Long Shadow of Joblessness in the High Noon of Growth

Is jobless growth intrinsic to the market-led growth model? What indeed is the truth about growth and job-creation in India? What are the pathways to secure both growth and jobs?

These questions will be debated by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Jayati Ghosh, Renana Jhabvala and Atul Sood

This is the inaugural debate in a series of Policy and Inclusion Conversations, a collaboration between the Centre for Equity Studies, the India International Centre and The Wire

Film – MV Safeer…37 Days to Freedom (45 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Film & Discussion ■ Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex at 18:30

Film – MV Safeer…37 Days to Freedom (45 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Introduction: Capt. V.R. Kekobad

Chief Guest: Vice Admiral Harinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM, formerly Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command

Screening will be followed by a panel discussion

Panelists: Ambassador K.P. Fabian, former Ambassador to Qatar and Italy and then Joint Secretary (Gulf), Ministry of External Affairs; Ambassador R.P. Singh, former Ambassador to North Korea and First Secretary in Kuwait; Shri S.M. Mathur, former Director, Ministry of External Affairs and then Second Secretary in Kuwait; and Dr. John Cherian, Foreign Editor, The Frontline

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

A cargo ship ‘MV Safeer’ rescues 722 Indians including women and children from war-torn Kuwait after Saddam Hussein invades it on 2 August 1990. The film is the story of the heroic evacuation carried out by the ship’s captain and 26 Indian crew members in the face of grave danger with backup help of the ship-owners, Indian Mission in Kuwait and various government agencies. It is a sailor’s saga waiting to be told…

Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture 2018

Religion, Religiosity and the World Order

Speaker: Shri M. Hamid Ansari, former Vice President of India

Chair: Ambassador G. Parthasarathy

(Collaboration: Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust)

DELHI MATTERS

Higher Education in the Delhi Region – Are Things getting Better?

Panelists: Dr. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector (Pro-Vice Chancellor), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Professor, School of International Studies, JNU; Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Principal, Miranda House, University of Delhi. Miranda House was ranked number 1 college in India 2 years consecutively; and Pramath Raj Sinha, Founder of Indian School of Business, Ashoka University and the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women

Moderator: Dr. Virender Chouhan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of NAAC and member of EC, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

Coordinator: Smt. Shailaja Chandra

A Tale of Two Cities: Hampi and Newtown

A photographic study of urban memory

An exhibition of photographs by Rajib De from Kolkata

Preview on Thursday, 9 August 2018 at 18:30

This exhibition of photographs provides the visual binary of a great Indian city of the sleeping past and a future city waking into shape

India and the World: 10 Years after Lifting of Nuclear Strictures

Panelists: Ambassador Shyam Saran; and Dr. Jaishankar

Chair: Cmde. C. Uday Bhaskar

IIC Monsoon Festival of Dance: Dancing Peacocks, Monsoon Clouds

At 6 pm

Kathak Recital

By Sourav Roy from Kolkata, disciple of Dr. Malabika Mitra

Followed by

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Kapil Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Smt Leela Samson

IIC Monsoon Festival of Dance: Dancing Peacocks, Monsoon Clouds

At 6 pm

Manipuri Recital

By Yumlembam Bidyananda Singh from Imphal, Manipur, disciple of Guru N. Memcha Devi, Prof Yaikhom Hemanta Kumar & Prof K Sunita Devi of Santiniketan

Followed by

Odissi Recital

By Vinod Kevin Bachan from Trinidad/Delhi, disciple of Ranjana Gauhar

Land Pooling Policy

Rapid urbanization is asserting pressure on the peripheries of our metropolitan cities fueling the need of serviced land to provide for the forthcoming infrastructure, housing and building needs. In Delhi the most daunting impediment is the availability of serviced land. Delhi has not been able to formally access any additional land supply, real estate markets are inefficient while there is unprecedented growth of informal settlements. In 2014, The Delhi Land Pooling Policy was adopted as an alternative to land acquisition, in anticipation to release the land locked and address the challenges of land markets in Delhi through private sector participation.

However, though it has merit, the Delhi Land Pooling Policy has not picked up pace. The multi-disciplinary discussion will deliberate on this and involve the public in a participatory forum

Presentations will be made by four speakers

Chair: Prof. Anupam Saxena, Officiating Associate Dean and Director, School of Real Estate

(Collaboration: RICS School of Built Environment)

METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY Social Divides and Diversity

METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY

Social Divides and Diversity

Speakers: Ms. Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research; Dr. Sunil Abraham, Vice-President, Mozilla Foundation; and Shri Osama Manzer, Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation

Chair: Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

The session will explore how advances in technology are impacting on social interactions and human behaviour particularly in a country with strong traditions and deeply ingrained patterns of thinking. Digital technologies carry the promise of democratizing societies, empowering marginalized sections of society and opening up new opportunities for women. These trends are already apparent in India. However, there are also certain negative aspects to the use of these technologies which may strain the social fabric and even undermine the institutions and processes of a democratic state. The session will aim to address some these very topical issues and promote a well-informed public discourse with particular reference to India

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

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