Glimpses of Ladakh, Kashmir and Naropa Festival – Kumbh of Himalayas

18 January 2018, 05:30 am
Glimpses of Ladakh, Kashmir and Naropa Festival – Kumbh of Himalayas
Glimpses of Ladakh, Kashmir and Naropa Festival – Kumbh of Himalayas
An exhibition of photographs that showcases the diverse hues of the two regions, Ladakh and Kashmir and of the Naropa festival that is celebrated every 12 years
By Irfan Nabi, photographer and writer; with Nilosree Biswas, filmmaker and writer
 
Inauguration on Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 18:30
 
On 23 January 2018 at 18:30
 
A Travel Diary Through Ladakh and Kashmir
An interactive session with Nilosree Biswas and Irfan Nabi
 

India at 70: Relations with the International Monetary Fund

17 January 2018, 05:30 am
India at 70: Relations with the International Monetary Fund
Programme Type
Talks
India at 70: Relations with the International Monetary Fund
Speaker: Shri V. Srinivas, IAS, Chairman Rajasthan Tax Board and Chairman Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, Indian Council of World Affairs Fellow 2017
 
Chair: Dr. Nitin Desai

 
ABSTRACT:
 
 
 
India is a founding member of the International Monetary Fund. Since 1945, India lent its support to an Institution that was intended to put an end to the disastrous practice of competitive depreciation of currencies by establishing par exchange rates. India’s bustling democracy and reform-oriented leadership always received support from the Fund Management. As a member of the G-20 and G-24 group of Nations, with a chair at the IMF since 1944, India’s contribution to IMF reforms, addressing macroeconomic imbalances and as a spokesperson for Emerging Market Economies & PRGF countries has been significant. Indian Executive Directors contributed regularly to IMF’s ongoing work on capital flows and capital markets on the IMF Board. India has availed 3 IMF programs over the past 70 years – 1966, 1981 and 1991. The major reason for successful implementation of all the 3 programs was the convergence of ideas between India’s top bureaucracy and IMF staff. Following the 7th quota review, India lost its nominated seat on the IMF and had to settle for an elected seat. India’s position in the elected category was further eroded when China sought to re-enter the IMF in 1980. Today, China has 6.41 percent quota and India has 2.76 percent quota on the IMF Board. Further the Renminbi has been inducted into the SDR basket of currencies. The IMF itself has undergone massive changes in this period even as economic reforms in India gathered momentum and took deep roots. The lecture reviews the relationship between the IMF and India since 1944, with focus on the IMF programs with India, the major financial crisis in the world during this period, the changes in the character of the IMF, the rise of BRICS Nations and the roadmap ahead for India – IMF relations.
 
 
 
*V.Srinivas is the Chairman of the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, Ajmer. He is also an Indian Council of World Affairs Fellow for 2017 for his forthcoming book India and International Monetary Fund. He has a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from College of Technology Osmania University. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service from 1989 batch, and has 30 years of distinguished service. He has served as Chairman Rajasthan Tax Board, Deputy Director (Administration) AIIMS, Director General National Archives of India, Joint Secretary in Government of India in the Ministries of Textiles and Culture, Finance and Planning Secretary, Rajasthan, Advisor to India's Executive Director on the International Monetary Fund (2003-2006) and Private Secretary to Finance and External Affairs Minister. Mr. Srinivas has authored 58 articles on public finance and delivered 7 orations in 2017 including the International Archives Day Oration at the Reserve Bank of India Pune, the 125th Librarians Day oration at the National Library Kolkata, special lectures at the LBSNAA, Mussoorie, the National Archives of India and the Centre for Multilevel Federalism Institute of Social Sciences, the Independence day oration at the Amity University. He is a recipient of a number of awards and merit certificates for distinguished public service and has travelled widely across India and the World.
 

