Skills, Youth and Employability: India’s Quest for Economic Empowerment
Photo credit – Youth Futures Education is the Manifestation of the Perfection Already in Man’ Swami Vivekananda, Prose: What We Believe In Youth, often referred to as ‘YuvaShakti’, are powerful agents of change driving progress and development[1]. The National Youth Policy 2014 defines youth as the individuals between the ages of 15 to 29 years. […]
From Big Brother to a Leader: Modi’s Soft power surge in South Asia
Photo credit – Aspenia Online Introduction Soft power isn’t a mere concept it is the society-driven activity that drives India’s public diplomacy, especially under PM Modi and EAM Jaishankar. From Mandir diplomacy to Vaccine maitri, diplomatic initiatives and cultural outreach today are a calculative attempt to garner and reshape India’s projection as a formidable force […]
Student Exchange Programs: The Way Forward for Economic Integration in SAARC?
Kriti Samnotra is a Research Intern at New Delhi-based Bureau of Research on Industry and Economic Fundamentals (BRIEF). She is pursuing economic studies at University of British Columbia, Canada. Views expressed are personal. In May 2021, the Chinese government proposed a Pakistan-China Institute of Higher Education which will be linked to the Higher Education Commission […]
Fast tracking digitization at Integrated Check Posts in India
“World trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world”, states the press release issued by the World Trade Organization. It cannot be denied that the impact of Covid-19 will be severe and long lasting – forcing countries to […]
A decade of India Pak Trade
A DECADE OF FLUCTUATING TRADE – THE STORY OF INDIA PAKISTAN Henry George once said that trade has been the extinguisher of war, the eradicator of prejudice and the diffuser of knowledge. India and Pakistan are yet to reap these benefits of trade and end the era of political tensions that have been shadowing the […]