Concert – Piano for Four Hands
Concert – Piano for Four Hands
By Gioia Barbera and Federico Bucaioni from Italy
The artists will present compositions by W.A. Mozart; Franz Schubert; and S. Rachmaninov among others
(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)
HIMALAYAN DIALOGUES
Nepal-China Relations: Elite, Interest, and Geopolitics
Panelists: Prof. S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Gaurav Bhattarai, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; and Dr. Gunjan Singh, Associate Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University, Sonepat
Moderator: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Associate Professor, Dept. of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi
Bengal [Photography] Divided
Illustrated talk by Naeem Mohaeimen who researches the unresolved liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s and the conflict between memory and history
Discussants: Dr. Shukla Sawant and Dr. Suryanandini Narain, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Introduction: Rahaab Allana
The discussion will analyze the ambiguous if not contradictory and dialectical nature of social realism in photography in the two Bengals that were created through partitions
(Collaboration: The Alkazi Foundation)
Book Discussion Group
Playing with the Goddess: Gavri of the Mewar Bhils
By Aditi Ghosh Mehta (New Delhi: IGNCA, 2024 )
Discussants: Prof. Brahma Prakash , Scholar & Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic), Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies; Ms Aditi Ghosh Mehta, former Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan and author of the book
Moderator: Dr. Roma Chatterji, Former Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
The Future of Russia and the World Order
Speaker: Prof. Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Professor of History and International Affairs (Emeritus), Princeton University
The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Prof. Kotkin and Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University
(Collaboration: Centre for Policy Research)
IIC Quarterly Autumn 2024
IIC Diary (Festival 2024)
Commemoration of Constitution Day
Commemoration of Constitution Day
The Values and Ethos of our Constitution Speaker: Shri Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and former Chairman of the Law Commission of India Followed by an interactive session with students from schools of Delhi NCR
Introduction: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Trustee, IIC Organised as part of Taking Gandhi to Children series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, pluralism and sustainable development by hosting year round interactive sessions with students from schools of Delhi NCR This programme was earlier scheduled to be held on 26 November 2024 but had to be postponed due to closure of schools of Delhi NCR (Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies) |
Cluster Groups (Engendering the Discourse; Pandemic and Climate Change; and Science)
COP 29: Progress or Posturing?
The Wins, Woes & What was Missed
Opening Remarks: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change
Lead presentation by Dr. Ajay Mathur, energy sector expert and Director General, International Solar Alliance
Panelists: Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India; Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water; Mr. Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator, India; and Ms Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment and Editor, Down to Earth
Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran
The recently concluded COP 29 was touted as the ‘Finance COP’, with key emphasis on the financial commitments to achieve climate action. This meeting of world leaders and negotiators has yielded substantial advancements, particularly in financial mechanisms to combat climate change, and the outcome has been observed to have several hits and misses.