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Articles/OPEDS in Indian main stream Media/Journals Participation in Conferences | Television Appearances
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1 3-Feb Game Changing Pacts for the North East Rajesh Singh 1393
2 10-Feb India-Central Asia Business Council: Rein- Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta 976 vigorating India-Central Asia Economic Engagement 3 11-Feb Addressing the Slugfest over Government Rajesh Singh 860 Statistics
4 12-Feb Does The Trump Plan for Peace Make Amb K P Fabian 882 Sense?
5 13-Feb The United Kingdom Hit by another Islam- Anurag Sharma 799 ist Extremism Inspired Terror Attack
6 14-Feb The Virus Effect on India-China Trade Naval Jagota 1029
7 17-Feb President Trump’s Visit to India: Need to Arvind Gupta 874 Focus on the Strategic Context 8 24-Feb Afghanistan: Peace deal and deepening po- Dr Yatharth Kachiar 591 litical crisi
9 24-Feb India-US relationship –Strategic as it is! Amb Anil Trigunayat 851
10 25-Feb Understanding India's Genome Project Rajesh Singh 557
11 26-Feb COVID-19 Disrupts Maritime Supply Dr Vijay Sakhuja 539 Chains
12 26-Feb Constitutional Changes in Russia Himani Pant 646
13 28-Feb Analysing Trump’s India Visit Dr Harinder Sekhon 547
* Till 5th March 2020. Articles
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1 3-Feb Review of Japan 2019 and Outlook for Prerna Gandhi 1121 2020 2 4-Feb Shielding the Future Generation from Brig Vinod Anand 1204 Adverse Effects of Cyber Penetration
3 5-Feb Pegasus— A Powerful Tool of Anurag Sharma 1231 WhatsApp Surveillance 4 7-Feb Act Far East Policy: Strengthening rela- Aayush Mohanty 1279 tions between India and Russia 5 10-Feb China in Cyberspace Col Pradeep Jaidka 886 6 13-Feb West Asia Roundup - January 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat & 835 Hirak Jyoti Das 7 13-Feb Creating an Effective CDS for India’s VIF Study Group Report 871 National Defence 8 14-Feb The Wuhan Coronavirus Epidemic - PK Khup Hangzo 1204 Lessons for Governance 9 14-Feb Myanmar Round Up: January 2020 (A Jaideep Chanda 1030 round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar)
10 19-Feb Coronavirus: Can China Deal with it? Dr Teshu Singh 838
11 20-Feb The Changing Trends in Libyan Civil Hirak Jyoti Das 648 War 12 24-Feb Wuhan Corona Outbreak: Penumbra and Col Pradeep Jaidka 516 Umbra Effects 13 25-Feb The Strategy for Combating Hunger and Prof Hari Bansh Jha 500 Nepal
14 28-Feb Raising ‘Myanmar Consciousness’: Visit Jaideep Chanda 2045 of the President of Myanmar to India (26 - 29 February 2020)
* Till 5th March 2020. VIF Briefs | Compendiums
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1 12-Feb Turkey’s Islamist Agenda in India Abhinav Pandya 662/112
2 24-Feb India’s Military Bilateral & Multilateral Maj Gen P K Mallick 510/49 Exercises in 2019
3 25-Feb Technology, Economics and Geopolitics Dr Kamlesh Bajaj & 610/55 of 5G Cellular Team VIF
* Till 5th March 2020. VIF News Digest
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1 4-Feb VIF News Digest: National Security - 01-15 Jan 2020 638 Defence Studies & Terrorism
2 4-Feb VIF News Digest: International Devel- 01-15 Jan 2020 304 opments (US and Russia) 3 11- Feb VIF News Digest: National Security - 16-31 Jan 2020 741 Defence Studies & Terrorism 4 12-Feb VIF News Digest: International Devel- 16-31 Jan 2020 234 opments (US and Russia) 5 19-Feb VIF News Digest: International Devel- 01-15 Feb 2020 430 opments (US)
* VIF also issues Neighbourhood News Digest & Information Alerts on a daily bases. * All these and more are available at the VIF website www.vifindia.org.
VIF Library & Online Database
The following resources were added to the VIF Library & Online database in the month of February 2020.
Books – A total of 35 books in print form were added to the VIF Library in the following areas: History, Reli- gion and Neighborhood, Culture, among others.
E- Resources – A total of 102 e-resources (Reports, Monographs, and Occasional Papers etc.) were added to the VIF E-Library Database in the following areas: National Security, Defence, Religion, Agriculture among others.
