Speeches/Transcriptions/Presentations
‘Technology Challenges before India’: Presentation at the Global Tech Summit, Bangalore, 07 Dec 2017

Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi Introduction The clutch of new technologies invented over the last few decades has revolutionised governance, transportation, commerce, communicat....

Seminar on ‘Water Basin Management’: Organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the International Commission of Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), at the VIF, New Delhi, 29-30 Nov 2017

Opening Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Sh. Trivendra Singh Rawat, Sh Dhirendra Singh, former Home Secretary, distinguished participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the beginni....

Welcome Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, Book Discussion: “SECURING INDIA – THE MODI WAY”, by Sh. Nitin A Gokhale, 24 November 2017

I would like to welcome Sh Nitin Gokhale, the author of “Securing India – The Modi Way”, to this panel discussion, I also grateful to our panelist Sh Satish Chandra , Gen Ata Hasnain for agreeing to participate in the discussion. The book ....

Address to the EU Head of Mission, HE Ambassador Kozlowski on ‘India’s Maritime Policy’, by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director Vivekananda International Foundation, 24 Nov 2017

Introduction Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean is evolving rapidly. Global stability is closely linked to the stability of the Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean is an artery of global trade, particularly that in oil and gas. Nearly 100,0....

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Vivekananda International Foundation New Delhi, December 11, 2017

Dear Mr. Arvind Gupta, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honor to launch this project of the Vivekananda International Foundation dedicated to the prominent Russian diplomat Alexander Kadakin. My sincere gratitude goes to our Indian friends....

Joint Workshop on ‘India-China-US Trilateral Cyberspace Cooperation’: Welcome Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, 16-17 Nov 2017

Dear Bruce McConnell, Global Vice President, East-West Institute, Mr. Yu Shuang, Director, Academic Department of China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS), Dear friends, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this joint I....

Vietnam Visit: Talk on Non-Traditional Security Issues, by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi

Traditional security (TS) issues like the defence of sovereignty and territorial integrity of a state or nation centric. TS puts a focus on instrument of states like the military to defend the interest of a state. In recent years the concept of human....

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, at Book Release Function at the VIF, 03 Nov 2017

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) is delighted to organize this function to release Professor R Vaidyanathan’s latest book titled “Black Money and Tax Havens”, brought out by Westland Publication Ltd. I extend a warm welcome to Sh....

Opening Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, on the Joint Seminar on India-China Relations, 06 Nov 2017

Excellency, the Ambassador of China to India, Mr. Luo Zhaohui, I would like to extend you a warm welcome to this seminar on India-China relations being jointly organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Institute of China ....

Director’s Opening Remarks: Joint VIF-PF Seminar on ‘China’s Internal Dynamics, Relations with India & Cyber Security’, 01 Nov 2017

On behalf of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), I welcome Dr. Tan-Sun Chen, Former Foreign Minister of Taiwan, and Chairman, the Prospect Foundation (PF)), Dr. I-Chung Lai, President, PF, and rest of the delegation. This is a very imp....

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