Two artistic stories from Lithuania and India
An exhibition of paintings by Gintautas Vyŝniauskas on India and Arijeet Chanda on Lithuania
 
Inauguration by Shri  Paresh Rawal, MP on Tuesday, 4^th August 2015 at 18:30
 

Speaker: Dr. Shuvendu Sen, Director, Medical Education and Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Rutgers University Affiliate, New Jersey
 
Chair: Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
 
Every disease has an early stage. The challenge of modern medicine and the key to long lasting health rests on our ability to recognise and treat those slender hints
 

Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa (58 min; 2008; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Arun Khopkar
 
Shri Ram Rahman, well-known photographer will introduce the film
 
One of the world’s most important architect, the film looks at Charles Correa’s early childhood, architectural training, formative years, and the paradigms underlying his large and complex architectural oeuvre over five decades, as well as his pivotal role in the Developing World. It uses first person narration by the filmmaker, combined with extended excerpts of interviews with Correa, live action, stills, drawings, animation and archival footage 

Pran Nevile presents an illustrated introduction to the celebration of the Rainbow Season
 
Followed by a Concert
By Meelu Verma

Nalanda Tradition – Science of Mind
Speaker: Geshe Dorjee Damdul
 
Interfaith Dialogue and Harmony
Speaker: Shri Lalit Mansingh
 
Leadership and Vision
Speaker: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon
 
Secular Ethics and Human Values
Speaker: Shri Arun Shourie 
 
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
 

 

Speakers: Daniel Mamyev, Director, Karakol Ethno-Cultural Park, Gorno Altai
Republic, Russia -  Presentation of Film "Standing on the Sacred Land: Altai"

 

Dr. Irina Zhernosenko, Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Russia -Talk/slide show "Altai-Himalayas-Two Magnets of Eurasian Civilisation"

 

Prof. K. Warikoo, Secretary General, Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, New Delhi – Talk/slide show "Pilgrimage to Sumeru, Altai"

 

Alfred Pozniakov, Videographer,Traveller - Film "Indo-Altai Cultural Expedition,2014-15"

 

Guest of Honour: Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration

 

Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations

 

Struggling with History, Living With Ashoka: My Encounter with Biography
Speaker: Dr. Nayanjot Lahiri, Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi
 
Chair: Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University
 
Nayanjot Lahiri will speak on the joys and challenges in crafting the biography of ancient India’s most extraordinary emperor which has recently been published as Ashoka in Ancient India (Permanent Black)

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With Pandit Kumar Gandharva bani exponent, Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali (Khayal)

Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali was born into a rich legacy of music, being the grandson of Pandit Kumar Gandharva and the son of Pandit Mukul Shivputra. At present, he continues to receive guidance from Vidushi Vasundhara Komkali  and Pandit Madhup Mudgal. Since the mehfil is being held on the auspicious day of guru purnima, Bhuvanesh will pay homage to Pandit Kumar Gandharva by singing ragas and bandishes created by him
 
Henceforth, the mehfil series will be dedicated to the cherished memory of Shri Suresh Neotia who always took a keen interest in supporting it

An exhibition of paintings by Phalguni Dasgupta, well known artist now based in Dehradun and formerly was with the College of Art in New Delhi
 
Inaugurationby Dr. Karan Singh  on Thursday, 30 July 2015 at 18:30

The Divine Mohras of Kullu
Speaker: Dr. Kirit Mankodi, archaeologist and author of The Queen’s Stepwell at Patan
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

This illustrated talk is about the Devatas, or Mohras, worshipped in Himachal Pradesh. The Devatas are the divine busts made of either brass, silver, or even gold; they represent epic or pauranic gods, sages, and other heroes, around which the religious life of the present Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts of this Himalayan State has revolved for many centuries