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

17 January 2018, 05:30 am
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
Curated by Rajiv Mehtrotra
 
The Suicide Tourist (60 min; dvd; 2007; English)
A film directed by John Zaritsky 
 
Multiple award winner including 5 Leo Awards 2008 including for Best Cinematography; Best Direction; Best Documentary Program; Gemini Awards 2009 for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
 
Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late stages of painful, terminal illness? The questions, debated for centuries, have only grown more pressing in recent years as medical technology has allowed us to live longer lives, and several U.S. states have legalized physician-assisted suicide. With unique access to Dignitas, the Swiss non- profit that has helped over one thousand people die since 1998, Academy Award- winning filmmaker John Zaritsky offers a revealing look at a couple facing the most difficult decision of their lives-and lets us see for ourselves as one Chicago native makes the trip to Switzerland for what will become the last day of his life 
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Layers of the Gaze

17 January 2018, 05:30 am
Layers of the Gaze
Layers of the Gaze
Drawings on fabric, travel journals and drawing books
By Andreia Dulianel, plastic artist from Brazil
 
The exhibition also features plastic productions created during her artist residency in India. The works reveal a process of construction through a process of layering, in the veiling and unveiling of forms, through overlaps and transparencies of the elements of visual language
 
Inauguration on Tuesday, 16 January 2018 at 18:30
 
(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil)
 

Another South Asia!

16 January 2018, 05:30 am
Another South Asia!
Programme Type
Discussions
Another South Asia! 
Edited by Dev Nath Pathak
 
Panellists: Dr. Kavita Sharma, Chair; President, South Asian University; Dr. Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament and author; Prof Salil Mishra, Professor of History and Pro Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi; and Dr. Dev Nath Pathak, Editor of Another South Asia! and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, South Asian University
 
Another South Asia! is an interdisciplinary text attempting to explore the political and sociocultural domains of South Asia in more nuanced ways which have not yet made inroads into the thinking of conventional scholarship, diplomacy and politics in and on the region
 
(Collaboration: South Asian University; and Primus Books)
 

AAJ KAVITA

15 January 2018, 05:30 am
AAJ KAVITA
Programme Type
Cultural
AAJ  KAVITA
Anuj Lagun (Gaya), Mithlesh Sharan Choubey (Sagar), Jyoti Chawla and Achyutanand Mishra (Delhi)
 
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (CANCELLED)

15 January 2018, 05:30 am
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (CANCELLED)
Programme Type
Talks
CANCELLED

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
 
Harappans in the Ganga Valley: New Discoveries 
Speaker: Dr. Bhuvan Vikrama, Archaeological Survey of India
 
The Harappan presence in the east of Yamuna has been attested at Alamgirpur (Baghpat) and at Hulas (Saharanpur), however, with an admixture of local or regional cultural elements, it represents a diluted form of the Harappans or its rural manifestation with no urban signatures. Recent, discovery of a large collection of copper objects from Harinagar (Bijnor) and a small scale excavation at Sakatpur (Saharanpur) yielding the copper hoard implements with Harappan artefacts has brought us to a point where a rethink of the Harappan presence in Yamuna-Ganga doab and beyond becomes imperative. The present talk will focus on the Harappan evidences found in this region and will discuss their significance and relevance
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

15 January 2018, 05:30 am
Hindustani Vocal Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Shiv Prasad Rao from Delhi, son and disciple of Pt. Maheswar Rao and  Pt. Vikas Kashalkar 
 

Complex Belongings: The Chinese Indian Community

15 January 2018, 05:30 am
Complex Belongings: The Chinese Indian Community
Programme Type
Seminars
Complex Belongings: The Chinese Indian Community
Panellists: Tansen Sen; Lawrence Liang; Jayani Bonnerjee; Rita Chowdhury; Severin Kuok; Piya Chakraborty; Binny Law
 
(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies; and O. P. Jindal Global University)
 

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)

17 January 2018, 05:30 am
Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)
Programme Type
Cultural
 
COMMEMORATION  ? GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA/ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM FROM 10:30 TO 12:15
Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)
89th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
 
Commemoration Service: 10.30 to 11.00 at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
 
Interactive Session: 11.15 to 12.15 (CD Deshmukh Auditorium)
 
Special Address by Mr. Jeffrey Sexton, Minister Counsellor for Public Affairs, US Embassy
 
During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened
 
Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker (Working Group on Alternative Strategies) and Shri Ramesh Sharma (Gandhi Yuva Biradari)
 
Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate
 
This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development
 
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)