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India Foundation hosted the 3rd Shakti Sinha Memorial Lecture on "The Future of SAARC", delivered by H. E. Golam Sarwar, Secretary General, SAARC, on May 13, 2024. The session was chaired by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation.
`At ease with diversity`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/at-ease-with-diversity/
India Foundation hosted an interaction with Amb Indramani Pandey, Secretary General, BIMSTEC @bimstec_secretariat, on May 10, 2024.
India Foundation hosted an interaction for spirited youngsters active in the public and policy domain, with Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, on May 09, 2024. The interaction touched upon various social and cultural issues, and a need to address them from an innovative, futuristic perspective.
India Foundation Newsletter l April 2024
Link: https://indiafoundation.in/emailnewsletter-news-views-april/newsletter.html
#IFChats
Watch Mr Côme Carpentier De Gourdon, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, in Conversation with Mr Satya Saurabh Khosla, Author of "Curriculum to Meet Global Goal of Education". They discuss the landscape of global education and how to predict and prevent coming recession(s) in the global market.
Video link: https://youtu.be/yI1ijCfxLUA
`When social media spares no one`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/when-social-media-spares-noone/
India Foundation, in collaboration with India Habitat Centre @habitatworld, organised a discussion on Shri M.J. Akbar`s book "Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns", on May 02, 2024. The eminent discussants for the session were Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, Dr. Jatinder K. Bajaj, Director, Centre for Policy Studies, and Lt Gen Raj Shukla, Member, Union Public Service Commission. The session was moderated by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation.
On May 02, 2024, India Foundation organised the fifth session of Round-Table Discussions in the ongoing “Tibet Talks” series on "Parliament in Exile: Administrative Role and Challenges". The session was addressed by Ms Gyari Dolma, Security Minister, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), and chaired by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation.
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#IFChats
Watch Mr. Come Carpentier, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, in conversation with Mr. Satya Saurabh Khosla, Author of "Curriculum to Meet Global Goal of Education", as they discuss the landscape of global education, and how to predict and prevent coming recession(s) in the global market.
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Announcement: 13th Young Thinkers` Meet (YTM) 2024
India Foundation is hosting the 13th Young Thinkers` Meet 2024 on July 27-28, 2024. The last date for registration is May 20, 2024.
To attend, register here:
https://forms.gle/urGL5VkFtjM971w88
`Providing the Thatcherist heft`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/providing-the-thatcherist-heft/
India Foundation organised the fourth session of ‘India Foundation Monograph Series’ on 25 April 2024. Two monographs authored by Sarveshwar Choudhary & Kamal Madishetty respectively, were released by Dr Omkar Rai, Executive Chairman, Startup Odisha. The session was chaired by Maj Gen Dhruv Katoch, Director, India Foundation.
India Foundation, in collaboration with India Habitat Centre, held a panel discussion on "Pakistan`s Future Under the New Dispensation" on April 23, 2024. The session was addressed by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, Member, National Disaster Management Authority; Shri Ajay Bisaria, Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan; Ms Tara Kartha, Director (Research & Academics), Centre for Land Warfare Studies; Shri Ashok Behuria, Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA; Ms Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies; and Shri Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation, chaired the session.
`Playing by the old rules`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/lok-sabha-elections-2024-why-the-opposition-fails-to-strike-a-chord/
On April 18, 2024, India Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion on “Economics: A Barbaric Science”. The discussion was led by Mr Alexis Rostand, and chaired by Shri Shaurya Doval @shauryadoval, Member, Governing Council, India Foundation.
India Foundation organised a closed door discussion on the current situation in Iran and Israel on April 15, 2024.
