The Wins, Woes & What was Missed

Opening Remarks: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change

Lead presentation by Dr. Ajay Mathur, energy sector expert and Director General, International Solar Alliance

Panelists: Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India; Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water;  Mr. Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator, India; and Ms Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment and Editor, Down to Earth

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran

The recently concluded COP 29 was touted as the ‘Finance COP’, with key emphasis on the financial commitments to achieve climate action. This meeting of world leaders and negotiators has yielded substantial advancements, particularly in financial mechanisms to combat climate change, and the outcome has been observed to have several hits and misses.

I am Shiva: The Power of my Consciousness

By Raj Nehru (Motilal Banarsidass Publications: 2024) 

Discussants: Shri Virendra Qazi, Chairman, Lalleshwari International Trust, New Delhi; Dr. Yogesh Sharma, Associate Professor, Kala Kosa Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Ms Pallavi Singh, Vice President, Concentrix Delivery Operation, India; Dr. Raj Nehru, Vice Chancellor, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh

Panelists: Prof. Parth Sen, former Director and Professor, Delhi School of Economics; Prof. Surajit Mazumdar, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Siddhartha Mitra, Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Prof. Vikas Rawal, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr Zakaria Siddiqui, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Dr Pooja Sharma, Economist and Independent Researcher; and Dr Harun Rasid Khan, former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Trustee IIC
 
Discussion on the State of the Indian Economy (SoIE) is an annual event and is jointly organised by IIC and the Working Group on Alternative Strategies in December each year. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the Working Group on Alternative Strategies.
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

A Pageant of Early Christmas Music

The significant events of the Christmas calendar have been given tonal form by composers down the ages. This is a musical excursion across the Noel season through a kaleidoscope of early European sacred music. Words and sound create the ambience of excitement and hope that is proper to the idea of Christmas.

Justin McCarthy is both a dancer and musician. A Bharatanatyam artist and guru; he plays piano and harpsichord. Justin heads the performing arts department at Ashoka University
 

Conservation of Churches in Goa
By R.C. Agrawal (Sharada Publishing House: 2024)

Great Cases series discussion no :7

The Right to Die with Dignity – The Law in Practice

Speakers: Shri Justice Ajay Rastogi, former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Dr. R.K. Mani, Chairman, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonology, Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital; Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, Professor and Head of Department, Onco-Anaesthesia, Pain and Palliative Care; and Shri Parth Sharma, Founder, Nirvarana

 Moderated by Dr. Dhvani Mehta, Co-Founder and Lead, Health, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Global Tumult: India as a Pole Star

By Sujan Chinoy (Rupa Publications; 2024)

Discussants:  Shri Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation (ORF); and Amb. Sujan Chinoy, Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi and author of the book

Chair: Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Dean, School of International Studies, Professor and Chair, Centre for International Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Keynote Address by Dr. Kunal Chakraborty, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad

Welcome Address: Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Chairman, Governing Council, CCRI

Theme Introduction: Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel, President and CEO, CCRI

Special Address: Dr. Jagvir Singh, Scientist ‘G’ , Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

The programme includes a quiz competition with school students from Delhi

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute)

Concert by Gypsy Indian Trio - Tapan Mullick (cello); Wilson Dutt (acoustic guitar); and Deepak Rana (double bass)

The artists will present a concert of works by Schostakovich, Bizet, Ravel, Piazolla, Scott Joplin; and Ragtime music, Waltz, polka and classical Blues and Jazz