Tibet and the Himalayan Borderlands

Panelists: Prof. Mahendra P. Lama, Professor, Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Nimmi Kurian, Centre for Policy Research; and Prof. Vasudha Pande, Lady Shri Ram College

 

Moderator: Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

The panelists will discuss communities and trade across the borders. How did the closure of the borders affect communities’ lives? A few trade routes have been opened between Tibet and the Indian and Nepal Himalayas. The panel will examine how this impacts on the people and their local and national economies

 

Punya Tithi – Spiritual Merit through the Lens of Dance

Manis of Odissi in the tradition of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Padma Vibhushan

 

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra’s choreographies as well as those of his disciple, Smt Sharon Lowen’s will be presented 

Gandhi Aur Mrityu

Speaker: Dr. Kumar Prashant

 

Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation

Experiencing the Goddesses – The Trail of the Yoginis

Discussion around the new book co-authored by Nilima Chitgopekar; Janet Chawla; Seema Kohli; Anamika Roy; and Stella Dupuis (New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2019)

 

Introduction: Stella Dupuis, co-author of the book

In Conversation: Madhu Khanna and Vidya Rao will be in conversation with the authors

Social and Gender Audits in Higher Education

Lead presentation by Dr. Kristy Kelly, Professor, Columbia University and Drexel University, USA. An expert on gender and international education and uses gender and education as critical lenses to examine social change

 

Speakers: Prof. Poonam Batra, Professor of Education, University of Delhi; Prof, Krishna Menon, Professor and Dean, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi; Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi (tbc); Prof. Rukmini Sen, Professor, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University; Dr. Bulbul Dhar James, Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Dr. Shweta Singh, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of International Studies, South Asian University

 

(Collaboration: Wiscomp)

 

 

HEALTHCARE IN INDIA

 

Crucial Gaps in Delivering Health Care – What’s Done? What’s Ignored?

Speaker: Smt Shailaja Chandra, former Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, and former Chief Secretary, Delhi

 

Discussants: Ms K. Sujatha Rao, former Health Secretary, Govt. of India; and Dr. Anand Krishnan, Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

 

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

24TH PREM BHATIA MEMORIAL LECTURE 2019

 

India’s Contemporary Security Challenges

Speaker; Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.), former Chief of Naval Staff

Chair: Ambassador G. Parthasarathy

 

(Collaboration: Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust)

Aaj Kavita

Poets – Arun Dev (Bijnor), Savita Singh (Delhi), Soni Pandey (Azamgarh), and Pranjal Dhar (Delhi)

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

A Brief History of Musical Time

A classical voice and piano recital featuring iconic arias from different operas and periods of music history

Ashwati Parameshwar, Soprano

Dinaibo Rentta, Pianist

Koothu (53 min; 2018; dvd; English and with subtitles)

Director: Sandhya Kumar

Film courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

 The art and politics of Koothu, a living theatre tradition from Tamil Nadu.  Performed as an all-night play that recreates tales from the Indian epics, it is closely connected with the caste and ritual practices of the village people. The film looks at these practices, and the performance aesthetics and perspectives of the art form, through the works of two contemporary theatre companies, led by P. Rajagopal and  Sambandhan Thambiran