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Border Management in India: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities

Maj Gen (Dr) Ashok Kumar, VSM (Veteran) Article

Genesis

The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was finally put in execution on 18 July 1947 giving out the broad details of the partition of British India into the two dominions of India and Pakistan, based on Hindu and Muslim majorities respe....

November 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Article , Border management , Bangladesh , Border Security Force , Indo-Tibetan Border Police , Assam Rifles

Security Vision 2047: A Hundred Years since Independence

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

… India must become the bulwark of an alternative Asian and international security system … in this context India’s continental threat gravitates on the defensive construct of ‘not ceding an inch of territory,’ and limited-depth offensives.....

November 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , security vision for India , harnessing India’s potential , commemorating 2047 , enhancing military security , building-up national power

COP 27: High Stakes, Low Expectations

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, will take place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. The main aim of the conference is to spur action towards achieving the world’s collective climat....

November 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Extreme weather events , COP 27 , Climate Tipping Points

Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World by Seth M. Siegel, Thomas Press India Ltd, 2015, ISBN 978-1-250-12959-8, 337 pp, price- 699 Rupees

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF

Israel, a small country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, is a land of many innovations. It has emerged as a leader in the field of technology and has been described as the “start-up” nation of the world. However, another domain wher....

October 31, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Israel , technology , Book Reviews , water security , Mediterranean Sea , TAHAL , IDE

A Perspective on Kashmir Situation: Tunneled View and Wide-Angle Scan

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Setting the Panorama

While India was in her biggest ‘festival mood’, the Home Minister was in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit to Rajouri and Baramulla. Since the announcement for this visit on 4th and 5th ....

October 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Home Minister’s Visit to Kashmir , Kashmir Central , J&K GSDP

A ‘Quiet’ Test with a ‘Big’ Impact

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The brief news item about the successful test-fire of the indigenously developed Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur on 27 Sep 2022

October 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , DRDO , MANPADS , VSHORADS

Roles and Tasks of India’s Defence R&D vis-a-vis USA’s RDT&E - A Preliminary Analysis

Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM

While developing a range of products for the Armed Forces - covering electronics, sensors, weapons, missiles, armored vehicles, combat vehicles, aircrafts, unmanned systems, advanced computing systems and advanced materials – India’s Defence Res....

October 13, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , critical Defence systems , laboratories and budget allocations , multi-disciplinary engineering , industry-academia interaction , comparisons to DARPA

Talk by Shri Atul D. Rane, Scientist ‘H’, Outstanding Scientist and DG BrahMos, DRDO

Vivekananda International Foundation and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) together have interactions in which eminent and distinguished speakers from DRDO have given presentations to the think tanks, industry, startups, military, ....

October 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , DRDO , BrahMos , Atul D. Rane

Interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM

VIF organisned a talk and interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM on "Measures Being Adopted to Enhance the Combat Potential of Indian Army including the Agniveers" on 21 July 2022 from 1100 to 1230 hours at th....

October 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , Indian Army , COAS , Agniveers

Joint VIF-ARTRAC-IIM Indore Capsule on Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning Programme (23-26 Aug 2022)

VIF in collaboration with Army War College/Army Training Command and IIM Indore organized a three day capsule on “Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning” programme for recently approved three star generals at the Vivekananda International ....

September 20, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Defence production , Geostrategic , Defeating Threats , India’s Strategic Culture , Leadership Workshop