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Gandhi’s Ideas of Education and the New Education Policy

It is worth a while on the eve of Gandhi’s birth anniversary to recall his ideas of education and how they are reflected in India’s New Education Policy (NEP). In the times of artificial intelligence, robotics and machine learning, seemingly perh....

September 30, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , ethics , New Education Policy , Gandhi , character building

VIF Webinar on “NEP-2020 and Nation Building”

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a milestone document in the context of nation-building. Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), a forerunner in policy planning for nation building has thus planned to take up issues arising out of the ....

September 17, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Seminars , COVID-19 , Nation Building , Education , National Education Policy , NEP

South Korea’s Success in Manufacturing: Some Pointers for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

The people and government of India are striving to achieve national objectives of ‘Make in India’ and raise the contribution of manufacturing in the country’s GDP from the current 16% to 25% by the year 2025. In the context of the debilitating ....

August 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , South Korea , NITI Aayog , FICCI , R & D , innovation , Atmanirbhar Bharat , CII , Ease of Doing Business , Investment Ombudsman , NOCs

Ayodhya Movement and National Polity

On 13th August 2020, Vimarsh was held through a webinar at VIF, on the topic “Ayodhya Movement and National Polity.” This subject was thoroughly reviewed by Shri S Gurumurthy, Economic & Political Analyst and Chairman, VIF. The Ayodhya movement h....

August 21, 2020 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Ayodhya , S Gurumurthy , Hindutva , Hinduism , Bhoomi Pujan , Ayodhya Movement , National Polity , paradigm shift , vote bank politics , Archaeological Survey , K M Munshi

Ram Mandir in Ayodhya: How the Hindus of Nepal Celebrated the Occasion?

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

On August 5, 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple will be 235 feet wide, 300 feet long and 161 feet high with five domes. It w....

August 14, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Janakpur , Lord Ram , Ram Rajya , Hindus of Nepal , Sita Ram , Bhoomi Pujan , Silver bricks from Nepal

मोदी ने दिया भारत के लिए नया संदेश

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

अयोध्या में 5 अगस्त 2020 को राम मंदिर भूमि पूजन के मौके पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के बीज भाषण मे�....

August 12, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , धर्मनिरपेक्षता , राम मंदिर , पीएम मोदी , अतिमानबीर भारत , भूमि पूजन , राम राज्य

Modi Heralds a New Narrative for India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Prime Minster Modi’s seminal speech on the occasion of Ram Mandir Bhumi Poojan at Ayodhya on 5 August 2020 had several messages which need to be understood and analysed. The start of the construction of the Ram temple is a watershed moment in indep....

August 07, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Ram Mandir , PM Modi , Secularism , Atmanirbhar Bharat , Bhumi Poojan , Ram Rajya

Year after Abrogation of Article 370 what the State has Achieved!

Bashir Assad Article

It is one year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. Seemingly the annulling of the Article 370 is a fate accompli ....

July 29, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , governance , LoC , Article 370 , Geelani , Pakistani handlers , International players , new terrorist outfits

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

Vimarsha on Story of Emergency (1975-1977): the Greatest threat to Democracy

On 25thJune, 2020, Vimarsha was held through a webinar at VIF, on the topic "Story of Emergency (1975-1977): the Greatest Threat to Democracy, How the people fought and won". It has been 45 years since the declaration of the National Emergency in Ind....

July 21, 2020 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , democracy , Congress Party , Constitution , RSS , Emergency , 1975-1977 , Indra Gandhi