Director Remarks
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 Sangiampongsa...

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 few decades....

Welcome Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on Religion, Dharma, and the Indic Religious Tradition on Monday, 17 Jun 2024

Dear Friends It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on “Religion, Dharma, and the Indic Religious Tradition”. Formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Prof Sharma is the Birks Professor of...

Director’s Opening Remarks: VIF-ECSSR Meeting on 03 Jun 2024

Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Nuaimi, Members of the delegations of the Emirates Centre and the VIF, I would like to thank His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Nuaimi and the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies (ECSSR) for hosting the first VIF- ECSSR meeting...

Welcome Remarks by the Director on the visit of CICIR delegation to the VIF on 30 Nov 2023

I would like to welcome Dr. Hu Shisheng, Special Assistant to the President of CICIR and his colleagues to the VIF. We had the opportunity to interact with Dr Fu Mengzi , Vice President CICIR, Dr. Hu Shisheng and other members of the Chinese...

Director’s Talk on ‘Kautilaya’s Rajmandala Theory’ At Ramanujan College on 28 Oct 2023

The Arthasastra is a detailed treatise on statecraft. The state is at the core of the Arthasastra. The Arthasastra provides advice to the King on how to govern, strengthen and expand the state. Written around 4th century B.C, the Arthasastra is...

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk on “New Paradigms in Governance 2019-2024” by Shri V Srinivas, Secretary to Government of India, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, on 07 Nov 2023

Dear Friends, I would like to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh by Shri V Srinivas, Secretary to the Govt of India on a very important topic “New Paradigms in Governance 2019-2024”. I would like to thank Srinivas ji for accepting our invitation...

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