Body and Spirit: Women’s Wisdom and the Thumri Tradition
 

A performance by Vidya Rao

In conversation with Seema Kohli, a contemporary artist

 

(Collaboration: Studio 365)

 

Mental Health: Fighting the Stigma

Details will be announced later 

The Evolution of the Spirit: From Greece to the West, From India to the East

A discussion on a book by Dr. Julio Ozan, Argentinian author and award winning filmmaker for the documentary series, The Hindus

 

Speakers: Prof. Bharat Gupt; Prof. Ramin Jahangbegloo; Dr. Julio Ozan; and Dr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon

 

(Collaboration: Har-Anand Publishers)

 

Matteo Fraboni Jazz Trio (Italy and India; 90 min)

By Matteo Fraboni on Drums & Percussion 

Abhinav Khokhar on Bass & Double Bass 

Rythem Bansal on Piano 

 

The leading name of  the band  Matteo Fraboni is a jazz musician well known in Europe and USA jazz scene as a drummer and composer, with an incredible sense of interplay and to create extemporary fashionable music, with incursions mainly in many styles of jazz music

 

(Collaboration: Recalling Roots)

True Colours (40 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Directed by Vijay S. Jodha who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion 

 

True Colours is a film that shatters common assumptions about disability. It features some of the world’s most accomplished and inspiring performing artists, who happened to be differently abled. Produced with support from UNESCO, the film highlights how encouraging talent across disciplines and abilities can make the world a more beautiful place

 

(Collaboration: UNESCO)

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS’ FORUM

 

Artificial Intelligence and National Security

Speakers: Dayanidhi Krishna, Chennai based software professional who has aided several legislators in leveraging technology for public sector projects. He has previously undertaken projects for U. Chicago and GIZ among other institutions.  He has studied public policy at the Takshashila Institution, Center for Civil Society and Internet Society. Upon graduation from VIT, Chennai, was awarded the Best Outgoing Student Award; and SaiSugun, presently a research associate at JNTU Hyderabad. He is enabling the building of an online presence for the World Youth Council against Terrorism. He has also worked for the Government of Andhra Pradesh as well as several legislators from Telangana and Rajasthan.  In the last two years, he has actively contributed to the National Mission on Education through ICT, an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development

 

Chair: Cmdre C. Uday Bhaskar

 

(Collaboration: Society for Policy Studies)

 

Roundtable: Countering Internal Security Challenges in Xinjiang: Rise of Surveillance State?

 

Panelists: Prof. K. Warikoo, former Professor at Centre for Inner Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Mahesh R. Debata, Director, UGC Area Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Debasish Chaudhuri, Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies; Dr. Shagun Sharma, Assistant Professor, PG Govt. College for Girls, Chandigarh

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies

 

 

 

In the face of series of violent incidents and unrest in Xinjiang between 2013 and 2015, the present Chinese leadership appears to have realized that the dual strategy of overall regional development and coercion could neither ensure much coveted social order and regional stability nor accelerate the process of national blending between the Han and local ethnic minorities. The panel discussion will deliberate on China’s policy in Xinjiang and lessons for India in Kashmir, ‘external involvement’ in the internal challenges in Xinjiang and state’s responses, assimilationist approach to the local unrest, new surveillance system and ‘de-radicalization’

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

Construction Waste Management – Policies and Challenges

With an unprecedented growth in urbanization, the quantum of construction and demolition waste is constantly increasing. While it is estimated that the construction industry in India generates about 10-12 million tons of Construction and Demolition (C & D) waste annually, efforts to manage and utilize this waste is very little. This has led to private contractors utilizing unscientific dumping methods thereby putting severe pressure on scarce urban land as well as reducing life spans of landfill and water bodies. There have been expressions from the public to regulate disposal of this waste that can damage the environment. There are great initiatives around the world for a Circular Economy and an economy that is regenerative by design. It refers to a global initiative in which the producer and consumer are equally responsible. This Dialogue would focus on the current status of policies and regulations and the challenges in implementing a sustainable building waste management policy.

 

The objective is to find future course of action through public debate and embedded professional involvements.

 

Is there any form of scientific attempt from the Government to encourage reuse and recirculation of these materials? How can professionals and civil society groups contribute to this effort?

 

Presentations will be made by four speakers

 

Chair: Prof. Joseph V. Thanikal, Associate Dean and Director, School of Construction

 

(Collaboration: RICS School of Built Environment

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Equity Studies; and The Wire)