By Joydeep Mukherjee from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Pranab Kumar Naha

4th  Annual CSR debate for college students

Main Presentation by Ms Mythili Bhusnurmath and Dr. Bornali Bhandari,National Council of Applied Economic Research

 

Speakers:  Dr. D.B. Gupta, NCAER and Ms Vineeta Dixit

 

Moderator: Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, National Statistical Commission

Learning to Dream Again (22 min; dvd; English)
The film traces the relationship that communities have with their forests. Villagers who live on the fringe of forests need not be told that forests are their lifeline, for that is their natural home. The film focuses on the concept of joint forest management that brings together villagers and foresters to protect forests
 
Forests (22 min; dvd; English)
Forests are still the mainstay of a large part of our rural and tribal population. Fuel wood, fruits and vegetables, housing material, fodder, and raw material for manufacturing commercial goods are all sourced from the forests. The film presents five short duration capsules on bamboo, biodiversity, jute and agroforestry
 
Films courtesy: Terravision, The Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi

Speaker: Dr. M.S. Valiathan, eminent cardiac surgeon; former President of Indian National Science Academy, Vice Chancellor of Manipal University; currently engaged in promoting research in basic science, based on cues from Ayurvedic concepts and procedures

Chair: Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

A new book by Shri Anil Malhotra and Shri Ranjit 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

Banglar Gaan
Presented by Srikanto Acharya, Kolkata based modern Bengali singer, song writer and music director

Shri Jayant Prasad, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal; Shri Suneet Chopra, writer and critic; and Shri Ranbir Kaleka, artist and academician will discuss Your History Gets in the Way of My Memory: Essays on Indian Artists 
by Dr. Geeti Sen (Noida: HarperCollins, 2012)

People, Places and A War: A Festival of Films(11 AM)
Paris 1919: Un Traité pour la paix (Canada)
90 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)