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Updates from February 2019
Namaste from Vision India Foundation. February was a busy month – Governance Cafe 2.0 brought out the lessons from the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, conference presentations, alumni reunions, paying homage to our martyrs, and a lot more in the following update. It should be a quick 5 mins read.
Homage to the Martyrs
Following the suicide attack on our CRPF jawans at Pulwama, VIF family across the country paid homage to our martyrs. The VIF executive team, fellows and alumni stand strongly in support of our armed forces and the Government of India to take appropriate action. VIF team contributed to the ‘Bharat ke Veer’ fund and also visited the newly inaugurated National War Memorial.
Policy Watch
There is too much of politics and too little policy in our news feed. To address this imbalance, VIF team sifts through various important news sources to gather the most important policy updates – every week. This is published as ‘Policy Watch’ every Sunday. All the editions of Policy Watch are accessible online. One can signup for these updates on WhatsApp here
Governance Cafe
‘Governance Cafe’, is a series of discussions with people who shape key policy decisions in the Indian government. The second speaker in this series was Shri Parameswaran Iyer. Sh Iyer is Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India and is leading its flagship Swachh Bharat Mission and the National Rural Drinking Water Program. A 1981 batch IAS officer, he joined the World Bank in 2009 and returned to India from Washington DC to lead the SBM. Sh Iyer elaborated on how SBM has taken sanitation coverage in India from 38% to 99% in the past 4.5 years.
Zonal Alumni Reunions
The alumni reunions for Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad Zones took place last month. Alumni reunions keep everyone connected to the happenings at VIF, allow for networking and career progression. VIF alumni committee will soon be formed to enable deeper engagement with all our alumni. In February we hit the mark of 1000 alumni of VIF. This number is increasing rapidly.
International Young Scholars’ Conference
Arunima spoke on the Indo-US Relations & its implications on the Indo-Pacific, and Paras spoke on the Dynamics of Quad in the Indo-Pacific.