Manipuri Dance – Duet

By Sovanabrata Sircar and Nutan Sircar from Delhi, disciples of Guru Bipin Singh and Kalavati Devi

AT 19:00
Kuchipudi Recital

By Ayana Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Jayarama Rao

The programme juxtaposes 17th century harpsichord music and poetry in several languages (Punjabi, Tamil, English…) with occasional contemporary dance interventions. The pieces for harpsichord and the poetry recall the seasons, joy, melancholy and death. The dance here exists in fragmentary and elusive phrases

Performers:
Harpsichord: Justin McCarthy
Punjabi poetry: Navtej Singh Johar
Dance and Tamil poetry: Abhinaya Penneswaran

Her Voice: Engendering Nuclear Disarmament - Challenges and Possibilities

Welcome by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Life Trustee, IIC and Director, WISCOMP

Keynote Address: Engendering Disarmament: How Practical, How Possible

To be delivered by Amb. Jayant Prasad, former Ambassador of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva & Member of U.N. Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Detailed break-up of the sessions

The UNGA Resolution 71/57 of 2016 underscores the importance of disarmament and non-proliferation education. In order to encourage nations to implement the resolution, the UN Secretary General announced a Disarmament Agenda as part of his visionary document “To Secure our World and our Future” in 2018. Interestingly, he not only called upon States to take the lead in educating the larger public on disarmament and bringing new voices to the forefront, but also prioritized gender parity in this context as “a moral duty and an operational necessity”. 

We find ourselves in the midst of a strange dialectic. On one hand, the Treaty on prohibition of nuclear weapons has entered into force and outlaws nuclear weapons, on the other, stressed nuclear dyads, unregulated emergence of new technologies that impact nuclear deterrence, and crumbling arms control architecture, has increased the salience of nuclear weapons. This ‘hurting’ landscape is clearly visible in the ongoing Ukraine Crisis as the risk of use of nuclear weapons looms large.

The symposium is organized in collaboration with Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)

An exhibition of paintings – mixed medium on canvas by Laitonjam Rajnikanta from Manipur

Inauguration on Thursday 24 November 2022 at 18:30 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Ghulam Hasan Khan from Delhi, grandson and disciple of Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan and son and disciple of Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan

Accompanists: Zaheen Khan (tabla); and Lalit Sisdia (harmonium)

AT 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Marie Elangovan from Delhi, disciple and daughter-in-law of Guru K.J. Govindarajan

Accompanists: Elangovan Natarajan (nattuvangam & vocal); Jayan P. Das Elanthoor (mridangam); Shambhu Nath Bhattacharjee (tabla); and Raghavendra Prasath (violin)
 
 

An Evening of Poetry

With poets –Gagan Gill (Greater Noida); Nivedita (Patna); Arun Seetansh (Arrah); and Priya Varma who will read from their original work

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Violin and piano duet presented by Wojciech Proniewicz (violin); and Alesia Kizil (piano) from Poland and Ukraine

The artists will present sonata for violin and piano by Ignacy Jan Paderewski; works by Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski and Miroslav Skoryk

(Collaboration: Embassy of Poland; and Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Speakers: Dr. Augusto Lopez, Executive Director and Chair, Global Governance Forum, Geneva; and Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl, President, Global Environment Forum, Geneva

Panel discussion on Perspectives from the fields of Education, Law, Business, the Arts

Panelists: Dr. Kavita Sharma, former President, South Asian University, and former Director, IIC; Shri Pradeep Multani, Past President, PHDCCI; Ms Shovana Narayan, well-known Kathak artist; and Dr. Maja Daruwala, Senior Advisory, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

Chair: Dr. Kazem Samandari
 
Gender discrimination is often seen from a human rights perspective; it is a violation of women’s basic human rights, as embedded in the Universal Declaration, the UN Charter and other such founding documents. Moreover, there is overwhelming evidence that restrictions and various forms of discrimination against women are also bad economics. They undermine the talent pool available to the private sector, they distort power relationships within the family and lead to inefficiencies in the use of resources. They contribute to create an environment in which women, de facto, are second class citizens, with fewer options than men, lower quality jobs, lower pay, often the victims of various forms of violence, literally from the cradle to the grave. They are also not fully politically empowered and have scant presence in the corridors of power, whether as finance ministers, central bank governors, prime ministers or on the boards of leading corporations. Why is gender inequality so pervasive? Where does it come from? Does it have cultural and religious roots? And what are the sorts of policies and values that will deliver a world in which being born a boy or a girl is no longer a measure of the likelihood of developing one’s human potential? A look at some of these and other such difficult questions.

People’s Festival of Innovations

Innovation without people’s participation is development without impact, and any impact without people’s involvement is innovation without development

An exhibition of socially relevant and high impact innovations of both Deep tech and Grassroot innovations from India’s growing Biotechnology and Bio-innovation ecosystem which have impacted society across sectors

Curated and mentored by Dr. Renu Swarup, former Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology, Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Prof. Anil Gupta, Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN & NIF, Visiting Faculty, IIMA & Niper-A, Academy Professor, ACSIR; Dr. Swati Basu, former Scientific Secretary, Office of Principle Scientific Adviser; and Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, CCAMP, Bengaluru

Inauguration by Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC on Saturday, 19 November 2022 at 11:00

As part of this exhibition, there will be two panel discussions on 21 and 22 November 2022 from 6 pm onwards in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

On 21 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex

Panel discussion on Science Led Innovations- Impacting the Development Agenda

Opening Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The Innovation Landscape: Dr. Renu Swarup

Lead Presentation: Dr. Shiv Sarin, Senior Professor, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO, cCamp; Ms Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder Indian Angel Network & Founding Partner of IAN Fund; Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director & CEO Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ); Dr. Radha Rangarajan, Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Dr. Kiran Sharma, Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and formerly with ICRISAT

Moderator: Dr. Renu Swarup

Panel discussion on Innvovators Success Story

Panelists: Dr. Arun Chandru, Co-Founder Pandorum Technologies; Shri Aditya Kadambi, Co-Founder, Mocxa Health Private Ltd., Bengaluru; Dr. Vanita Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, Revy Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; and Dr. Renuka Diwan, Co-Founder, BioPrime AgriSolutions

Moderator: Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO cCAMP

On 22 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Panel Discussion on Grassroots Innovations for Society – A Sustainable and Scalable Model

Opening Remarks by Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC and Dr. Renu Swarup     

Grass Root Innovations: Prof Anil Gupta                                                                          

Lead Presentations by Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI); and Dr. Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Innovation Officer, National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Division Director, CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT); Shri Manoj Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Alpha; Dr. Sanjay Saxena, Executive Director and Public Information Officer; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS); Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General R & D and Innovation, KIIT University; and Dr. Shipra, IIT-Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Swati Basu

Innovators Success Story

Presentations by Grassroot Innovators                             

Moderator: Dr. Anamika Dey      

(Collaboration: C-CAMP; and GIAN)

Bigwigs of the Baroque                                                                                                                                              

Bach and Handel: Brilliant music, Contrasting lives  

A presentation by Dr Punita Singh who will take us on a journey with the composers, reviewing major milestones of their lives and works.

The year 1685 witnessed the birth of two illustrious composers—Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel—universally celebrated for their brilliant musical contributions. Bach’s polyphonic innovations, keyboard works and religious music continue to be relevant today while Handel’s orchestral compositions, operas and the legendary oratorio ‘Messiah’ resonate across the world in concert halls, at fundraisers, and even in commercial advertisements. Despite being born in the same year in the same land, they went on to lead very different lives. Bach remained in the same general region and turned to the church for sponsorship while Handel enjoyed travel and aristocratic support. Bach was a family man and relatively austere while Handel remained single and was more of a gourmand. Though appreciative of each other’s works, the composers apparently never met, yet their end was intriguingly brought on by a common factor. 

Punita is a musicologist, linguist, acoustician, editor and educator based in New Delhi.