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Michael Chertoff speaks on global security challenges

Michael Chertoff, former US Homeland Security Secretary, spoke at VIF on the subject of ‘Global Security Challenges - Lessons of the Past year’ on 7th December 2009. Introducing the speaker, VIF Director Ajit Doval in his introductory remarks ....

February 11, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , Michael Chertoff , Global security challenges , inetraction
Interaction with Michael Chertoff, Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Michael Chertoff, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security and Paul A. Schneider, former Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Homeland Security discussed various aspects of internal security with VIF security experts.....

February 11, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , Homeland Security , Michael Chertoff
Inauguration of VK Bhawan and Vivekananda International Foundation

Vivekananda International Foundation and Vivekananda Kendra Bhawan were inaugurated on December 1, 2009 by Mata Amritananda Mayi and Justice M N Venkatachaliah, the former Chief Justice of India. P. Parameshwaran, the President of Vivekananda Kendra ....

February 11, 2010 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Inauguration , M.N Venkatachaliah , Mata Amritananda Mayi
Nuclear deal is an unmitigated disaster
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

The India-US nuclear deal will stunt India's emergence as a genuine nuclear weapon state, cripple its strategic deterrence, and reduce it to a US satrapy. Government's motivations in pushing ahead with it are, therefore, open to speculation, parti....

February 11, 2010 Nuclear and Disarmament , National Security and Strategic Studies
Bangladeshi infiltration is the biggest threat
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

He belongs to the 1968 batch of the Kerala cadre and retired as chief of the Intelligence Bureau in January 2005.

Mr. Doval, who belongs to Garhwal, has outstanding credentials as an operations man. He made his name as a field operative in....

February 11, 2010 Ilegal Immigration , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , National Security and Strategic Studies
Indian Strategic thought and military traditions a talk with Major Gen Bakshi

Vimarsh, the monthly talk was held on 26th November 2009 at Vivekananda International Foundation. Major Gen Bakshi delivered the talk on ‘Indian Strategic thought and military traditions’.....

February 11, 2010 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Strategic Thinking
Netaji and INA: Key Catalysts of India’s Freedom

A presentation by Major Gen G D Bakshi, Deputy Director (Research), VIF

Major Gen G D Bakshi deliberated on ‘Netaji and Indian National Army(INA): Key catalysts of India’s freedom’ with a presentation on 22nd January 2010, the eve o....

February 10, 2010 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose , India’s Freedom , Indian National Army
Terrorist Strikes – Deny Space to the Terrorists
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Text of the article sent to Hindustan Times – Published in Hindustan Times on 16 April 2006 under the caption “We have not kept terrorists on the run” One wrong way to assess terrorist incidents is to evaluate its gravity and import m....

February 10, 2010 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Combating Left Wing Extremism
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Does Left Extremism really pose a threat to India’s security or is it something that media has hyped for want of better stories? After all, they don’t stand for secession, do not question India’s territorial integrity and apparently are not wo....

February 10, 2010 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Efface the danger of left wing extremism forever a talk by Shri Prakash Singh

Former Director of the Border Security Force, Prakash Singh IPS (Retd) delivered the monthly talk on ‘Naxal threat - State Response’ on 30th October 2009 at Vivekananda International Foundation. He examined the dimesnions of the threat and the st....

February 10, 2010 Leftwing Extremism , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Prakash Singh , Border Security Force , Naxal threat
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