A conversation between Indivar Kamtekar, Associate Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Kaushik Sinha Deb, All India Institute of Medical Sciences;  Sanjeev Jain, Emeritus Professor, NIMHANS; and Alok Sarin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research

Moderator: Ananya Mahapatra, Baba Saheb Ambedkar College and Hospital

The panel will explore the intersections between history and psychiatry, and also mark the formal launch of the website The Canvas Askew which is a compilation of the writings of Sanjeev and Alok about the intersections of mental health and history

For an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson of the Year

Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture

Work and Wages: Old Challenges in the Age of Automation and AI
To be delivered by T.N. Ninan, Editor and author

(Organised by The Media Foundation)

Speakers: Dr. Samir Parikh, Chairperson, Fortis National Mental Health Program, Fortis Healthcare; Karthika V.K. Publisher, Westland Books; Alpana Chaturvedi, Chief Executive Officer, MyLogistics Gurukul; Sujit Panigrahi, Founder and CEO, Sequoia Fitness and Sports Technology Pvt. Ltd.; and Jayshree Misra Tripathi, Concept Coordinator

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

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sayani Chakraborty and Santanu Roy from Kolkata, disciples of Smt.  Rama Vaidyanathan and Shri. Samrat Dutta respectively.

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Deepti Bansal from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Savita Devi 
Accompanists: Pandit Bharat Bhushan Goswami (Sarangi); Shri Shokat Qureshi (Tabla) and Dr Ravi Pal (Harmonium) 

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 14:00 to 17:00
Workshop:  Pain Clinic

To be conducted by Dr. Naveen Talwar; Ms Deepika Talwar; and Ms Vartika Singhal

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 18:00
Bone Health: Exercise and Bone Health

Speakers: Ms Deepika Chopra, Corrective High-performance Exercise Kinesiology (CHEK); Ms Vartika Singhal, Clinical Dietician, Certified Diabetes Educator & Sports Nutritionist

Risk Factors and Prevention of Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis
Speaker: Dr. Naveen Talwar, Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Fortis group of hospitals in NCR

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

A Way Within: Seven Years in a Himalayan Ashram

By Madhu Tandan (Speaking Tree: 2023)

The author will be In Conversation with Arundhathi Subramania

i, Salma: Selected Poems
By Salma; translated by K. Srilata and Shobhana Kumar (Red River: 2023)

Discussants: Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, academic and critic; Salma, writer, poet and author of the book; K. Srilata, poet, translator, academic; Chandana Dutta, author, Editor and translator and  Shobhana Kumar, poet, translator and writer

ONLINE DISCUSSION 
 

Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

Edited by Ananta Kumar Giri (Imprint: Routledge India)

Discussants: Prof. Sebastian Velassery, former Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Punjab University; Prof. Bindu Puri, Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Institute of Development Studies & author of the book

Chair:  Dr. Muhammud Maroof Shah, Writer and Scholar

Concert – Piano Recital

By Prof. Laurens Patzlaff, well-known pianist from Germany

Speaker: Prof. Nihal Perera, Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning, Ball State University, USA. An original contributor to the field of postcolonial urban studies, and a leading scholar of Colombo, his research focuses on how ordinary people produce (lived) spaces for daily activities and cultural practices within the larger field of social production of space. His books include Decolonizing Ceylon, Transforming Asian Cities, and People’s Spaces

Discussant: Dr. Aveivey D. , Assistant Professor, Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi

Chair: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi