Panelist: Mr. Vinod Babu, Scientist, Central Pollution Control Board; Dr. Regina Dubey, GTZ  and   Mr. Suneel Pandey, Associate Director, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency  Division, TERI

Moderator: Mr. Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link 

The Ecological Insights in the Atharva Veda and their Relevance Today
 
Speaker: Professor Madhu Khanna, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilisations,    Jamia Millia Islamia
 
Introduction: Shri A.K. Merchant
 
Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, M.P.

An ecological reading of one of the most spectacular hymns from the Atharva Veda dedicated to the planet Earth 

By Renuka Iyer from Delhi, disciple of Smt.  Kanaka Sudhakar

Second Edition of Dialogue to Develop a Vision for the Environment of Delhi- 2025
Speakers: Shri Dunu Roy, Director, Hazards Centre, New Delhi;Shri Hem Pande, IAS, Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority and Additional Secretary, MOEF, GOI; Shri TarunCoomar, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Delhi; Dr. Anvita Arora, MD & CEO, Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans); Dr Chandra Prakash, Senior Environmental Engineer, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, GNCTD; and Dr Deeksha Katyal, Assistant Professor, University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

Protecting the Senhors and Gora Sahibs in North Konkan – Re-Visualizing Defense and Settlement Pattern of the Province of North and Bombay, 1534-1818 AD
Illustrated lecture by Shri Mayur Babulal Thakare, Circle Officer, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Maharashtra
 
The talk will discuss defence and settlement pattern of the early phase (1498 - 1818) of the European occupation in North Konkan by focusing on the holistic synthesis of material remains and textual sources.  It is an attempt to initiate studies in the domain of Archaeology of European Expansion/Colonial Archaeology in India. The presentation will also discuss field findings of the author in the light of textual sources for reconstructing the defence and settlement pattern of the region as it existed during the late Medieval period

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain
 
L’Elisir d’Amore (130 min; 2005; dvd; English subtitles)
Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera in two acts
Production: Vienna State Opera
Conductor: Alfred Eschwe
 
With Anna Netrebko (Adina); Rolando Villazón (Nemorino); Leo Nucci (Belcore); and Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Dulcamara)

A Voice and Piano Recital by Rahul Bharadwaj (baritone) and Chris Williams (piano)
Programme includes works by Purcell, Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, R. Strauss, Faure, Debussy, Vaughan Williams   and S. Barber
Rahul Bharadwaj, professional baritone, trained in opera and western classical music in Michigan, USA;  is   currently Artist in Residence at Srishti School of Design, Bangalore
 
Chris Williams began his musical career as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London; studied music at New College, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; composer and pianist who has performed widely in India and abroad

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain
 
Giselle(105 min; 2005; dvd; English subtitles)
The well-known ballet in two-acts with music by Adolphe Adam

Production: La Scala

Conductor: David Coleman
 
With Svetlana Zakharov (Giselle); Roberto Bolle (Albrecht); and Marta Romagna (Myrtha)

Speaker: Ven. Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe La
 

By Mahua Shankar from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj