AI-Friendly Newsrooms
Reimagining Journalism in the time of AI

The Ethics Framework (The “Why”)

Transparency: Protocols for “AI-assisted” disclosures
Human-in-the-Loop: Editorial oversight to prevent bias and inaccuracies
Streamlining Production (The “How”)

Automated Layouts: Multi-platform publishing templates
Transcription & Translation: ASR tools and multilingual workflows
Visual Storytelling: AI-driven data analysis and visualisation
Audience Engagement & Distribution

Hyper-Personalisation: Machine learning for content recommendations
Text-to-Speech: Audio formats for long-form journalism
Closing Remarks & Q&A
Summary of key takeaways and audience interaction.

Speakers: Sanjay Kapoor, President, EGi; Editor, Hardnews; Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, The Wire; Sanket Upadhyay, Founder, Double Check; Pradeep Gairola, Chief Digital Business Officer, The Hindu; and Nandagopal Rajan, Chief Executive Officer (Digital), The Indian Express; and others.

(Collaboration: Editors Guild of India)

 

Echoes of the Earth: A Woodcut Diary, exhibition of woodcut prints by Raja Boro
Curated by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon

The exhibition reflects a practice rooted in memory, material, and nature. Raised in rural Assam, his surroundings continue to shape his visual language. Trained in printmaking at Santiniketan and MSU Baroda, his woodcuts translate the rhythms and textures of the natural world into a meditative and tactile artistic expression.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 17:30 hrs by Amal Allana ; with poetry readings by Gagan Gill

The artist will be giving a curatorial walkthrough and demonstration of the woodcut printing technique on Saturday, 18 April at 12:00 for the students from Oxford Cambridge Society of India – OCSI. There will be a workshop on Woodcut Printmaking & Curatorial Walkthrough with Sign Language Interpreters for Hearing Impaired IIC members and the students of Noida Deaf Society on Tuesday, 21 April at 11:30

On 23 April at Thursday, 16:30, The Varshita Young Artist Award Ceremony by Chief Guest, Ashok Vajpeyi, will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Printmaking in the Artworld Today. Poet and Essayist Prayag Shukla will be giving a curatorial walkthrough on Monday, 27 April. A film screening titled ‘The way I see-Yusuf’ is scheduled for Wednesday, 29 April at 16:30 followed by a panel discussion on printmaking.

The exhibition will remain on view daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs

(Collaboration: Ushaarth Art Foundation and Dhoomimal Gallery)
 

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
(78 minutes; 2016; English)
Director: Matt D’Avella

A documentary that takes the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life - families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker - all striving to live a meaningful life with less.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

IIC SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
Kuchipudi Recital
By Amrita Lahiri from Delhi
Accompanists: Satish Venkatesh (Vocal), Manohar Balatchandirane (Mridangam), Varun Rajasekharan(Nattuvangam) & G Raghavendra Prasath(Violin)

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Duet Recital
By Yogesh Kumar & Sneha Narayan from Bengaluru, disciple of Guru Sri. Sathyanarayana Raju and Guru Smt. B Bhanumati.
 

IIC Spring Festival of Music: 15 & 16 April 2026

Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Uttara Swaminathan from Bengaluru, disciple of Vidushi Ranjani and Gayatri

At 19:00

Hindustani Classical Recital

By Chinmayee Athale Oak from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Smt. Rachna Bodas and Vidushi Shashwati Mandal

Accompanists: Ishan Sharma (Tabla) & Mausam (Harmonium)

Chaiti Gaayan: Melodies of Longing and Renewal
By Mamta Sharma from Varanasi

The performance presents Chaiti singing, a traditional folk form from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, rendered during the month of Chait to welcome the advent of spring.
Rich in emotion, these songs evoke themes of love, longing, and separation, deeply rooted in the rhythms and sensibilities of rural life.

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

The Gift of Presence

Discussants: Dr. Saroj Dubey, senior consultant gastroenterologist, author, TEDx speaker, and motivational guide; Prof. (Dr.) Charru Sharma, Professor of Psychology at the University of Delhi, Fulbright Academic & Professional Excellence Award at University of Pennsylvania, USA; Ritu Bhardwaj, journalist and storyteller and founder of Connected – Woman for Woman and Connected Minds Wellness.

A seminar to promote awareness about mindfulness and well-being; to introduce practical tools to manage stress and anxiety and to foster a space for dialogue, reflection, and shared experience.

The flow of the session will be as follows:
•    The Dance of Being and Doing – Strategies to Bring Joy and Peace Amidst Activity
•    Building the Mindfulness Muscle and Resilience in Daily Life
•    The Power of Sharing – Healing Through Expression

Artistic Vision: An Art Exhibition of Paintings, Graphics and Sculptures
By Dinesh Kumar Ram, Pavan Kumar D, Pratibha Awasthi, Sham Sunder, Shuchi Kalra Budhiraja, Sujata Agrawal,
Dr Sushma Yadav and Suresh Kumar
The group exhibition brings together eight contemporary artists working across painting, graphics, wash, and sculpture, each interpreting diverse aspects of life, nature, spirituality, and human experience. Through varied mediums and styles, the exhibition explores emotion, abstraction, and reality, inviting viewers into a contemplative journey of colour, form, texture, and inner reflection.
The exhibition will be inaugurated on Friday, 10 April 2026 at 17:30 by K. N. Shrivastava, Director IIC with Guest of Honour Padma Shri Awardee Nalini – Kamalini Asthana, Indian classical Kathak dancers
The exhibition will remain on view daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Harvesting Gods: Poems
By Satya Mohanty (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

Discussants: Anisur Rahman, Former Professor, Dept. of English; Radha Chakravarty, Writer, Critic & Translator; Satya Mohanty, Poet, Playwright and Author of the book.

Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi , Poet, Critic and Essayist
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

The Power of Ayurveda & Yoga
By Anita Dua (Shubhi Publications, 2026)

Discussants: Vaidya Devendra Triguna, Leading practitioner of Ayurveda; Annantharam Sharma, HOD Panchakarma and Former Medical Superintendent, All India Institute of Ayurveda; Bijoylaxmi Hota, Author & Yoga Therapist; Anita Dua, Author of the Book