Speaker: Prof. John Ellis, King’s College London and CERN Theory Division, Geneva

Paul Gauguin's famous painting Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? deals with some of the most fundamental questions of the Universe. Eminent CERN theoretician Professor John Ellis explains how the Large Hadron Collider might address Gauguin's questions as seen by particle physics and cosmology.

In particle physics Gauguin's questions can be interpreted as: What is the status of particle physics, what may lie just beyond our current understanding of it, and just what is the `Theory of Everything'? In cosmology: What were the earliest stages of the Universe like, what is it made of today, and what is its future? Physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Geneva are hoping to provide some of the answers in the near future

Collaboration: University of Edinburgh

Webcast recording of the programme held on 15 February 2013

An illustrated lecture by Sunit Tandon, noted theatre and television personality and is currently the President of the Delhi Music Society

Webcast recording of the programme held on 5th June 2015

The Monasteries of Anandpur visited by Xuanzang

Illustrated lecture by Y.S. Rawat, former Director, Gujarat State Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India

Archaeological research in recent years in the state of Gujarat has highlighted the importance of the region in Buddhist studies in India. The talk provides insight into these archaeological sites. It also emphasises the presence of Buddhist establishments both within and outside the fortified area of settlement as revealed at sites of Vadnagar and Taranga, located in proximity of each other

Video recording of the paper presented at the Conference on ‘Challenging Stereotypes in Early Buddhism’ organised by the Centre from 11th to 13th February 2019

https://vimeo.com/335555381

Illustrated lecture by Ms Caterina Brazzi Castracane, historian, author and tour guide

Introduction: Dr. Andrea Baldi, Director, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

To mark the 500th death anniversary of the great Renaissance painter, Raphael Sanzio, a webinar on the life and works of the great master, as well as a virtual tour of the art works currently on display at a major exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome which brings together numerous artworks from many different museums

Video recording of the webinar held on 11th June 2020

Organised in collaboration with Italian Embassy Cultural Centre and Bell’Italia 88
  

Illustrated lecture by Shri Ratish Nanda, Project Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Introduction: Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi
Chair: Dr. Janhwij Sharma, Director, Conservation, Archaeological Survey of India

From traditional scientific knowledge in preparation of lime mortar to state of art use of laser scanners - Humayun's tomb has benefited from a host of scientific conservation practices

Webcast recording of the programme held on 15th March 2015

Concert presented by Eduardo Tami (flautist and leader of the group); Emiliano Ferrer (guitar); and Leandro Marquesano (piano)

With tango dancers - Facundo Barrionuevo and Maria Claudia Marciano

The artists present a journey through the greatest exponents of Argentine tango. Beginning with the well-known Carlos Gardel to Francisco de Caro, Julian Plaza, Juan Caldarella, Horacio Salgán, Osvaldo Pugliese and the great Astor Piazzolla who revolutionized traditional tango into a new style known as “neuvo tango”. The artist will also present Argentine folk music

Collaboration: Embassy of Argentina

Webcast recording of the programme held on 26th March 2015

Speaker: Prof. T. Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA, Pune

Chair: Prof. Mohammad Sami, Director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia

Second in the series of lectures coordinated by Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi on the developments in science and technology together with the excitement of engaging in an intellectual pursuit.  Science and Technology are omnipresent in our lives. Modern medicine, electronic and communication technologies, transportation and a host of other benefits have transformed our lives in ways that could not be even imagined a century ago. Technology is of course what we see all around us - but it is actually the underlying science that makes it all possible.

Webcast recording of the programme held on 3rd May 2013

On his 94th birth anniversary in 2013, musicologist and writer S. Kalidas remembers the extraordinary genius of the late Pandit Ravi Shankar, his life and his music

Webcast recording of the programme held on 3rd April 2013

Director: Danny Ben – Moshe
Narrator: Ayesha Dharkar

Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the 2000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping the world’s largest film industry. When Indian cinema began 100 years ago it was taboo for Hindu and Islamic women to perform on screen, so Jewish women took on female lead roles, which they dominated for decades. The film focusses on the lives of five of the great Jewish actors. Infused with music and dancing, the cheekily told documentary unabashedly oozes Bollywood as it uses film motifs to drive the narrative

The film can be accessed for viewing on 11th June 2020 from 18:00 to until 12th midnight after which it will be closed

Here is the link  https://vimeo.com/292075588 

A Conversation with Danny Ben-Moshe

On 12th June 2020 at 11:30, Embassy of Israel will host a Zoom session with Danny Ben-Moshe, Director of Shalom Bollywood. Kindly please register your participation on  https://forms.gle/DDc2wYSrJW2d5HAm9

Screening organised in collaboration with Embassy of Israel in India

The Nehruvian Modern Moment: A view of Delhi's Architecture and Design - 1947-1985 

Speaker: Shri Ram Rahman, photographer
Chair: Shri Romi Khosla

Introduction: Shri Sohail Hashmi

Programme held on 29th August 2015