May-June 2024 Issue of India Foundation Journal
Focus - Empowering Bharat: 10 Years of the Modi Government
Download Link:
https://indiafoundation.in/if-journal/india-foundation-journal-may-june-2024/
`Nehru`s law, Ambedkar`s bill`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/nehrus-law-ambedkars-bill/
Yashowardhan Tiwari @yashowardhan18, Research Fellow, India Foundation, presented a paper titled "Indigenous Visions of Statehood: A Comparative Analysis of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay", at the International Conference on `Advancing Integral Humanism in 21st Century`, organised by the Centre for Human Sciences, Rishihood University @rishihooduni, in collaboration with Prajna Pravah, on April 12, 2024.
As a part of its 6th Ideas series, India Foundation hosted a discussion on the book `Modian Consensus: The Rediscovery of Bharat`, authored by Dr. Swadesh Singh @swadesh171, Assistant Professor, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, on April 11, 2024. The discussion was chaired by Shri Swapan Dasgupta, Member, Governing Council, India Foundation.
India Foundation hosted a Senior Delegation from Vietnam India Friendship Association (VIFA), and The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO), Vietnam, for a Round Table Interaction on India-Vietnam Ties on 08 April 2024.
India Foundation Newsletter | March 2024
Read here: https://indiafoundation.in/emailnewsletter-news-views-march/newsletter.html#
`Calling China`s bluff`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/calling-chinas-bluff/
India Foundation organised launch of the book titled "Exploring Consciousness: Non-Duality to Non-Locality", edited by Mr Come Carpentier, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, & Ms Anmol Mahajan @anmolmahajan15, Research Fellow, India Foundation, on April 11, 2024. The preface of the book has been graciously written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dr. Karan Singh, Former Governor, Jammu & Kashmir, presided over the book launch as the Chief Guest. Dr. B. N. Gangadhar, Chairman (Officiating), National Medical Commission, addressed the session as the Guest of Honour. The session was chaired by Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch, Director, India Foundation.
India Foundation hosted an interaction with a delegation from Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), Shanghai, on 04 April, 2024. The delegation was led by Prof. CHEN Dongxiao, President, SIIS, and the discussion was addressed by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation.
India Foundation Report - `LEGISLATION ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION RIGHTS`
Read here:
https://indiafoundation.in/report/legislation-on-same-sex-marriage-and-adoption-rights/
India Foundation hosted the 94th India Foundation Dialogue on April 02, 2024. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, National Maritime Security Coordinator, National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India, delivered his address on `India`s Maritime Security - Challenges and Prospects`. The session was chaired by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation.
`Looking at 2047 and beyond`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/looking-at-2047-and-beyond/
Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, addressed the concluding session of the 3-day Nepal-Bharat Antararashtriya Samskrita Sammelanam, on March 29, 2024, in Kathmandu. Dr. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Delhi, and Deepak Adhikari, Niti Anusandhan Pratishtan, Nepal, were also present.
As a part of the 5th session of its Ideas Series, India Foundation organised a discussion on the book titled "His Majesty`s Headhunters: The Siege of Kohima that Shaped World History", authored by Shri @mmhonlumokikon, National Spokesperson, @bjp4india, on March 29, 2024. The session was chaired by Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Former Director General, Military Operations, Indian Army.
Yashowardhan Tiwari @yashowardhan18 and Shivani Badgaiyan, Research Fellows, India Foundation, presented a co-authored paper titled "Situating Indian Jurisprudence in the Global Indigenous Rights Discourse" at the International Conference on `One Earth, One Family, One Future: Navigating Human Rights through the Lens of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam`, organised by Human Rights Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on March 28, 2024.
India Foundation is organising the launch of book titled `Exploring Consciousness: Non-Duality to Non-Locality`, edited by Mr Come Carpentier, Distinguished Fellow, & Anmol Mahajan, Research Fellow, India Foundation, on April 5, 2024.
Register here: https://forms.gle/GzhKWNL7QUuXN6Wj7
India Foundation, in association with Neeti Anusandhan Pratishthan, Nepal (NeNAP), & Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, organized “Nepal- Bharat International Sanskrit Conference” on March 27- 29, 2024, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Some glimpses from the conference.