Online Database – A total of 10 records were added to the VIF’s Online Database in the following areas: Kashmir, China. The online database can be accessed on the VIF website or clicking on the following link: https://vifdatabase.com/
* Till 5th March 2020. Scholars Outreach
Articles/OPEDS in Indian main stream Media/Journals:
10 Feb S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF - ‘Parameswaran ji — Saint in White Robes’, (Published in Indian Express.) 24 Feb Dr. Harinder Sekhon, Consultant , VIF - viuh fpark,a crkus dk ekSdk (Published in Hindustan Newspaper.) 29 Feb Dr. Harinder Sekhon, Consultant , VIF - ‘What’s next in India-U.S. relation’ (Published in New Indian Express.)
Participation in Conferences
Dr Arvind Gupta - Director, VIF
13 Feb Delivered a talk to IFS officers’ trainees on 'India’s Track 1.5 and Track 2.0 Diplomacy' at FSI . 15 Feb Attended the Inaugural ‘Admiral KK Nayyar memorial lecture’ at NMF, Varuna Complex, Airport Road, New Delhi.
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate , VIF
12-13 Feb Attended the 20th International NSG (National Security Guard) Seminar on ‘Comprehending the evolving contours of terrorism and IED threat- Way ahead for the security community’, at the NSG Campus (Manesar) and Manekshaw Centre (Delhi), India. 28 Feb Delivered an invited presentation on ‘Radicalisation in India and Regional Security Threats’, at The British High Commission, New Delhi
Television Appearances
Dr Arvind Gupta - Director, VIF
20 Feb An interview on Indo-US/Afg-Pak at Rajya Sabha Tv. 24 Feb An interview on Trump's visit to India at Doordarshan. 25 Feb An interview on Trump's visit to India at Doordarshan.
Dr. Harinder Sekhon, Consultant , VIF
18 Feb Namaste Trump: Special programme on ‘US President Donald Trump's upcoming India Visit’, at DD News. 21 Feb Panel discussion on ‘Trump Visit’, at CNN News 18 24-25 Feb Appeared on Times Now, NDTV, India Today, CNN News 18, DD News on both days for discussions on the Trump visit. Major Events at VIF
3 Feb Round Table Discussion on ‘Managing India’s External Relations with the Four Major Powers in an Unpredictable World’.
4 Feb Interaction with Visiting Team from CDM on ‘The Proposed Long Term Map for Defence Diplomacy’.
5 Feb Discussion on Report on ‘STEM Education’ in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi .
14 Feb Discussion on ‘Achieving Global Competitiveness- Improving Ease of Doing Business’.
15 Feb Vimarsha on ‘Discussion on Political Stability and Transformation of Union Budget’.
17-19 Feb Workshop on ‘India's Strategic Thinking for Diplomats-II’.
24 Feb Book discussion on ‘ANCIENT RAJASTHAN’ authored by Prof. Dilip K Chakrabarti, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge & Distinguished Fellow, VIF.
27 Feb Talk on ‘Union Budget 2020-21’ by Dr. Ananth Nageshwaran.
Forthcoming Events
11 Mar Book Discussion on ‘Towards a New India : Governance Transformed 2014-2019’ authored by Mr. V Srinivas, Addl. Secretary, GOI, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances .
17 Mar Vimarsha : Discussion on ‘Restoring Hindu Heritage Towns in the Land of Shri Radha Krishna’ by Shri Vineet Narain Senior Journalist & Chairman, The Braj Foundation
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VIF in Social Media
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1.5K 11.3K Hours watched on VIF YouTube Channel Views on VIF YouTube Videos
Top 5 Videos watched on VIF YouTube Channel
Video Title Watch time (Hours) Views
India as a Civilisational State; Implication for 191.9 1,215 Governance, Politics and engagement with the World | S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Situation in J&K and Counter Terrorism & 184.5 723 Radicalisation | Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain
Understanding Pakistan | Tilak Devasher 98.8 496
Discussion on Political Stability and 97.7 394 Transformation of Union Budget | S Gurumurthy, Chairman-VIF
Vimarsha on J&K: The Big Picture | Lt General 94.6 546 Syed Ata Hasnain VIF Website Analysis
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The Vivekananda International Foundation is an independent non-partisan institution that conducts research and analysis on domestic and international issues, and offers a platform for dialogue and conflict resolution. Some of India’s leading practitioners from the fields of security, military, diplomacy, government, academia and media have come together to generate ideas and stimulate action on national security issues.
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