Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Talk on Compound Semiconductors Emerging Trends

The VIF under the S&T series organised a talk on “Compound Semiconductors Emerging Trends” by Ms. Suma Varughese, Distinguished Scientist & Director General, Micro Electronic Devices, Computational Systems & Cyber Systems (MED...

September 19, 2024

Tags: 5G, Cyber Systems, DRDO, R&D, semiconductors, Technological and Scientific Studies

VIF-FICCI Conference 2022; Making India a Global Drone Hub

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

On 01-02 September 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly organised a two-day conference on Making India a Global Drone Hub in New Delhi, India. The...

September 1, 2022

September 2, 2022

Tags: FICCI, Global Drone, Making India, PLI, QCI, R&D, Technological and Scientific Studies

Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

Shashank Sharma

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private...

March 16, 2022

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence Technologies, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, R&D, Self Reliance, Transfer of Technology, Defence

Vimarsha on India's Efforts towards Developing a Vaccine to Fight the Coronavirus by Prof. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, GOI

Radhika Daga

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...

July 10, 2020

Tags: artificial intelligence, Coronavirus Vaccine, Industry, MHRD, MSMEs, R&D, Sars-COV-2, Governance and Political Studies

Discussion on Report on STEM Education in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities

Radhika Daga

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a seminar to discuss a VIF taskforce report on STEM education in India launched in 2019. The report, titled, “Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India” was written...

February 5, 2020

Tags: Association of Indian Universities, Communications Technologies, Information Technology, R&D, STEM Education, Technological and Scientific Studies

Vimarsha: DRDO’s Achievements in Defence Indigenization

On, Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence and Chairman DRDO was invited for a talk on ‘Achievements in Defence Indigenization’ under the aegis of the Vivekananda International Foundation’s Vimarsha lecture series.

April 11, 2019

Tags: Combat Aerial Vehicles, Defence Indigenization, DRDO, Indigenization, R&D, Research Centre Imarat, Technological and Scientific Studies

Round Table Dialogue on Economic Survey and Union Budget

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a round table dialogue (RTD) on 12 February 2018, to discuss the Economic Survey 2017-18, and the Union Budget 2018-19. The panel comprised of eminent economists Dr Surjeet Bhalla (Member...

February 12, 2018

Tags: Economic Survey 2017-18, GDP, R&D, Union Budget, Economic Studies

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...

December 18, 2017

Tags: GDKP for India, Gross Domestic Knowledge Product, R&D, Role of GDKP, Economic Studies

Vimarsha on Indigenising Technology and Production in Defence – India’s Survival Need with Dr. V. K. Saraswat

On 11th November 2013, Vivekananda International Foundation invited Dr. V. K. Saraswat, former Director General of DRDO and former Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, to deliver a talk on Indigenising Technology and Production in...

November 11, 2013

Tags: Defence technology, DRDO, ISRO, R&D, Scientific Advisor, Technological and Scientific Studies