Seminar on Keys to Governance: Political Will

07 January 2017, 05:30 am
Seminar on Keys to Governance: Political Will
Programme Type
Seminars
 
 
Keynote Speaker: Dr. E. A. S. Sarma, former Economic Affairs Secretary and Power Secretary, and now a civil society campaigner based in Visakhapatnam
 
Panellists: Shri P. K. Tripathi, former Chief Secretary of Delhi and Chairman, Public Grievances Commission of Delhi, 
Prof. Gurpreet Mahajan, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU; Dr Reetika Khera, Associate Professor of Economics, IIT-Delhi 
 
(Collaboration: D. S. Borker Memorial Foundation)

Hindu mantras and Christian prayers

07 January 2017, 05:30 am
Hindu mantras and Christian prayers
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
 
 
Speaker: Professor Robert Yelle, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich; author of several books including: Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra

Chair: Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi
 
The lecture will address some of the parallels, as well as the differences, between Hindu mantras (especially those of the Tantric variety) and Christian prayers. Like prayers in many other cultures, each of these has been used historically for a range of purposes: to worship gods and goddesses, of course, but also to perform magic. The first part of the lecture will examine how, through the use of poetry in particular, such formulas are converted into powerful speech, supposed to be capable of achieving their objective. The second part of the lecture will trace the polemics against poetic and magical prayers that originated in the Puritan critique of “vain repetitions.” For several centuries, this polemic was directed against first Roman Catholic chants, then Hindu mantras

Chair: Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi, Fellow and Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Carnatic Vocal Recital

06 January 2017, 05:30 am
Carnatic Vocal Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
By Sriram Krishnan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Dr K Vageesh

Librarian’s Meet Programme

06 January 2017, 05:30 am
Librarian’s Meet Programme
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Sugamya Pustakalaya: Enabling Libraries to Meet the Needs of Persons Who Cannot Read Normal Print
Speaker: Shri Dipendra Manocha, Director of the Regional Resource Centre, New Delhi, DAISY for All and Developing Countries Coordinator and Head of Training and Tech support with the Daisy Consortium
 
Shri Manocha will speak on India’s first and largest collection of accessible books which is a collaborative effort of several organisations to end the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. He will also address the issues related to accessibility of resources for visually impaired people
 
In addition, Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Representative from Delhi University Library System will speak on the facilities and services given by their respective libraries to visually impaired students 
 

Concert

06 January 2017, 05:30 am
Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
FRIDAY 6
 
CONCERT ? FOUNTAIN LAWNS AT 16:00
 
By Fiddlers Green Band of Kolkata
 
Arko Mukherjee (Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele, Kazoo); Shamik Chatterjee ( Guitar, Bass, Ukulele); Diptanshu Roy (Mandolin, Tenor Guitar, Dotara); and Ritoban Ludo Das (Indian & Afro Latin Percussions)
 
Fiddler's green talks about folklores of the world through songs of the south Asian subcontinent, sonically connecting them with humane stories of the shires in middle earth, running through the deserts of West Africa, merging with the streets of Havana and Puerto Rico or the wild trekking trails of Nepal or the Appalachian mountains
 
(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)
 

ART MATTERS

05 January 2017, 05:30 am
ART MATTERS
Programme Type
Discussions
 
Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequence and Fractals in Mathematics, Nature and the Arts 
Speaker: Balan Nambiar
 
Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi
 
(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SERIES

04 January 2017, 05:30 am
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SERIES
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Noise and Health – How Sound?
Series Moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
 
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
 
Panelists: Dr. M.P. George, Scientist `D', Pollution Control Committee; Dr. A.K. Agarwal, Former Dean MAMC and ENT Specialist; Dr. Roopa Vajpeyi, Academic and Consumer Activist and Dr. A.K. Tewari, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India
 
(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

cHANGES ON CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY AND JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS

22 December 2016, 05:30 am
cHANGES ON CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY AND JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
SPEAKER: PROFESSOR SHIN KAWASHIMA, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, IIPS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CSIS-NIKKEI VIRTUAL THINK-TANK
 
DISCUSSANTS: MS TITLI BASU, ASSOCIATE FELLOW, EAST ASIA CENTRE, INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS (IDSA) AND MS. SHAMSHAD AHMAD KHAN, PHD, FORMER SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
KEI UNIVERSITY, TOKYO
 
CHAIR AND MODERATOR: MR.VIJAY NAIK, CONVENER, IAFAC
 
 
 
 
 
(COLLABORATION: EMBASSY OF JAPAN AND IAFAC)

Gitanjali Reborn: William Radice’s Writings on Rabindranath Tagore

29 December 2016, 05:30 am
Gitanjali Reborn: William Radice’s Writings on Rabindranath Tagore
Programme Type
Talks
Thursday 29
 
 
 
Talk ■ Conference Room I at 18:00
 
 
 
Speaker: Dr. Martin Kaempchen, renowned Tagore scholar

Chair: Dr. Rimli Bhattacharya
 
 
(Collaboration: Social Science Press)

Indonesia in India’s Act East Policy

08 December 2016, 05:30 am
Indonesia in India’s Act East Policy
Programme Type
Discussions
 

Speakers: Ambassador Sudhir Devare, former Ambassador to Indonesia; Vice Admiral Anup Singh, former C-in-C, Eastern Naval Command and Director, Strategic Studies, Society for India Ocean Studies Mr. Dalton Sembiring, Deputy Chief of Mission of Indonesia; and Shri Pranav Kumar
 
 
Chair:  Professor Baladas Ghoshal
 
 
(Collaboration: Society for Indian Ocean Studies)