IIC/Media Dialogues

Gen Z Risen: How the Media Reported the Youth Protests

Moderator: Poornima Joshi, Editor, The Hindu BusinessLine

Discussants: Aditya Menon, Political Editor, The Quint; Sarvapriya Sangwan, Editor, Digital Videos (Indian Languages), BBC News; Ayush Tiwari, Special Correspondent, The Scroll; Saurabh Shukla, Co-Founding Editor, The Red Mike

The discussion explores media coverage of the recent Gen Z-led youth protests, reflecting on how mainstream news, social media and independent digital platforms shaped public understanding of the movement and the changing landscape of contemporary journalism.

(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)
 

Think Smart

Thinking Strategies

Introductory Remarks: K.N Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Chair: Dr Karan Singh, statesman, philosopher and thinker

Speaker: Mala Varma Thapar; Writer and Poet

Vote of Thanks: Usha Munshi, Chief Librarian, IIC

The discussion will examine the importance of reflective thinking in an increasingly complex world, with a focus on education and culture. Exploring thirteen modes of creative and critical thinking, it will consider how different ways of thinking can enrich decision-making, public discourse and interpersonal relationships, while fostering understanding and peace.
 

1. Senior Research Fellow
2. Junior Research Fellow

3rd All India Conference of East Asian Studies (AICEAS)
Dissonances in the World Order: Implications for Indo-Pacific & East Asia

Keynote Address by Prof. Kan Kimura, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University

Followed by Thematic discussions and a Special Panel by eminent academicians, policy experts and researchers on contemporary issues in East Asian Studies, international politics, regional security, technology, economics and the environment.

The conference will examine the evolving geopolitical, economic and strategic landscape of East Asia and the Indo-Pacific, with a particular focus on Japan's role in shaping a free, open and rules-based regional order. Discussions will explore regional security, economic resilience, technology, climate and multilateral cooperation.

This conference is in continuation to the 31st July’26 programme.

For the detailed programme, please click here

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies and Japan Foundation)

Rang Mela

Solo exhibition by Anup Shrivastava, contemporary artist from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. He has held numerous solo exhibitions across India and participated in national and international exhibitions.

Rang Mela celebrates the vibrant colours, cultural traditions and festive spirit of the tribal communities of the Malwa and Nimar regions. Inspired by the Bhagoria festival, the exhibition captures the energy of tribal fairs, folk traditions and everyday life.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday 1st September’26 at 18:00 hrs

The exhibition will remain open daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs
 

1940s–1960s: The 13th Dalai Lama's ‘Declaration’ in Tsepon Shakabpa's Tibet: A Political History

Speaker: Dr. Scott Relyea, Associate Professor of East Asian History and Assistant Chair, Department of History, Appalachian State University

Chair: Prof. Kaveri Gill, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence.

In 1967, Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa published Tibet: A Political History, the first book to focus on the political history of Tibet, based on research begun in the early 1950s. This lecture examines the intellectual, political and geopolitical contexts—from India and the United States to the United Nations and Yale University—that shaped this decision and influenced the framing of Tibet's political history during the era of decolonisation.

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)