Dear Member,

The Centre has replaced its old Telephone Exchange with an upgraded and modern EPABX system which has many additional technological features.  Consequently, all the extension telephone numbers have been changed including those of the key functionaries.

The new extension numbers would be shortly placed on the Centre’s website.  The Members in the meanwhile may please note the following new direct numbers of the sections of the Centre with whom they normally interact:

                                                                             Secretary IIC

Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise 
by Jawaharlal Kaul 
  

Speakers: Justice Permod Kohli, Former Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court; Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Prof Sushma Yadav, Pro Vice Chancellor, Central University Haryana & Former Member of UGC ; Shri Jawaharlal Kaul, Author of the Book

Chair: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (I/C) for S & T; Minister of State for PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, GoI
 

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta
 
The Maldives Regime Change: Advantage China – Implications for India

Panelists: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, former CnC Western Naval Command; Ms Jyoti Malhotra, senior journalist, Foreign Affairs, The Print; and Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Associate Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
 
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Welcome Address: Shri Suresh K. Goel, former Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance
 
Keynote Address: Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
 
(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

Discussion on Public Mental Health: from stigma to positive acceptance - way forward

Lead Speakers: Prof Ashis Nandy, Well known author, sociologist and clinical psychologist; Prof Nimesh G. Desai, Independent consultant mental health and former Director, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences 

Panelists: Shri P. K. Tripathi, former Chief Secretary of Delhi; Dr Lavlin Thadani, Writer and filmmaker; Ms Rita Panicker, Child Rights Activist and Director, Butterflies India; and Dr Vishal Chhabra, Consultant Psychiatrist and President, Delhi Psychiatric Society
   
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Mediaperson and Trustee, IIC 

(Collaboration: Delhi Psychiatric Society)

Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2023

Edited by Omita Goyal, Chief Editor IIC

To be released by Dr. Karan Singh

 Daklakatha Devikavya

An experimental play drawing from the epic poetry and stories of K.B. Siddaiah’s selected writings
Devised and Directed by Lakshman K.P.

Presented by Jangama Collective, Bengaluru with Bindu Raxidi (Dakla Devi, Kadiramma); Santhosh Dindgur (Dakla, Cheluvaiah)l; Bharath Dingri (K.B. Siddiah & narrator); Narasimharaju B.K. (Narasappa); and Ramika Chaithra (Gangavva, Munivenkatamma)

Accompanists: Poorvi Kalyani & Skanda Ghate (vocal); Bharath Dingri (tamate); and Narasimharaju B.K. (areye)

Chief Guest: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

A Dance Story of Taiwan

Contemporary and traditional dance 

Presented by artists of Dance Forum Taipei, Taiwan

Dancers: Fan Shu-yu, Wang Huai-shen, Shih Pei-chun, Wang Huai-shen, and Cheng Yi-wen

Chief Guest: Smt Manjari Sinha

Kshetra Prema: Stories from Temples of South India

An evening of stories and music from temples of South India narrated by Vinay Varanasi with vocals by Vivek Sadasivam

Accompanists: Aditi Krishnaprakash (violin); and Adamya Ramanand (mridangam)

Chief Guest: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

To Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Pt. Kumar Gandharva

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Shashwati Mandal from Delhi

Accompanied by Pt. Vinod Lele (tabla); and Pt. Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

Chief Guest: Shri Navneet Soni, Trustee, IIC