MONODHARMA DANCE FESTIVAL: 3RD AND 4TH MAY 2019
 

WOMEN IN LAW IN INDIA

 

Women in Law - The Path of Empowerment

Speaker: Justice Sujata Manohar, former Judge, Supreme Court 

Discussants: Ms Madhavi Goradia Divan, Additional Solicitor General, Supreme Court; 

 

Chair: Shri Soli J.Sorabjee

 

Second lecture in the new series focusing on Women in Law in India

 

 

NATO and Turkey

Speaker: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Vinod Saighal, VSM author and Executive Director, Eco Monitors Society

 

Introductory Observations: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

At the end of World War II the Western allies decided to form the North Atlantic Treaty Pact (NATO) to counter the advance of the Soviet Union and its communist ideology. Stalin had quickly incorporated the Baltic Republics and Eastern Europe into the Soviet sphere. Turkey with the strongest army in Europe was the bulwark of the defences against the Soviet Union. Recently, however, strains have developed in the alliance. Turkey is now more inclined towards Russia. The break up with NATO whether imminent or not makes Turkey's support meaningless

 

Cello Concert

Presented by Sándor Dezsc? from Hungary 

 

The artist will presents cello suites of J.S. Bach

 

(Collaboration: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)

 

Discussion on Annihilating Casteism in the Indian Republic

Speakers: Prof. Y.S. Alone, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Ram Chandra, Professor, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Sharad Prahlad Baviskar, Assistant Professor, Centre for French and Francophone Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Ms Arundhati Roy, Author and Activist (tbc)

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

 

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

Dr. Dagmar Graefin Berstorff Commemorative Lecture

 

 

 

India and Germany: On the Way to Regional Integrations?

 

Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang-Peter Zingel, South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg

 

 

 

Discussants: Ambassador Dr. Sheel Kant Sharma; and Prof Ummu Salma Bava, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Ambassador Ronen Sen, President FIGS

 

Moderator: Dr. Ronald Meinardus, Head, FNF, Regional Office South Asia

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Federation of Indo-German Societies in India; and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom)

 

 

 

Healthcare in India

 

 

 

Overview on Promotive and Preventive Health Care in India: A Government Perspective

 

Speaker: Smt Preeti Sudan, Secretary (H & FW), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India

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

 

 

Third lecture in a new series on Healthcare in India. The series focuses on educating and informing society on advanced healthcare systems and its availability for people. Healthcare has become one of India’s largest sectors, both in terms of revenue and employment. The Indian healthcare sector is growing at a brisk pace due to its strengthening coverage, service and increasing expenditure by public as well as private players

The Africa Series

 

New India meets a New Nigeria: Creating an Indo-African Growth Story

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Chris Sunday Eze, High Commissioner of Nigeria to India

 

Chair: Shri Amar Singh, Member, National Security Advisory Board and former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India

 

Nigeria has been at the heart of India’s outreach to Africa for decades. As Africa’s most populous country, it has always been among India’s primary economic partners and diplomatic friends in the continent. The economic relationship in the past revolved around oil supplies but today, both economies have much more to offer each other. India’s accomplishments in software and robust startup ecosystem are well-known. Less known is that Nigeria, for example, is home to Africa’s most valuable tech ecosystem.

 

The High Commissioner will discuss the story of India-Nigeria relations, the nature of and extent of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, and the significance of Nigeria to Africa and the world at large

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)