Open Embrace – India US ties in the Age of Modi and Trump

Discussion around the new book by Varghese K. George (New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2018)

 

Discussants: Ram Madhav, BJP General Secretary; Manish Tewari, former Union Minister (Congress); Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu; and Varghese K. George, Associate Editor, The Hindu 

 

Chair: Shereen Bhan, CNBC

 

(Collaboration: Penguin Random House)

 

“Fourth Pillar: India Journalism Week" 

Opening Ceremony 

 

METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY

 

Cyber Security

Opening Remarks: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

Speakers: Dr. Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, Govt. of India; Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, (Electronics & Information Technology), Govt. of India; and Shri Tobby Simon, Founder President, Synergia Foundation

 

Chair: Ms. V. Latha Reddy, former Deputy National Security Advisor 

 

Digital technologies are now an indispensable component of virtually all activities of a modern economy. They significantly increase economic efficiency but are also vulnerable to cyber attacks. Critical infrastructure, such as smart power guides, air traffic control and sensitive data stored in computer systems can be compromised or even disabled through a variety of cyber attacks. Cyber security, therefore, has become an urgent and compelling concern. This session will assess the nature and scale of the challenges to cyber security, the tools that are available to us to deal with these challenges and what the future trends might be in this domain. The panelists, who are all domain experts, will, in particular, evaluate the state of cyber security in India

 

(Collaboration: NITI Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)

 

China’s Rise and its Implications for the World

 

Speaker; Krishna G. Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and Senior Advisor to the President for Global Strategy

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

 

Gond Views
 

From their natural world to visions of Delhi

Two Gond artists, Japani Shyam and Dilip Shyam present their ways of seeing

 

Opening on Wednesday, 12 December 2018 at 18:00 with ‘In Conversation’ with the artists

 

(Collaboration: NOOR, A folk art initiative)

ART MATTERS

 

New Museums 

Speakers: O. P. Jain; Ashvin Rajgopalan; Yusuf and Rajan Sehgal

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

An Evening of Siraiki Sufi Poetry

Dr. J. C. Batra will introduce his new book of Sufi Saint Khawaja Ghulam Farid and his Multani Sufi Kafees

 

Readings and recitations of Siraiki Sufi poems of India & Pakistan by Dr. Rana Pratap Singh Rana; and Prof. Harish Chander Batra

 

Chair: Dr. J.C. Batra, President, Siraiki Sahitya Sangam, New Delhi
 

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India; and Siraiki Sahitya Sangam)

 

Artists from Afghanistan 

An exhibition of delicate art work made of Kunes fabric by Mohammad Akbar Farhad; and art pieces made of straw by Voman Niazi

 

Inauguration by H.E. Mohammad Khairullah Azad, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Afghanistan and Air Marshal (retd.) Naresh Verma, Director, IIC on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 18:00

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)

 

THE ENGINEER AND SOCIETY

 

Management of Air Pollution & Solid Waste in Indian Cities

Presentations by: Ms Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science & Environment; Dr. Suneel Pandey, Senior Fellow & Director Environment and Waste Management, TERI

 

Chair: Prof. Manju Mohan, Head, Center of Atmospheric Sciences, I.I.T Delhi

 

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

 

The Future of Work
 

Speaker: Dr. A. Didar Singh, former Secretary to Govt. of India and Ex Secretary General, FICCI and presently Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group

Chair: Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, International Labour Organisation