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Updates from November 2018
Namaste from Vision India Foundation on the upcoming auspicious festival of Geeta Jayanti. In our endeavor to keep you posted on the progress at VIF, we are pleased to share the last month’s updates with you. This should be a quick 5 mins read.
Know India Program by GoI
The Know India Programmes (KIP) is an important initiative of the Government of India with an aim to engage and make the students and young professionals of Indian Diaspora, in the age group of 18 to 30 years, feel a sense of connect with their motherland, to be motivated and inspired by transformational changes taking place in India and to give them an exposure to various aspects of contemporary India’s forms of art, heritage and culture. VIF conducted a workshop on Building Diaspora Youth Networks for the participants of the 47th and 48th KIP in association with Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad. 40 participants representing 9 countries were part of the program.
Publications
- India needs to be innovative in dealing with challenges and leveraging opportunities that arrangements like the Quad (United States, India, Australia, and Japan) present. Paras Ratna from VIF along with Prof Harsh Pant writes for The Diplomat on this issue.
- In a short span of 18 years, Chhattisgarh State has made India proud on both the national and international levels. While it’s well known for Bastar art and iron ore deposits, the state has much more to offer. Suyash Pande from VIF listed 18 amazing facts about his home state, the 18-year-old Chhattisgarh.
- A recent Supreme Court ruling, which has been hailed as a feminist victory, has instead angered the Indian women it was meant to empower. Shyam Kumar from VIF writes for BBC News on the issue.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan on October 28, 2018, as part of the 13th annual summit between the two countries, had brought to the fore the dynamics of the Indo-Japan bilateral relationship amidst the shifting contours of global politics. Paras Ratna from VIF presents his opinion for IPP Review.
4 years of VIF – From Genesis to Launchpad
On Karthik Poornima 4 years ago, an idea took birth which aimed to make Bharat into a Vishva Guru, once again. This audacious dream has since found its feet. We would like to humbly thank you for sharing this dream with us and contributing to it with all your energy. We would not be here today without you and we will never forget that. Fasten your seatbelts, we have just got started and will be shifting gears soon!