Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt. Rahul Deshpande from Nagpur/Pune
In memory of Shri Vasant Sathe
(Collaboration: Sarvajanik Utsav Samiti, New Delhi; and Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial National Committee)
By Pt. Rahul Deshpande from Nagpur/Pune
In memory of Shri Vasant Sathe
(Collaboration: Sarvajanik Utsav Samiti, New Delhi; and Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial National Committee)
Speaker: H.E. Dr. Bassam Seifeddin Alkhatib, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic
Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, and Indian Society of International law
India and Syria, linked by age old civilizational links for millennia, have maintained cordial and multifaceted relations. India responded with alacrity to the earthquake by sending assistance to Syria
Valedictory Session
Speaker: Prof. Ashis Nandy, Trustee IIC and political psychologist, social theorist and critic
At 19:00
Ensemble Khusrawi
An Indo-Persian musical collaboration bringing together Indian, Persian, and Afghan classical and folk music traditions to perform some of the earliest Sufi poetical compositions in Hindi, dating from the 14th to 17th centuries, along with Persian ghazals performed in both Sufi and court contexts. Conceived as an ensemble of historically-informed performance, Ensemble Khusrawi seeks to innovatively re-create the music of the medieval and early modern royal courts and Sufi poetry salons of South Asia and the Persian world – the musical environment of the Indo-Persian poet and musician Amir K?husraw and his contemporaries.
Led by Dr. William Rees Hofmann, multi-instrumentalist specialising in both the Indian sarod and the Afghan Rubab
Artists: Dr. Fakhroddin ‘Sina’ Ghaffari, specialist in multiple Persian and Middle Eastern percussion instruments, including his principal instrument, Tombak and the Kurdish Daf; Mudassir Khan, sarangi; Mohit Lal, tabla; Pouria Akhavass, musician and classical Persian vocalist; and Ustad Mustafa Faizi from Kabul, vocalist (Patiala Gharana)
( Collaboration: O.P. Jindal Global University; Ashoka University; and The Raza Foundation ; American Institute of Indian Studies )
Inauguration of the international conference
Welcome Address: Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, O.P. Jindal Global University
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Romila Thapar, well-known historian, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University on Gazing Westwards: Traces of Iran in the Indian presence in Early Times
By Ashok K. Lahiri (Penguin Business; 2023)
Discussants:Shri N.K. Singh, economist, academician and former Member, Rajya Sabha; Prof. Pinaki Chakraborty, economist; Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman and Executive Director, Narayana Health; Shri Rahul Kanwal, journalist and News Director, India Today; and Shri Ashok K. Lahiri, former Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance and author of the book
CPKA: Five Decades of India’s Built Environment
By Arunima Kukreja and Dikshu C. Kukreja (Roli Books: 2021)
Discussants: Ms Mugdha Sinha, Joint Secretary, Min. of Culture, Govt. ; Prof. Manoj Mathur, Professor, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi; and Shri Dikshu C. Kukreja, Managing Principal, C.P. Kukreja Architects, New Delhi and co-author of the book
Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, writer and Secretary, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
An exhibition of photographs by Christina Noble and Gaurav Raj Sharma
The Great Himalayas have resisted outside influences for long periods, nurturing unique and diverse cultural systems within its folds. Miyar is located in one such fold in the north west corner of the district of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. The exhibition looks at the remote Miyar valley and how it has slowly changed over the last 50 years, filtering the outside world at its own pace. The exhibition is timed to capture the settling of Rohtang pass into memory as the new tunnel throws up unprecedented changes for Miyar and beyond
Preview on Friday, 3 March 2023 at 18:00
Ms Gauri Gill, eminent photographer will conduct a gallery walk-through on Saturday, 11 March 2023 at 4 pm
Illustrated lecture by Ms Ana Maria Cogorno, renowned archaeologist and conservationist from Peru who has worked for almost four decades for the protection and promotion of the Nazca lines and Palpa, an important archaeological site in Peru
Chair: Mr. Fabio Subio Diaz, Embassy of Peru
Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Peru as part of the celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Between India and Peru
Renewable Energy
Welcome & Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary & President ICCfG
Keynote Address: Shri A.K. Saxena, Senior Director, Electricity & Fuels, TERI
Chair: Shri Suresh K. Goel, former Director General, ICCR
(Collaboration: I.C. Centre for Governance)
Speaker: Prof. Pema Gyalpo, Director-General, Center for South Asian Studies, Gifu Women’s University, Professor, Toin University, Yokohama and formerly a representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan for 15 years
Chair: Amb. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, former Indian Ambassador to Japan