Mind, Body and Self (Springer, 2024)

Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria, Jaysankar Lal Shaw, Anand Vaidya, Michael Hemmingsen

Discussants: Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar, President of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) Society and Chairperson of the Governing Body, Shimla; Prof. R. Krishnaswamy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, O P Jindal University, Sonipat; Prof. Ananya Barua, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Hindu College, DU;Prof. Savita Singh, Poet and Professor, IGNOU; Prof. Rajan, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Allahabad University; Abhilasha Semwal, Researcher, JNU Centre for Philosophy

Moderator: Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria, University of Melbourne and University of San Francisco & Editor of the book

Gail & Bharat
(2025; 80 min; Marathi & English)
Directed by Somnath Waghamare, documentary filmmaker and researcher whose work focuses on Dalit histories and social justice. 
This documentary traces the life and work of sociologist and Dalit rights activist Dr Gail Omvedt and Dr Bharat Patankar, capturing their shared journey through India’s anti-caste and social justice movements. Avoiding academic jargon, it offers an accessible and important record of their enduring contributions.
 

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Smita Patil (IGNOU); Dr. Rahul Dev (art historian) and the director, Somnath Waghamare.

A Global political and economic realignment? Global supply chains in the next decade

Speaker: Rajneesh Narula OBE, John H. Dunning Chair of International Business Regulation, Henley Business School, University of Reading; and Perspectives Editor of Journal of International Business Policy.

Moderator: Prof. Suma Athreye, FRSA, FAcSS

School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi

This talk examines the unravelling of “Pax Americana” and the shift towards a fragmented global economy shaped by inequality and geopolitical realignment. As globalisation’s hidden costs drive unrest and interventionism, the world is moving towards two hegemonic blocs centred on the U.S. and China, alongside loosely aligned, economically peripheral countries. This realignment will reshape multinational enterprises’ global value chains and compel unaligned states to pursue deep structural reforms, long-term capacity building, and regional integration.

In Conversation

Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhyay was India’s Ambassador to Syria (2006-08), Afghanistan (2010-13) and Myanmar (2013-16) with Thant Myint-U, award-winning historian, writer, conservationist and international public servant. An honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a recipient of a Padma Shri from the Government of India;

A thought-provoking chat with acclaimed historian Thant Myint-U and his book which traces his grandfather’s (U Thant, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations) integral yet forgotten roles in some of the twentieth century’s most critical crises. Drawing on newly declassified documents, he traces U Thant’s tireless efforts to bring peace to Vietnam, create a fairer international economy, safeguard the environment and avoid a third world war.

River Traveller: Journeys on the Tsangpo- Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal
by Sanjoy Hazarika (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

Discussants: Prof Mahesh Rangarajan, Environmental Studies and History, Ashoka University ; Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika, Journalist and Author of the book

Moderator : Ms. Anupreeta Das, South Asia correspondent for The New York Times

Book Discussion Group
Anna Mani: The Uncut Diamond

by Asha Gopinathan (National Book Trust, 2025)

Discussants: Surbhi Baghotia, Engineer, VSSC, Trivandrum; Gautam Venugopalan, Physicist, Stanford University; Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department; Manju Mohan, Former Professor, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi

Moderator:  Asha Gopinathan, Neuroscientist, Writer & Author of the Book