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Welcome Address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Exhibition and Panel discussion on “The Never Ending Persecution of Minorities in Bangladesh"

Dear Friends, The Vivekananda international Foundation is today organising a panel discussion on The Never Ending Persecution of Minorities in Bangladesh”. We are also hosting an exhibition on the subject put together by the Foundation for Adva....

Welcome address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the discussion and release of 'Archaeologist of Independent India Major Personalities and Their Work'

Prof Dilip Chakrabarti Ji, Prof Kishore Kumar Basa, Chairman of the National Monuments Authority. Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s function being organised to release the book 'Archaeologists of Independent....

Understanding the Dhamma Principles of all Religions for Dhamma Century

Welcome esteemed panelists. Conflict avoidance has been the key theme of Hindu Buddhist Samvad conferences. In history, we have seen conflicts arising out of various reasons: clash of ideologies, clash of cultures, historical animositi....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Sh Rajiv Malhotra on the book Who is Raising Your Children: Breaking India with Youth Warriors,

Dear Friends, I would like to welcome and thank Sh Rajiv Malhotra and Dr Vijaya Viswanathan to the VIF for today’s Vimarsh discussion. Their latest book Who is Raising Your Children: Breaking India with Youth Warriors is t....

Opening Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF at the conference on ‘Geopolitics of Energy and Climate Change in India-EU Cooperation’ organised by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) at Daniell’s Tavern,

COP 29 at Baku showed how climate change and climate action are shaping the geoeconomics and geopolitical agenda. The tensions between the developed and developing countries are increasing as the world grapples with task of mitigation and adaptation ....

Director’ Remarks: Vimarsh talk on ‘The Golden Road: How Ancient India transformed the world’ by Dr William Dalrymple

Friends, It is a great pleasure to welcome you to today’s discussion of Dr William Dalrymple’s latest book ‘The Golden Road: How Ancient India transformed the world’ published by Bloomsbury. Mr Dalrymple is ....

Welcome Address by the Director during the visit of H.E. Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, the Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Thailand to discuss on the topics “Towards the Asian Century of Dhamma" and “Bilateral relations in the context of regional and global sit

It is a great pleasure and honour to welcome H.E. Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, the Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Thailand to the VIF. We are grateful that he has taken time to visit us taking time off his busy schedule. H.E. Mr. Maris Sangiampongs....

Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk on ‘Global economic crisis: Implications for India’ by Dr. R. Vaidyanathan on Monday, 21 Oct 2024

Dr R Vaidyanathan, Sh S Gurumurthy Ji, Members of strategic community, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh talk by Dr R Vaidyanathan on a very interesting subject titled ‘Global economic cr....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Sh Kundana Kumar Lal on Rapid Rise of Artificial Intelligence and Emergency Preparedness- 08 Oct 2024

Friends, I extend warm welcome to all of you to today’s Vimarsh talk by Sh. Kundana Kumar Lal on ‘Rapid Rise of Artificial Intelligence and Emergency Preparedness’. I am grateful to Sh. Kundana Kumar Lal for accepting our ....

Director’s Remarks: Global Economic Order and the Indian Growth Story: Championing Fair Trade, Employment and Technology Equality; Session 5 (INSTEP Programme 03 October 2024)

Dear Friends, It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you to this session on Global Economic Order and the Indian Growth Story. The topic is extremely relevant for India. India is at the cusp of sustained economic growth for the next ....

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