Speaker: Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo Associate Professor Noor-York Chair in Islamic Studies York University Toronto-Canada

 

Chair: Dr. Ashis Nandy

 

The historical figure of Socrates as a philosopher-citizen, who stood at odds with the Athenian polis, represents today a valid and relevant nucleus for the ongoing pursuit of dissentful thinking and philosophical interrogation in our world. In a world where philosophical interrogation has given its place to complacency, conformism, intellectual degradation and erosion of values, Socrates is more relevant than at any other time. The lecture suggests that the radical, disobedient and nonviolent Socrates has been in a historical link and affinity with Socrates as a citizen-philosopher. It remains to explain how these two complementary characteristics were transmitted to and underlined by nonviolent reformers and practitioners such as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. These thinkers and practitioners of nonviolence laid the foundations for a world where the Socratic philosophy of revolt, against injustice and tyranny, but also in opposition to complacency and conformism, finds its moral and political foundations while remaining an inspiration for the present day gadflies who rightly struggle against the inequalities and injustices and try to break the wall of indifference 

 

 

Functioning in Challenging Times:  Bridging the Expectation-Fulfillment Gap in Library and Information Services

Speaker:  Prof. Subrata Chakraborty,  Former Dean & Director-in-Charge, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow; Former Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow

 

Chair:  Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET

 

 

Skill Development in farm and non-farm sector
 
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Rita Sharma, Former Secretary, M/o Rural Development; and Smt. Gayathri B Kalia,
Chief Operation Officer, DU-GKY, Division, Ministry of Rural Development,

Chair:  Shri MC Verma, Former Technical Advisor UNDP and Secretary to Govt. of India

 

 

 

Prof. Alok Bhalla, former Professor, Department of English, English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad; Prof. Badri Narayan, Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion (CSDE), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Shweta Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, South Asian University, New Delhi will discuss A Gypsy in the World of Ideas by Rajen Harshe (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2015)

 

Chair: Prof. Harbans Mukhia, formerly Rector and Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Choreographic compositions on – Saraswati  Vandana: Worshipping Goddess of Knowledge

Dasavatar of Kavi Jaydeva: Interpretation of ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu, from many other incarnations of Vishnu in  12th century following  the evolution of mankind

Buddha Charit by A?vagho?a: A journey for knowledge and Peace 

 

Dancers: Soumya Bhowmick; Ganesh Das; Sunistha Mandal; Ranjima Chatterjee; Paromita Banerjee; and Mahua Mukherjee

 

Concept & Dance Direction: Prof. Mahua Mukherjee

Presented by: Gaudiya Nritya Bharati, Kolkata

 

A Discussion on the book edited by Patrick Olivelle

 

Chief Guest: Shri Fali Nariman

 

Speakers: Prof Kumkum Roy, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr Heeraman Tiwari, Assistant Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr Ashutosh Dayal Mathur, Head, Department of Sanskrit, St. Stephen's College

 

This Dictionary contains technical terms used in Sanskrit texts of ancient and medieval India dealing with law and statecraft within Dharmasastra and Arthasastra. It is the first dictionary of its kind, and the editors hope that it will spur further research into Dharmasastra, one of the most significant areas of ancient Indian cultural expressions

 

A multimedia stage performance dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Presented by Keiin Yoshimura (dance), So Sugiura (shamisen); Jun Kurumisawa (multimedia visual artist)

 

Speakers: Anna T Szabo (Hungary); Annie Zaidi; Bee Rowlatt (UK); Espido Freire (Spain); Elisa Brune (Belgium); Francesca Marciano (Italy); Jasna Strick (Germany); Mrinal Pande; Muriel De Saint Saveur (France); Paromita Vohra; Rizio Yohannan Raj; Sonia Serrano (Portugal); and Vaiju Naravane