Speaker: Dr. Amit Mallick, Inspector General, National Tiger Conservation Authority

Moderator: Dr. Asani Bhaduri, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Computational Biology, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi

It has been a year and half since the first batch of Cheetahs were introduced in India in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. These cheetahs represent a big feather in India’s cap for restoring natural treasures. Dr. Amit Mallick was intricately involved with the Project since its inception and will speak about the successful Cheetah Reintroduction in India

An exhibition of wildlife photography by Dr. Amit Sharma

Preview on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 18:30 by Dr.M.K.Ranjit Singh, wildlife expert and IAS 

The Great Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gandhi, General Zia and the Unending War

By Kallol Bhattacherjee (Harper Collins: 2017)

Discussants: Amb. Vivek Katju, former Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs; Amb. Rajiv Dogra, former Consul General of India in Karachi and author; and Shri Kallol Bhattacherjee, Senior Assistant Editor, Foreign Affairs, The Hindu and author of the book

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune

Illustrated lecture by Raghvendra Singh, former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Culture; former Director General, National Archives of India, National Library and the National Museum and the CEO, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Govt. of India and curator of the exhibition “India’s Roots and Routes” currently on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. William Dalrymple, Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
 

Carnatic Classical Music – Vocal  Recital

By Elangovan Govidnarajan and party

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)
 

A roundtable discussion 

Opening Remarks: Shri M.C. Gupta

Keynote Speaker: Shri Ashok Lavasa

Chief Guest: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI

Panelists: Prof. N. Janardhan Raju, Dean, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri V.K. Modi, Chairman, Modi Group; Shri Sanjeev Chopra, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration; Shri Ravi Singh, Secretary General, World Wide Fund for Nature-India; and Dr. Bharat Gopal, Director and Head of Pulmonology, Delhi Heart & Lung Institute

(Collaboration: Global Socio-Economic Foundation)
 

A Retreat with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Welcome Address: Shri Arun Kapur, Director, Centre for Escalation of Peace

The retreat will be led by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, who possesses a rare ability to present the ancient Indian and Tibetan wisdom in a fresh, engaging manner. Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher with personal experience of anxiety and panic attacks, which he suffered from throughout his childhood and into his teenage years, when he learned to transform his panic through meditation. From childhood, he became interested in contemporary science through conversations with scientists on research projects that study the effects of meditation on the brain and the mind. 

Mingyur Rinpoche’s first book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. In his most recent book, In Love with the World, Mingyur Rinpoche shares how his meditation practice sustained him when he left his monastery to wander through India and the powerfully transformative insights he gained from the near-death experience he had at the beginning of his journey. 

The Retreat will be conducted in hybrid mode. Due to limited seats, we would request you to kindly please register in advance should you wish to attend the retreat. The link for registration is given below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsNIhgdRQxu3En5zSixKPtvwb1rQQ…

More information on the Retreat can be accessed on:
https://www.cepeace.org

(Collaboration: Centre for the Escalation of Peace; Tergar Nalanda Foundation; and with the support of Pallavan Learning Systems; and Ritinjali)
 

An exhibition of digitised artworks, artefacts, archives and memorabilia from the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies primarily focusing on the fields of modern and contemporary art, Indian and world cinema, photography and the popular arts and crafts. 

Preview on Friday, 15 March 2024 at 18:00

(Collaboration: Tuli Research Centre for India Studies)

Panj Tirath
An illustrated talk by Amrit Gangar

Panj Tirath and a dialogue with the Mahatma: The Five Gandhian Places around the city of Surat and a yatra: Dharasana, Dandi, Haripura, Bardoli, and Vedchhi. Panj Tirath or the five pilgrimages are five places in close proximity to the city of Surat in South Gujarat that have the distinct imprint of Gandhian influences and activities. In July 2019, Amrit Gangar and a group of young architects and others embarked on a yatra vising the five places where they encountered optimistic octogenarian Gandhians, still actively involved with Gandhian thoughts and institutions

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

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