Shiv Nadar University - IIC Lecture Series

 

Following Gandhiji's advice to keep our windows open to the world, this lecture series probes the viability of India learning from experiences of other countries in some of the most pressing issues facing our policy makers

 

Series Coordinator: Professor Dipankar Gupta

 

Wednesday 18

TALK  ?  SEMINAR HALLS II & III, (KAMALADEVI COMPLEX) AT 18:30

 

Dimensions of Interaction between Rural and Urban India

Speaker: Dr. Pronob Sen, Country Director, International Growth Centre 

 

 

Monday  23

TALK  ? CONFERENCE ROOM I  AT 18:30

 

Opportunities and Challenges for India's Finance Diplomacy amidst Global Bipolar Disorder

Speaker : Dr. Rathin Roy, Director & Chief Executive, NIPFP 

 

Thursday  26

 TALK  ?  SEMINAR HALLS II & III, (KAMALADEVI COMPLEX) AT 18:30

 

New Approaches in Designing Health Systems

Speaker : Dr. Nachiket  Mor,  Director, RBI and Chair, CARE India Board

 

The series will be continued in December.  The dates are 3, 7,10 and 17 December 

 

IMAGINE: John Lennon would have been 75 this year...

An Illustrated talk by Dr. Punita Singh 

 

From 'nowhere man' to everywhere icon, John Lennon is revered the world over for his incredible contribution to rock music. Gone too soon, he would have been 75 on October 9 this year. The evening will be celebrated,  looking back at his life, sharing anecdotes, and listening to his music with and without the legendary band he co-founded—The Beatles

 

Punita  Singh is a musicologist, linguist, acoustician, editor and educator based in New Delhi

 

New works on paper

By Sukanya Rahman

 

Preview on Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:00

 

“With small scale works of mixed media on paper, Sukanya Rahman presents a playful and lyrical suite of works…” – Holland Cotter, The New York Times

 

What Does China’s Global Economic Strategy Mean for Asia, India and World?

China’s Domestic Economic Policy – A Critical Understanding

 

China: Ms Xie Huaizhu, Division Chief and Research Fellow, Division of International Finance, Research Bureau, People’s Bank of China; and Dr. He Fan, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Caixin Insight Group, P.R. China

 

India: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Director of Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London and Hon. Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

 

Chair: Prof. Jaimini Bhagwati, RBI Chair Professor, ICRIER and former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

 

The series is designed to address and elucidate key questions about China that arise amongst many of us, but are rarely discussed in depth. “The China Symposia” comprises six Public Sessions spread over 12 months, interspersed with two Round Tables. Each Round Table will reflect upon the output of the previous three Public Sessions and develop a policy paper on India’s economic engagement with China and with Asia for the medium and long-term

A film by Francis Whately, Ben McPherson, Martin Wilson and Nick Murphy

 

Why does our world look like it does? That great modern mystery is spectacularly unraveled in this international landmark series, an epic quest across five continents and 100,000 years - via some of the greatest treasures of the ancient world - to the heart of human creativity 

 

This is your invitation to see the world from an utterly new perspective. How Art Made the World reveals how the first big artistic discoveries were made and how they have cascaded down the centuries to define the look of the present day 

 

Series curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

How Art Made the World ( Part I; 2005; 170 min; dvd)

A film by Francis Whately, Ben McPherson, Martin Wilson and Nick Murphy

 

Across the Ocean: The Story of Parsi Migration and Settlement in India

Speaker: Dr. Rukshana Nanji, independent  archaeologist

 

Chair: Dr. Shernaz Cama

 

The arrival and settlement of Zoroastrian Persians/Parsis on the shores of Gujarat is recorded in the Kisse-i-Sanjan, a quasi-historical poem composed in c.1599 by Dastur Bahman Kaikobad in Navsari. This primary source has been used by historians and scholars over the centuries as the basic building block in reconstructing the history of the Parsi community in India. Several myths and legends have grown around this migration of the Early Medieval period. Their arrival on the Gujarat coast, settlement and integration with the local culture and their attempts to retain a distinctive cultural identity are briefly discussed in this paper. Several other lesser known sources such as the 16 Sanskrit shlokas, Rivayats, epigraphic records and other historical sources also provide invaluable insights. Archaeological excavations carried out between 2002 and 2004 provided evidence which has helped assess the veracity of these historical sources and legends. This paper presents known historical facts along with archaeological data to better assess the intercultural exchanges that took place between two diverse cultures during the Early Medieval period  

 

To Mark Bijoya Sammelan

 

Bhakti Geeter Asor

Presented by Srabani Goswami and Niraj Roy from Delhi

With background narration by Anupurba Roy, Kolkata

 

The musical evening includes the compositions of legendary poets