Contemporary art by Korean and Indian artists around the theme of mother

Works by Byen Ung Pil, Lee Ho Shin, Oh Su Fan, Ha Tae Im, Lee Jin Joon, Hong Ji Yoon, Lee Lee Nam, Lee Kwang Ho, Shin Su Mi, Jeong Jong Mee from Korea

 

Amitava Das, Dileep Sharma, Farhad Hussain, Gigi Scaria, Harsha Vardhana Swaminathan, Jin Sook Shinde, Sham Pahapalkar, Tanmoy Samanta, Vanita Gupta & Zakkir Hussain from India

 

Curators: Insang Song (Korea) and Sanjeev Bhargava (India)

 

Inauguration: H.E. Mr. Joon Gyu Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea; and

Shri S.K. Tayal  

 

Voices of Angels will present a short concert at the inauguration

 

THE EXHIBITION WILL REMAIN ON VIEW UNTIL 7TH NOVEMBER 2013

Dinkar Kowshik (1918-2011)- preliminary drawings and sketches leading up to a painting; random sketches which illustrate the evolution of ideas and forms; drawings and text for books, especially children's books

Ganesh Pyne (1937-2013) - preliminary jottings leading to complete compositions

On display will be original art works; notebooks; and digital prints

Curators: Dolly Narang and Vijay Kowshik

Inauguration: Shri Keshav Malik

The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin
Speaker: Prof. Amit Ghosh, NASI Platinum Jubilee Senior Scientist, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Kolkata

Chair: Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director and J.C. Bose National Fellow, National Institute of Plant Genome Research

Sustainable Development: Imperatives for India

Speaker: Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director - General, The Energy and Resources Institute

Second in a series of lectures on The Natural Cultural Landscapes and Sustainable Sciences with a special focus on agriculture and forests. The series aims to look at the traditional and the modern scientific systems together with the possibilities of convergence between the two to create a more ecologically sensitive and sustainable system suited to the demands of modern development

Reflections on Contemporary Indian English Poetry
Speaker: Prof. Shiv K. Kumar, well-known Indian English poet and author. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Prof. Kumar was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, London in 1978; and received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988

Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul, President, The Poetry Society, India

Conference Coordinator: Shri Suhas Borker

The Asian Media Conference (AMC) explores media connectivity in Asia.  Why media exchanges in Asia are still dependent on media hubs in New York, London or Paris, leading to homogenization of news content?  New media technologies offer never seen before gateways of instant communication. Will a direct and close connectivity of media in Asia strengthen the Asian paradigm of diversity and pluralism, spur the process of physical connectivity, bring about a mindset change and concretize the vision of an Asian Community?

Seminar organised by the IIC-Asia Project from 29th to 31st October 2013

A mehfil with Jaipur-Atrauli gharana exponent, Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar

Accompanists: Pt. Vinod Lele (tabla); and Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

As a disciple of Pt. Madhusudan Kanitkar, Manjiri inherited treasures of the Jaipur-Atrauli gayaki from which she will share ragas Vihang, Bhoop Nat and Kafi Kanhra

Nalanda"¦Past and Future"¦The Inner Science Curriculum

Speaker: Dr. Robert Thurman, well-known Buddhist scholar

Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

Share Your Experience
With Ogyen Palmo, Chartered Accountant, Deloitte, India
Moderator: Damdul Topden

An initiative to provide a platform to young Tibetans in exile to present and discuss their ideas and suggestions to stimulate dialogue and improve networks of the vibrant Tibetan diaspora