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

 

 

Is the Arab Spring Dawning Again?

Panelists: Prof. Gulshan Dietl, former Professor, Center for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University;  Prof. Bansidhar Pradhan, Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. John Cherian, Foreign Editor, The Frontline

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

 

 

 

 C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00

 Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2020

 

Handcrafting a Sustainable Future – Challenge and Opportunity in a New Millennium

Speaker: Prof. Ashoke Chatterjee, former Executive Director, National Institute of Design, and Trustee, Prabhat Education Foundation, Ahmedabad

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC