BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

20 June 2023, 05:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Indus Basin Interrupted: A History of Territory and Politics from Alexander to Nehru

By Uttam Kumar Sinha (Vintage Books: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Sharat Sabharwal, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan; Dr. D.V. Thareja, former Member, Central Water Commission; Dr. Ashok Behuria, Senior Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Col. D.P.K. Pillay (Retd.), Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; and Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Senior Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and author of the book

Moderator: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Celebrating Ambadas

17 June 2023, 11:00 am
Celebrating Ambadas
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC
End Date
27 June 2023, 07:00 pm

Considered one of India’s finest masters of abstract art, Ambadas Khobragade (1922-2012), this exhibition is a tribute to mark his birth centenary year. On display are paintings and drawings spanning seven decades of the artists’ practice, from the collection of Dhoomimal Gallery as well as from private collections. The display includes personal letters, photographs, old catalogues and writings on Ambadas and his work

Curated by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon in association with Dhoomimal Gallery and Prayag Shukla

Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway on Friday, 16 June 2023 at 18:00

 

As part of this exhibition, there will be several related programmes in the Art Gallery:

 

SATURDAY 17 FROM 11:30 TO 19:00
A Day with Prayag Shukla

Shri Prayag Shukla, art critic, poet, writer and a close friend of Ambadas Khobragade will interact with visitors to share his memories and views on Ambadas and his art

 

SUNDAY 18 AT 17:00
Poetry Reading

By Gagan Gill

Followed by
Ambadas and his Relationship with J. Swaminathan
Talks by Ashok Vajpeyi and Shridhar Iyer

 

WEDNESDAY 21 FROM 11:00 TO 13:00
Special Curatorial Walk for the Hearing Impaired 

Curated walk and drawing session with Sign Language interpreters

Conducted by Noida Deaf Society 

THURSDAY 22

FILM ■ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
The Way I See – Celebrating Ambadas (India)

(60 min; 2023; Hindi and English)
Produced by Dr. Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon, Founder, Ushaarth Art Foundation who will introduce the film

In this interview-documentary on Ambadas, artists, poets and writers introspect on him and his work, tracing his life’s journey through personal anecdotes and critical observations. The viewer is taken through a visual documentation and evolution of Ambadas’ paintings and drawings over almost seven decades of his art practice

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Shri Prayag Shukla, poet, writer and friend of Ambadas and Dr. Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon
 

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

16 June 2023, 06:00 pm
SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
Programme Type
Cultural
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Sitar Recital

By Soumendra Goswami from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Kushal Das

 

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Shatavisha Mukherjee from Kolkata, disciple of Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar
 

IIC SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

15 June 2023, 06:00 pm
IIC SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
Programme Type
Cultural
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Veena Recital

By Radhika Ramakrishnan from Delhi, disciple of Kalaimamani Vidushi R.Ramani

 

At 19:00
Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Sai Sundhar from Delhi, disciple of Dr. Radha Venkatachalam
 

Ye daagh daagh ujaala

14 June 2023, 06:30 pm
Ye daagh daagh ujaala
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe

Author, columnist and Chair of The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, Kishwar Desai in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

 

Second programme in a new series of monthly conversations staged in collaboration with Ahad Anhad

FILMS OF THE SPIRIT

14 June 2023, 06:30 pm
FILMS OF THE SPIRIT
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

The River (France/UK)
(99 min; 1951; French/Bengali/English)
A film by Jean Renoir

Recipient of the International Award, Venice Film Festival 1951; NBR Award for Top Foreign Film, National Board of Review, USA 1951; and Top Ten Film Award for Best Film, Cahiers du Cinema 1951

Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, the film is a lyrical account of a British teenage girl’s romantic awakening during the last years of the Raj. Although Renoir choose not to recreate India in a studio but to film on location in India itself.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

13 June 2023, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room I, IIC main building

Selfish Mind, Slavish Body: A Quest into Self-Identity

By Laljee Verma (Hay House Publishers: 2022)

 

Chair: Shri Gurcharan Das, Writer and Public Intellectual

Speakers : Maj. Gen. (Retd.) R. C. Suri, Specialist in Military Technology; Prof. Bindu Puri, Professor, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, JNU ; Air Mshl (Dr) L. K. Verma, AVSM (Retd) & Author of the Book
    
   
   
   

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS

12 June 2023, 06:30 pm
SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Berlin 750 Years
(81 min; 1987; dvd)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

In 1987, Berlin celebrated the 750th anniversary of its founding, and on May 1st, a significant musical event opened the official celebration of this anniversary. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of its Music Director, Herbert von Karajan, played the Divertimento in D major, K. 334 by Mozart and the sensational tone poem Thus Spake Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. 

