India International Centre

HEALTHY MEDICINE

28 October 2014, 05:30 am

HEALTHY MEDICINE

Programme Type

Talks

Specialization and Super specialization in medicine – the More the Merrier?’

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

Panelists; Dr. SK Sarin, Director, ILBS, New Delhi; Dr. Virender Yadav, Medical Superintendent, BK Hospital, Faridabad; Dr. Anjan De, Consultant Physician; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India

(Collaboration: Consumers Forum)

Mystery and Magic of Ghalib

28 October 2014, 05:30 am

Mystery and Magic of Ghalib

Programme Type

Cultural

Pran Nevile speaks on the all time favourite ghazals of Ghalib followed by a concert by Dr. Gaurav Sood

Spreading the Art of Jazz Vocals

27 October 2014, 05:30 am

Spreading the Art of Jazz Vocals

Programme Type

Seminars

Workshop on Jazz conducted by Deborah J. Carter, Quarter from The Netherlands

The workshop includes a presentation on the major movements and evolution in style and content of jazz music through the ages

Introduction: Mrs. Marielle van Miltenburg, Head, Department of Political Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Embassy of the Netherlands

SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY LECTURE

18 October 2014, 05:30 am

SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY LECTURE

Programme Type

Talks

CANCEL
Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions
Speaker: Shri M.C. Mehta, renowned environmentalist and lawyer

Death Penalty: The French and the European experience

16 October 2014, 05:30 am

Death Penalty: The French and the European experience

Programme Type

Talks

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Robert Badinter, former French Minister of Justice
Followed by a discussion

International Indians and the Law

16 October 2014, 05:30 am

International Indians and the Law

Programme Type

Discussions

International Indians and the Law
A new book by Shri Anil Malhotra and Shri Ramjit Malhotra

To be released by Hon’ble Shri Justice T.S. Thakur, Hon’ble Shri Justice A.K. Sikri and Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

5:45 pm
Tea

6:30pm
Welcome and introduction to the theme of the Panel Discussion
By Molshree Sharma, Attorney at Law, Chicago

Followed by panel discussion on
Inter-country Parental Child Removal Issues
Dedicated to Ambassador J C Sharma

Interaction between panelists

Panelists: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Hon’ble Ms Justice Hima Kohli, Judge, High Court of Delhi; Mr. Julian Evans, Deputy British High Commissioner; Dr. Balram Gupta, Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal; and Ms Molshree Sharma, Attorney at Law, Chicago

Moderator: Shri Anil Malhotra, Advocate, Malhotra & Malhotra Associates

Chair: Hon’ble Shri Justice A.K. Sikri

Moving forward
Suggestions, Remedies and Vote of Thanks
By Shri Ranjit Malhotra, Advocate, Malhotra & Malhotra Associates

Release of Set of 10 DVDs of Narayan Desai’s Gandhi Katha

05 October 2014, 05:30 am

Release of Set of 10 DVDs of Narayan Desai’s Gandhi Katha

Programme Type

Talks

Executive Producer: Suhas Borker

By Shri Om Thanvi, Editor-in-Chief, Jansatta

Followed by a panel discussion

Panelists: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC; Dr. Varsha Das, Writer and Art Critic; Prof. Purushottam Agrawal, Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Director, Youth Department, Gandhi Peace Foundation

This launch of the DVDs commemorates 10 years of Gandhi Katha. The Gandhi Katha was started by Narayan Desai in 2004 as a reparative act of creative non-violence after the violence in Gujarat in 2002. The Gandhi Katha is an amazing opportunity to relive the incredible times of India’s freedom struggle. Kathas have been an age old communication form in India. Narayan Bhai has completely revolutionised this ancient art form by making it contemporary and relevant to our times. The 15 hours recording of this set of DVDs was done during the Gandhi Katha held at the Gandhi King Memorial Plaza – IIC, in November 2010. The 10 DVDs are divided into 30 parts and capture Narayan Bhai's inimitable style of storytelling - vibrant, inspiring, simple and earthy

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE

01 October 2014, 05:30 am

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE

Programme Type

Talks

Networks: An Integrative Theme in the Natural and Social Sciences

Speaker: Professor Sanjay Jain, Professor of Physics, University of Delhi

Chair: Prof. Ajoy Ghatak, former Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Networks underlie some of the most fascinating phenomena around us: life, society, and thought. The study of these networks is part of a new movement in science that respects the essential indivisibility of the complex systems that exhibit these phenomena and attempts to understand them as wholes and not just as the sum of their parts. The talk will give some examples of this --- networks of molecules in living organisms, of species in ecosystems, social and economic networks in societies, neural networks in brains --- and also describe how their study is breaking down barriers between disciplines. An example of how such an approach helps illuminate the origin of life will be discussed