Kerala Smriti

 

Mohiniattam Recital

 

By Guru Bharati Shivaji along with her disciples, Vani Bhalla Pahwa, Deepthi Nair, Anaghasri Parvati, Megha Nair, and Alexandra Vodopyonova  pay tribute to the glory of Kerala, its rich cultural and spiritual heritage

 

 

 

Choreography: Bharati Shivaji

 

 

 

Accompanists: Sadanam Rajagopalan on vocal and talam; Jayan P. Das on percussion; Kalamandalam Sree Kumar on edakka; Shyamala Bhaskar on veena; and Sri Nagarajan on flute

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Mohiniyattam)

 

 

Indo-US Strategic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific and the Forthcoming 2+2 Dialogue

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: 27 TO 31 OCTOBER 2018

 

PEOPLE OF THE NORTHEAST: MEMORY, INHERITANCE AND THE CONTEMPORARY

Focus on India’s Northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura

 

Members are requested to kindly please make a note of the dates for the festival. The festival presents exhibitions, performances, film screenings and cuisine. A separate festival programme card with details of the programmes will be posted separately and announced on the website

 

 

Breaking the Wheat-Rice Duopoly in Agriculture
 

Panelists: Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, MD,  NAFED; Ajay Jhakar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj and  Punjab Farmers’ Commission;  Ashok Dalwai, Chairman, Committee for Doubling Farmers’ Income; and Sannadi  Bhaskar Reddy, Syngenta Foundation         

Chair: Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog
 

(Collaboration: Navdanya)

 

CANCELLED

BHOOMI 2018

 

Details to be announced later  

 

(Collaboration: Navdanya)

 

 

Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Dr. P.B. Kannakumar, senior artist from Delhi

 

Accompanists: Delhi R. Sridhar (violin); N. Padmanabhan (mridangam); and J. Vignesh (kanjeera)

 

(Collaboration: Gurukulam Foundation)

CULTURE AND HERITAGE

 

The future of the Taj depends on the future of Agra: Finding a way forward   

Speakers: Dr. Manu Mahajan, School of Planning and Architecture; Ms Amita Baig, World Monuments Fund; and Ms Renu Khosla, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (tentative)

                        

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran

 

The first in the series, Culture and Heritage, coordinated by Ms Amita Baig 

To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

 

Celebrating Gandhi

Welcome Address by Dr. Jyoti Bose, Managing Trustee SIT

Choral Music presented by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan

 

My Father Do Not Rest

An affirmation of love and faith in the Mahatma through prose, poetry and letters by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan

 

Songs of Jubilation by Dr. Radhika Chopra, eminent vocalist and Trustee SIT

 

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya  International Trust, New Delhi Chapter)

To Mark World Heart Day 2018

Details  will be announced later 

 

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)