Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

What are Animals Thinking? (60 min; dvd; English)

A film by Michael Bicks and Anna Lee Strachan

 

Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside your pet’s mind?  Or how a beehive resembles a human brain and whether your dog is really feeling guilty?  Scientists studying animal cognition are finally revealing the machinery of animals’ moral compasses

 

 

An exhibition of paintings – acrylic on canvas

By Raisa Mukhopadhyay from Delhi

 

Preview on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 18:30

The Future of China - India Bilateral Economic Relations
 
Speakers:  Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala, Chairman, Pahle India Foundation,  and Former  Chief Economist of the World Bank in China; Mr. Sridhar Venkiteswaran, Executive Director, Avalon Consulting and OC&C Strategy Consultants, India; and Mr. Mihir Sharma, Author & Opinion Editor, Business Standard Limited
 
Chair: Dr. Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)
 
 
Economic ties constitute one of the most crucial areas of strategic and cooperative partnership between India and China. Currently, India-China trade stands at $70.59 billion, which reflect tremendous opportunities for traders and investors of both countries in sectors such as agriculture and food processing, asset management, construction and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, electronics and information technology, and transport and logistics.  Despite many positive stories, one of the most important challenges facing India -China economic ties is the increasing trade deficit, which reached $44.99 billion in 2014. In addition, both China and India are conscious of their role in the world economy as they both seek to play a bigger political role on the world stage. There is a need to identify potential areas of economic collaboration where both India and China’s economies enjoy complementarities. There is a possibility and desirability of India tapping China's vast forex reserves for Chinese inward investment to address India's infrastructural needs, which will help rectify the bilateral BOP deficit through the capital account. The session will explore and critically analyse the future of bilateral economic relationship between two Asian giants
 
 

Historic Planting – A Contextual Approach for Heritage Precincts in India

Speaker: Ms Nupur Prothi Khanna, historic landscape architect and founder of a research based practice, Beyond Built Pvt. Ltd. that contributes to contemporary and historic landscape projects

 

 

Violence: An Obsession of Our Times

Speakers: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, WISCOMP; former Principal, LSR (TBC); Dr Vinay Srivastava, Professor, Anthropology, University of Delhi and former Principal, Hindu College; and Dr Ramandeep Pattanayak, Asstt. Professor, Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Moderated by Prof S. K. Khandelwal

 

Inexplicable violence is the hardest kind to accept. We as humans try to find logic when none exists. Frequently, violence is an organized crime or behaviour by one group against the other; by one group against a State, or it could be State vs State. Many times, however, it could be by a single individual against many. In such a situation, people are often heard as saying, “He must be crazy to do it”. The discussion aims to highlight what are the implications for mental health and all the stakeholders

 

 

 

A celebration of the power of Non-Violent Action & the life of Martin Luther King Jr (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)

 

Commemoration Service (Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza - 10.30)

Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

 

Interactive Session (C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium – 11.15)

 

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. We must remember that intelligence is not enough.Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."

–  Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

A short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened

 

Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Peace Foundation

 

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate

 

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development.

 

 

 

Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future


Speaker: Professor T. Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Physics, Pune

 

Chair : Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

 

Spectacular progress achieved during recent years has allowed cosmologists to understand the evolution of our universe for a time span, extending from a tiny fraction of a second to about 14 billion years. This development has also unravelled some deep mysteries about the cosmos, especially as regards its composition. The lecture will describe how our current understanding of the universe is achieved and highlight some recent work which has the potential to solve these enigmas

 

Speaker: General Vinod Saighal (Retd), author internationally acclaimed book, Third Millennium Equipoise

 

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP

 

In touching upon the continuing significance of the book Third Millennium Equipoise the author will outline the protocols that must come into play for implementation of COP 21 agreement arrived at in Paris.  Chinese edition will be launched in several cities of China immediately after the Chinese New Year.