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Interaction with Visiting South Korean Delegation of Sejong Institute

The Vivekananda International Foundation held a maiden interaction with an eminent delegation of Sejong Institute from South Korea on 18 December 2017. The interaction explored various facets of current global, regional and bilateral dynamics between....

January 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , South Korean delegation , India-South Korea Partnership , Korea Plus
Dawn of the Coalition Era in Indian Politics
RNP Singh

Parliamentary and presidential democracies in modern India can function only with the presence of political parties. Constitutionally, India is a quasi-federal structure with a parliamentary form of government. The heterogeneous nature of Indian soci....

January 05, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Coalition governments , regional politics , Era in Indian Politics , Parliament , democracy , Congress , BJP , modi , Lal Bahadur Shastri , Sardar Patel
The Fascinating Journey of The Evolution of the Unmanned
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Ever since the arrival of the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on the scene, the battlefield has never been the same. In that, on one hand the attackers are exploiting many of the combat capabilities of UAS, the defenders are busy in harnessing new tech....

January 05, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Unmanned aerial systems , Historic evolution of UAV
जनाधार की कसौटी पर खरी भाजपा
Shiwanand Dwivedi

गुजरात और हिमाचल चुनाव सम्पन्न होने के बाद हार-जीत का हिसाब लगाने और आंकड़ों की कसौटी पर परिणामो�....

January 05, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , गुजरात और हिमाचल चुनाव , चुनाव परिणाम मूल्यांकन , पाटीदार असंतोष
Talk by Professor Umberto Sulpasso on 'Gross Domestic Knowledge Product' in the context of India

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a talk by Professor Umberto Sulpasso on 18 December 2017 on Global Domestic Knowledge Product (GDKP) and its significance to India. The other panellists were Dr Rajiv Kumar (Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog....

January 04, 2018 Economic Studies , Interaction , R&D , Gross Domestic Knowledge Product , Role of GDKP , GDKP for India
Commentary: President Trump and Jerusalem
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

President Trump’s decision announced on 6th December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to order the transfer of US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem reminds one of the 1917 Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the esta....

January 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , UNGA resolution
Engagements with the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna—A Survey
Dr Arpita Mitra

Published in Prabuddha Bharata, special issue The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and Its Universal Message, 123(1), January 2018....

January 03, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , VIF Scholars Outreach
Achieving 63 GW Nuclear Capacity by 2032: Can it be done?
Dr Kapil Patil

A year before the announcement of the historic civil nuclear cooperation initiative between India and US in 2005, an important study by India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) entitled, “Strategy for Growth of Electricity in India” envisaged ....

January 03, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , nuclear power programme , target capacity addition
Commentary: Year End Missile Launch by DRDO - An Important Milestone
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

On 28 Dec 17, DRDO launched a supersonic interceptor missile (referred to as Advanced Air Defence or AAD Missile) which achieved a direct hit on its intended target at a low altitude of 15 km. The launch not only validated the realisation of the cap....

January 03, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Advanced Air Defence , supersonic interceptor missile
राफेल डील निंदनीय नही, प्रशंसनीय है
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

संसदीय लोकतंत्र में विपक्ष का महत्वपूर्ण कार्य मौजूदा सरकार की आलोचना करना होता है. मगर ये आलो�....

January 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Rafael Deal , राफेल लड़ाकू विमान , फायदेमंद डील
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