The Development of the Classical Symphony                                                                                                                       
  An illustrated lecture by Sunit Tandon, noted theatre and television personality and is currently the President of the Delhi Music Society
The symphony is among the most important forms of western music. This talk will attempt to outline the evolution of the symphony from its early Italian origins into the most demanding forms of orchestral expression for the great Austro-German classical composers, particularly Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

By Balswaroop Rahi, poet
 
Chair: Shri Laxmi Shankar Bajpai

Director: Rajeev Chaurasia
 
Film courtesy: Films Division
 
The film looks at seven decades in the life of flute maestro, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. It closely follows the journey of this extraordinary musician who triumphed against all odds to achieve that one thing closest to him

My Occupation My Health                                                                                                                                               
 Keynote Speaker: Dr. T. K.  Joshi, Consultant, Environment & Occupational Health, Member-Secretary, IVPSS, Maulana Azad Medical College
Panelists: Dr Ved Chaturvedi, Lt General, Armed Forces Medical Services, Army  Hospital, New Delhi; Dr AK Aggarwal, Professor of Excellence (ENT), Maulana Azad Medical College; Additional DGHS, Ministry of Health & FW and President, Delhi Medical Council and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India
Moderator: Dr Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak & GB Pant Hospital and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India
 

By Aiswaria Warrier from Vadodara, disciple of Dr. Sucheta Chapekar, Kalamandalam Saraswati and      Shri K.N. Panikkar

Speaker: Professor Ian Lipkin, Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and Director, Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, USA.
 
Chair: Prof. G.P. Talwar, former Director National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
In 1944, Oswald Avery together with Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty made the landmark discovery that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and not proteins carry genetic information and are therefore the basis of inheritance.  In the 70 years since Avery’s discovery, DNA has come a long way. Besides being the basis for major discoveries in biomedicine, the genomes of humans and many other species have been fully sequenced providing many fascinating insights into evolution and behavior. DNA is now being developed as a medium for computing, nanorobotics and nanoelectronics. The technologies developed to sequence DNA have also provided a powerful platform to discover new life forms, especially new pathogens that mysteriously cause disease in human and other species
(Collaboration: The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance)

Monk with a Camera (90 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Directors: Tina Mascara & Guido Santi
 
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of the legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas’ life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.  Soon thereafter, he gave up his glamorous life to live in a monastery in India, where he studied Buddhism for fourteen years.  In an ironic twist of fate, Nicholas went back to photography to help his fellow monks rebuild their monastery.  Recently, the Dalai Lama appointed Nicholas as Abbot of the monastery, making him the first Westerner in Tibetan Buddhist history to attain such a highly regarded position

Approaches to Social History of Delhi
Speakers: Prof. Narayani Gupta , well known historian; Dr. Mahmood Farooqui , historian and theatre personality;   Mr. Sohail Hashmi  a writer,  history enthusiast & cultural activist and  Ms Navina Jaffa, heritage consultant  

Brihadeshwara Temple
Illustrated lecture by Dr. S. Dayalan, Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande