Carnatic Veena Recital                                                                                                                                                           
 By Gayatri Govindarajan Ajay from New York, USA, disciple of Guru Smt. Bhagirathi Narayanaswamy,                              
Guru Smt. Mangalam Muthuswamy and Guru Smt. Shyamala Sajnani
 
At 19:00
Sarod Recital                                                                                                                                                                            
By Debanjan Bhattacharjee  from Kolkata, disciple of  Ustad Ashish Khan, late Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and    Smt Amina Pareira

Indian Plurality: Indian Aesthetics  
Speakers: Prof. Radha VallabhTripathi, Dr. Kavita Singh and Dr. Naman Ahuja
 
Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

By Kalyani Phagre and Vaidehi Phagre from Bhopal, disciples of Guru Bindu Juneja  

Discussion around the book, Edited by Jasleen Dhamija
 
Panelists: Smt Jasleen Dhamija and Ms Monisha Ahmed
 

Director: Wanphrang K. Deingdoh who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
A film that examines Khasi identity in the wake of Partition. After the creation of borders between India and her neighbours in 1947, the movement of foreigners into Shillong began to arouse unrest. A people who had previously moved freely in the Khasi Hills began to be seen as an unwelcome influx, threatening the land and purity of the Khasi race. Where the Clouds end examines tribal identity as a fluid concept which defies man-made imaginations, historical ideals, political definitions and geographic boundaries

5 pm - Tribute by Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director IIC

By Kateryna Gavrylova, well known artist from Ukraine, currently with Guangzhou Opera House Art Studio
 
Programme includes works by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann

Antibiotics - How Much Do I Need Them?
 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak & G.B. Pant Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India
 
Panelists: Dr. Rita Sood, Professor of Medicine at AIIMS New Delhi;  Dr. R.K. Gattani, Medical Consultant with Kailash Hospital, NOIDA; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India
 

Appreciating the Contributions of Pandit Ravi Shankar to the Modern Sitar and It's Playing Style
By Stephen Slawek
 
Illustrated lecture and demonstration by Stephen Slawek who will discuss the late Ravi Shankar’s unique contribution to Hindustani sangeet, with particular reference to his sitar playing style
 
Stephen Slawek is Professor of Music at The University of Texas, Austin. A disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar since 1977, he has authored several publications and was formerly Chair, Ethnomusicology Committee of the American Institute of Indian Studies