On 08 August, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on "The Elections in UK and France and its Implications for India". The panel included Professor Gulshan Sachdeva, Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar and Swasti Rao. The discussion was also attended by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director (VIF), Lt. General R. K. Sawhney (Retd.), Ruchita Beri and other senior fellows and researcher’s from the VIF. Lt. General R. K. Sawhney delivered the opening remarks by highlighting the recently held elections in UK and France.

The European Union (EU) has faced a series of crises in the last decade which have tested its resilience as a supranational entity based on solidarity and common values. Since several of its internal issues remain unresolved, the EU would now have to deal with them amid new disruptions brought upon by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The EU’s handling of the ongoing pandemic has already been under the scanner owing to its failure to come up with a concerted action in the initial stage of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to India and Bhutan Tomasz Kozlowski participated in a high-level Roundtable meeting on the growing engagement between the EU and India. His speech covered the positive development of relations in recent years and the main areas of the EU-India Strategic Partnership. There was a lively discussion after the presentation, chaired, by VIF Director Dr Arvind Gupta. Summary of Ambassador Kozlowski's Briefing:

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Finland Future Research Centre (FFRC), held a day-long seminar on ‘India-European (EU) Relations: Opportunities and Challenges’ on 1 Aug 2016. The seminar sought to build upon the 13th official Summit between European Union and India held in Brussels on 30 Mar 2016 which was attended by Mr. Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission.