Churchill and India: Manipulation or Betrayal?

By Kishan S. Rana (Routledge Taylor & Francis: 2022)

Discussants: Amb. M.K. Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary of India; Prof. Pallavi Raghavan, historian, International Affairs Scholar and Assistant Professor, Ashoka University; and Amb. Kishan Rana, former Ambassador of India, Emeritus Professor, DIPLO Foundation, Geneva and Malta, and author of the book

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Private and Controversial  When Public Health and Privacy Meet in India

Edited by Smriti Parsheera (HarperCollins India: 2023)

 Speakers:  Virnda Bhandari, lawyer, Supreme Court of India;  Ms Yamini Aiyar, President, Centre for Policy Research ;  Ms Usha Ramanathan, Legal Scholar ;  Ms Smriti Parsheera, Fellow, CyberBRICS Project & Author of the Book

Moderator: Shri Nikhil Pahwa, Founder, Medianama

Coordinated by Shri Siraj Hussain

Sustainability of Palm Oil 
Speaker: Shri Ashwin Selvaraj, Deputy Director Market Transformation, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Agriculture Secretary

The talk will highlight the challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming sustainability in the oil palm sector and what the experience has been on this subject so far. India has a critical role to play in the oil palm sector and such opportunities help in creating awareness and provide one with inspiration to continue the engagement with the relevant public sector and private sector stakeholders
 

Nehru and the Spirit of India

By Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee (Penguin Random House: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Hilal Ahmed, Political sociologist and Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; and Shri Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, poet and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, social theorist and political psychologist

Ravi Shankar: The Indian Sun who Rose in the East

Illustrated lecture by Oliver Craske, author of Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar which was published to acclaim in 2020. During a career in book publishing, Craske had collaborated with Shankar on his memoir Raga Mala and has edited other books on subjects including Einstein, The Beatles, cricket and art collecting

Chair: Anita Singh, Vice-Chairperson and Director, Indian Music Society

Accounts of the sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) usually focus on his groundbreaking achievements in popularizing Indian music overseas. His biographer Oliver Craske argues that his achievements within India, which are less lauded today, were equally significant and are essential to an understanding of the man who was perhaps India’s most important cultural figure of the 20th century
 

At 18:00
Sattriya  Duet Recital

By Mridusmita Das from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bhuban Bora and Guru RamkrishnaTalukdar; and Tusti Tanaya Saharia from Delhi, disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Talukdar and Guru Indira P.P. Bora

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Suhail Bhan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Justin McCarthy
 

A sculpture park to celebrate the centenary year of Amar Nath Sehgal, South Asian Modern artist and sculptor
Presented by the Amar Nath Sehgal Private Collection

Inauguration on Monday, 23 January 2023 at 18:30

On 3 February 2023 from 17:30 to 18:30
Guided Walkthrough 
To be conducted by Rahul Kumar

(Collaboration: Amar Nath Sehgal Trust)

Discussion based on the book by Dr. Yash Gupta (Roots and Shoots: 2022)

Lead presentation by Dr. Yash Gupta, FRCS, Trauma and Plastic Surgeon, UK

Followed by a panel discussion with

Panelists: Prof. N.K. Gupta, well-known physicist, Consultant and Advisor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; and Prof. Sanjiv Kumar, Chairperson, Three Domain Health Leadership Foundation, New Delhi

Chair: Shri K.N. Srivastava, Director IIC