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Interaction with a visiting Delegation from Fudan University, China

A four-member delegation of Fudan University (China), led by Prof. Zhang Yi, Executive Vice Director, Fudan Development Institute (China), and comprising Prof. Sun Lijian, Prof. Shen Dingli, and Prof. Lin Minwang as members of the delegation, vi...

May 03, 2017
Tags: National Congress , OBOR , CPEC , US-China relations , Fudan University
Interaction with H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-Sati, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India

The VIF was privileged to host H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in India, for bilateral talks on 03 May 2017. The interaction began with General NC Vij, Director, VIF, highlighting the growing trajectory of India-Saudi A...

May 03, 2017
Tags: Saudi Arabia , Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati , National Transformation Program 2020
Visit of a South Korean Delegation

The VIF, on 20 April 2017, hosted a six-member delegation from the Policy Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Korea (ROK), to a bilateral interaction, encompassing a broad range of issues of mutual interests - e...

April 20, 2017
Tags: North Korea , South Korea , South Korean delegation
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: BBIN , India-Nepal relations , Deep Kumar Upadhyay
Interaction with a Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

Mr. Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS), accompanied with Dr. Liu Zongyi, Senior Fellow, SIIS, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 03 April 2017 for an interaction on issues of...

April 03, 2017
Tags: President Trump , BRICS , Shanghai Institute
Interaction with Dr. Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi, Iran’s Former Foreign Minister

Dr. Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi, former Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, escorted by Ambassador Gholamreza, Iran’s present Ambassador to India, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 20 March 2017 for an inter...

March 20, 2017
Tags: Iran , Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi , Af-Pak regio , Central Asian region
Interaction with Prof. Baoz Ganor on Counter-Terrorism

On 14 March 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited the globally renowned counter-terrorism expert, Prof. Bao Ganor, Founder & Executive Director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism and Dean at the Lauder Sc...

March 14, 2017
Tags: Counter-terrorism , Global Terror , Terrorist organizations
Interaction with Mr. Samiran Gupta, the Head of India for ICANN

Mr. Samiran Gupta, the Head of India for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was invited February 23, 2017 for a discussion on issues broadly related to internet’s freedom and security. In his opening remarks, General N...

February 23, 2017
Tags: ICANN , Internet Corporation , Multi-stakeholde
Interaction with Chinese Scholars on the Belt & Road Initiative

With Beijing upping its diplomatic ante on its ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a group of Chinese scholars, led by Amb Liu Jinsong, visited the VIF to seek support for an international conference on the BRI slated to take place in Beijing on ...

February 23, 2017
Tags: Beijing , BRI , Belt & Road Initiative
Round Table Discussion on the Union Budget - 2017-18

Following the presentation of NDA-led government’s’ fourth consecutive budget on 01 February 2017, the VIF assembled a high-powered panel, comprising India’s best-known economists - Mr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and Dr. ...

February 14, 2017
Tags: NITI Aayog , Union Budget
Interaction with Ambassador Peter Burian, EU’s Special Representative for Central Asia, February 10, 2017

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited Amb. Peter Burian, European Union’s Special Representative for Central Asia, on February 10, 2017 to deliver a talk on EU’s perspective and strategy for Central Asia. His address was followe...

February 10, 2017
Tags: Islamic State , EU , Central Asian Republic , Southern Gas Corridor
Talk on Netaji's Contribution to the Freedom Moment

The VIF arranged a talk on the contributions towards India’s independence made by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The talk was delivered by US-based Dr Kalyan De, an engineer by profession and an authority on India’s freedom struggle. Quoting e...

February 10, 2017
Tags: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose , Freedom Moment , Quit India Movement
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: Buddhism , Dalai Lama , Ancient Indian , Nalanda Monastery
Round Table Discussion on China’s Economy

Having transited from a government-controlled economy to a market-based economy in 1990, China had been successively clocking double digit growth until a decade ago. China's economic miracle, however, appears to be gradually fading away in recen...

January 24, 2017
Tags: President Trump , US-China economic relations , China’s Economy , GDP
Interaction with H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norway’s Ambassador to India

Amid growing uncertainties over Brexit, especially in the Eurozone and the UK, the VIF invited Norway’s current Ambassador to India, H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, on November 28, 2016, for a talk on the current state of play in Europe in po...

November 28, 2016
Tags: European Union , Brexit , Norway , European Economic Area
Interaction with Taiwan Delegation from National Defense University

A two member delegation from Taiwan’s National Defence University comprising of Dr. Shen, Ming-Shih, Director War College of NDU and Col. Chen, Yeng Chuan interacted with the VIF faculty on 28 November 2016. While Dr. Shen spoke on &lsq...

November 28, 2016
Tags: Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Taiwan Delegation , National Defence University
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