Speaker: Prof David Shambaugh. Professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University in Washington DC, as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

09:30 - 12:00
Plenary : Launch of a global coalition of trade unions standing together against commercial sexual exploitation 

13:00-15:00
Plenary: Assessing the best legislative frameworks to end commercial sexual
 

(Collaboration: Apne Aap Women Worldwide)

 

Yazidi Mobilisation

Speaker: Nadia Murad, Yazidi activist, UNODC Gowill Ambassador and Sakharov and Havel Prize winner: Solidarity mobilisation with Yazidi women and girls enslaved by Daesh

 

 

Bapu: The Undying Flame

Programme to commemorate Martyr’s Day 

 

The Final Days of Gandhi

A talk by Prof. Apoorvanand 

Bhajan Sandhya : Sonam Kalra

 

Instrumental Bhajan Sandhya

By Ahsan Ali (Sarangi), from a traditional musical background of Kirana Gharana, son and disciple of Guru Ustad Asif Ali Khan, the renowned Sarangi Maestro

Amaan Ali Khan (Tabla), from a traditional musical family of Moradabad gharana, and son of Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan,  the well - known Sarangi Maestro

Rajesh Prasanna (Flute) son of Pandit Rajendra Prasanna,  one of the great flute & shehnai player of the country

 

Chief Guest: H. E. Salma Ansari,wife of the Vice President Hamid Ansari

 

(Collaboration: Sarvodya International Trust ( New Delhi Chapter)

 

Readings from CAPITALS: Poetic Portraits of the Capital Cities of the World 

Edited by Abhay K.

 

The contributors include Derek Walcott, Mark Strand, Ruth Padel, Ernesto Cardenal, Vijay Seshadri, George Szirtes among other poets from 185 countries

 

Chair:  Shri Pavan Varma, M.P.

 

Abhay K. Is an Indian poet-diplomat and the author of  two memoirs and five collections of poems

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Subhasish Bhawal from Kolkata, disciple of Pt.  Samaresh Chawdhury, Pt. Ramashreya Jha and Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar  

 

 

An exhibition of abstract paintings 

By Hector Ramiro Monsalve from Colombia

 

Preview on Tuesday, 24 January 2017 at 18:30

 

On account of Republic Day, the Art Gallery will remain closed on 26 January 2017

 

 

Mehru Jaffer is a free-lance journalist based in Lucknow. She is the author of several books

Seema Mustafa is the founder editor of The Citizen, based in New Delhi. 

 

Both women journalists have written extensively on women's rights, on the Muslim Personal Law, and issues of communal harmony

 

 

Xinjiang - China’s Northwest Frontier

Edited by K. Warikoo (Oxon: Routledge, 2016)

 

Discussants: Ambassador G.S. Iyer, former Ambassador and author of A China Primer; and Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir

 

Chair: Ambassador Rajiv Sikri, formerly India’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Secretary East, Ministry of External Affairs

 

A Workshop for school students based on the local monuments of Delhi

 

(Collaboration: The Heritage and Communication Service of INTACH)