Release of 'Gandhi: The Soul Force Warrior'
 

A book by Pascal Alan Nazareth and published by Wisdom Tree, New Delhi

 

Chair: Shri Soli Sorabjee

 

This event is being organized by Sarvodaya International Trust and its New Delhi Chapter in collaboration with IIC and National Gandhi Museum

 

Shadow Monetary Policy Committee

 

Panelists: Dr. Arvind Virmani, former Chief Economic Advisor, Govt. of India and Executive Director, IMF; Indranil Sengupta, Chief Economic Advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Dr. S.S. Bhalla, Senior India Analyst, The Observatory Group; Prof. B.L. Pandit, Dept. of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; and Dr. Charan Singh, Chief Executive and Director, EGROW Foundation

 

(Collaboration: EGROW Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare)

To mark the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR

 

Lecture: A remarkable achievement – India’s contribution to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Miloon Kothari,  Independent Expert on Human Rights and Social Policy

 

Chair: Prof. Upendra Baxi, Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi

 

(Collaboration: UN in India)

International Conference on India and Central Asia
 

Inaugural Session 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, India International Centre

 

Welcome remarks by Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, President, Institute of Global Studies and former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia

 

Introduction to the Conference:  Professor Syed Akhtar Husain, President, Institute of Indo-Persian Studies, New Delhi and Professor, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Inauguration and Chairman’s Remarks by Shri N. N. Vohra

 

Vote of Thanks by Air Marshal Naresh Verma (Retd.), Director, India International Centre

 

(Organized by IIC-International Research Division; and Institute of Indo-Persian Studies, New Delhi)

 

Pathbreakers: The Twentieth Century Muslim Women of India

An exhibition on 21 Muslim Women who gave up the purdah on the eve of Independence and became partners in building a new India. The main body of their work spanned from 1947 until the end of the century and has remained largely invisible, unrecognized and unsung. They became writers, teachers, artists, scientists, lawyers, educators, political workers, trade unionists. A few became MPs, MLAs and some represented India in international fora. The women featured in this exhibition such as Begum Saeeda Khurshid, Begum Sharifa Hamid Ali, Begum Aziza Imam, Begum Saliha Abid Husain and others

 

Inauguration by Syeda Bilgrami Imam on Saturday, 1 December 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Muslim Women’s Forum; and UN Women)

 

Pathbreakers: The Twentieth Century Muslim Women of India

An exhibition on 21 Muslim Women who gave up the purdah on the eve of Independence and became partners in building a new India. The main body of their work spanned from 1947 until the end of the century and has remained largely invisible, unrecognized and unsung. They became writers, teachers, artists, scientists, lawyers, educators, political workers, trade unionists. A few became MPs, MLAs and some represented India in international fora. The women featured in this exhibition such as Begum Saeeda Khurshid, Begum Sharifa Hamid Ali, Begum Aziza Imam, Begum Saliha Abid Husain and others

 

Inauguration by Syeda Bilgrami Imam on Saturday, 1 December 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Muslim Women’s Forum; and UN Women)

 

Symposium: Moving Away – Bauhaus Pedagogy

Speakers include Kathleen James Chakroborty; Gulam Mohammed Sheikh; Sabih Ahmed; Anshuman Dasgupta; Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan; Mayank Mansingh Kaul; David Abraham; Tanishka Kachru; S. Blaram; Saif Ul Haque; Kazi Ashraf; Prasad Shetty; Rupali Gupta; and Natasha Ginwalla

 

Established in 1919 in the immediate aftermath of WWI, the Bauhaus reflected a generation who wished to reject its nationalistic and authoritarian past. While the school is associated with iconic works of modernist design, its innovations were significant in terms of teaching. Bauhaus pedagogy was not a unified phenomenon, but like the school itself, its identity and methods were contested and adapted during its various phases. The centenary project bauhaus imaginista provides a unique opportunity to think about art and design pedagogy and its relation to society from a transnational perspective

 

(Collaboration: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)

 

When the Doors Open 

(47 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Amrita Dasgupta who will introduce the film

 

The film revolves around Ajay and Kiran, visually impaired siblings and Sagar, a case of cerebral palsy who attend regular schools. Can these children cope with the pressures of mainstream education? Do their individual “abilities” get acknowledged?

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

With Dr. Annie Koshie, Principal, St. Mary’s School; Ajay Kharb and Kiran Kharb, visually impaired siblings and students of St. Mary’s School; Sagar Das, student of Grade XI at Sarvodaya School with cerebral palsy; and Savita Das, mother of Sagar Das and a parent representative in School Management Committee Member at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya

 

Moderator: Neeraja Bhattacharya, an active supporter of inclusive education and mother of a twelve-year girl with autism