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India’s Defence Exports: Recent Trends and the Way Forward
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

In a highly competitive international defence market, India has recently made its mark and has huge opportunity to become a significant player. India’s defence exports have reached to an all-time high of approximately ₹16,000crore (US $ 1.94 bill....

September 16, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Defence production , Defence export , Private sector , FDI , R&D , iDEX , DPSUs , IDDM , Arms Imports , Arms Market , Friendly Foreign Countries , Self-Reliant India , Global Value Chains
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (16-31 July 2023), Issue 18

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Value of Defence Production Crossed the Figure of Rs One Lakh Crore
  2. First Barge of the Series LSAM 7 (Yard 75) Delivered to Indian Navy
    September 01, 2023 AI , MSMEs , TSMC , ISRO , R&D , Science & Technology , Nuclear energy , IAEA , Satellite , iDEX , Meta , TDF , ISM , Intel , StartUps , PSLV , IUSSTF , ABDM , ABHA , ACTCM Barge , LSAM 7 , LSAM 16 , MCA Barge , Radioactive Waste
India’s Connection with the STEMM Diaspora
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

One of the most visible aspects of India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership is the growing engagement with the Indian diaspora. In an effort to further strengthen India’s connection with the diaspora, the governmen....

July 10, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , technology , diaspora , innovation , Science , R&D , STEMM , Positive Bharat , NRI , IUSSTF , Non-Resident Unicorns , OCI , Pravasi Bharatiya Divas , PIO , Quad Fellowship , VAIBHAV Fellowship
Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX): Where do We Stand?
Naval Jagota Commentary

Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) and the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC) platforms
The iDEX platform was launched in April 2018 under the DIO (Defence Innovation Organisation) and the aim was for “creation of an ecosyste....

February 22, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Defence , Defence production , R&D , iDEX , Start-up , Challenge , DISC , Innovators
VIF-FICCI Conference 2022; Making India a Global Drone Hub

On 01-02 September 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly organised a two-day conference on Making India a Global Drone Hub in New Delhi, India. The t....

November 01, 2022 Technological and Scientific Studies , Seminars , FICCI , R&D , Making India , Global Drone , PLI , QCI
DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem
Naval Jagota Article

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the at....

July 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , Defense , Atmanirbhar Bharat , R&D , Ecosystem , Technology Management , initiatives , start-up's
Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private Indian defence ....

May 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , DRDO , Self Reliance , R&D , Ministry of Defence , Defence Technologies , Transfer of Technology
Boosting electronics manufacturing in India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

By 2025, India aims to achieve a GDP of $5 trillion and a digital economy of $1 trillion. Since electronics underpin manufacturing, the demand for electronic products will rise to $400 billion by 2025. To meet the growing demand for electronic goods....

August 10, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Made in India , GDP , Self-reliance , R&D , Electronics , cybersecurity , Electronics manufacturing , PLI scheme
Vimarsha on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus by Prof. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, GOI

On 10 July, 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation conducted an online Vimarsha lecture on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus. The speaker for the session was Prof. K Vijay Raghvan, the Principal Scie....

July 24, 2020 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , artificial intelligence , MSMEs , R&D , Coronavirus Vaccine , Industry , Sars-COV-2 , MHRD
Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy
Praveen Menon Article

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia....

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , Indian Economy , Global supply chains , ROI , reforms , Purchasing Power Parity , R&D , spending , Total Factor Production , Research Excellence
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