Four Decades of RIS - Vision and Evolution

We also remain grateful to the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Finance, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Aayush, NITI Aayog, other departments of the Government of India, UN agencies, and the partner institutes at the national and international level for their continuous association with the work programme of RIS. [...] The institute has striven to realize its aim 4 | Four Decades of RIS: Vision and Evolution of serving as the Voice of South, articulating the importance of developing countries in achieving the inclusive growth, as envisaged in the agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [...] RIS has worked together with the Department of Science and Technology and the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the PM, to develop Science Diplomacy as an integral part of RIS activities. [...] The inclusion of the African Union as the 21st member of the grouping is a symbol of the rising importance of the Global South. [...] The end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union and formation of 16 independent republics were events of far reaching consequence.