Introduced by Sunit Tandon

All that Breathes (UK/India/USA)

31 May 2023, 06:30 pm
All that Breathes (UK/India/USA)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

(97 min; 2022; Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Shaunak Sen

Multiple award winner including Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema-Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2022; Golden Eye Award, Cannes Film Festival 2022; Grierson Award (Documentary Film), London Film Festival 2022; Recipient of the Pare Lorentz Award, IDA Award for Best Feature, & IDA Award for Best Director, International Documentary Association Awards 2022; among others

In one of the world's most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird - the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the "kite brothers" care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi's smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city's collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.

 

Tender/Contract for the Renovation of Meeting Rooms in the Annexe

Tender/Contract for the Renovation of Meeting Rooms in the Annexe
Start Date
25 May 2023, 12:00 am

Please click here to view / download the specification 

1.   Definitions

 

1.1  The words and expressions shall have the following meanings assigned to them,  except where the context requires otherwise:

“Agreement” means this Agreement and Annexure attached hereto;

             “Specification”   means   the   documents   contained   in   Annexure   including          Client’s requirement in respect of design to be carried out and variations to such documents;

“Commencement Date” means the date the Site is handed over to the Contractor;

“Effective Date” means the date of signature of this Agreement

“Time of Completion”  means the time for completing the Works as stated in Clause

4.2 calculated from the Commencement Date

“Contractor’s Equipment” means all apparatus, machinery, vehicles, facilities and other things required for the execution of the Works but does not include Materials;

“Materials”  means  things  of  all  kinds  intended  to  form  or  forming  part  of  the permanent work;

“Plant” means the machinery and apparatus intended to form or forming part of the

permanent work;

“Site” means the place provided by the Client where the Works are to be executed and any other places provided by the Client as forming part of the Site;

“Variation”  means  a  change  to  the  Specifications  and/or  Drawings  (if  any) which  is instructed by the Client under Clause 18 ;

“Works”  means  all the work and design (in any) to be performed by the Contractor including temporary work and any Variation.

 

2.   Scope of Work

Contractor hereby covenants with the Client to execute and complete the said Work as per the drawings attached, inclusive of remedying of any defects therein to the satisfaction of the Site Inspector appointed by the Client. HVAC works shall include design of ducting, air distribution etc. Services for Lighting controls, Audio Video equipment, CCTV, Fire will include coordination with the OEM wherever applicable

Scope  of  the  work  is  based  on  the  drawing  information;  therefore  drawing  is  given  the priority at all times, but a summary is provide in Annexures I & II

 

3.   Consideration and Payment

3.1  In consideration of the payments referred to the scope of work referred in Clause 2 of the Agreement, the Contractor covenants with the Client to execute and complete the said Work inclusive of remedying of any defects therein to the satisfaction of the Site Inspector for the agreed price.

3.2  The price stipulated in Clause 3.1 shall be payable as follows:

i)          15% as an advance payment upon mobilizing to the site.

ii)         The remaining in progressive payments upon completion of agreed tasks on progress basis.

iii)       Advance payment shall be made against BG or PDC of same amount.

iv)        If the amount is more than INR5,00,000/- Performance Guarantee is required.

 

4.   Commencement of Work and Duration

4.1  The Contractor shall commence the said Work no later than 15 days after signing this tender/contract.

4.2  The Contractor shall complete the works within 3 months from the commencement date.

4.  If  the  contractor  cannot  achieve  the  milestones  in  section  4.1and  4.2  then  the contract can be terminated and the contractor will only be paid what has been completed and handed over by the day of termination.

 

5.   Client’s Responsibilities

5.1  The Client shall provide the Site and the right of access thereto.

5.2  The  Client  shall,  if  required  by  the  Contractor,  assist  him  in  applying  for  permits, licenses and approvals which are required for the Works.

5.3  The client has to set the bench mark.

5.4  The  Client  shall  notify  in  writing  to  the  Contractor  the  name  of  the  Site  Inspector whose responsibilities and authority is stipulated in this Agreement. Client shall provide electricity, water and storage. All waste/malba/debris shall be disposed off to NDMC approved/designated places only.

 

6.   Contractor’s Responsibilities

6.1  The Contractor shall carry out the Works properly in accordance with the Agreement.

The Contactor shall provide all supervision, Labour, Plant and Contractor’s Equipment which may be required.

6.2  The Contractor shall accept all instructions given to him by the client and shall make all possible  efforts  to  ensure  the  buildings  are  fully  completed  on  time  and  for  each milestone.

6.3  The Contractor shall use materials in accordance to the specifications  as stated in the scope.

6.4  The Contractor shall execute the  design  to  the extent specified as referred to on  the drawings and specifications.

6.5  The Contractor shall be responsible for keeping unauthorised persons off the Site and authorised  persons  shall  be  limited  to  the  Contractor’s  personnel  and  the  client’s personnel, and any other personnel notified to the Contractor by the Client.

6.6  The Contractor shall at all times take all reasonable precautions to maintain the health and safety of the Contractor’s Personnel. The contractor shall prepare and submit a completion report. The contractor shall submit Operation Manuals wherever applicable.

 

7.   Assignment

The Contractor shall not have the right to assign or sub-contract the benefit and obligations of this Agreement or any party thereof. The Contractor may, with the written prior consent of the Client, sub-assign or sub-contract any part of his duties hereunder to a specialized person, firm or Client on terms to be approved in writing by the Client provided that the Contractor shall remain liable for the performance and any liabilities arising from and out of such assignment or sub-contracting of benefit and obligations. Further, the Contractor shall be responsible for all payments to his contractors and their employees.

 

8.   Site Inspector

8.1  The  Site  Inspector shall  have  the  authority  to  issue all  directions  with  regard  to  the execution  of  the  Work  as  per  the  drawings.  It is the duty of the Site Inspector to monitor the progress of the Work and check whether the Works are carried out in accordance to the Agreement.

8.2  The   Contractor   shall   comply   with   any   rules,   regulations,   directives,   guidelines, instruction and procedures which Statues, Local Authorities or Client may from time to time impose for the purpose of carrying out the Work.

 

 

9.   Duty of Care

The   Contractor   shall   take  full   responsibility  for  the   care  of   the   Works   from   the Commencement Date until the date of handing over, responsibility shall then pass to the Client. If any loss or damage happens to the Works during the above period, the Contractor shall rectify such loss or damage so that the Works conform to the Agreement.

 

     10. Damage to Persons or Property

10.1The Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Client against all losses and claims in respect of death or injury to any person including any third party and/or loss of or damage to any property, including third party property which may arise out of or in  consequence  of  the  of  the  execution  and  completion  of  the  said  Work  and  the remedying of any defects therein, and against all claims, proceedings, damages, costs, chargers and expenses whatsoever in respect thereof on in relation thereto.

10.2The Contractor shall take all necessary and required precautions to avoid any kind of damage to the surrounding immovable and movable properties and personnel and the Contractor shall indemnify and the Client of any such claims and undertake to make good all work disturbed to the entire satisfaction of the Client and or any third party.

 

11.  Accidents or Injury to Contractor’s Workmen

11.1The Client shall not be liable for or in respect of any damages and or compensation payable to any workman or other person in the employment of the Contractor or any subcontractor. The Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Client against all such damages and compensation, and against all claims, proceedings, damages, costs, chargers and expenses whatsoever in respect or in relation thereto.

11.2The Contractor shall indemnify the Client for any negligence and or fraud and or any act  or  omission  on  the  part  of  the  employees,  agents  and so  sub-contractors  of  the Contractor.

 

12. Site Maintenance by Contractor

12.1The Contractor shall at its  own  cost,  remove all  waste  materials,  debris  and rubbish generally  at  the  earliest  opportunity  and  shall  at  all  times  maintain  the  Work  and surrounding in a neat and tidy conditions as directed by the Site Inspector.

12.2Upon completion of any part or section of the said Work, the Contractor shall clear and  remove  from such  part of  the  Site  all  equipment,  surplus  material,  rubbish  and temporary works of every kind, and leave such part of the site and the said Work clear and in workman like condition to the satisfaction of the Site Inspector.

 

13. Quality of Workmanship

13.1The Contractor shall employ in addition to skilled and unskilled labour, civil  engineer or  Site  Supervisor  for  the  execution  of  the  said  Work  and  the  Contractor  shall supervise  and  ensure  that  their  performance  and  workmanship  conform  to  the provisions of this Agreement and good engineering practice.

13.2The  Contractor shall provide at all times  the necessary management and supervision during the execution of the said Work through technically competent personnel.

 

14. Remedying Defects

14.1The Client may within 5 days after handing over of the work by the Contractor, notify the Contractor of any defects or outstanding work. The Contractor shall remedy at no cost  to  the  Client  any  defects  due  to  the  Contractors  design,  Materials,  Plant,  or workmanship not being in accordance with the Agreement.

14.2The  cost  of  remedying  defects  attributed  to  any  other  cause  shall  be  valued  as  a Variation.  Failure  to  remedy  any  defects  or  complete  outstanding  work  within  a reasonable time of the Client’s notice shall entitle the Client to carry out all necessary work at the Contractor’s cost.

