Fit at Any Age: A Practitioner’s Guide
By Air Marshal (Retd.) P.V. Iyer, AVSM, VSM (Bloomsbury India: 2022)
 
The author will be in conversation with Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India; and Shri Shekhar Gupta, journalist and author
 
(Collaboration: Bloomsbury India)
 

 
Relevance of the Values of the Freedom Struggle
Speaker: S. Irfan Habib
 
Moderator of the series: Suhas Borker
Introduction: Vinay Kumar, Secretary General, Press Club of India
 
The series of Conversations with Media is jointly presented by IIC and PCI and is hosted by them alternatively every month
 

Ideology and Organization in Indian Politics: Polarisation and the Growing Crisis of the Congress Party (2009-19) 
By Zoya Hasan (OUP Oxford: 2022)
 
Discussants: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician, former career diplomat and author; Dr. Harish Khare, former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India and former Editor-in-Chief, Tribune; Dr. Rahul Verma, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Assistant Professor, Ashoka University; and Dr. Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of the book
 
Moderator: Shri Bharat Bhushan, senior journalist
 

Nepal General Elections 2022 and India-Nepal Relations

Speaker: Sanjay Upadhya, Nepali author and analyst based in USA who has worked for the BBC, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the United Nations. His latest book is Empowered and Imperiled: Nepal’s Peace Puzzle in Bits and Pieces (Kathmandu: FinePrint Books, 2022)

Chair: Prof. S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Ambassador and Special Envoy, Government of India

Party manifestos in the run-up to the 20 November 2022 parliamentary elections in Nepal have highlighted the urgency of maintaining a balanced relationship with the country’s two giant neighbours, India and China. Nepal-India relations have always been entwined with the country’s domestic electoral politics. This time, China’s motives and intentions in Nepal are also being sharply scrutinised. More broadly, Kathmandu and New Delhi will have to navigate long-standing issues such as borders, sharing of water resources, and the plight of the madhesis. This challenge would be all the more pressing amid the general Nepali grumbles of India’s ‘big brotherliness’ and India’s perceptions of tepid Nepali sensitivity to New Delhi’s security concerns

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Opening Remarks by Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC and Dr. Renu Swarup     

Grass Root Innovations: Prof Anil Gupta                                                                          

Lead Presentations by Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI); and Dr. Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Innovation Officer, National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Division Director, CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT); Shri Manoj Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Alpha; Dr. Sanjay Saxena, Executive Director and Public Information Officer; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS); Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General R & D and Innovation, KIIT University; and Dr. Shipra, IIT-Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Swati Basu

Innovators Success Story

Presentations by Grassroot Innovators                             

Moderator: Dr. Anamika Dey      

Opening Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The Innovation Landscape: Dr. Renu Swarup

Lead Presentation: Dr. Shiv Sarin, Senior Professor, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO, cCamp; Ms Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder Indian Angel Network & Founding Partner of IAN Fund; Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director & CEO Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ); Dr. Radha Rangarajan, Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Dr. Kiran Sharma, Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and formerly with ICRISAT

Moderator: Dr. Renu Swarup

Panel discussion on Innvovators Success Story

Panelists: Dr. Arun Chandru, Co-Founder Pandorum Technologies; Shri Aditya Kadambi, Co-Founder, Mocxa Health Private Ltd., Bengaluru; Dr. Vanita Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, Revy Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; and Dr. Renuka Diwan, Co-Founder, BioPrime AgriSolutions

Moderator: Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO cCAMP

“Flavours of Kashmir”

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Even as its roots lie in the cuisines of Iran and Central Asian countries, Kashmiri cuisine has evolved its own distinctive character. It is a celebration of not just an occasion itself, but of preparing, laying out, serving and consuming together the most delicious victuals. While summer cooking consists of a variety of dishes prepared with fresh, green, leafy vegetables either cooked separately or in combination with a variety of meats, winter brings with it the smoky flavours and textures of dried turnips, aubergines and zucchini in a medley of preparations, as well as the sweet and sour taste of dried apples, plums and apricots. Best enjoyed when people sit together to share and eat, the centrality of food to Kashmiri social life cannot be overemphasised. In the words of a famed Kashmiri chef when asked why ‘Wazwan’ was served when outsiders come to Kashmir, he said, ‘It is our identity. IIC has made special arrangements to serve “Flavours of  Kashmir” from 18 November to 20 November 22 (03 days) for its members. These items shall be served in addition to the regular menu in the Dining Hall, Lounge & Lotus Lounge and also can be booked on prior demand as “Take Away” items.

Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1030 hrs to 2100 hrs.
Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609472 or WhatsApp at 8130900937 (Dr Rahul Bist)
The last order for “Flavours of Kashmir” can be placed at: 
                                                                                           Dining Hall – up to 2100 hrs
                                                                                           Lounge- up to 2000 hrs

Kanwal Wali
Secretary, IIC
 

Dear Member,

Many Members have expressed difficulty in contacting the Centre through its notified Landline No. 011-24619431.  Hence, we have notified the following additional Landline Number for the convenience of our Members and others.

    011-24609499

We hope that this additional Landline Number would considerably ease the situation.

 Secretary IIC
 

Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam

By Mitul Baruah (Routledge Taylor & Francis: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, writer, columnist and Human Rights activist; Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Guwahati; Prof. Rajeswari Raina, Professor, Dept. of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University; and Dr. Mitul Baruah, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Ashoka University and author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Swargajyoti Gohain, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University