Future Clean Paradigms for Clean Environment

Speaker: Shri Virendra Singh Verma, former Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

 

Chair: Prof D.P. Agrawal, former chairman, UPSC

 

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