An exhibition of photographs by Bindi Sheth on children with special needs 

 

Inauguration by Ms Poonam Natarajan, Founder Chairperson, Vidya Sagar, Chennai on Thursday, 1st August 2019 at 17:30

 

(Collaboration: Prabhat Education Foundation)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

 

Friends, heroes, scientists, women

Inaugural lecture by Dr. Gagandeep Kang, acclaimed biologist and Executive Director, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute; and the first Indian woman to be inducted as the Fellow of Royal Societies (FRS), London 2019 

 

Opening Remarks: Prof. K. Vijayaraghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

 

A tiny fraction of Indian women born to relative privilege have taken up the space they deserve in many fields. But even in this thin sliver of society where women are educated and have some degree of autonomy, stereotypes limit, not entry, but progression of women in science. My encounters and relationships with women who support, inspire, challenge and stand by me are central to my life and work. Demonstration of professional competence and our cultural constructs appear at odds, and I have been fortunate having many women and some men who believe that women can and will get things done.

 

First in a new series of lectures organised in collaboration with Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The year-long series of lectures and panel discussions hopes to inspire budding and aspiring women scientists, doctors, and engineers and also to discuss key issues relating to the inclusion and advancement of women in science, medicine and engineering

 

Restorative Justice in Prisons

 

Speaker: Dr. Upneet Lalli, Deputy Director, Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh

 

 

 

Chair: Shri P.S. Bawa, former Director General of Police

 

 

 

Dr. Lalli is a Doctorate in Psychology and has been closely associated with policy making related to prisons and custodial justice issues. She has worked towards increasing knowledge about new laws amongst criminal justice functionaries, as well as bringing about attitudinal change with particular focus on treatment of offenders and motivating prison staff to take initiatives in prison reforms

 

 

 

 

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Seminar ■ Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex  from 10:00 to 17:00

 

Indian Perspective on Space Security

 

Address by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog

 

Keynote Address by Prof. Ricky Lee, University of Notre Dame, Australia and Partner at Globalex

 

 

 

Chair: Dr. Sanat Kaul, Chairman, International Foundation for Aviation Aerospace and Drones

 

 

 

(Collaboration: International Federation for Aviation, Aerospace and Drones; and Niti Aayog)

 

 

One-on-One: Motifs and Melodies” 
 

A series of musical interactions between veteran guitarist, Deepak Castelino and sarod maestro Pritam Ghosal. Winding through a variety of original motifs and melodies “One-On-One” flitters lightly (and freely) in the musical worlds of jazz, blues, pop, classical and traditional Indian ragas

 

An India Reimagined: Governance and Administration in the World’s Largest Democracy

By M.N. Buch, Editor: N. Ravichandran (Penguin Random House, 2019)

Launch of the book 

 

Introduction: Suhas Borker, Managing Trustee, Jan Pahal Trust

 

Chief Guest: Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India 

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

 

Closing Remarks: Smt. Nirmala Buch, former Union Rural Development Secretary and former Chief  Secretary Madhya Pradesh

 

Mahesh Neelkanth Buch did his Economics Tripos from Cambridge University before he joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1957. Widely recognized and respected for his integrity, professionalism and societal contributions, Buch was known as the architect of New Bhopal. He famously wrote five letters to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - ranging from the deterioration of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to Indo-American relations and how India must not be deferential to the US, and to assert the country's right to help rebuild Afghanistan. This book is a collection of twenty articles that have been divided into six major themes, namely the IAS, reforms (police, judiciary and electoral system), economics, social challenges (health, corruption and reservation), and governance and environment. Original and thought-provoking, the collection reflects Buch's deep concern with safeguarding the idea of India and how change can be brought

 

(Collaboration: Jan Pahal Trust; National Centre for Human Settlements and Environment; and Penguin Random House)

 

Staged scenes from Operas by Mozart, Gounod, Rossini, Donizetti and others

Presented by young singers from the Neemrana Music Academy

 

Voice coach: Jasmin Martorell

Stage director: Yashraj Jadhav

Pianist: Philippe Engel

 

(Collaboration: The Neemrana Music Foundation)

 

POSTPONED TO 29 AUGUST 2019


Vipassana Meditation for Vibrant Heath and Mental Well-being
 

Lecture and demonstration by Shri B.M. Khanna, former Chairman, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.

 

Rowzaneh: Iran Through my Lens

An exhibition of photographs on Iran – architecture, people and landscapes

By Dr. Aziz Mahdi from Delhi

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 at 18:30

 

Dr. Mahdi has spent more than a decade studying and teaching Persian in Iran and has travelled extensively through the country living among the indigenous people in the busiest as well as remotest corners of Iran. His exhibition presents a rare glimpse into the everyday life of the country