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Welcome Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on Hindutva and Religion on 17 May 2023

Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on “Hindutva and Religion”. I am also grateful to Sh S Gurumurthy for moderating today’s session...

Keynote Address by the Director, VIF during Fourth International Interdisciplinary Conference on the theme “India and Southeast Asia: One Indic Belt” | (6 may 2023)

Dear Prof Kondapalli, Prof Gautam Kumar Jha, Distinguished scholars, I would like to thank the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Studies, the knowledge partners and the Indic Belt Society for...

Welcome Remarks by the Director during Book Discussion on 'The War Diary of Asha San: From Tokyo to Netaji's Indian National Army'

Friends, Welcome to today’s book discussion. We are discussing Lt Bharti Asha Sahay Chaudhary War Diary titled Tokyo to Netaji’s Indian National Army. I would like to welcome Lt Bharti Asha Sahay...

Welcome Address by the Director during Vimarsh on the ‘Seven Tectonic Forces Undermining India how to Confront and Defeat them’ by Sh Rajiv Malhotra on 03 Mar 2023

Dear Friends, I would like to welcome and thank Sh Rajiv Malhotra and Dr Vijaya Viswanathan to the VIF once again for today’s Vimarsh discussion.

Welcome remarks during the Vimarsh on "Promoting Culture of Peace for Shared Prosperity: A Vision for South Asia" by H.E. Dr A K Abdul Momen, MP, Hon'ble Foreign Minister, Bangladesh on 01 Mar 2023

Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh talk by H.E. Dr A K Abdul Momen, MP, Hon'ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh on "Promoting Culture of Peace for Shared...

Welcome Remarks by the Director VIF during Vimarsh Panel Discussion on “India’s G20 Presidency: Forging Actionable Agenda for Global South” at the VIF on 24 Feb 2023

Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh Panel Discussion on the “India’s G20 Presidency: Forging Actionable Agenda for Global South”. This event is being...

Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Sh Bharat Lal, DG National Centre for Good Governance, Department of Administrative Reforms and PublicGrievances, GOI, on Tuesday, 07 Feb 2023

Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the Vimarsh talk on ‘Water Security in India’ by Sh Bharat Lal. Sh, Bharat Lal is the Director General of the National Centre for Good...

Welcome Remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF on the book Release and Discussion Nationalism in the Study of Ancient Indian History & Towards a Nationalist Narrative of India's Ancient Past: Including Recent Research on the Indus Civilization authored

Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s event at which we are releasing Prof Dilip Chakrabarti two latest books "Nationalism in the Study of Ancient Indian History &...

Talking points of a presentation made by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF at National Security Planning on 23 September 2022

(The following are talking points of a presentation made by Director, VIF at the National Defence College on 23 Sept 2022) India does not have a publicly articulated holistic national security...

Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the interaction on Cultural Rights by Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur , Thursday, 14 July 2022

Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights. She took over this appointment in Oct 2021. An expert on Human...