Speaker: Professor Sanjay Jain, Professor of Physics, University of Delhi

Chair: Prof. Ajoy Ghatak, former Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

 

Networks underlie some of the most fascinating phenomena around us: life, society, and thought. The study of these networks is part of a new movement in science that respects the essential indivisibility of the complex systems that exhibit these phenomena and attempts to understand them as wholes and not just as the sum of their parts. The talk gives some examples of this - networks of molecules in living organisms; of species in ecosystems; social and economic networks in societies; neural networks in brains; and also describes how their study is breaking down barriers between disciplines. An example of how such an approach helps illuminate the origin of life will be discussed.

 

Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 1st October 2014
 

Pot o’Gold (USA)

(86 min; 1941; b/w; English)

Director: George Marshall

 

With James Stewart, Paulette Godard, Horace Heidt

 

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and an in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle, an avid music hater, all while winning the heart of the beautiful Molly

 

Film source: Internet Archive

Odissi Recital

By Vrinda Chadha from Delhi, disciple of Smt Ranjana Gauhar

 

Video recording of a recital for IIC

 

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE

 

Palermo: A Virtual Tour (37 min)

A virtual tour of the ancient city of Palermo conducted by Angelina Jimbo

 

Palermo, capital of Sicily has been at the crossroads of civilizations for millennia. A city at the edge of Europe and at the centre of the ancient world, presents a heady, heavily spiced mix of Byzantine mosaics, Arabesque domes, baroque churches, frescoed cupolas and where date palms frame Gothic palaces

 

An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88

The Man Behind the Mask: Dadi D. Pudumjee and His Magical World

Dadi D. Pudumjee, Founder, Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust in conversation with Sanjoy Roy, Managing Director, Teamwork Arts

 

Video recording of the conversation organised in collaboration with Parzor Foundation and Jiyo Parsi

 

Link: https://youtu.be/IV87G0_4E6o

NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST SERIES 

Restoring India-Nepal Relations: What Steps to Take

Speakers: Amb. Bekh Bahadur Thapa, former Ambassador of Nepal to India; 

Amb. Ranjit Rae, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal; and Maj. Gen. (Redt.) Ashok K. Mehta

 

Moderator: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

 

India-Nepal relations are at one of their lowest points; but not as bad as in 2015.  Both countries have enjoyed excellent relations as two closet neighbours with open borders and shared history, geography, culture, religion and people to people ties beyond compare. The recent slide has to be arrested and relations restored to even keel between the two sovereign nations

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement in Poland
 

An exhibition of photographs and texts on the first independent trade union movement which contributed to the collapse of communism and brought to an end the world’s cold war divisions. The exhibition delineates the rise of the Solidarity Trade Union and the historic 31st August 1980 signing of the August Agreement

 

On view in the Quadrangle Garden, from 21st September to 4th October 2020

 

(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Jain Architecture in Eastern India
 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Lata Bothra, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Bharatiya Siksha Parishad, Lucknow, and D.Litt from the Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage, Kolkata. Her special interests have been in the ancient archaeological specimens, cultural and philosophical aspects of Jainism

 

Special Guest: Prof. Neeru Misra

 

Lectures in Jain Art organised in collaboration with Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology

 

The Webinar can be accessed on: Zoom ID: 81295409416, Password: 3131

 

 

 

The New National Education Policy 2020

Speakers: Prof. Anurag Behar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation, Chief Sustainability Officer of Wipro Limited & Vice Chancellor, Azim Premji University; Prof. Krishna Kumar, former Professor of Education, University of Delhi and former Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training; and Prof. Shyam B. Menon, Professor of Education, Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi and former Vice-Chancellor, Ambedkar University

 

Discussants: Shri Amitabha Bhattacharya, retired IAS Officer and formerly with UNDP

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

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MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

 

WTO Negotiations and Indian Agriculture: Issues and Sensitivities

Speaker: Prof. Sachin Kumar Sharma, Associate Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT, New Delhi

 

Moderator: Shri Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER

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