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 

Latin America: A Resurgence

Keynote Address: Dr. Jorge Volpi, Director, Centre for Mexican Studies, UNAM-Spain

At 18:30 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Mahakasham (‘Infinite Space’; 45 min)

A new ensemble dance work choreographed in Bharatanatyam style by Justin McCarthy
Artists: Bharathi Penneswaran, Veena Kumar and Abhinaya Penneswaran
 

An exhibition that reveals the successive layers of interaction between peoples that shaped the multi-ethnic societies of Latin America and the Caribbean, through photographs, paintings, costumes, and artefacts loaned by Embassies, and curated under the themes, ‘Connections through History’, ‘Transnational Flows’ and ‘Creative Expressions’. Highlights include animated films in indigenous languages and curated music clips

Curated by Anjchita B. Nair

Inauguration by Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC on Monday, 20 February 2023 at 16:00

Maulana Azad: A Life 

By S. Irfan Habib (Aleph Book Company: 2023)
Chief Guest: Prof. Romila Thapar , acclaimed historian and Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Discussants: Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi and political scientist; Dr. M. Sayeed Alam , playwright, Director and theatre actor; and Dr. S. Irfan Habib, historian of science and author of the book

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC
 

By Prof. Ojesh Pratap Singh from Delhi, recipient of the Sanskriti – Pt. Vasant Thakar Memorial Fellowship 2023

Accompanists: Sagar Gujrati (tabla); and Dr. Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Pratishthan)

Jazz concert led by Christophe Marguet (drums, compositions) 
With Robin Fincker (saxophone); Bruno Angelini (piano); and Hélène Labarrière (double bass)

Pronto! Brings together four major personalities from the European jazz scene. The Quartet nurtures a collective language from each member’s universe to create a distinctive sound, a completely new sound identity, specific to the group

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)
 

Microplastics, an Invisible Threat to our Ecosystem

Panelists: Dr. Sumit Sharma, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Nandini Kumar, Consultant, CII-ITC Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Development; Dr. Shukla Pal Mitra, Director, National Productivity Council (NPC), Delhi; and Anand Bodh, Co-founder, Dharaksha Ecosolutions

Chair: Ravi Agarwal, Founder Director, Toxics Link

Microplastics is a global environmental concern that has the power to threaten marine life as well as freshwater organisms for decades and centuries and has the potential to poison the entire food chain. Considered global pollutants, microplastics can also act as vectors for spreading toxic chemical additives. Do we understand its real impact on human health and overall ecology? Do we still have time to stop its spread and mitigate the existing contamination of the ecosystem?

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Seven Wonders of the Muslim World
(56 min; 2008; English)

The film traces the history and message of Islam through the lives of six young people and the historic mosques across the Muslim world where they worship. As they leave their homes and families to travel to Saudi Arabia, they embark on a most sacred journey – the pilgrimage to Mecca, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

The School at Ajmeri Gate: Delhi’s Educational Legacy

By Azra Razzack and M. Atyab Siddiqui (Oxford University Press: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History, Dept. of History, Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, USA; Dr. Laurence Gautier, Head Researcher in History, Politics and Society, Centre de Science Humaines; Shri Ziya Us Salam, author and Associate Editor, The Hindu; Dr. Duru Arun Kumar, former Associate Professor, Netaji Subhas University of Technology; Shri Abu Sufiyan, Founder, Purani Dilli Walo ki Batein; Dr. M. Atyab Siddiqui, Advocate and co-author of the book; and Prof. Azra Razzack, Professor, Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and co-author of the book

Chair: Prof. Krishna Kumar

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Various types of Yoga exercises in preventing Cardio-vascular Diseases in Relation to Stress and Modern lifestyle

The workshop will be conducted by Yoga Physicians and experts from the Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi  

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Role of Yoga in Preventing Cardio-Vascular Disease in the Context of Stress and Modern life style

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Sharma, Professor, Dept. of Cardiology, Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Eighth lecture in the monthly series of medical presentation on early signs, prevention and management of diseases/conditions in common medical perspectives by eminent medical consultants

An exhibition of paintings by Anatoliy Annenkov  and Alexander Vagin from Saint-Petersburg

Inauguration on Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 18:30

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Russian Federation)