrial Production Corridors , Make in India
Internet of Things and Implications in a Developing Economy
Col KPM Das (Retd)

Introduction Internet, today, has become an essential element in people’s lives and, in an extended way, in the affairs of communities and in the conduct of everyday affairs. There is a pervading view that Internet access is the....

October 03, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Internet of Things , applications , economic transformation , Skill India
How Strong are Our Offset Guidelines?... A User's Perspective
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Abstract The Minister of State for Defence Mr Subash Bhamre announced in Jan 17 this year, that nearly $14 billion worth of defence offset obligations would be discharged in India by foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (O....

June 13, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Make in India , defence procurement , off set guidelines , Made in India , DPP 2005 , DPP 2015 , MoD , Acqn Wing
After Demonetization a Good Governance from Babudom is Urgently Required for Transformation of India
Lalit Joshi

The decision of the Prime Minister to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes is a historic step lauded in general by people. The government hopes to win a decisive war against menace of corruption, black money and terrorism in near future....

November 22, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , India , Make in India , demonetization , Development , governance , Good Governance , Rs 1000 , Rs 500 , bureaucracy , babu , Poverty Line , Infant Mortality Rate , Maternal Mortality Rate , Population using Sanitation , Population
A Glance into Contemporary Indo-Israeli Defence Ties
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Present-day Relations Indo-Israeli relations are on the upsurge. Leaders of both the countries have no qualms in accepting the ever-increasing bonhomie between the countries under the two governments. Till recently, it was mostly the defenc....

February 15, 2016 Defence , Make in India , Indo-Israeli Defence , Political engagements
Seminar on Make in India & DPP 2013

On May 27, 2015, the VIF put together a panel of eminent policy experts on defence, comprising, among others, serving and retired high ranking military officers, senior bureaucrats and representatives from the defence manufacturing industry for a sem....

June 13, 2015 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Make in India , DPP
Seminar on ‘Design and Make in India in Electronics’

With a view to evolve the future roadmap towards building comprehensive national capabilities in design and manufacturing in the Electronic Sector, the VIF, in collaboration with the DRDO, CII and the American Chamber of Commerce in India (AmCham Ind....

June 09, 2015 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Make in India , DRDO , AmCham India
Vimarsha on ‘Make in India’ in Defence Sector by Vice Admiral Puri, former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff

With the ‘Make in India’ drive of the government promising to change the entire industrial landscape in the country, the VIF organised it monthly talk ‘vimarsha’ on the ‘Role of Technology in the Manufacture of Defence Equipment’ on 23 Ap....

May 15, 2015 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Make in India , DRDO , Role of Technology , Manufacture of Defence Equipment
Interaction with Mr. Joseph M. Cohen, National Security Advisor of Israel

On October 22, 2014 Members of VIF faculty interacted with an Israeli delegation led by Dr. Joseph Cohen. He was accompanied by Israel’s ambassador to India H.E. Daniel Carmon. Dr. Cohen briefed the VIF faculty on the talks he had with India�....

October 25, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Israel , Make in India , ISIS
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