Cooking for a Turkic Brother: the story of Amina Sati and Ghazi Miyan
11 January 2016, 05:30 am
Cooking for a Turkic Brother: the story of Amina Sati and Ghazi Miyan
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Professor Shahid Amin, former Professor of History, University of Delhi
The talk is based on his recently published Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan
Chair: Dr. Bijoy Baruah
Poetry Performance
09 January 2016, 05:30 am
Poetry Performance
Programme Type
Cultural
The Light and the Dark: Balancing Acts
By Andy Conner, a performance poet from Birmingham, UK. Long established on the British poetry scene, his anthology, ‘Red,’ is published by Dynamic Press and his work has been included in numerous publications. A compelling live artist, Andy has appeared around the UK and Europe, both on stage and on radio. His credits include BBC Radio
Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul
Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul
Nahdora
09 January 2016, 05:30 am
Nahdora
Programme Type
Seminars
The artistic life of the Gond Pardhan community
An exhibition presented by Dr. Arti Agrawal and Dr. Rekha Shrivastav
Paintings by Deepika Te Kaam; Dhanaiya Bai; Dhaneshwari Marwi; Kamla Shyam; Mangli; Rambai Te Kaam; and Santoshi Te Kaam
Preview on Friday, 8 January 2016 at 18:30
Health Awareness: The Fulcrum of Healing
08 January 2016, 05:30 am
Health Awareness: The Fulcrum of Healing
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Dr. Shuvendu Sen, Director, Medical Education, Associate Programme Director, Internal Medicine , Raritan Bay Medical Centre, Rutgers University Affiliate, USA; author of A Doctor's Diary: Reflections on Health, Healing and Hope
Chair: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director- Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Every disease has an early stage. Challenge of modern medicine and the key to long lasting health rests on our ability to recognize and treat those slender hints
THE 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ‘LITERARY ACTIVISM’
08 January 2016, 05:30 am
THE 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ‘LITERARY ACTIVISM’
Programme Type
Seminars
The subject of the 2nd symposium is 'de-professionalisation' - the urge, as a creative practitioner, or, indeed, a practitioner of any kind, not to be identified with one genre or activity, and to be, in general, a critic of specialisation
Speakers include Prof Ashis Nandy, psychologist, cultural commentator, honorary fellow, CSDS; Jeremy Deller, one of Britain’s leading artists and winner of the Turner Prize; Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, poet and essayist; Nikil Saval, writer and editor of n+1; Raj Kamal Jha, novelist and editor, Indian Express; Peter D McDonald, Professor of English and Related Literatures, Oxford University; Sunetra Gupta, novelist and Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Oxford University; Rosinka Chaudhuri, Professor of Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; Jon Cook, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia, critic and biographer; and Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic, Professor of Contemporary Literature, University of East Anglia
ANNUAL LIBRARIANS MEET
07 January 2016, 05:30 am
ANNUAL LIBRARIANS MEET
Programme Type
Talks
Library Science (LIS) Education in USA and India: The Present, the Past and the Future Perspective
Speakers: Prof. K.S. Raghavan, DRTC, Bengaluru; and Dr. Elizabeth Cramer, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
Seminar on Keys to Governance: Compliance and Delivery
07 January 2016, 05:30 am
Seminar on Keys to Governance: Compliance and Delivery
Programme Type
Discussions
Speakers: Shri T. S. Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India; Shri Hardyal Singh, former Income-Tax Ombudsman and Additional Secretary CVC and columnist, Financial Express; Shri Rajeev Kher, former Commerce Secretary and member at the Competition Appellate Tribunal; Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Visiting Professor, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University
First in the Series of seminars on ‘Keys to Governance’ in remembrance of Shekhar Borker, ‘Banana Boy’ on the Indian postage stamp, private sector administrator, citizen environmentalist and advocate of empowerment of persons with disabilities, who passed away last year on 7 January