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Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 October 2024), Issue 47

In this Issue I. Defence and Security Flight-tests of 4th Generation Very Short Range Air Defence System ADITI 2.0 Challenges and DISC 12 Launched Making India’s Defence Industry Export-Oriented Launch of 25t Bollard Pull Tug, Ashva (Yard 337)...

October 29 , 2024

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Book Release: Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A Swadeshi Paradigm, edited by Ashwani Mahajan

It is a matter of great pleasure far the VIF to organise today’s event to release the book Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A Swadeshi Paradigm edited by Sh. Ashwani Mahajan. A timely book, it is a collection of essays by prominent economists, reflecting over...

February 21 , 2024

Critical Gaps in Atmanirbhar India

Atmanirbhar Bharat requires much more than just local sourcing- and that local sourcing itself is a function of availability of indigenous technology. This remains the most critical gap in the realization of Atmanirbharta which is so necessary for...

June 8 , 2023

India’s Defence Exports: Onwards to a Goal that Seemed Impossible

Start point - disbelief When the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) issued on 03 Aug 2020 by the MoD had stated upfront a goal of achieving defence exports target of Rupees 35000 Crores as a part of the overall defence...

April 28 , 2023

Cultural Entrepreneurship for Shaping Brand India

This Podcast features Arunima Gupta, Principal at Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises (NICEorg). NICEorg works towards strengthening cultural entrepreneurship in India by promoting and empowering cultural entrepreneurs through training, funding,...

March 9 , 2023

Defence Procurement & Production: A Feel of Fresh Air as the New Year Dawns

Premise A few days into the New Year and thinking of the year gone by, one gets a feel of ‘fresh air’ in the entire stance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and their attitude towards the entire gamut of defence procurement. A resurgent mood is...

January 9 , 2023

DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the...

July 25 , 2022

Indigenisation: A New Awakening- Where are We Headed?

Setting the Perspective The Recent Past It was not very long ago when the word ‘indigenisation’ of defence equipment used to draw passive and uninspiring thoughts in the mind. Handled by a solitary branch under the Corps of EME in the Army, and...

June 3 , 2022

India and the BIMSTEC FTA Proposal: Need for a Rethink

Over the last two decades, the world economy has undergone a sea change. From technology to politics; very few things remain the same. But, BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to be where it was. Mooted in 1998, it is still under discussion...

January 18 , 2021

Webinar on “NEP-2020 and STEM Education”

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a milestone document for the growth and development of the nation. Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) has thus taken up issues arising out of the NEP-2020 which have a rather long-term bearing on...

December 8 , 2020