Speaker: Dr. Tim Boyd, International President, The Theosophical Society, Adyar

Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, President, ICCR
 

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

 

 

The Geddes Plan for Indore: A Unique Vision for Indian Urban Development
 

Illustrated lecture by Prof. Ray Bromley, Fulbright – Nehru Visiting Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and Professor, State University of New York, Albany

Chair: Professor K.T. Ravindran, Dean Emeritus, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University and formerly Dean and Head of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) was one of the world’s leading twentieth-century thinkers on civics, planning and urban development. Some of his most important work was produced during the ten years (1914-1924) that he spent based in India, most notably his longest and most comprehensive city plan – the two-volume Indore Plan, published in 1918

A rare copy of the Indore Report of Geddes is available (for reference) at the India Collection, IIC Library

 

 

 

Presented by Katja Konvalinka (soprano) and Nejc Lavrencic (piano)

 

Programme includes works by Brahms, Wolf, Pfitzner, Dvorak and others

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Slovenia)

 

 

Gotipua Dances from Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Nana Shader Bangla Gaan

Shyama Sangeet

 

Rabindra Sangeet and Other Melodies of Bengal

By Srikanta Acharya, Kolkata

 

Chief Guest: Shri Shekhar Sen, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

 

 

Shrikant was born into a family whose tradition is steeped in music. His father, Pandit D. K. Jangam, was a student of Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan who had, in turn, received ta'lim from Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Thus, while Shrikant's musical perspective is firmly rooted in the rich tradition of Gwalior gharana, he is also influenced by the gayaki of Ustad Amir Khan and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. For this special mehfil, Shrikant will present a selection of makhsoos ragas of the Gwalior gharana with an emphasis on an eclectic selection of bandishes featuring those of his father as well

 

(Collaboration: Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha: Centre for Cultural Studies and Research & NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)

 

 

Presented by the National Council of Applied Economic Research

 

(Collaboration: Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust and NCAER)

 

 

By Helena Basilova, well-known pianist from The Netherlands

 

The artist will present a concert of works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin and Rachmaninov

 

(Collaboration: ASB for the Arts; and with the support of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines)

 

 

Speaker: Dr. Mala V. Thapar, teacher, consultant and workshop facilitator with the Toronto and Simcoe School Boards.  Her work includes meeting staff and students, teaching curriculum incorporating inclusiveness  and planning workshops for people with cognitive impairments and the gifted
 

The talk covers the urgent need to include people with different cultures, abilities and social strata in the education system aims for equitable distribution of opportunity and addresses the equity issues.  It also aims at doing so in the planning, policy making, execution and assessment stages, by involving strategies that cater to individual and cultural differences

 

(62 min; 2015; HD; English subtitles)
 

Director: Sanju Surendran

 

Recipient of the National Award for Best Documentary (Arts & Culture), 62nd National Film Awards; Special Mention, Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland; John Abraham Award for Best documentary Film, SIGNS 2015

 

The National Award-winning documentary Kapila revives popular interest in an ancient dance form by portraying it through the eyes of one of its most talented exponents in Kerala. Kapila is an actor-performer of Kutiyattam, one of the oldest forms of theatre originating in Kerala. The acting-style is based on hand movement and facial expressions. Sanju Surendran composes a dreamlike and abstract portrait, focussing on the sensorial universe of a hyper-contemporary vestal committed to a thousand-year-old practice

 

 

 

Speaker: Shri A.N.D. Haksar, renowned scholar, author and former Ambassador of India

 

Chair: Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar

 

(Collaboration: India Harmony Foundation)