Dr. Bibek Debroy; Ambassador B.S. Prakash; Ambassador Kanwal Sibal; Shri T.P. Sreenivasan; and Dr. Divya Iyer will discuss Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology: Writings of T.P. Sreenivasan, Edited by Divya S. Iyer
(New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2014)
 
Chair: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister

Presented by Neemrana Music Foundation in a programme of solos, duets, ensembles and choir masterpieces by Mozart, Bizet, Verdi and others

Speaker: Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, a reputed yoga therapist with more than two-and-a-half decades of experience. She has successfully treated various ailments ranging from asthma, arthritis and backache to tumours and cancer. She conducts yoga workshops within and outside India, and has written books and articles, and produced television programmes on the subject
 
Diet is viewed differently by different health systems. For modern science it is vitamins, minerals, and calories, while Indian systems look for the quality of its energy or ‘prana’. It is essential to integrate them both to get the correct picture and know what to eat and what to avoid to prevent ailments. Furthermore there are certain wonder  food that need to be included in our daily diet for still better result

By Soundarya Srivathsa from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmadha

Moods of the North East
Traditional, folk, tribal and classical dances from North East India
Choreographed by Mandira Bhattacharjee, Antara Kalakendra, Guwahati
 
Followed by
Eternal Melodies of Bollywood Legends: Bhupen Hazarika, Mohd. Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Kishore Kumar and others
By Indranil Banerjee from Kolkata
 

Ramayani Pala Gaan in Bengali
Presented in lyrical form
By Rameshwar Gangopadhyay and Bibhabendu Bhattacharya from Kolkata
 
Followed by
Raja (The King of the Dark Chamber)                                                                                                                          
 Dramatised reading of  Rabindranath Tagore’s play written in 1910
By Soumitra Basu, Averee Chaurey, Jayati Ghosh, Sanjoy Sarkar, Badal Ray and others

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt.  A Maheshwar Rao from Orissa,  disciple of Pt. Kashinath Shankar Bodas, Pt. J.V.S Rao and Pt. Vikas
Kashalkar
 
Hindustani Violin Recital
By Biswajit Roychowdhury from Assam, disciple of the late, Guru Nitai Sarkar and Pt. V.G. Jog
 
Sarod Recital
By Chandrima Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Narendra Nath Dhar
 
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Smt Rosey Brahma from Assam, disciple of Guru Biharilal and Guru Ganesh Prasad Mishra  

Speakers: Prof. B. L. Mungekar, Member of Parliament and former Member Planning Commission; Prof. Y. S. Alone, Professor of Art and Aesthetics, JNU; Prof Waman Kendre, Director, National School of Drama; Dr. Ram Chandra, Associate Professor, Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, JNU; Dr. Smita M. Patil,  Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU; and Dr. Milind Eknath Awad, Assistant Professor, Centre for English Studies, JNU
 
Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal
 
Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)  

The Astonishing Story of the First Complex Cells
Speaker: Prof. Mukund Thattai, Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru
 
Chair : Professor Sanjay Jain, Department of Physics, Delhi University
 
For a billion years, bacteria dominated the earth. Then, about 2.5 billion years ago, a more complex form of life emerged known as the eukaryotes. These cells were shape shifters and master hunters, they invented sex and learned to live in communities. Plants and animals, including humans, trace our origins back to these enigmatic organisms. Remarkably, we can peer back billions of years to discover how this great leap in cell complexity happened. It is a detective story: the clues are hidden in our genomes, and the plot has more twists than even Darwin could have imagined