MEET THE ARTIST

13 April 2024, 05:00 pm
MEET THE ARTIST
Programme Type
Talks

WEBINAR 

Curatorial Strategies for Museum Displays

Speaker: Dr. Alka Pande, Consultant Art Advisor and Curator, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre and is responsible for setting up Bihar Museum, Divine Gesture, Udaipur City Palace and Kanha Museum. She was involved in the planning behind Bihar Museum Biennale 2021, and was the chief curator for Bihar Museum Biennale 2. An academic who has taught Art History and Art & Aesthetics at Panjab University, Delhi College of Art, National Institute of Design and the DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore. Dr Pande’s fields of interest and scholarship are in gender identity, sexuality, traditional arts, Indian aesthetics, visual culture and photography, her most recent contribution being the 108 Portraits of Indian Culture and Heritage series.
 
Involved with the world of art for more than three decades, she has been responsible for curating several significant and perceptive exhibitions in India and abroad.
  
About the talk
As a Curator, Dr Pande has worked in different areas; from being the director of a university and state-run museums to a private museum. The talk centres around the different strategies required for setting up collections that may be permanent, as well as curatorial strategies for temporary exhibitions.  
 
(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Art)

Zoom Registration link:  www.zoom.us/j/84908646683
Meeting ID: 849 0864 6683

Conversations: The Lonely Voice

12 April 2024, 06:30 pm
Conversations: The Lonely Voice
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe

Author, playwright, theatre director, filmmaker and actor, Manav Kaul in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

12 April 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

India’s Experiment with Democracy: The Life of a Nation through its Elections

By S.Y. Quraishi (HarperCollins India: 2023)

Discussants: Ms Arati R. Jerath, journalist, commentator and columnist; Ms Neelu Vyas Thomas, journalist and former Consultant, Rajya Sabha Television; and Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and author of the book

Moderator: Prof. Pushpesh Pant, academic, historian and food critic

 

 

 

IIC/PCI - Conversations with Media # 2.1

18 April 2024, 03:00 pm
IIC/PCI - Conversations with Media # 2.1
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Venue
Conference Room I, IIC main building

General Elections: 2024

Challenges and the World’s Largest Electoral Movement

Speaker: Ashok Lavasa, former Election Commissioner of India

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Trustee, IIC

 

Introduction: Vinay Kumar, former Associate Editor, The Hindu

Welcome Remarks: K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Opening Remarks: Gautam Lahiri. President, PCI

 

The series of Conversations with Media is jointly organised by IIC and Press Club of India; and is hosted by them alternately every month

Campaign against Gender Apartheid – A crime against Humanity

12 April 2024, 02:30 pm
Campaign against Gender Apartheid – A crime against Humanity
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room I, IIC Annexe


Afghan refugee women’s stories of gender persecution

Launch of Women’s Regional Network Report “India-Afghan Refugee Community Conversations Report – Seeking Security, Asserting Agency”Rita Manchanda and Ananya Kundu

 

Opening Remarks: Syeda Hameed, Global Advisory Board Member, Women’s Regional Network

Launch of the Report followed by a panel discussion on 
Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Hide to be safe or flee

Discussants: Prof. Bilquees Daud, Jindal School of International Affairs; Hamsa Vijayaraghavan, CEO, Migration Asylum Project; and Nitya Ramakrishnan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Moderator: Rita Manchanda, Consultant, Peace & Security in South Asia

(Collaboration: Women’s Regional Network)
 

THE WORKING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION: STORIES AND SCHOLARSHIP

10 April 2024, 06:30 pm
THE WORKING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION: STORIES AND SCHOLARSHIP
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Seminar Rooms 1,2,3, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Programme Details

Great Cases Series Discussion 3

Decoding Defection

Speaker: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Chair: Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

 

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

The Genocide Convention and the International Court of Justice: South Africa’s Case on Gaza

28 March 2024, 06:30 pm
The Genocide Convention and the International Court of Justice: South Africa’s Case on Gaza
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Seminar Rooms 1,2,3, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Speakers: Shri Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, South Africa and Namibia and former Ambassador to Egypt and Nepal; and Mr. Cedrick Crowley, Acting High Commissioner of South Africa

Discussant: Dr. John Cherian, former Foreign Affairs Editor, Frontline

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Trustee, IIC

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Concert – Piano Recital

03 May 2024, 06:30 pm
Concert – Piano Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

By Elia Cecino, award-winning young pianist from Italy

The artist will present a programme of works by Frederic Chopin; Franz Liszt; O. Sciortino; and Johannes Brahms

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

 

RENOVATION OF GUEST ROOM

RENOVATION OF GUEST ROOM
Start Date
23 March 2024, 12:00 pm

 

RENOVATION OF GUEST ROOM

SUITES, DOUBLE BED ROOM, SINGLE BED ROOM
MAIN CENTRE

 

 

     INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

           40, MAX MUELLER MARG   

    LODHI ESTATE   NEW DELHI

 

 

Please click the below link to download the tender documents

 


Terms & Conditions - Tender for Hostel Room Renovation

3-D Rendering - Hostel Room Renovation

Tender for Hostel Room Renovation - Loose Furniture - Drawing

Price Bid - Hostel Rooms Renovation- Loose Furniture

Price Bid - Hostel Room Renovation - HVAC

Price Bid Hostel Room Renovation - Civil

Price Bid - Hostel Room Renovation - Electrical

Special Buffet Lunch

Special Buffet Lunch
Start Date
21 March 2024, 12:00 pm

Special Buffet Lunch in Seminar Hall 1,2 &3
 

Day & date: Saturday, 30th March 2024 Venue: SeminarHall1,2&3 India International Centre, from 1230 hours onwards.

Dear Member,

Enjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch with your dear friends in the IIC at our Seminar Halls on 30th March 2024 (Saturday). The special menu has been curated by our Chef T Ramakrishnan.

Members who wish to join lunch are requested to make a booking with the Centralised Booking Office on 011-24609485, 24609486 they can also send an email to festivalbooking@iicdelhi.in. Reservations will be made on a first-come-first-served basis. The restrictions on the number of guests accompanying a Member have been eased. For large groups, special arrangements have been made to accommodate them.

Kindly make a note, that 100% retention will be charged for any cancellation of bookings 24 hours before the lunch.

The Vegetarian & Non-Vegetarian Prices are for this event only. Members will be permitted to take food as per the booking. Sharing of food on table is not allowed.

 Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Kanwal Wali
Secretary

 

 

Menu

Starter

Upma Roll

Stuffed Idli

Mains

Meen Molee (Fish Curry)

Irachi Mapas (Coconut Mutton Curry)

Kozhi Peralan (Chicken Curry)

Vazhuthanaga Thoran (Stir Fried Eggplant with Coconut)

Urulakizhangu Kari (Spicy Potato Curry)

Mathanga Olan (Pumpkin Curry with Coconut Milk)

Tomato Rice

Live Counter

Appam with Vegetable Stew

Ragi Masala Dosa

Tyre Vada

Dessert

Coconut Payasam

Tharipola (Samolina Cake)

Price INR1000 Plus Applicable Tax Per Person for Vegetarian Dishes Only

INR1150 Plus Applicable Tax Per Person for Entire Buffet