On March 28, 2024, India Foundation organised the fourth session of Round-Table Discussions in the ongoing `Tibet Talks` series on the theme "The Indian Himalayas and Tibet". The session was addressed by Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan writer and activist, and chaired by Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch, Director, India Foundation.
India Foundation organised the 1st International Conference on `Exploring Consciousness: From Non-Duality to Non-Locality, The Man Machine Debate` on 22-24 September, 2022, at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India, with support from the Ministry of AYUSH, the Indian Council of Philosophical Research and the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry.
As part of the proceedings of the conference, India Foundation has brought out an edited volume titled, “Exploring Consciousness: From Non-Duality to Non-Locality”, published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. The book has been edited by Mr Come Carpentier, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, and Anmol Mahajan, Research Fellow, India Foundation. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has very graciously contributed the preface for the book.
This book is a compilation of contributions from 26 of the world’s leading academic, scientific and spiritual minds. It brings together some of the most eminent research and inventions in the area of physics, biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, quantum computing and allied fields as well as Indic spiritual and psychological disciplines to provide a holistic picture of the present and future of the study of consciousness and its implications.
The Book Launch will take place on Friday, 5 April 2024, from 1630 hrs to 1800 hrs in New Delhi.
To attend, register here: https://forms.gle/GzhKWNL7QUuXN6Wj7
`A narrow resolution`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/a-narrow-resolution/
As a part of its Ideas Series, India Foundation is organising a discussion on the book "His Majesty`s Headhunters: The Siege of Kohima that Shaped World History", authored by Shri Mmhonlumo Kikon @mmhonlumokikon, National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on March 29, 2024.
To attend, register here: https://forms.gle/NFZbhXUTT9BfHRhz9
`Act of inclusion, not exclusion`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/act-of-inclusion-not-exclusion/
`A long-awaited ghar wapsi`
An article by Dr. Guru Prakash Paswan @iguruprakash, Visiting Fellow, India Foundation, published in The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/citizenship-act-ghar-wapsi-for-persecuted-hindus-not-against-muslims-9210048/
India Foundation organised a Roundtable Discussion on "Current Situation in Myanmar" on March 08, 2024, at the India Foundation Office, New Delhi.
`In pursuit of conservatism`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/in-pursuit-of-conservatism/
India Foundation Newsletter | February 2024
Newsletter link: https://indiafoundation.in/emailnewsletter-news-views-february/newsletter.html#
India Foundation hosted an interaction with Mr Noriyuki Urabe and Mr Katsumi Onishi from the Global Strategic Advisory Department of Mizuho Corporate Bank of Japan on March 05, 2024.
India Foundation hosted an interaction with Dr. David Santoro, President & CEO, Pacific Forum @pacforum, on March 05, 2024.
`Blue water power`
An article by Dr. Ram Madhav @rammadhavrss, President, India Foundation, published as a part of his column titled `Ram Rajya` for The Indian Express @indianexpress.
Article link: https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/blue-water-power/
March-April 2024 Issue of India Foundation Journal
Focus Theme: Indian Ocean
Download Link: https://indiafoundation.in/if-journal/india-foundation-journal-march-april-2024/
India Foundation organised a roundtable discussion with a delegation from National Taiwan University on the theme "Taiwan Elections and its Impact on Cross-Strait Relations", on February 29, 2024. The discussion was chaired by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation.
India Foundation, in collaboration with Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Chair at Banaras Hindu University @bhuofficial.kashi, & supported by Indian Council of Social Science Research @icssr.official, New Delhi, is organising an International Conference on `Integral Humanism: Perspectives of Deendayal Upadhyay and Jacques Maritain` on March 4-5, 2024.
India Foundation hosted Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia), an independent think tank of Armenia, at the India Foundation Office on February 26, 2024. The delegation discussed issues relating to strengthening India-Armenia ties.
