Speaker:i Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna, Chair, Committee of Experts Report on Data Protection and Life Trustee, IIC

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

The Committee has suggested measures to be taken when it comes to protecting personal information of Indian citizens, the role and duties of data processors, and the rights of individuals. The report also looks at the penalties that should be imposed for violation of these data protection measures

 

 

War or Peace – The Struggle for World Power

 

Discussion around the new book by Prof. Deepak Lal, James S. Coleman Professor Emeritus of International Development Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

 

 

 

Panelists: Dr. Surjit Bhalla, Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council; Shri Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; and Cmdre. C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Studies

 

 

 

Chair: Shri Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Editor, The Hindustan Times

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Praman; and Oxford University Press)

 

 

Aaj Kavita
 

Uday Prakash (Delhi); Arun Kamal (Patna); Vipin Choudhary (Hisar); and Vazda Khan (Delhi)

 

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

 

 

Food is Medicine
 

Speaker: Dr. Pooja Singhal, has a doctorate in naturopathy and yoga. She is a Nutritionist and dietician; diabetes educator and insulin pump trainer.  Formerly with Escorts Heart hospital and Apollo hospital; recipient of the Aadhi Aabadi award for women achievers 

 

Chair: Dr. Ashok Grover

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Mukesh: The Singer who lives on 

This presentation on Mukesh will focus on his style of singing, reasons behind his success, biographical details, the social-political context within which his songs are situated, relations with noted film personalities & music directors, etc.  Audio clips would accompany the lecture.  A special feature would be the unheard and unreleased songs of Mukesh

 

A bureaucrat by profession, Pankaj Rag is also a connoisseur of music, who has done extensive research in cinema and culture and his book on film music directors from 1931 – 2005,  Dhuno Ki Yatra is a highly acclaimed book. He has also authored ‘1857: The Oral Tradition’ (published by Rupa & Co.) which tries to reconstruct the First War of Independence through folk songs and folk tales 

 

 

The Rise of China in the International Monetary System 
 

Speaker: V. Srinivas, IAS, Chairman Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and Chairman Rajasthan Tax Board

 

 

Blending Music with Technology 
 

Speakers: Ms. Nirali Karthik, Hindustani classical vocalist; Mr. Shankar Barua, Trustee, The Academy of Electronic Arts; and  Mr. Chintan Kalra, Founder-Member, Parikrama

 

 

The Psychological Impact of the Partition of India
 

A discussion on the book edited by Dr. Alok Sarin and Dr. Sanjeev Jain

Panelists: Sanjeev Jain; Tarun Saint; Ayesha Kidwai; and Hina nandrajog

 

Moderator: Urvashi Butalia, feminist and publisher

 

 

The Partition of India was a partitioning of minds as much as it was a geographical division. But there has been little discussion in mental health discourse on the psychological scars it caused. This book examines the partitioning of human experience and its impact on social life and psychological health. The breakdown of civic life and society during the cataclysmic event, the collapse of medical services, the violence against citizens and the reflection of these events in writings of that era