Dr. Kavita Sharma, President, South Asian University, New Delhi; Dr. Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Journalist; Dr. Indivar Kamtekar, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU; and Dr. Patho Dutta, Dr. Zakir  Husain College, New Delhi will discuss Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives by Rudrangshu Mukherjee (New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company; 2014)

 

Chair: Prof Madhavan K. Palat, Historian

 

Hindu Nectar: Spiritual Wanderings in India (50 min; 2014; dvd)

A film directed by Akanksha Joshi

 

Winner of Best Documentary Film, Fiji International Film 2014

 

A daughter's journey distilling the nectar of the stories she heard as a child. Weaving ancient texts in the fabric of modern life. Rediscovering the land of her childhood. Where religion is synonymous with the celebration of life. This cinematic journey creates an experiential rendering of one of the Earth's oldest spiritual traditions 

 

Illustrated lecture by Ratnottama Sengupta, senior journalist, film critic and programmer

Chair: Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati

Release of recommendations of the police and for the police

 

Dramatic presentation focusing on the vital need to change police attitudes to ensure prevention of gender based violence and protection of women in violent situations followed by the launch of Durga kit ( a unique tool to protect women in public spaces) and the NOIDA Mobile Application ( privative intervention on gender based violence )

 

Followed by the discussion on police recommendations arrived at through four consultations 

 

Speaker: Professor Manindra Agrawal, N. Rama Rao Chair Professor, Dean of Faculty Affairs

Indian Institute of Technology,  Kanpur

 

Chair: Professor S.N. Maheshwari former Professor, IIT, Delhi

 

Mathematics, at one level, is just a manipulation of abstract symbols and has no connection with reality. However, when these symbols are mapped to real quantities, this manipulation acquires a meaning, and leads to dramatic effects: almost all scientific achievements can be traced to this association of abstract symbols with real quantities. This talk will consider examples of three different ways in which mathematics has influenced our lives: (i) understanding and predicting natural phenomenon, (ii) manipulating nature, and (iii) design of non-natural phenomenon 

 

All Dhrupad Evening

 

Vocal Jugalbandhi

By Dagar Brothers – S. Nafeesuddin and S. Aneesuddin Dagar 

 Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on pakhawaj 

 

Vocal Recital 

By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar  

Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on pakhawaj