Articles

PM’s call at Kevadia – What is the ‘Big Picture’?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Ever since the PM addressed the Combined Commanders Conference in Kevadia on 06 March 2021 the media has been picking up bits and pieces of his address and pitching it as ‘stand-alone agendas’ complete with all the semantics aimed to sensationali....

May 21, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , R & D , Defence Exports , Combined Commanders' Conference , imports , military doctrine , OFB , PM's message , weapons & equipment

South Korea’s Success in Manufacturing: Some Pointers for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

The people and government of India are striving to achieve national objectives of ‘Make in India’ and raise the contribution of manufacturing in the country’s GDP from the current 16% to 25% by the year 2025. In the context of the debilitating ....

August 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , South Korea , NITI Aayog , FICCI , R & D , innovation , Atmanirbhar Bharat , CII , Ease of Doing Business , Investment Ombudsman , NOCs

EU Budget and Special Economic Package to Fight COVID-19

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU adopted a Euro 1.074 trillion dollar budget for a seven-year budget cycle from 1921-27 last month. This was combined with a Euro 750 billion package to assist the Member States to recover from the impact of COVID-19 on their economies.¹

August 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , European Parliament , COVID-19 , R & D , EU Budget , Franco-German cooperation , Germany , Green Budget

Opportunities in the Covid Crisis

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Every crisis comes with opportunities. The Covid-19 crisis presents the country with an unprecedented opportunity to have a hard look at the present state of the economy and think of strategies to strengthen indigenous R&D and manufacturing capabilit....

March 27, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , R & D , Covid 19 , Opportunities India , Rebuilding and reshaping economy , Health sector , manufacturing sector , Skilling & training , Telemedicine

Should Certain Technological Applications of China be Emulated?

Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

Introduction

For many centuries, China was credited with four inventions - papermaking, compass, gunpowder, and printing. Since its formation in 1949, the PRC has endeavoured to imbibe and improve on modern technologies and in some cases,....

March 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , 5G , China's S & T , R & D , Space systems , Robotics , AI , Quantum computers , Satellites , Facial digital data