Talk and an interactive session with Mr. John Keay FRGS, British historian, journalist and radio presenter and author of several books on India, the Far East and China with a particular focus on colonisation. Mr. Keay will speak on his recently published book of the same title

Chair: Prof. Siddiq Wahid, Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow, International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University

(Collaboration: Shiv Nadar University)

Warm Encounters at the Freezing North

Welcome Address: Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House

Lead presentation by Prof. Savita Kerkar, Senior Professor and Dean, School of Biological Sciences of Biotechnology, Goa University

Chair: Prof. Vivek Suneja, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi and presently Head & Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi

Prof. Kerkar will speak about her experiences during two Arctic Expeditions in 2009 and in 2019 as part of the Indian Arctic Expeditions. The challenges of working in Ny-Alesund in Norway at the Indian Station; the coal mines in Kongsfjorden, a habitable inlet among the glaciers in the Arctic; the flora and fauna, and the tribes that thrive in extreme conditions in the poles; and how mankind is so dependent on the marine ecosystem without realising its significance.

(Collaboration: Tibet House)

Why Should Countries Invest in Science?

Speaker: Dr. V. Ramakrishnan, structural biologist and co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 

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

Ecology of Climate Change: Policy Framework

Welcome: Shri Suresh K. Goel, former Director General, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Center for Governance

Keynote Speaker: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)
 

Illustrated lecture by Manu P. Sobti, prolific architectural historian and urban interlocutor of the Global South, International Engagement Director and Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland’s School of Architecture

Chair: Prof. Jyoti Pandey Sharma, Professor of Architecture, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Between 1952-1965, Le Corbusier’s lesser-known cousin Pierre Jeanneret served as the collaborating Senior Architect on the monumental Chandigarh Capital Project in northern India. In its unprecedented usage of the Pierre Jeanneret Fonds at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Archives in Montreal, this presentation explores Jeanneret’s engagements with the idyllic Punjab countryside and Chandigarh hinterland. Jeanneret’s recordings and musings were then undeniable reassertion of the complex human and landscape palimpsest that had and would experience inevitable (and substantial) erasure, while a new city emerged from these untidy ruins
 

Hindustani Violin Recital

By  Durga Sharma from Bangalore, disciple of  Vidushi Madhuram Krishnam  & Pt. Shailendra Janardan
Accompanist: Manoj Patidar on tabla

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Vishwas Shirgaonkar from Pune, disciple of  Pt. Ratnakar Pai; Pt. Anandrao Limaye and Pt. Yeshwantbuwa Joshi

Accompanists: Kaustuv Swain on tabla; and Mausam on harmonium  

Children’s cultural film festival, a screening of films on heritage made by children across different schools in Delhi

(Collaboration: Intach)

An interactive exhibition of puppets that looks at the journey of moving pictures from traditional shadow puppets to illusion toys to puppets in animation, along with sets of puppet shoots and puppets that have been filmed

1st International Puppet Film Festival organised in collaboration with Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust; and with the support of the French Institute, New Delhi. The festival presents 21 films from 11 countries that hero the puppet. The festival is divided into three categories - children’s films, documentaries and fiction. The festival also includes an exhibition; discussions with filmmakers and puppeteers who will present their work and vision; as well as workshops

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