Control Your Heart Rhythms with Pranayam

22 June 2015, 05:30 am
Control Your Heart Rhythms with Pranayam
Programme Type
Talks
A lecture-demonstration to promote coherence in heart’s rhythms for faster responses and better performance under Stress for Self  Effectiveness
 
Speaker: Shri Rajendra Kumar Palhan, CEO, Delhi School of Yoga, Yoga Ratna

The Price of Providence (USA

20 June 2015, 05:30 am
The Price of Providence (USA
(60 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Director: Merajur Rahman Baruah who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Dwayne Provience lost everything after being wrongfully convicted of murder in Detroit. He regained his freedom after a decade in prison, but his fight for justice continues

Celebrating Legendary Poets: Jibanananda Das

19 June 2015, 05:30 am
Celebrating Legendary Poets: Jibanananda Das
Programme Type
Cultural
Speakers: Prabal Kumar Basu; Radha Chakravarty; Ranjit Kumar Saha; Sudeep Sen; and Mandira Ghosh
 
Chair:  Shri Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee

DNA @ 70 (CANCELLED)

17 June 2015, 05:30 am
DNA @ 70 (CANCELLED)
Programme Type
Talks
CANCELLED

Decoding Human Genomes on a Population Scale
Speaker: Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian, University of Cambridge
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

12 June 2015, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Talks
Dr. Lokesh Chandra, President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations; Dr. Subhash C. Malik, former UGC Professor; Prof. Nalini Thakur, School of Planning and Architecture; and Amb. Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research & Information System for Developing Countries will discuss Architecture of the Buddhist World: The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam by Vikram Lall (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: J.F. Publishing, 2014)
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC- Asia Project

Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia

12 June 2015, 05:30 am
Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia
By Vikram Lall
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project on Friday 12 June 2015  at  17:45
 
The exhibition is a study of architecture shaped by the philosophy and practice of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. It presents a comprehensive survey of the diversity and complexity of architecture associated with Buddhism through never seen before architectural models and drawings with three dimensional renditions, and supported by original photography

Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia

12 June 2015, 05:30 am
Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia
By Vikram Lall
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project on Friday 12 June 2015  at  17:45
 
The exhibition is a study of architecture shaped by the philosophy and practice of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. It presents a comprehensive survey of the diversity and complexity of architecture associated with Buddhism through never seen before architectural models and drawings with three dimensional renditions, and supported by original photography

Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia

12 June 2015, 05:30 am
Architecture of the Buddhist World: Southeast Asia
By Vikram Lall
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project on Friday 12 June 2015  at  17:45
 
The exhibition is a study of architecture shaped by the philosophy and practice of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. It presents a comprehensive survey of the diversity and complexity of architecture associated with Buddhism through never seen before architectural models and drawings with three dimensional renditions, and supported by original photography

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

11 June 2015, 05:30 am
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Programme Type
Talks
Excavating Binjor – A  Harappan Site in Rajasthan
An Illustrated presentation by Shri A.K. Pandey, Superintending Archeologist, Archeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande
 
The excavations at Binjor, a Harappan site in Anupgarh Tehsil, district Ganganagar in Rajasthan, 7 kilometres east of the Indo-Pak border  has revealed all the salient features of mature Harappan period – such as structures made of standard size of mud bricks, seals and sealings bearing figures of unicorn and Indus script, chert weights and beads, terracotta bull figurines and copper implements and so on

FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND OTHER DIMENSION

10 June 2015, 05:30 am
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND OTHER DIMENSION
 
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
 
The Motivation Breakthrough: Secrets to Turning on The Tuned-Out Child
(90 min; dvd; English)
A film presented by Richard Lavoie
 
What does it take to motivate the “forgotten” student that traditional methods just don’t seem to reach? Educator, Richard Lavoie draws on decades of teaching experience to demonstrate six basic motivational styles and strategies for inspiring the most withdrawn and reluctant student