Presentation of paper by Dr. Seema Bathla, Professor of Economics, Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture, Govt. of India

The lecture is based on the paper titled ‘Doubling of farmers’ income in India by 2022-23: Insights on Attainment from NSS Situation Assessment Surveys’ prepared as part of the IIC Sectoral Policy Group on Agriculture under the Convenorship of Shri Siraj Hussain

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/f-Z9TjYhGGs

Programme Details

The tenth biennial edition of one of the oldest environmental film festivals organised in collaboration with Toxics Link. The two-day festival includes a screening of 36 films on diverse environmental issues like climate change, water, waste management, conservation, sustainable living and environmental justice 

At 09:45
Inauguration of the Festival

By H.E. Ms May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway

Welcome Address: Shri Ravi Agarwal, Founding Director, Toxics Link

Address by Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Followed by a cultural programme

Boond – Every Drop Matters

Presented by artists of Tapaswini Nav Sadhna

The dance emphasizes the critical need for water conservation

Nukad Natak

Presented by Bal Bhawan School, Mayur Vihar

An exhibition of photographs by Eklavya Prasad

This exhibition is part of The Visual Katha series of photographs that captures the untold resilience of North Bihar’s communities as they confront the cyclical devastations of annual flooding. The collection will take viewers on a journey that unfolds the intricate dimensions of floods, beginning with the varies typologies, from flash floods to the riverine floods, engulfing rise of river waters, each with unique implications for the region’s landscape and lives

Inauguration by Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment on Thursday, 5 December 2024 at 18:00

Guest of Honour: Dr Krishna S. Vatsa, Member, National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi.

State of Play: How Will the Recent State Elections Impact National Politics?

Speakers: Mahua Moitra, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (Trinamool Congress); Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Shiv Sena UBT); Nalin Mehta, Managing Editor, MoneyControl.com and Manoj Jha, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Janata Dal)

Moderator: Bharat Bhushan, journalist and Editor

(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)
 

The Beatles and India (India)
(95 min; 2021; English)
Directed by Ajoy Bose who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

A unique historical chronicle of the enduring love affair between The Beatles and India that started more than half century ago. The film uses rare archival footage, photographs, eye-witness accounts and expert comments along with location shoots across India to bring alive the fascinating journey of George, John, Paul and Ringo from their high-octane celebrity lives in the West to a remote Himalayan ashram in search of spiritual bliss that inspired an unprecedented burst of creative song writing. The film is the first serious exploration of how India shaped the evolution of the greatest ever rock band and their own pioneering role bridging two vastly different cultures across the universe
 

Sita’s Voice in the Assamese Ramayana

Selected verses from the Ramayana of Madhava Kandali and the Uttarakanda of Sankaradeva

Translated and Edited by Tilottoma Misra (Zubaan Books: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Uma Chakravarti, historian and filmmaker; and Ms Tilottoma Misra, critic and translator/author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Pankaj Jha, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi

Speakers: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, critic and essayist; Prof. Harish Trivedi, writer, translator and academic; Prof. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator and academic; and Prof. Swati Pal, Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College (JDMC), University of Delhi

Chair: Amb. Navtej Sarna, author, historian and former Ambassador to USA

Lecture-demonstration by Vidya Shah, well-known Hindustani vocalist

This session is part of the two-day Seminar on ‘Syncretic Traditions in the Subcontinent over the Ages: Contemporary Challenges”

(Collaboration: Dara Shikoh Centre for the Arts)
 

Speaker: General Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of Defence Staff

Followed by a

Conversation with Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC and former Defence Secretary and former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC