METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY Vocabulary of The Digital

05 July 2018, 05:30 am
METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY Vocabulary of The Digital
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC
METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY
 
Vocabulary of The Digital
Keynote Speaker: Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
 
Panelists: Shri Abhishek Pitti, Co-Founder & CEO, Nucleus Vision; Ms Mahima Kaul, Head of India - Public Policy & Government, Twitter; Shri Dhruv Arora, Manager, Digital and Strategic Communications, CPR  and Prof. Gagandeep Kang, Executive Director, Transnational Health Science Technology Institute 
 
The focus will be on the new and sometimes arcane vocabulary associated with the new digital technologies, which only the expert and the initiated understand. Language becomes an instrument of privileging knowledge and limiting understanding. It is important that we de-mystify digital jargon, narrow the gap between technology and its understanding among citizens and societies. An effort will be made to unpack concepts such as algorithms, blockchains, machine-learning, big data and artificial intelligence and explore their impact in different dimensions
 
(Collaboration: Niti Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)

Guli’s Children (43 min; dvd; 2017; English)

04 July 2018, 05:30 am
Guli’s Children (43 min; dvd; 2017; English)
Guli’s Children (43 min; dvd; 2017; English)
Directed by Joe Thomas Karackattu who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
 
Calicut (also known as Guli in Chinese) was an important node in the overall links between China and Kerala. The film brings out the cultural-historical ties, the physical artefacts and, most importantly, traces of human genealogy that survive between Kerala and China to this day. Spanning over two years of research, and nearly 20,000 kilometres of fieldwork across India and China, the film is a work of non-fiction
 

Homecoming

04 July 2018, 05:30 am
Homecoming
Homecoming
Acrylic on canvas – exhibition of paintings by Oinam Dilip from Manipur
 
Preview on Tuesday, 3 July 2018 at 18:30

As Times Change, The Story of an Ahmedabad Business Family: The Sarabhais 1823-1975

03 July 2018, 05:30 am
As Times Change, The Story of an Ahmedabad Business Family: The Sarabhais 1823-1975
Programme Type
Discussions
As Times Change, The Story of an Ahmedabad Business Family: The Sarabhais 1823-1975
Discussion on the book by Professor Aparna Basu 
 
Introductory remarks by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC International Research Division
 
Book release by Dr. Ramchandra Guha will be followed by a dialogue with Professor Aparna Basu
Closing remarks by Professor B.N. Goswami
 
(Collaboration: Sarabhai Foundation)

The Relevance of the Cooperative Sector for India: Challenges and Opportunities

03 July 2018, 05:30 am
The Relevance of the Cooperative Sector for India: Challenges and Opportunities
Programme Type
Talks
The Relevance of the Cooperative Sector for India: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Shri Rupinder Singh Sodhi, Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, LTD (AMUL)
 
(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation)

The Indo-Pacific Axis: Peace, Cooperation or Conflict

28 June 2018, 05:30 am
The Indo-Pacific Axis: Peace, Cooperation or Conflict
Programme Type
Discussions
The Indo-Pacific Axis: Peace, Cooperation or Conflict
 
Edited by Prof. Baladas Ghoshal and the late Prof. Satish Chandra (New Delhi: Manohar Books, 2018)
 
 
 
The book will be released by Shri M.J. Akbar, Hon. Minister of State for External Affairs
 
Chair: Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor of Karnataka and Chairman, Society for Indian Ocean Studies
 
 
 
Followed by a panel discussion
 
Panelists: Prof. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; Dr. Gurpreet Khurana, Executive Director, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi; and Prof. Prabir Dey, Coordinator, India-ASEAN Centre, Research and Information Systems
 
 
 
(Collaboration: The Society for Indian Ocean Studies)
 

Where’s the DNA?

14 June 2018, 05:30 am
Where’s the DNA?
Programme Type
Discussions
Where’s the DNA?
 
Discussion with Tim Schellberg, Founder & President, Gordon Thomas Honeywell-Governmental Affairs (Forensic DNA Law & Policy); Vivek Sood, Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court (Defence Lawyer); Ravi Kant, Advocate, Supreme Court (Victim advocate); and Judge Sanjeev Jain, Member Secretary, Delhi State Legal Service Authority
 
 
 
(Collaboration: Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs; and Ogilvy)
 
 

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

30 June 2018, 05:30 am
SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS
Programme Type
Cultural
SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS
This year the festival presents operas, ballets, a ballet biography and choral works
Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain
 
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
(89 min; 2002; dvd)
With Angela Gheorghiu (soprano); Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano); Roberto Alagna (tenor); Julian Konstantinov (bass)
 
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
 
The Requiem Mass is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired
 
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

29 June 2018, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
BBook Discussion Group
 
 
 
Seven Decades of Independent India: Ideas and Reflections
 
Edited by Vinod Rai & Amitendu Palit  (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House, 2018)
 
 
 
Discussants: Shri T.N. Ninan, Editor, The Business Standard; Shri Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; and Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Thinker and Columnist, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
 
 
 
Chair: Shri Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General