By Anirudh Kumar

"My paintings are made with natural colours and ash, which reminds us of ancient times with a modern twist. This painting will connect you with history and nature."

Inauguration on 28 October at 18:30 hrs by Ram Onkar Shine Shivan, Artist and Virendra Sachdeva, Eminent Politician

The exhibition will be on display till 4 November from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs

(73 min; 2025; English)

Director: O.P. Srivastava

A powerful documentary exposing the growing crisis of orbital pollution. Through striking visuals and expert voices, it reveals the dangers of space debris, legal gaps, and militarization, while spotlighting global clean-up efforts. Urgent and thought-provoking, it calls for responsible stewardship of Earth’s fragile orbital commons.

O.P. Srivastava, award-winning filmmaker and author, uses cinema to spotlight urgent cultural and environmental issues.

Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Contemporary India

By Shankar Ramaswami (Permanent Black, 2025)

Discussants: Purushottam Agrawal, former Chair, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Uma Chakravarti, Former Professor, Department of History, Miranda House, Delhi University; Nandini Sundar, Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi University; Aseem Shrivastava, scholar, writer, and ecological thinker; Shankar Ramaswami, Professor of Sociology, O. P. Jindal Global University and author of the book

Chair : Sh. Ajay Singh Mehta, Former Executive Director, National Foundation for India

Reimagining India's Economy: The Road to a More Equitable Society

By Arun Maira (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

The author will be in conversation with: Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, GoI and Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, The Hero Enterprise

Moderator: Ms. Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18

Echoes of the Past : Deep Threads of Indian Diplomacy

By Lakhan Mehrotra (Heritage Publishers, 2025)

Discussants: Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute of Competitiveness; Amb. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Member, Rajya Sabha; Amb Lakhan Mehrotra, author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, eminent author and scholar

As the United Nations founded in 1945, after the end of the 2nd World War, the deadliest in history, to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" completes 80 years, it is imperative to examine what has the UN achieved and why it has signally failed in stopping or ending wars.

 Chair: Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, and Convener, Editorial Board of the magazine WORLD AFFAIRS.

Speaker: Ambassador K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, and World Peace University, Pune.

A film on Sri Ramana Maharshi

(127 min; 2024; English)

Directed by Japna Tulsi

A cinematic meditation on the silent presence of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi where stories, poetry, and song become the medium through which his luminous stillness is revealed.

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

Vocal Recital by Sounak Chattopadhyay

A Hindustani vocalist with training from Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khansahab and Mubarak Ali Khan Sahab of the Kirana Gharana, semi-classical forms from Smt. Sanjukta Ghosh, advanced training in Rabindra Sangeet and other traditional Bengali songs.

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

Freedom of Speech is constitutionally guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. It protects the right of individuals to express their opinions without fear of state reprisal, however it is not unfettered. The discussion will focus on the critical inquiry of the nature, scope, and limits of free speech in India’s constitutional framework.

Speaker: Justice Rekha Sharma, Former Judge, Delhi High Court

Discussants: Jatinder Jay Cheema, Legal Practitioner in various High Courts in India, the Supreme Court of India, Regulators, and Arbitral Tribunals; Santosh Snehi Mann, District and Sessions Judge, Delhi (Retd)

(Organised by the IIC’s Sectoral Policy Planning Group on Law and Justice)

The Changing Profile of India’s Trade Relations: A Partial and General Equilibrium Analysis

Edited by Somesh K. Mathur, Prabir De, Archana Srivastava

Discussants: Dr. Rajan Sudesh Ratna, Dy. Head and Senior Economic Affairs Officer, South and South-West Asia Office, UNESCAP; Ms. Pallavi Jain Govil, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs, New Delhi; Prof. Manmohan Agarwal, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Amita Batra, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Rajesh Chadha, Centre for Social and Economic Progress; Prof. Dibyendu Maiti, Delhi School of Economics; Prof. Kavya Dashora, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; Prof. Somesh K. Mathur, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur & Editor of the book; Prof. Prabir De, Research and Information System for Developing Countries & Editor of the book; Dr. Archana Srivastava, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad & Editor of the book