 

15. Liquidated Damages for Delay

If  the  Contractor  fails  to  complete  the Work  and  hand  over  the  same  to  the  Client within the Time of Completion, save where the delay is caused by force majeure or any other  reason  duly  accepted  by  the  Client  in  accordance  to  terms  hereto,  then  the Contractor  shall  pay  to  the  Client  at  the  rate  of  0.1%  [  Point  one  percent]  of  the contractual amount per each day of delay.

 

16. Taking Over

16.1The Contractor shall notify the Client when he considers the Works are complete.

16.2The Client shall take over the Works upon the issuance of the notification thereto. The Contractor shall promptly complete any outstanding work and clear the Site.

 

17. Variations and Claims

17.1The Client  may instruct Variations. Variations  instructed as such shall be valued at a sum price agreed between the Parties.

17.2 A  Party shall notify the other as soon  as  either party  is  aware of  any circumstances which may delay or disrupt the Works, or which may give rise to a claim for additional payment. The Contractor shall take all reasonable steps to minimize these effects.

17.3 The Contractor’s entitlement for extension of the Time for Completion or additional payment shall be limited to the time and payment which would have been due if he had given prompt notice and had to take all reasonable steps.

17.4The Contractor shall submit to the Client an itemized make-up of the value Variations and  claims  within  7  [seven]  days  of  the  instruction  or  if  the  even  giving  rise  to  the claim.  The  Client  shall check  and consent to  the value in  writing.  In  the absence of such agreement, the Client shall determine the value.

 

18. Termination

Without prejudice to any other rights either Party may possess under this Agreement, either party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by serving a notice of not less than 15 [Fifteen] days on the other party if the defaulting party persistently or deliberately fails to remedy any default on its part without any justifiable excuse therefore within 5 [Five] days of having being requested to remedy the same.

The client have the right to terminate the contract if the contractor does not meet the miles stones  in  this  contract  or  if  the  contractor  does  no  commence  the  works  as  per  this contract, by notifying the contractor in writing within 15 days of the breaching of a mile stone.

 

19. Force Majeure

19.1A Party shall be excused from performing his obligations under this Agreement if his performance  is  restricted or prevented  by a  natural cause beyond his  control,  which shall  be  limited  to  Acts  of  God,  storm,  tempest,  flood,  war,  insurrection  and  civil commotion.    Performances  shall  be  excused  only  to  the  extent  of  and  during  the reasonable continuance of such disability.

19.2Subject to the Party so delaying promptly notifying to the other Party in writing of the reasons for the delay (and the likely duration of the  delay),  the performance of such Party’s  obligations  shall  be  suspended  during  the  period  that  the  said  circumstances persist and such Party shall be granted an extension of time for performance equal to the period of the delay.

 

20. Waiver

The  failure  by  any  Party  to  exercise  or  enforce  in  any  instance  any  of  the  terms  or conditions of this Agreement, or to insist upon strict performance by the other Party Of any of the provisions of this Agreement, shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver of that Party’s rights under this Agreement.

 

21. Compliance with Laws

Both  Parties  hereto  agrees  that  it  shall  comply  with  all  applicable  laws,  rules  and regulations  in  the  performance  of  its  obligations  or  receipt  of  services  under  this Agreement, including the procurement of permits and certificates where required.

 

22. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India.

 

23. Disputes

Any  dispute  which  may  arise  between  the  Parties  concerning  this  Agreement  which cannot be amicably settled shall be determined by Indian Courts and shall be subject to exclusive jurisdiction of the Indian Courts.

 

24. Entire Agreement and Copies

18.1  This  Agreement  and Annexure attached  hereto  constitutes  the  entire  understanding between the Parties relating to the subject matter herein contemplated and merges all prior discussions and writings between them.

18.2 This Agreement shall be executed simultaneously in two original copies, each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute an original, but all copies shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

25. Amendments

Any  amendments  to  this  Agreement  shall  be  made  in  writing  and  executed  by  both Parties to this Agreement.

 

26. Notices

All  notices,  requests,  demands  or  other  communications  to  or  upon  the  respective Parties to this Agreement shall be in English or in Hindi and shall be deemed to have been  duly  given  or  made  when  delivered  personally  or  by  registered  letter  or  by facsimile to the other Party at the addresses set out below or at such other address as the  Party  concerned  may  hereafter  specify  to  the  other  in  writing  or,  in  the  case  of facsimile, to the published number of the addressee:-

 

27. Representations and Warranties

Each  Party  represents  and  warrants  to  the  other  Party  that  each  has  the  legal  and financial capacity to enter into and perform this Agreement and all the transactions and undertakings contemplated herein.

The defects liability period is 365 days from Handover.

 

28. Headings

Headings used in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and shall not be used to construe meaning or intent.

 

Please click here to view / download the specification