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 

SEMINAR DETAILS

(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

FILMS OF THE SPIRIT

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Kundun (Monaco/Morocco/USA)
(134 min; 1997; English)
A film by Martin Scorsese

The boy monk’s story comes alive in this epic biographical film. It traces the extraordinary journey of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyaltso from his discovery as a reincarnation of the Great 13th, the Buddha of Compassion, to take over the reins of a nation at a young age and his escape to India, following the tragedy of the Chinese invasion of Tibet

(Collaboration: Foundation for His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Abhay Chawla, Visiting Professor at GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Mass Communications (IIMC), Delhi, and University of Delhi and teaches a range of subjects in New Media and Mass Communication and their application today. Due to his background in technology, his special interest is on how humans make sense of technology and the technology mediated new media and engage with it.

Chair: Ms Mahima Kaul, Head Public Policy, Bumble APAC and former Public Policy Director, Twitter India

Digital technology and digital media have increasingly become part and parcel of our personal and professional lives. However Digital technology has given rise to issues quite a different from the earlier analogue technology of landline phones and traditional media like press, radio and television. 
 
As most users of digital technology and digital media are not fully aware of the entire gamut of new challenges brought by these new technologies and technology-mediated media, many are confused with the rise of disinformation and online frauds. Many in the absence of a clearer understanding often find themselves in situations that could potentially become personally and professionally stressful or even cause outright harm to self and families. 
 
This talk aims to enhance a well-rounded understanding of the digital and virtual world we inhabit today, and how we can secure ourselves and our families, even as we gain greater benefits from the digitization of services. 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Khushal Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Guru Madhup Mudgal
 

At 19:00 
Sitar Recital

By Chandrashekhar Phanse from Mumbai, disciple of Pt. V. R. Athawale Dinkar Kaikaini and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 
 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Asani Bhaduri, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Computational Biology Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi. A passionate birder, Dr. Bhaduri has observed more than a thousand bird species across India in his ten year long quest for birds. He has been writing regularly on and promoting various aspects of birdwatching and the rich bird-diversity of India

Guest of Honour: Shri Ramesh Pandey, IFS, Inspector General of Forests, MoEFCC

Chair: Vijay Dhasmana, Rewilder, Eco-restoration practitioner

The presentation showcases and celebrates Indian avi-fauna from the upper cold mountains of Ladakh to the pristine Little Andaman island. The talk will cover the variety of birds both on the perspective of bird families and regional distributions. Some of the birds included in the presentation are less-known or less-talked about in the birding circles and few others require conservation effort