US Exit from the Iran Nuclear Deal & it's impact on India & the world
US Exit from the Iran Nuclear Deal & It’s Impact on India and the World
Speakers: Ambassador Meera Shankar, former Indian Ambassador to USA; Ambassador Sanjay Singh, former Ambassador to Iran & Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Professor of US, Canadian & Latin American Studies, & Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu; and Shri T.K. Arun, Editor, Opinion, The Economic Times
Moderator: Ambassador Surendra Kumar
(Collaboration: Indo-American Friendship Association)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Book Discussion Group
Identity, Society and Transformative Social Categories: Dynamics of Construction, Configuration and Contestation
By Debal K. Singha Roy (New Delhi: Sage, 2017)
Discussants: Prof. Surendra S. Jodhka, Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Tulsi Patel, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Prof. Praveen Jha, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Ankur Datta, South Asian University
Chair: Prof. T.K. Oommen, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru Universit
With Love from India
With Love from India
Concert by The Capital City Minstrels
Conductor: Lindsay Ross Boyd
Accompanied by Nise Meruno on the piano
METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY The Future of Governance
METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY
The Future of Governance
Speakers: Dr. J. Satyanarayana, Chairman, UIDAI; Shri Ananth Padmanabhan, Fellow, Carnegie India; Ms Chinmayi Arun, Assistant Professor, National Law University, Delhi and Executive Director, Centre for Communication Governance; and Ms Vrinda Bhandari, Advocate
Chair: Shri Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former judge of the Supreme Court of India and Head of the Committee on Data Protection Framework in India
Second lecture in the series of talks organised in collaboration with NITI Aayog and Centre for Policy Research. The discussion would largely attempt to bring clarity into concepts like receptive technology and glacial government, response of regulators to the pace of technological advancements, era of blockchain and bitcoins, artificial intelligence, big data and forecasting
THE IIC DOUBLE BILL CONCERT
THE IIC DOUBLE BILL CONCERT
Sitar Recital
By Adnan Khan from Delhi, disciple of Bandish Nawaz Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan
Followed by
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Bishnumurari Chatterjee from Delhi, disciple of Smt Purobi Chatterjee and Prof Subhash Chakladar
Afghan Art: A Land in Conflict and Hope
Afghan Art: A Land in Conflict and Hope
Contemporary Art from Afghanistan
An exhibition of paintings in water colour and oils by a group of artists from Afghanistan led by Mohammad Salim Attaie from Kabul; Abdul Fatah Amar; Mohammad Azim Rawofi, and Mohibullah Attaie (Moheb Sadiq)
Inauguration on Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 at 18:30 by H.E. Dr. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s art scene has seen a revival since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Contemporary art reflects on what happened in Afghanistan during the past decades and the current challenges. Most artists have not had formal art training and paint what they see, with what they have. This exhibition is evidence of the ‘never say die’ spirit of the Afghans
Fiscal Federalism in India: Finance Commissions, Niti Aayog and the GST Council
Fiscal Federalism in India: Finance Commissions, Niti Aayog and the GST Council
Speaker: Shri V. Srinivas, IAS, Chairman, Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and Chairman, Rajasthan Tax Board, Ajmer
Chair: Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Emeritus Professor and Member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi; former member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission
Chair: Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Emeritus Professor and Member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi; former member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission
The lecture will focus on the impact of the implementation of the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission on the development programmes of States, the working of GST councils as a notable example of cooperative federalism and the impact of Niti Aayog. It will also identify the challenges before the 15th Finance Commission as an instrument for strengthening Fiscal Federalism in India
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
A Farmer from Kuttanad (Malayalam)
(51 min; 2012; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Santosh Sivan
The film unfolds the various facets of the land and the life of a farmer from Kuttanad, tucked away between the sea and the backwaters and hidden in the shadows of coconut palms, referred to as the Venice of the East
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918
Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918
An exhibition to mark the centenary of the strike
Inauguration on Friday, 18 May 2018 at 18:30 by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee IIC and Chairperson, IIC International Research Division
Chief Guest: Shri Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General & Secretary, Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
The strike of the Ahmedabad textile workers in 1918 is remembered because of its unique nature. The leader of the workers was Anasuya Sarabhai and her brother, Ambalal Sarabhai was the President of the Millowners Association. When the millowners were considering stopping the plague bonus they had been giving and the workers asked for increased wages and threatened to go on strike, both Anasuya and Ambalal asked Mahatma Gandhi to come and intervene. After 22 days, a compromise was worked out. Gandhi had insisted that there should be no violence. The struggle was conducted peacefully without any hostility. Gandhi said that he had never seen a struggle where there was so little animosity. After this the Ahmedabad Textile Association, a trade union on Gandhian lines, was launched
(Collaboration: National Gandhi Museum; and Shanti Sadan Trust, Ahmedabad)
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Verdi and the Father Complex
An illustrated lecture by Prof Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at JNU and a lover of western classical music
A running thread in much of the work of the Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi is the complex relationship between father and child. The lecture will explore on how that complexity is expressed musically in some of his most famous operas, like La Traviata, Rigoletto and Don Carlo
Chair: Prof Partho Datta, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU