Speakers: H.E. Mr. Deep Upadhyaya, Ambassador of Nepal; Shri Siddharth Varadarajan, journalist; and Shri K.V. Rajan, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal

 

Moderator: Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

A Manual on Conservation of Historic Gardens: The Indian Context Based on the Florence Charter on Historic Gardens

Speaker: Dr. Priyaleen Singh, Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture

 

Keynote address by Shri Tejendra Khanna, former Lt. Governor of Delhi

 

Speakers:  Shri Niraj Sethi, Executive Director, Engineers India Ltd; Shri Ravi Agarwal,  Founder  Director, Toxics Link  and  Shri Manik Thapar, Eco Wise Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.

Mubarakpur located in Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh has been a historic weaving centre since the 14th century. With power-looms overwhelming the cluster,  this seminar presents a case-study on building a sustainable collective structure for handloom renewal

 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Nayana Goradia, author/biographer who dabbles in History and Education

Chair: Shri Swapan Dasgupta

 

Hailed as ‘a very Superior person’, from his Eton days, George Nathaniel Curzon was the last of the British Moghuls. British imperialism reached its high noon in his regime but seven years later he returned home a broken man, his viceroyalty in shamble. Was this a result of a fatal flaw in his personality? Dr. Goradia looks for answers in the tales surrounding the man

 

The book edited by Arundhati Subramaniam, will be introduced by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

 

Ms Arundhati Subramaniam will trace the trajectory of the book, interspersed with readings of translations 

By Shri Keki N. Daruwalla and Shri H.S. Shiva Prakash

 

Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul, The Poetry Society (India)

 

Eating God: A Book of Bhakti Poetry edited by Arundhati Subramaniam (Penguin, 2014) has been described as ‘a wonderful mix of 48 voices, spanning several centuries, in adept, stylistically varied translations’ [with an} ‘extensive and deeply intimate introduction…elegantly ushering readers into a trance-like receptiveness’ (The Sunday Guardian)

 

Arundhati Subramaniam is the author of four books of poetry. Her recent collection was awarded the inaugural Khushwant Singh Poetry Prize, selected as the Winter Choice of the Poetry Book Society, UK and shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize

 

Sense of Design and Transformative Governance

Speaker: Shri Rajev Sethi

Chairs: Shri Raghu Rai  and Smt Gurmeet Rai

Speaker: Prof. Achin Vanaik, former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi

 

Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker

 

Britain’s main opposition party now has in Jeremy Corbyn its most leftwing leader ever. This is not because Labour MPs - 95% of whom did not want him as leader - but in spite of them. This has reflected a great eruption of Grassroots support which has led to a trebling of Labour Party membership in just a few months. Corbyn has long opposed Britain's and his own party's policies on three major fronts. His 3 'NOs' have been - NO to Austerity, NO to Militarism in the name of Democracy, NO to social discrimination of any kind whether based on race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, caste or religion. This development needs to be seen in the context of the rise in public approval of a more radical left in Europe and North America.  In 2013, Corbyn was awarded the Gandhi International Peace Award for his "consistent efforts over a 30-year parliamentary career to uphold the Gandhian values of social justice and non?violence”.

 

Promoting Income Security and Livelihood for Small and Marginal Farmers

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

 

Speaker: Shri Pravesh Sharma, Managing Director, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium

Chair: Shri B.K. Taimini, former Secretary, Govt. of India