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Zawar: The Oldest Pure Zinc Production Of The World
 

Speaker: Dr. J.S. Kharakwal, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidaypeeth, Udaipur

 

Being volatile metal it was difficult to smelt zinc in the Old World. It is therefore the history of zinc is much shorter compared to other metals. Zawar near Udaipur in Rajasthan is the oldest pure zinc making centre, which was discovered and studied by a joint team of Hindustan Zinc, M.S. University Baroda and British Museum, London in the 1980s.

 

At Zawar there are remains of refractory material, a very large number of ancient temples, fort, water reservoir and residential structures. In this presentation the archaeometallurgical and archaeological remains at Zawar will be highlighted, besides giving details of textual records

 

 

 

Argentine writer Carlos Gamerro , in conversation with Alok Bhalla and Sonya Surabhi Gupta

 

Carlos Gamerro is author of several novels and was awarded the Best Book Prize of 2015 at the Buenos Aires Book Fair for Facundo o Martín Fierro.  His novels have been translated into French, German and Turkish, and into English as An Open Secret, The Islands and The Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón (all three of them translated by Ian Barnett in collaboration with the author). He has written film scripts and has translated works of Graham Greene and Shakespeare into Spanish

 

Dr. Alok Bhalla, critic and translator, former Professor from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

Dr. Sonya Gupta, Director, Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Argentine Republic)

 

 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Anwesha Das, disciple of Urmila Satyanarayanan

 

(Collaboration: Seher)

 

Kamaladevi Puraskar 2016

Presentation of awards to young craftspersons – Krishna Kumbhkar, terracotta; Selvi P. Deepa, tribal broom making; Karunya Sethuraman, wood sculpture; Uddhab Sutradhar, Purulia dance mask; and Indra Kumari, Barmer applique

 

Chief Guest:  Smt Jasleen Dhamija, veteran handloom historian and handicrafts expert

 

There will be a display of craft made by the awardees

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)

 

 

 

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-International Research Division

 

Introduction: Professor Anvita Abbi, Seminar Coordinator; Honorary Director, Centre for Oral and Tribal Literature, Sahitya Akademi

 

Guest of Honour: Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, eminent linguist                        

 

Keynote Address: Dr. Ganesh Devy, Chairman, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

 

Organised by IIC-International Research Division

 

 

 

Presenting young upcoming artists – K. Abhishek Nair, M. Kiran Subramanian, Sai Sirisha Bhamidi, R.L. Mythreyi, Shruti Nair, Aditi Govinda Rajan and Subhamadhi Muthuvel

 

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)

 

 

Illustrated talk on the legendary dancer by Dr. Sunil Kothari, well-known dance critic and writer

 

Dr. Kothari’s talk will include excerpts from the film I Saw God Dance

Speaker: Mr. David Manby, renowned British kayaking specialist whose thirty year experience has set the whitewater benchmark

 

Chair: Shri Sudhir Sahi

 

 

 

 

Swachh Bharat Mission
 

Keynote speakers:  Shri Saraswati Prasad, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
 Shri Pankaj Jain IAS (Retd),, Former Secretary Drinking Water and Sanitation and Presently Hony. Chairman Sulabh Sanitation Mission Foundation; and Shri Saurabh Jain, IAS,Director (SBM), Ministry of Urban Development
 

 

Chairman: Shri Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation

 

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

 

  (99 min; 2016; dvd; English)

 

A documentary film directed by  Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Swiss Ambassador for Captive Elephants, FIAPO, India; and President EIN, Elefanten in Not- Help Aid, who will introduce the film

 

The film is based on the captive elephants used in tourism in Rajasthan, specifically in Amer Fort, Jaipur. The harsh conditions cause all manner of physical and mental harm to these elephants. The plot revolves around an intriguing conflict that emerges in this brutal landscape for the elephants. A story that forces dozens of government officials to congregate around a suffering elephant  and finally towards a ground breaking conclusion

 

(Collaboration: WRRC, HIS, EIN  (Elephants in Need in India) )