Sealed offers are invited by the PO, INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, 40, Max Mueller Marg New Delhi 110003 for  Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of Server and IT-related hardware at the Centre.

The offer should be sent to the Purchase Officer, INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE on or before 1400 Hrs, 15.02. 2024. Offers should be submitted complete in all respects, along with EMD of Rs 50,000.00 which should be in the form of a bank guarantee/demand draft in favor of Secretary IIC.

The firms are advised to inspect the site, and ground conditions to make themselves fully aware of the scope of work, terms and conditions as also the conditions under which the Computer Server, Computers, Printers and Scanners are to be installed. No claim for any extra payment of any kind on account of lack of information as to risks, contingencies and other circumstances which may influence or affect their offers shall be entertained after the award of the work.

The rates should be quoted neatly both in figures and in words. In case of discrepancy in the rates quoted in words and figures, rates quoted in words shall prevail.

The firm shall keep his offer open for acceptance for 90 days from the date it is opened.

A Firm who does not fulfill all or any of the instructions contained in the offer or any term or condition in
this offer or conditions not covered and/or contemplated by the terms and conditions of this contract, shall be liable to be rejected.

IIC shall reserve the right to reject any or all the offers without assigning any reasons.

Programme Schedule

WORDS IN THE GARDEN - A CELEBRATION OF LITERATURE, ARTS AND IDEAS
29 February to 2 March 2024

Curated by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, the three-day annual festival brings together leading figures in the fields of literature, ideas, art, social sciences and other public spheres to celebrate the creativity, imagination and ideas that Delhi generates, sustains and embodies. Organised in collaboration with Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti and IILM University, the festival presents a series of discussions, dialogues, readings, recitals, exhibitions, and workshops

Subliminal: poems
By Radha Chakravarty (Hawakal Publishers: 2023)

Discussants: Dr. Lakshmi Kannan, poet, novelist and short story writer; Amb. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Director General, ICCR, and poet; Dr. Veeksha Vagmita, scholar, reviewer and Editor; Dr. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, former Professor of Comparative Literature,  Ambedkar University, Delhi and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet and critic

Sitar Recital

By Supratik Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Pandit Buddhadeb Das Gupta
 
At 19:00 
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Shubham Kumar from Delhi, Disciple of Ustad Tanveer Ahmed Khan
 

Whispers of an Ordinary Journey

By Debasish Bhattacharyya (Nandy Books,2023)

Panelists: Shri Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist and writer; Dr. Shubhada Kaul, Associate Professor in French & Francophone Studies, Department of Foreign Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia; Shri L.K Joshi, former General Manager, IIC and Shri Debasish Bhattacharyya, former Deputy General Manager, IIC and former General Manager, International Centre, Goa and author of the book

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law

When the Twain Did Meet

A light-hearted exploration of some of the ways in which aspects of western classical music have interacted with and influenced Indian music making

Illustrated presentation by Sunit Tandon

The Winning Culture: Lessons from the Indian Army to Transform Your Business

By Neeraj Bali (Macmillan: 2023)

The author, Maj. Gen. Neeraj Bali (retd.) will be in conversation with Praveen Swami, journalist

Illustrated lecture by Naresh Fernandes, Editor, scroll.in and author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age (2017)

Introduction: Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic) at Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, AIIS

In the 1950s and '60s, as the US and USSR battled for global supremacy, India was turned into a musical battleground. The US decided to deploy a most unusual weapon in Asia and Africa: jazz. In an attempt to win hearts and minds, the State Department dispatched some of America's best musicians around the Third World. Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Red Nichols and others performed the subcontinent to demonstrate through their music the openness and dialogue that was at the heart of the American way of life.  

This presentation, with photos and musical clips, will retrace those swinging journeys

(Collaboration: Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies)

Valedictory Session

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Valedictory Address: Dr Karan Singh, Former Minister, Government of India 

(Organised by IIC-International Research Division) 

Programme Details

This two-day international conference delineates the journeys of scholars, travellers, merchants, musicians and painters across Asia for over two millennia. These speak of individual enterprise and innovation, and tell us about histories of interaction that have shaped our cultural landscapes and ways of life today.

Inaugural Session
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
Welcome Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Introduction to the Conference: Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, IIC-International Research Division

Keynote Address: ‘Port Cities and Mobility in Early Modern Asia’
Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA