DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION

22 March 2014, 05:30 am

DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION

Programme Type

Discussions

Building Bonds? Experiences in an Expanding Delhi

A discussion between two voices from North-East India and Kerala

Prof. Tiplut Nongbri, Professor, Centre for Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University and

Coordinator: Indu Agnihotri, Director, CWDS

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

21 March 2014, 05:30 am

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Programme Type

Discussions

The North - South Convergence in Carnatic and Hindustani Music

Panelist: Subhadra Desai; Saraswati Rajagopalan; and Suanshu Khurana

Chair: Vidya Shah

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

21 March 2014, 05:30 am

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

Programme Type

Talks

Frontiers of History

The Marginalization of Archaeology: Does the Discipline Have a Future in India?Speaker: Prof. Supriya Varma who teaches archaeology at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has in the recent past excavated the archaeological sites of Indorkhera and Rohana Khurd in Uttar Pradesh

Chair : Dr. P.K. Basant, Dept. of History and Culture

Archaeology has at times been regarded as "an esoteric discipline that has no relevance for the needs or concerns for the present." Yet it continues to capture the popular imagination as is evident from its coverage in the print and electronic media. This presentation seeks to explore the contradictory trajectories of the discipline, from a romantic fascination aroused by spectacular discoveries to its tenuous location within academia in India

ART MATTERS

20 February 2014, 05:30 am

ART MATTERS

Programme Type

Discussions

Urban Chaos and the Art

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

Chameli Devi Jain Award 2013-2014

20 March 2014, 05:30 am

Chameli Devi Jain Award 2013-2014

Programme Type

Discussions

Presentation of awards to Outstanding Woman Mediapersons

Followed by a panel discussion on

Media and the Elections: Manufacturing Consent?

Panelists: Zoya Hasan, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Mukul Kesavan, Jamia Millia Islamia; Sudha Pai, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Vidya Subhramaniam, The Hindu

Moderator: Srinivasan Jain, NDTV

Public Art

20 March 2014, 05:30 am

Public Art

An exhibition of public art by leading practitioners

At 17:00 on 20^th March 2014

Panel discussion on Public Art

HEALTHY MEDICINE

19 March 2014, 05:30 am

HEALTHY MEDICINE

Programme Type

Discussions

Panel discussion on My Environment My Health

Keynote speaker: Dr. Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California at Berkeley who is Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi

Panelists: Dr. T. K. Joshi, Consultant, Environment & Occupational Health, Member-Secretary, IVPSS; and

Dr. Roopa Vajpeyi, academic and Consumer Activist

Moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India