To Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza which was inaugurated on 21 January 1970

 

Celebration of the Power of Nin-violent Action and the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

(15 January 1929-4 April 1968)

 

From 10:30 to 11:00

91st Birthday Commemoration Service of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.

Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

 

From 11:15 to 12:15

Interactive Session

Theme: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 16 April 1963)

 

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King Jr. will be screened

 

Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari

 

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)

 

We are Still Alive: Strategies in Surviving the Anthropocene

Site-specific exhibition that engages with the impact of the human footprint on earth systems that has become irreversible and poses the greatest challenge to mankind. Presenting Asif Waqif; Arun Kumar H.G.; Priyanka Chowdhary; and Ravi Agarwal 

 

Preview on Monday, 20th January 2020 at 16:30

 

(Collaboration: Shalini Passi Foundation; MASH)

 

The Wonder of Wonder – The Aesthetics of Adbhuta-Rasa: From the Bhagvadgita to Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati

Speaker: Prof. Arindam Chakraborti, eminent philosopher, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii and Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair of Indic Humanities, New York Philosophy Department, Stony Brook University

Chair: Prof. R.N. Misra, Professor of Ancient Indian history, arts and aesthetics

 

(Collaboration: Tantra Foundation)

 

DISCUSSION  ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

 

Details to be announced later

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Equity Studies)

Celebrating Annapurna

The majestic mountain rage in Nepal

Poetry reading by Yuyutsu Sharma, well-known Himalayan poet and translator

 

Chair: Shri Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and former Director General, ICCR

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

Kuchipudi Recital

By Ayana Mukherjee, disciple of Guru J. Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao

 

(Collaboration: Seher) 

Women’s Leadership and the Corporate Sector
 

Speakers: Ms Vinita Bali, former Managing Director, Britannia Industries Limited; Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, former Group General Manager & Country Head, HSBC Bank (tbc); Ms Poonam Barua, CEO, WILL Forum India, Founder Chairperson, Forum for Women in Leadership and author; and Ms Anuradha Das Mathur, Founding Dean, Vedica Scholars Programme for Women

 

The skewed percentage of women in the senior management positions in the corporate sector echo deep prevailing discriminatory and misogynistic policies, cultures and practices, and therefore, reflect the need to re-examine the realities through the multi-focal lens of inclusion, equity, and justice. This roundtable discussion seeks to open conversations on diverse perspectives on leadership and the opportunities women have today to set new benchmarks on output, efficiency and the ethics of care

 

First in a new series of discussions organised in collaboration with WISCOMP

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
 

Doyens of the Instrumental Gharanas in North Indian Music
 

By Smt Shailaja Khanna, a fifth generation amateur musician who writes on classical music

 

The presentation will focus on the performers, following an anecdotal format

Cyber Security

Speaker: Dr. Gulshan Rai, Chief Information Security Officer, Prime Minister’s Office and former National Cyber Security Coordinator, Office of the Prime Minister
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trusetee, IIC