Reconceptualizing the Sciences and the Humanities: An Integral Approach

By S.C. Malik (Manohar Publishers and Distributors)

Discussants: Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, critic and Academic; Prof. Aditya Malik, Vice Chancellor & Dean, Academic Affairs, Plaksha University and former Vice Chancellor, K.R. Mangalam University, Haryana; and Prof. S.C. Malik, former UGC Professor and author of the book

 Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

Bharathi

Celebrating Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar, legendary poet 

Lecture-demonstration followed by a Bharatanatyam group recital
Choreographed by Guru Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan

From 17:30 to 18:15
Lecture-Demonstration

By Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi, eminent musician and great grandson on Mahavi Subramaniya Bharathi

At 18:30
Bharatanatyam Recital

Group performance by artists of Ganesa Natyalaya, disciples of Guru Smt. Saroja Vaidyanathan

Artists: Gayatri Deka; Sudhana Sankar; Mrinal Sharma; Akansha Rana; Mridula Nambiar; Debasmita Thakur; Priyanka Rawat; Srishti Mohan; Pooja Pithambharan; Varsha Chand; and Aishwarya Attri

(Collaboration: Ganesa Natyalaya)
 

A concert of old film songs by the well-known lyricist and poet, Sahir Ludhianvi

Artists: Bhupinder Bhupi; Dolly Narang; Anupama Malhotra; Fanish Pawar; Parminder Chadha; Anushruti Pawar; Alok Sahdev; and others

Compere and sutradhar: Seema Verma

(Collaboration: Sakha Cultural Society)
 

An Evening of Poetry

With poets – Devi Prasad Mishra (Delhi); Vihag Vaibhav (Varanasi); Archana Tripathi (Delhi); and Adnan Kafeel Darvesh (Delhi/Ballia, tbc)  who will read from their original work

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Mandar Gadgil from Pune, disciple of Pt. Vijay Koparkar
Accompanists: Kshitij (harmonium); and Saptak Sharma (tabla)

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital  

By Samrat Dutta from Kolkata, disciple of Prof C.V. Chandrasekhar

Accompanists: Mohana Iyer on Nattuvangam; Anand R. Jayaraman on Violin; Brinda Radhakrishnan on Vocal; Shankar Narayanaswamy on Mridangam; Rupak Mukherjee on Flute; Debopam Das with Narration

Premiere performance by Ruchika Theatre Company
Directed and designed by Feisal Alkazi

Cast: Gayatri, Gunjan, Manvi, Arnav, Deepak, Dhruv, Raghav, Ritvik, Shashank and Vatsal

The migrant, either running away from disaster or war, whether from Syria or Ukraine or from Covid in our own country, is the most eloquent image of our century. In China from 1980 to 2015 the one child policy created a unique new breed of migrants, the ‘family planning refugees.’ Based on a novel by Ma Jian, the play explores the story of a young couple Meili and Kongzi as they travel down the Yangtze to try and escape. 

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

How Agnivir will Affect India-Nepal Relations

Panelists: Amb. Ranjit Rae, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal; Maj. Gen. (retd.) B.S. Ghotra, former Colonel, 5 Gorkha Rifles (FF); Maj. Gen. (retd.) Gopal Gurung, former Military Secretary to COAS Gen. Dalbir Suhag; and Naib Sub Khem Jung Gurung, Member of the Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepal 

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Speaker: Tony Joseph, journalist, former Editor, BusinessWorld and author of the best-selling book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestor and Where we Came From

Chair: Ganesh Devy, Literary critic, activist and Chairperson, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

In the last few years, our understanding of how the world got peopled in prehistory has changed significantly, thanks mostly to recent advances in the discipline of Population Genetics. All large population groups, we know now, are the result of multiple migrations that lasted centuries and, in some cases millennia, in the ancient past, each of them driven by historical forces. This context is crucial to understanding how four large, prehistoric migrations contributed to shaping Indian demography as it is today.

(Organised by IIC-International Research Division)
 

Speaker: Shri S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Chair: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC

The Indian space programme started 60 years back is based on the concept of fulfilling societal needs. India achieved self-sufficiency on building upstream technologies with indigenised effort. Now it is the time for technology adoption for various sectors for increasing the country’s economy in multiple folds. The space technology shall be one of the best enablers for the country, considering vast agriculture, water resources, urbanisation and transport. After unlocking the space sector, ISRO acts as a facilitator to many non-governmental enterprises in scaling up the opportunities and contributing to the economy and technological development of the country. ISRO also concentrates more on R&D, space science missions and capacity building.

(Collaboration: Indian Space Research Organisation; SatCom Industry Association; and Indian Space Association)