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Round Table Discussion on ‘India-Bhutan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’

The Dokalam crisis, i.e. the border stand-off between China and India, which had kept the bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries on the boil for over two months, came to a peaceful resolution on Aug 28, 2017, with both sides disen...

September 18, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan , India-Bhutan Relations , Sino-Bhutanese boundary , Siliguri Corridor , IMTRAT
A Talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, by H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, concluded his three-day visit to India with a talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, delivered at the Vivekan...

September 12, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , US , India-Afghanistan relations , Salahuddin Rabbani
Round Table Discussion on India-Bangladesh Relations

Following up on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s highly successful and ‘historic’ visit to India undertaken in the month of April, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on 06 Jun 2...

June 06, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , India-Bangladesh Relations , Gowher Rizvi
Interaction with H.E. Mr. Deep Kumar Upadhyay, Nepal’s Ambassador to India

Ahead of Nepalese President Ms Bidya Devi Bhandari’s scheduled visit to India later this month, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted H.E. Mr. Deep Kumar Upadhyay, Nepal’s Ambassador to India, for an interaction on ‘India-N...

April 07, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , BBIN , India-Nepal relations , Deep Kumar Upadhyay
Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

On 08 February 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), for a second time since its inception in December 2009, had the honour and privilege of hosting the Nobel Peace Laureate, His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the ...

February 08, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Buddhism , Dalai Lama , Ancient Indian , Nalanda Monastery
Interaction with Dr. Sakhawat Hussain, Former Election commissioner of Bangladesh

On 27 October 2016, the VIF invited Brigadier General Muhammad Sakhawat Hussain ndc, psc (Retd), former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007-2012), for a talk on ‘Electoral Governance in Bangladesh’, followed by an interactive session. ...

October 27, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Featured , Indo-Bangladesh relations , Sakhawat Hussain , Bangladesh Election
VIF Delegation’s Visit to Myanmar

A VIF delegation led by Director, Gen NC Vij and comprising of Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney, Amb Ashok Kantha and Brig Vinod Anand visited Myanmar from 23 to 25 October 2016. Mr. NMP Jayesh ex-Singapore, an expert on trade and commerce represented the ...

October 23, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Featured , China , Act East Policy , MISIS , National Defence College , India-Myanmar relation
Interaction with Amb Tariq Karim, Bangladesh’s former Ambassador to India

Amb Tariq Karim, Bangladesh’s former High Commissioner to India and a Distinguished Fellow at the VIF, delivered a talk on some of the recent developments in Bangladesh on. He broadly dwelt upon the Islamic State (IS) factor in Bangladesh, the...

August 30, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Islamic State , Indo-Bangladesh relations
Interaction with Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Minister for Information, Bangladesh

The VIF had the privilege to host Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Hon’ble Minister for Information and President of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh, on 18 Aug 2016 for an interaction on India-Bangladesh relations and the way forward. The interact...

August 18, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , West Pakistan , India-Bangladesh Relations , Hasanul Haq Inu
Interaction with Bangladesh Jatiyo Party Delegation

A seven-member delegation of Bangladesh Jatiyo Party, led by Mr Ziauddin Ahmed (Bablu), Member of Parliament and former advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh visited the VIF. ...

August 03, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , ISIS , Bangladesh Jatiyo Party Delegation , River water sharing
Round Table Discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’

In continuation of a long series of seminars and discussions on the future of Afghanistan, held by the VIF from time to time since 2009, a fresh round of discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’, wa...

July 11, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Developments in Afghanistan , Options for India
Visit by a Nepalese Delegation

A five-member delegation from Nepal, led by Abdul Razzak, Member of Parliament (Nepali Congress Party) and comprising Dr Jagat Bahadur Pathak, Dr C B Pun, Gopi Prasad and Hira KC as members of the delegation, visited the Vivekananda Internationa...

April 29, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal relations , Nepalese Delegation , Himalayan neighbour
VIF Delegation’s Visit to Bangladesh

At the invitation of Bangladesh Enterprises Institute, a Dhaka based premier think-tank, a VIF delegation headed by Director, Gen. N C Vij, visited Dhaka from April 20-22, 2016. The VIF delegation included Vice Admiral K K Nayar, Lt. Gen. (R) R ...

April 20, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Foreign Affairs , BEI , Bangladesh Enterprises Institute
Interaction with Hon’ble Jayampathy Wikramaratne, Member of Parliament, Sri Lanka

The VIF on 14 April 2016 hosted hon’ble Jayampathy Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka) and Chairman of the Committee on Constitution Reforms for an interaction on the Constitution-making process in Sri Lanka, a process that got und...

April 14, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Jayampathy Wikramaratne , Sri Lanka’s Parliament
Interaction with a Nepalese Business and Trade Delegation

Leading a twelve-member business and trade delegation from Nepal, Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, the Chief Whip of CPN-UML (the second largest political party in Nepal’s consensus government) visited the Vivekananda International Foundation on 22 Fe...

February 22, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Indo-Nepal relations , Nepalese Business and Trade Delegation
Interaction with a Nepalese Civil Society Delegation

Leading a six-member Nepalese Civil society delegation, Mr. Daman Nath Dhungana, a legal luminary in Nepal and former Speaker of the House of Representative, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 27 January 2016 for an intera...

January 27, 2016
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepalese Civil Society Delegation , Terrai region
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