Indian Space Programme: Growing in Leaps and Bounds

Since its inception in 1961 with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai as Chairman of the Indian National Committee on Space Research, the Indian space programme has grown in leaps and bounds. On 21st November 1963, the first Nike-Apache rocket was successfully launched and this marked the beginning of India’s journey into space. The exhibition highlights this journey of over six decades starting from the nascent years under Dr. Sarabhai; to the development of indigenous capabilities for designing and building launch vehicles and satellites; research in Cryogenic; radar imaging; cartography; oceanography and weather related areas; and to the continuing journey that has transformed the country into a technology driven one

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) presents a display of text and photographic panels that tell the story of India’s space programme along with scale models of rockets, launch vehicles and satellite models

Inauguration Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Principle Scientific Adviser to the Government of India on Friday, 22 July 2022 at 18:30

The exhibition is on view from 23 to 29 July 2022, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

WEDNESDAY 27

DISCUSSION  ¦ CONFERENCE ROOM II AT 16:30 TO 18:00
 

Panel discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India

Panelists: Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO; Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS and Life Trustee, IIC; Dr. Srinivasa Kumar T., Director, INCOIS; Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director, RIS; Shri Jayant Sahasrabudde, National Organising Secretary, VIBHA; Dr. Suba Chandran, Professor, NIAS; Shri Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CED, Geospatial World; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Kumar Bhat, DG, ISpA; Shri Venkat Katkuri, Head, Airbus Defence & Aerospace; and Shri Gaurav Kharod, Managing Sales Director, Intelsat-India

The discussion will focus on the Post Space reforms announced by the Government of India and the vital role of industry and academia. In order to enable them, what are the policies, frameworks, rules and guidelines required to be formulated including incentives; and the single window regulations and approvals which will be enabled for ease of doing businesses. While ISRO will act as a facilitator or technology provider for the early startups; these startups will require directions for sustainable business. Innovations and opportunities shall be debated and discussed across all sectors for implementing space technology in the downstream industries, which will generate further opportunities for the upstream industry.

WEDNESDAY 27

TALK  ¦SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30
Transformation of Indian Space Sector

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)
 

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00

Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 25 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: The Genesis of Modern Art
Speaker: Sujata Prasad, former Civil Servant, author, and art columnist, presently Adviser, NGMA

Curated gallery walkthrough: Hastantaran
A retrospective of Nandalal Bose
Conducted by Ruchi Singh Baoni, Curator, NGMA

Live studio session inspired by the maestros of the Bengal School

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film: The Inner Eye (21 min; 1972; English)
A film by Satyajit Ray

Recipient of the President of India’s Gold Medal, 1974
Introduced by R. Siva Kumar, art historian and curator

Satyajit Ray’s tribute to Benode Behari Mukherjee, legendary artist and one of the pioneers of Indian modernism
 

SUNDAY 24

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00

Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 24 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Remembering Ramkinkar Baij
Speaker: A. Ramachandran, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, litterateur, and teacher

Curated gallery walkthrough: Viewing of NGMA’s Permanent Collection
Conducted by Sushmit Sharma, Deputy Curator NGMA

Pottery Lab: inspired by the NGMA Collection

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film and discussion: Ramkinkar Baij (30 min; 1975; English)
A film by Ritwik Ghatak

Introduced by K.S. Radhakrishnan, sculptor and curator

This film by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak sought to unravel the man behind the persona, but remained incomplete due to Ghatak’s sudden death. The Ghatak Memorial Trust has put together this version using available film footage.

K.S. Radhakrishnan will also screen his own short documentary on the artist

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00
 

Art Appreciation Workshops and Screening of Films on Artists: 23 to 25 July 2022
Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 23 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Amrita Sher-Gil’s Artistic Legacy
Speaker: Arpana Caur, artist and scholar
Chair: Adwaita Gadanayak, sculptor, curator and Director-General, NGMA

Curated gallery walkthrough: Kshetragya
The oeuvre of ten masters of Contextual Modernism
Conducted by Meghna Vyas Arora, Curator, NGM

Live studio session inspired by Amrita Sher-Gil and Nicholas Roericj

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film: Amrita Sher-Gil: Une Rapsodie Indienne 
(52 min; 2002; French with English subtitles)
Director: Patrick Cazals

Introduced by Yashodhara Dalmia, art historian and curator

Shot in New Delhi, Mumbai, Simla, Budapest and Paris, the film unfolds the complex life and extraordinary oeuvre of an artist who became a legend in her lifetime, but tragically died when she was only twenty-eight
 

Designing for Rural Resilience

A talk by Kalyan Akkipedi, engineer, social entrepreneur and a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, who since August 2010, has been leveraging local social leadership capacities in a remote drought-prone area of one of the poorest districts in India, to co-create ProtoVillage -- the prototype of a resilient village. 

Followed by a dialogue with Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Conservation Architect, Author and Visiting Faculty at S.P.A. Delhi. 

The eighth in the bi-monthly series structured around dialogues that endeavour to present the role of architecture in contributing positively to society and to culture. Conceptualised by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, the series, through interactions with practitioners and scholars, intends to engage with a wide variety of people - professionals and lay-persons alike.

Registration link 
 

Fear/ La Paura (German-Italy) | Click here to watch
(83 min; 1954; Italian with English subtitles)                                                                                                           Directed by Roberto Rossellini 

Irene, the wife of a prominent scientist has managed to keep her affair with a handsome younger man a secret from her spouse—until her lover’s jealous ex initiates a blackmail scheme.

https://archive.org/details/fear-la-paura-1954

(120 min; 1988; English)
Written and Directed by Bruce Weber

Recipient of the BSFC Award for Best Documentary, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990; IDA Award, International Documentary Association 1989; and Cinecritica Award, Venice Film Festival 1988

Bruce Weber's documentary looks at the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. It juxtaposes footage from his early life with interviews with him and his family in his last years. Baker's life was packed with incident, including three marriages, four children, heroin use, imprisonment in Italy, and an impressive body of music.

Series director: Adrian Pennink
Recipient of the International Emmy 2008 for Best Documentary 

A six-part documentary presented by Niall Ferguson. Based on his book The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World, the film examines the long history of money, credit, and banking. Throughout the series, Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the pillars of the world’s financial systems, and how behind every great historical phenomenon – empires and republics, wars and revolutions – there lies a financial secret.

Episode 1: Dreams of Avarice (47 min)
From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the "promises to pay" on Babylonian clay tablets to the Medici banking system. Niall Ferguson explains the origins of credit and debt and why credit networks are indispensable to any civilization.

The Rainman Twins (USA) | Click here to watch
(50 min; 2003; English)
Director: Dave Wagner

The fascinating story of the only identical twin autistic-savant sisters known to exist. Over 50 years time, Flo and Kay have literally memorised the world around them. They never forget a date, or a song, what they ate or the weather on any given date.

https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-rainman-twins/
 

(88 min; 1981; English)
Director: Jon H. Else

Recipient of the Eddie Award for Best Edited Documentary, American Cinema Editors, USA 1982; and Peabody Award, Peabody Awards1982

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon completion of his wonderful and horrible invention became a powerful spokesperson against the nuclear arms race.