Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2019

 

C.D. Deshmukh: Reorganisation of States and Thereafter
 

Speaker: Shri Jairam Ramesh, MP and former Union Minister

 

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

 FROM 14:30 TO 17:00

Exploring Sounds, Sights, Motion

With Shankar Barua, writer, artist, curator; Rahul Dutta, design professional & consultant; Akash Sharma, sound coder/mapper & musician; Vinny Bhagat and Ayesha Hassanwalia – Vinny Bhagat is audio/video technologist & webcaster; Ayesha Hassanwalia is a choreographer, dancer, &teacher

 

From 18:30 to 20:30

Chintan Kalra, producers, composer, musician; Ashhar Farooqui & Neha Dixit – Ashhar Farooqui is a composer, musician & producer & Neha Dixit is a filmmaker, travel journalist & television anchor; and Lionel Dentan, composer, musician, producer

 

(Collaboration: Academy of Electronic Arts)

THE ENGINEER AND SOCIETY

 

New Energy Resources

Presentations by Dr. Jami Hosain, Vice President and Technical chair, World Wind Energy Association (WWEA); and Dr. Bibek Bandopadhyay, senior advisor, E & Y and former director, Solar Energy Centre, MNRE

 

Chair: Shri KS Popli, CMD, Indian Renewable Energy 

 

(Collaboration: Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI))

 

Self, Sacrifice and Cosmos: Vedic Thought, Ritual and Philosophy edited by Lauren M. Bausch

 

Book will be released by Professor Romila Thapar, Emerita Professor of History, JNU

followed by a discussion on the book

 

Discussants: Professor Ganesh Umakant Thite; Professor Ramesh Bhardwaj and Professor Kumkum Roy
 

(Collaboration: Primus Books)

GANDHI  MATTERS 

 

Reading Autobiography of Gandhi in Two Tongues

 

 Speaker: Dr. Tridip Suhrud  

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

FILMS OF THE SPIRIT

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Meera (115 min; 1947; dvd; b/w; Hindi)

Director: Ellis R. Dungan

 

With M.S. Subbulakshmi

 

Meera has the iconic Subbulakshmi gloriously singing devotional songs mixing Carnatic ragas with popular Hindustani airs. The result is transcendental music, particularly the soft notes which Subbulakshmi sings with her incandescent facial expressions. Her rendition of the Meera bhajans in Hindi has remained the definitive musical version of the lyrics. They were an important part of her live concerts

 

(Collaboration: The National Film Archive of India; and the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

 

Mental Health Opportunities and Challenges: Initiatives that will make a Difference!
 

Panelists: Dr. Meetu Khosla, Associate Professor, Psychology, DRC, University of Delhi; Prof. Roy Moodley, Director, Centre for Diversity in Counseling & Psychotherapy, University of Toronto, Canada; Prof. David P. Smith, Clinical Psychologist, President Integrative Psyche Services, USA; and Prof. Vallery Chirkov, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

 

Chair: Prof. Abraham H. Khan, Director, Advanced Degree Studies, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada

 

 

Avalokitesvara Goes to China: Gender and Buddhist Art
 

Speaker: Prof. YuhangLi, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests cover a wide range of subjects and mediums related to gender and material practice in late imperial China, such as the cult of Guanyin and gendered image making, mimesis and devotional practice, textile art, opera and Chinese visual culture

 

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL MUSIC CONCERT 

 

Hindustani Flute  Recital   

By Ravinder Rajput from Delhi, disciple of  Guru Shri Kailash Sharma

 

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital 

By Ranjana Ratan  from Mumbai, disciple of  Smt Prabhawati Verulkar, Pt Narayan Rao Patwardhan and Smt Kishori Amonkar 

Chinese History and Nationalism: Contemporary Relevance

Speaker: Prof. Viren Murthy, University of Wisonsin-Madison, USA

 

Chair: Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Studies