Film Director and Screenwriter, Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

This is the first in a new series of monthly conversations staged in collaboration with Ahad Anhad—a forum for creative instigations—which manifested its first edition at the Bihar Museum recently, bringing together words, ideas, performances and the liveliest voices in contemporary writing in Hindi, English, Urdu and the regional dialects of Bihar.

The seminar focuses on the role of culture in the framing and working of the Constitution of India. Historically, the Indian subcontinent has been replete with a variety of rich and constantly-evolving cultures. These cultures contain essential learnings not only for artists, historians, and philosophers, but also for lawyers, judges, public functionaries, students of constitutional law as well as ordinary citizens. This seminar aims to probe the question – as we decolonise our legal system, can tenets of Indian cultures inform constitutional arrangements in our country?

There will be three sessions: Culture & Our Constitution; Fundamental Duties & Fundamental Rights; and The Individual & The Group 

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(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

A Conversation with Ms Purnima Rai, former President, Delhi Crafts Council; Dr. Simmi Bhagat, Associate Professor at Department of Fabric and Apparel Science Lady Irwin College of the University of Delhi; and Ms Smita Singh, Independent Textile Conservation Consultant

Moderator: Dr. Ritu Sethi, Founder-Trustee, Craft Revival Trust and Editor, Global InCH

The panel of experts will discuss the what, why and ways of preserving treasured textile objects
 

Celebrating Emotions and Memories as Reflected in Heirloom Textiles

Conceived and Curated by Sareekah Agarwaal

An exhibition of heirloom textiles and textile objects from family collections valued as much for their exquisite craftsmanship as well as repositories of personal memories. On display are brocade textiles, chope - a special type of wedding phulkari, Gadwal saris, Kashmiri pashmina, meenakari embroidery work, temple saris, thangka, zardozi and others

Inauguration on Friday, 12 May 2023 at 18:30

Chief Guests: Purnima Rai, former president, Delhi Crafts Council ; Dr. Ruchira Ghose, former chairman National Crafts Museum and Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, member secretary, IGNCA M/o Culture, Govt.of India

As part of this exhibition, there will be discussion on Saturday, 13 May 2023 at 17:00 in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex
 

WEBINAR

The Afterlives of Jain Monuments in Early Medieval Tamil Nadu

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Lisa N. Owen, Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Art History, University of North Texas, USA

Chair: Dr. Srikumar Menon, National Institute of Advanced Study, Bengaluru

Dr. Owen will reframe and expand upon her work on the numerous Jina images that are carved into the rocky landscape around Madurai and at the sites of Kalugumalai and Uttamapalayam. These reliefs – incised into the surfaces of rock in the 9th and 10th centuries – are generally found in association with more ancient rock shelters that served as residences for Jain ascetics. What accounts for the early medieval reuse and transformation of these ancient abodes? What carve images and what purposes did they serve?

Registration link
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GelPnvfGT06OyNNs6H9dWw

Lead presentation by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, FRCS, FRCS (SN), Sr. Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi; and Hon. Medical Director, Indian Head Injury Foundation 

Chief Guest: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director IIC

Discussants: Dr. P.V.M. Rao, Professor and Dean, IIT Delhi; Dr. Patanjali Nayar and Mr. Mohd. Ameel, WHO; Dr. Tarun Lala, Head, Neuro Rehab, Max Hospital; and Dr. Ravinder Singh, Indian Council of Medical Research

Chair:  Dr. Ashokarajgopal, Chairman, Institute of Orthopedics, Medanta Hospitals

WHO estimates that 20% of the world’s population, which includes the elderly, are in need of Assistive Technologies to help them with their disabilities. This programme will highlight the importance of injury prevention, in particular falls in the elderly, in preventing neuro-disabilities which have serious consequences to the patient and caregivers. The Assistive Technologies which can help overcome many barriers will also be discussed

(Collaboration: KARA Medical Foundation)

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Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Evaluation, Enhancement and Maintenance of Functional Aspects 
Workshop to be conducted by subject experts will have facilities for evaluation of hearing along with screening tests, maintenance of balance and voice issues. Cancer screening will also be undertaken for mouth and throat cancers

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Wellness Clinic on E.N.T. for Proper Hearing, Maintained Balance, Functional Nose & Audible Voice as a lifelong Procurement
Speaker: Dr. Alok Thakar, Professor & Head, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (E.N.T.), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

The medical presentation will focus on the mechanisms by which we hear and balance ourselves, functional aspects of nose and how these could be preserved and enhanced to the optimal levels. How voice is produced and transmitted in an audible mode along with the optimization of these functions