3^rd Edition of the Dialogue to Develop a Vision of the Environment of Delhi 2025
Speakers: Prof. Geetam Tiwari, Professor of Transport Planning, IIT Delhi; Shri Himanshu Thakkar, Coordinator, South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP);  Shri Tarun Coomar, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of  Forests of Delhi; Shri Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head, Urban Transport, EMBARQ India; Dr. Shah Hussain, Scientist- in-Charge, Aravalli Biodiveristy Park, New Delhi;  Shri Nishant Kumar, D. Phil Student, Edward Grey Institute of  Field Ornithology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford; Dr. Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Business Sustainability,TERI University, New Delhi

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

Kindly please bring a cloth/jute carry bag to take away sapling which will be presented to each participant

Nepal Earthquake: Role of SAARC in Disaster Management and Reconstruction in South Asia
Speakers: Dr Ajay Gondane, Joint Secretary, SAARC Division, MEA; Mr Sheel Kant Sharma, former Secretary-General SAARC; Mr Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Magazine, Nepal; and Mr Ashim Roy, New Trade Union Initiative (and key member of PSaarc steering committee)

An exhibition of abstracts in Chinese black ink
By Rajinder Kumar Saini from Delhi
 
Preview on Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 18:30

Panelists: Prof. J.B. Shah, Director, L.D. Institute, Ahmedabad; Prof. Jagat Ram Bhattacharya, Professor of Prakrit Studies, Visva-Bharati University; and Samani Charitrprajna, Vice-Chancellor, Jain Visva-Bharati University, Ladnu, Rajasthan
 
Chair: Dr. G.C. Tripathi, Director, Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology

PANELISTS: Mohan Guruswamy, strategic analyst; Vikram Sood, former head of RAW; T.C.A. Rangachari, former Indian Ambassador and Claude Arpi, Tibet expert

Moderated by Vijay Kranti, senior journalist

Theme: China is India's biggest trading partner, but it's also the biggest security threat. India has been arming herself to the teeth in the Himalayas since the emergence of the new assertive China. But the plateau from where the dragon breathes down the Indian Himalayas was a country which played the buffer zone for centuries – Tibet. Running the military occupation of Tibet China has the advantage of controlling the numerous Tibet rivers that feed more than two billion people in Asia. But the key to Tibet's security - His Holiness the Dalai Lama lives in India.
 
 

Panel: Prof Ashish Nandy, Shri Rajiv Vora and Geshe Pema Dorjee

Theme: More than China, Tibet is tested of its cultural and spiritual resilience by globalization, everybody is. The homogenizing factor that has levelled cultures and countries world wide to a single narrative is feared and at the same time celebrated by some. The pastoral and nomadic Tibet, it's enduring Buddhist culture has survived China's cultural revolution, how will the younger generation balance between tradition and modernization?

By Vivian Doskow

Admiral Premvir Das; Shri Jayadeva Ranade; and Shri Shakti Sinha will discuss Andaman and Nicobar Islands: India’s Untapped Strategic Assets by Sanat Kaul (New Delhi: IDSA, 2015)
 
Chair: Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Concert presented by Eduardo Tami (flautist and leader of the group); Emiliano Ferrer (guitar); and Leandro Marquesano (piano)
 
With tango dancers - Facundo Barrionuevo and Maria Claudia Marciano
 
The artists will present a journey through the greatest exponents of Argentine tango. Beginning with the well-known Carlos Gardel to Francisco de Caro, Julian Plaza, Juan Caldarella, Horacio Salgán, Osvaldo Pugliese and the great Astor Piazzolla who revolutionized traditional tango into a new style known as “neuvo tango”. The artist will also present Argentine folk music

Thirty Years of SAARC: Society, Culture and Development
Edited by Omita Goyal
 
Dr. Karan Singh, MP will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2014-Spring 2015)
 
Followed by a panel discussion
Panelists: H.E. Prof. Sudarshan Seneviratne, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka; H.E. Mr. Syed Muazzem Ali, High Commissioner of Bangladesh; and H.E. Mr. Abdul Basit, High Commisioner of Pakistan