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Vimarsh on the Earth Sciences & their Importance for the Nation's Well-being - Dr. Shailesh Nayak

On the ninth of February, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “Earth Sciences and their Importance for the Nation's Well-being”. The session encompassed a series of introductory remarks by Dr Arvind...

February 9, 2022

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Cyclones, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Energy Security, Disaster Management

National Workshop on ‘Earthquake Preparedness in India’

The VIF, the Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised the workshop when a number of leading experts from across the country came together to deliberate on topics such as...

October 25, 2018

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Earthquake mitigation, Earthquake Preparedness, FICCI, Disaster Management

Seminar on ‘Towards Reducing Earthquake Risks of India’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a seminar ‘Towards Reducing Earthquake Risks of India’ in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on April 12, 2012. Held, by coincidence, against the backdrop of...

April 12, 2012

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Earthquake Risks, India Ocean, NDMA, Disaster Management

Seminar on ‘Disasters Risk Reduction: Another Important Route to Poverty Alleviation’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in conjunction with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), organized a day long seminar on ‘Disasters Risk Reduction: Another Important Route to Poverty Alleviation’ at the Foundation’s...

November 24, 2011

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, A P J Abdul Kalam, Disasters Risk Reduction, Environmental hazards, Poverty Reduction, Public-Private Partnership, Disaster Management

Managing Disasters

Gen N C Vij, Vice Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India, delivered a talk at VIF on April 16 on “India's need, capacities and challenges of managing national disasters -- both natural and man-made”. Gen Vij also...

April 16, 2010

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, National Disaster Management Authority, Disaster Management