Discussion on Annihilating Casteism in the Indian Republic

Speakers: Prof. Y.S. Alone, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Ram Chandra, Professor, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Sharad Prahlad Baviskar, Assistant Professor, Centre for French and Francophone Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Ms Arundhati Roy, Author and Activist (tbc)

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

 

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

Dr. Dagmar Graefin Berstorff Commemorative Lecture

 

 

 

India and Germany: On the Way to Regional Integrations?

 

Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang-Peter Zingel, South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg

 

 

 

Discussants: Ambassador Dr. Sheel Kant Sharma; and Prof Ummu Salma Bava, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Ambassador Ronen Sen, President FIGS

 

Moderator: Dr. Ronald Meinardus, Head, FNF, Regional Office South Asia

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Federation of Indo-German Societies in India; and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom)

 

 

 

Healthcare in India

 

 

 

Overview on Promotive and Preventive Health Care in India: A Government Perspective

 

Speaker: Smt Preeti Sudan, Secretary (H & FW), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India

Chair: Prof.K. Srinath Reddy, President,Public Health Foundation of India

 

 

Third lecture in a new series on Healthcare in India. The series focuses on educating and informing society on advanced healthcare systems and its availability for people. Healthcare has become one of India’s largest sectors, both in terms of revenue and employment. The Indian healthcare sector is growing at a brisk pace due to its strengthening coverage, service and increasing expenditure by public as well as private players

The Africa Series

 

New India meets a New Nigeria: Creating an Indo-African Growth Story

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Chris Sunday Eze, High Commissioner of Nigeria to India

 

Chair: Shri Amar Singh, Member, National Security Advisory Board and former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India

 

Nigeria has been at the heart of India’s outreach to Africa for decades. As Africa’s most populous country, it has always been among India’s primary economic partners and diplomatic friends in the continent. The economic relationship in the past revolved around oil supplies but today, both economies have much more to offer each other. India’s accomplishments in software and robust startup ecosystem are well-known. Less known is that Nigeria, for example, is home to Africa’s most valuable tech ecosystem.

 

The High Commissioner will discuss the story of India-Nigeria relations, the nature of and extent of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, and the significance of Nigeria to Africa and the world at large

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

 

 

Putting International Disarmament on the Front Burner: Role of Civil Society

 

Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Minor, Visiting Research Scholar, Jindal school of International Affairs, Advisor, Article 36 , a UK based NGO that works for stronger international standards and greater public scrutiny over weapons, through research, advocacy and campaigns for new international laws and policies that can better protect civilians; and Member of the International Steering Group on the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and was part of the ICAN team that won the Novel Peace Prize for its work in 2017

 

 

 

Introduction: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

 

 

Chair: Ms Pamela Philipose, Public Editor, The Wire

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

Hungary: Pure Music

Piano and cello concert presented by Ebony Duo from Hungary – Virág Kiss, pianist; and Sándor Dezsc? on the cello

 

The artists will presents works by Dávid Popper; Ferenc Liszt; Brahms; Debussy; Béla Bartók; and Zoltán Kodály

 

(Collaboration: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)

 

The Magnificent Journey: Times and Tales of Democracy

(72 min; 2019; dvd; English)

Directed by Abhijit Banerjee & Ranu Ghosh who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

At a time when the idea of democracy is under threat, this is a film that celebrates democracy for its ambition and the engagement and the excitement it generates, while also recognizing it’s many challenges. Drawing upon unique footage from hundreds of conversations with would be voters and local leaders in the towns and villages of North India, it emphasizes the humour, the passion and intellectual depth that participants brings into their decisions

 

Changing Narratives on the Himalayan Geo-strategy

Speakers: Shri Vishnu Prakash, former High Commissioner to Canada, Ambassador to South Korea and Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs; Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, AVSM, VSM (Retd); and Prof. K. Warikoo, Secretary-General,

Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation; Editor, Journal of Himalayan and Central Asian Studies

 

Moderator: Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)