Speaker: H.E. Dr. Bassam Seifeddin Alkhatib, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, and Indian Society of International law

India and Syria, linked by age old civilizational links for millennia, have maintained cordial and multifaceted relations. India responded with alacrity to the earthquake by sending assistance to Syria

Valedictory Session

Speaker: Prof. Ashis Nandy, Trustee IIC and political psychologist, social theorist and critic

At 19:00
Ensemble Khusrawi

An Indo-Persian musical collaboration bringing together Indian, Persian, and Afghan classical and folk music traditions to perform some of the earliest Sufi poetical compositions in Hindi, dating from the 14th to 17th centuries, along with Persian ghazals performed in both Sufi and court contexts. Conceived as an ensemble of historically-informed performance, Ensemble Khusrawi seeks to innovatively re-create the music of the medieval and early modern royal courts and Sufi poetry salons of South Asia and the Persian world – the musical environment of the Indo-Persian poet and musician Amir K?husraw and his contemporaries. 

Led by Dr. William Rees Hofmann, multi-instrumentalist specialising in both the Indian sarod and the Afghan Rubab
Artists: Dr. Fakhroddin ‘Sina’ Ghaffari, specialist in multiple Persian and Middle Eastern percussion instruments, including his principal instrument, Tombak and the Kurdish Daf; Mudassir Khan, sarangi; Mohit Lal, tabla; Pouria Akhavass, musician and classical Persian vocalist; and Ustad Mustafa Faizi from Kabul, vocalist (Patiala Gharana)

( Collaboration: O.P. Jindal Global University; Ashoka University; and The Raza Foundation ; American Institute of Indian Studies )

Inauguration of the international conference

Welcome Address: Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, O.P. Jindal Global University

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Romila Thapar, well-known historian, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University on Gazing Westwards: Traces of Iran in the Indian presence in Early Times

By Ashok K. Lahiri (Penguin Business; 2023)

Discussants:Shri N.K. Singh, economist, academician and former Member, Rajya Sabha; Prof. Pinaki Chakraborty, economist; Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman and Executive Director, Narayana Health; Shri Rahul Kanwal, journalist and News Director, India Today; and Shri Ashok K. Lahiri, former Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance and author of the book 

CPKA: Five Decades of India’s Built Environment

By Arunima Kukreja and Dikshu C. Kukreja (Roli Books: 2021)

Discussants: Ms Mugdha Sinha, Joint Secretary, Min. of Culture, Govt. ; Prof. Manoj Mathur, Professor, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi; and Shri Dikshu C. Kukreja, Managing Principal, C.P. Kukreja Architects, New Delhi and co-author of the book

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, writer and Secretary, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama

An exhibition of photographs by Christina Noble and Gaurav Raj Sharma

The Great Himalayas have resisted outside influences for long periods, nurturing unique and diverse cultural systems within its folds. Miyar is located in one such fold in the north west corner of the district of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. The exhibition looks at the remote Miyar valley and how it has slowly changed over the last 50 years, filtering the outside world at its own pace. The exhibition is timed to capture the settling of Rohtang pass into memory as the new tunnel throws up unprecedented changes for Miyar and beyond

Preview on Friday, 3 March 2023 at 18:00

Ms Gauri Gill, eminent photographer will conduct a gallery walk-through on Saturday, 11 March 2023 at 4 pm

Illustrated lecture by Ms Ana Maria Cogorno, renowned archaeologist and conservationist from Peru who has worked for almost four decades for the protection and promotion of the Nazca lines and Palpa, an important archaeological site in Peru

Chair: Mr. Fabio Subio Diaz, Embassy of Peru

Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Peru as part of the celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Between India and Peru
 

Renewable Energy

Welcome & Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary & President ICCfG

Keynote Address: Shri A.K. Saxena, Senior Director, Electricity & Fuels, TERI

Chair: Shri Suresh K. Goel, former Director General, ICCR

(Collaboration: I.C. Centre for Governance)

Speaker: Prof. Pema Gyalpo, Director-General, Center for South Asian Studies, Gifu Women’s University, Professor, Toin University, Yokohama and formerly a representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan for 15 years

Chair: Amb. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, former Indian Ambassador to Japan

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium: 15:00 – 16:15 
The Trail of Death and Despair
Speakers: Aneesha Bedi; Jyoti Yadav; Soniya Agarwal; Manisha Mondal; and Fatima Khan

The speakers will discuss the challenges faced by women journalists reporting during the pandemic

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium: 16:15 – 17:15 
Session on Entrepreneurship and Innovation for a Bright Future
Speakers: Supriya Paul, Founder and CEO, Josh Talks; Shivani Poddar & Tanvi Malik, Founders of Fab Alley; Upasana Taku, Co-Founder, Moikwik; Ntion Saluja, Founder of Chayos; and Annu Grover, Founder Nurturing Green  

Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza: 17:30-18:30
Women in Leadership
With Sonali Bhagwati, architect and interior designer; Ishi Khosla, nutritionist and author; Shefali Luther, astrologer; Rita Jhnunjhunwala, poet and artist; and Shradha Suri, entrepreneur

Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza at 18:30
Spring Sonata
Piano recital by Ankita Kumar