BHOOMI 2019

01 October 2019, 05:30 am
BHOOMI 2019
Programme Type
Festivals
BHOOMI  2019
 
Ahimsa: In Gandhi’s Footsteps, Making Peace with the Earth
The Bhoomi Festival 2019 celebrates Ba and Bapu @150
 
FROM 15:00 TO 18:00
Saluting Ba and Bapu and Celebrating our Cultural Diversity
Panel discussion on Gandhi’s Legacy
Panelists: Vandana Shiva, Founder, Navdanya; Vibha Gupta, Chairperson, Magan Sangralaya, Wardha, Maharashtra; Prasanna Prahladachar, The Gandhian of Heggudo, Karnataka; Kartikeya Sarabhai, Environmentalist and Board Member, Sabarmati Ashram; Apoorvanand, Professor, University of Delhi; Satish Kumar, activist and former Editor, Resurgence & Ecologist magazine; Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor & Vice Dean, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, O.P. Jindal Global University
 
Film: A Force More Powerful (25 min; dvd; English)
A film by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, this documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important stories, shows how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule
 
 
AT 18:30
Celebrating the Spirit of Ahimsa through Music and Dance
 
Vocal Recital
By Vidya Rao, well-known Hindustani vocalist
 
Followed by
Performance
By Miti Desai, classical dancer, designer and educator
 
(Collaboration: Navdanya)
 

To Mark World Heart Day 2019

29 September 2019, 05:30 am
To Mark World Heart Day 2019
Programme Type
Discussions

To Mark World Heart Day 2019
 

 

“Be a Heart Hero…make a promise”
 
 
 
At 14:00
 
Screening of films on Diet, Smoking and Exercise, BP and BMI Check
 
 
 
At 15:30
 
Scientific Session
 
Chair: Dr. S. Padmavati, President, All India Heart Foundation; and Dr. M. Khalilullah
 
 
 
Heart Attack – Early Intervention is the Key – Speaker: Dr. (Brig.) Y.K. Arora
 
Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases – Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) S. Dwivedi
 
Hypertension – Speaker: Dr. A.P. Arora
 
 
 
Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. A.S. Dave; Dr. Saroj Prakash; Dr. S. Dwivedi; Dr. A.P. Arora; Dr. Y.K. Arora; and Dr. Anita Khalil
 
 
 
(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

28 September 2019, 05:30 am
FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
 
Water Every Drop Counts (26 min; dvd; English) 
A short film on the world's most precious resource - water. With demand for water likely to double in the next two decades, it is the top priority of countries all round the world to conserve it. And yet in the name of development, countries around the world are fast depleting their water resources… 
 
The Hard Edge (30 min; dvd; English)  
The film focusses on the efforts of Southern African nations to preserve the Zambezi river system comprising of lagoons, lakes, wetlands and wildlife preserves. It focuses on the joint action plan of the Southern African nations sharing the Zambezi river to reconcile the needs of wildlife and people
 
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

A DIALOGUE OF RIVERS

27 September 2019, 05:30 am
A DIALOGUE OF RIVERS
Programme Type
Discussions
A Dialogue of Rivers
 
 
 
River Dialogues
 
In conversation - Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal Global Law School and Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P. Jindal Global University; Krupa Ge, author of Rivers Remember, editor & columnist; Minket Lepcha, award-wining filmmaker & director of Voices of Teesta; and Sarandha Jain author of In Search of Yamuna: Reflections on River Lost
 
 
 
A new series of talks and dialogues that hopes to challenge the imagination of the “mainstream”. The series hopes to flow like tributaries into all other rivers like the Brahmaputra, Ganges, Narmada, Indus, Yamuna, Teesta, Gomti, Periyar, Krishna, Godavari, Sabarmati etc. The river conversations is critical to re-evaluate histories, reconnecting civilisations, cultures and peoples, ideas and regions. On opening of streams of thought and conversations for a future with exciting possibilities
 
 
 
First in a new series of quarterly river conversations conceptualised by Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor of Journalism and Vice Dean, School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
 
 

ON THE OCCASION OF GANDHI JAYANTI

27 September 2019, 05:30 am
ON THE OCCASION OF GANDHI JAYANTI
Programme Type
Cultural
On the Occasion of Gandhi Jayanti
 
 
 
The Music of the Charkha
 
A musical tribute celebrating Bapu’s life spinning the yarn of Satya and Sammanta
 
By Rama Sundar Ranganathan, disciple of Guru Pt. Tejpal Singh
 
With Akhtar Hassan and Rajat Prasanna
 
 
 
Invocation by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan
 
 
 
Welcome Address: Dr. Jyoti Bose, Managing Trustee, Sarvodaya International Trust
 
 
 
Chief Guest: Ms Rina Ray, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development
 
 
 
(Collaboration: Sarvodaya  International Trust, New Delhi Chapter)

5G and US - China Technology Conflict

23 September 2019, 05:30 am
5G and US - China Technology Conflict
Programme Type
Seminars
5G and US - China Technology Conflict
 
Speaker: Prof. Arogyaswami Paulraj, Emeritus Professor, Stanford University. He is the inventor and pioneer of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) wireless technology, the key to all modern wireless networks including 5G
 
 
 
Chair: Prof. Ambuj Sagar, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies & Head, School of Public Policy
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
 
 
 
The talk will outline what is 5G and why it is important from an economic and security perspective. It will then survey the strengths of key technology suppliers in 5G. And next, some of US Govt. policy initiatives and the responses from around the world
 
 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

20 September 2019, 05:30 am
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Programme Type
Talks
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
 
Western Classical Music in the Mirror of Time
Illustrated lecture by Tomasz Pajak who will introduce and elaborate on the distinctive style characterization of each musical era, interspersed with musical recordings 
 
Tomasz Pajak has studied MA and MM in violin performance and is a violin teacher at the Delhi School of Music and at the Neemrana Music Foundation
 

GANDHI MATTERS

19 September 2019, 05:30 am
GANDHI MATTERS
Programme Type
Discussions
GANDHI MATTERS
 
In Conversation
Atul Dodiya, Riyas Komu and Gulam Mohd. Sheikh in conversation
 
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Decoding Risks and Challenges in the Real Estate Sector

18 September 2019, 05:30 am
Decoding Risks and Challenges in the Real Estate Sector
Programme Type
Discussions
Decoding Risks and Challenges in the Real Estate Sector
Indian real estate has evolved over the last decade with the opening of FDI in 2005. During the period 2005-08, this resulted in a large flow of institutional money. But we were not ready for this large influx of capital, resulting in the creation of large projects for which execution infrastructure was not in place. With REITs and other regulatory intervention (like RERA, GST, Benami Act) there is renewed interest from large investors like Blackstone, Brookfield, CPPIB, APG, Ascendas, QIA, etc. But is it very important for investors and developers to understand the key risk factors in the Indian built environment sector and their mitigation strategies. In the last decade, we have seen many unfinished projects and conflicts between investors, lenders, and developers, which have a trickle-down impact on the home buyers and end users. The key questions are, do investors, lenders and developers understand these risks? And what is the best practices to mitigate them
 
The panelists will include Private equity investor, lender (bank of NBFC), a developer and lawyer
 
(Collaboration: RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University)
 

Radical Ecological Democracy

18 September 2019, 05:30 am
Radical Ecological Democracy
Programme Type
Talks
 
Radical Ecological Democracy: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Future
 
Speaker: Ashish Kothari, founding member of Kalpavriksh and co-editor of Alternative Futures: India Unshackled and Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary
Chair: Prof.Ashis Nandy