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: Shri Arun Maira, former Member, Planning Commission

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)
 

An exhibition of paintings –watercolours, acrylic, and oil on canvas by Parul Bhagat

Inauguration on Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 18:30 by Padma Shri Biman B. Das, Chairman of AIFACS

Author, Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Ajeet Cour and celebrated artist, Arpana Caur in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das 

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)

In Conversation 

Khalid Jawed, well-known Urdu writer in conversation with Udayan Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Vaigyanik Vichar Dweepon ke Beech Samajik Kavya pulon Ka Nirman

By Purnendu Ghosh (Bodhi Publishers: 2023)

Discussants: Dr Manoj Patairiya, Former Head and Adviser, NCSTC, Department of Science and Technology, GoI & President Indian Science Writer's Association ;  Ms Swati Meherishi, Executive Director, Springer Nature ; Prof Indranil Manna, President, India National Academy of Engineering & Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,Ranchi; Prof Purnendu Ghosh, Executive Director, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur & Author of the Book   
     
  
    
    

The Morality of India’s Constitution: The Path Still to be Traversed 

Panelists: Dr. Syeda Hameed, social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India; Prof. Ashis Nandy, public intellectual, political psychologist and social theorist; Dr. Neera Chandoke, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Equity Studies, Delhi and former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; Shri Kapil Sibal, MP, former Union Minister and senior Advocate; and Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic, cultural and arts administrator

Chair: Shri Harsh Mander

First discussion in a new series organised in collaboration with Centre for Equity Studies

Data Debates: CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids Household Survey

Speaker: Shri Mahesh Vyas, CEO/Managing Director, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

Discussants: Shri N.K. Sharma, Retd Director General, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI); and Shri Sanjay Kumar, Retd. Additional Director General, MoSPI

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain,  former Union Agriculture Secretary

Kathak Recital
By Nayanika Ghosh, disciple of late Pt. Birju Maharaj.

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Duet Recital
By Bhadra Sinha and Gayathri Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Dr. Ratheesh Babu 

Manipuri Recital
By Sudip Kumar Ghosh from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Th.Chourajeet Singh & Smt N Amusana Devi

At 19:00
Odissi Recital
By Arunima Ghosh, disciple of Guru Sharon Lowen  
 

Premier of
Bay of Blood (India; 90 min; 2023; English)
A feature documentary on the Bangladesh Genocide
Director: Krishnendu Bose who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

March 25th 1971, a horrific ‘Genocide’ was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. Bay of Blood draws upon rare archival footage from agencies around the world to investigate why and how it was executed. By piecing together eyewitness accounts interspersed with analysis of the events, by those who have closely studied the genocide, the film is constructed as a deposition to unravel the truth