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) )

 

 

Celebrating the Ordinary

Papier colles exhibition by Sukanta Dasgupta from Pune

 

Preview on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 at 18:30

 

Sukanta Dasgupta experiments with papier colles – pasting torn paper, to achieve the effect of oil paints

 

ART MATTERS

 

Githa Hariharan in conversation with Ritu Menon

 

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

By Suparna Adhikary from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Sarfaraz Hussain Khan

 

 

INSTITUTION AS ABHYAS

 

Nation, Institutions and Excellence:  A Short History of Indian University in the Twentieth Century

Speaker: Professor Rakesh Batabyal, Associate  Professor, Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Dr. Rupamajari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives)