By Satyaki Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Soumitra Lahiri

World Heritage Sites in India
Illustrated lecture by Shri Jahnwij Sharma, Director (Conservation), Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Dr. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson, National Monuments Authority 

Gaan Yogi: Pt. D.V. Paluskar
(140 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Anjali Kirtane who will introduce the film
 
A tribute to the memory of Pt. D.V. Paluskar who despite his short life established himself as an artist of high caliber and made a significant contribution to Hindustani classical music. The film is a quest for the creative personality of Pt. Paluskar, traveling across India, the filmmaker re-visits places closely associated with his life and interviews people who had known the musician personally
 

Golden Age of Classical Music (Sangeetache Suwarna Yug)
(70 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Anjali Kirtane who will introduce the film
 
A musical docudrama that covers a span of 100 years from 1850-1950 looking at different aspects of the golden age of music. The film begins with the old era of Dhrupad singing, how khayal evolved, the establishment of the different gharanas and the migration of North Indian gharanas to Maharashtra

Radio Window to the Universe
Speaker: Professor Jayaram N. Chengalur, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune
 
Chair: Professor T.R. Seshadiri, Dept. of Physics, University of Delhi
 
Radio Astronomy was the first of the new astronomies, and it continues to be an important tool for us to fully understand the processes that shape the universe that we observe today.  The talk will cover the current state of the art in Radio Astronomy, with special emphasis on the celestial phenomena that are best studied using radio telescopes. Most of the examples will be drawn from research done in India using the cutting edge facilities built by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
 
Chair: Prof. T.R. Seshadiri, Dept. of Physics, University of Delhi

Speakers: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary; Dr. George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Science; and Smt Sudha Pillai, former Member-Secretary, Planning Commission

Speakers: Dr. Y. S. Alone, Assistant Professor, School of Arts & Aesthetics, JNU; Dr Raj Kumar, Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi; Dr. Milind Eknath Awad, Assistant Professor, English School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU; Dr. Smita M. Patil,  Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU; and Dr. Milind Wakankar, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi
 
Discussant: Dr. Ramchandra, Assistant Professor, Hindi, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU
 
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV News

The Last Flute Maker – The Disappearance of the Instrument Maker
A dialogue between Jagdeep Singh Bedi, sitar and surbahar artist and teacher at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya; and Ajay Rikhi Ram, sitar player as well as instrument maker with ‘Rikhi Ram’, the oldest instrument shop in Delhi
 
Coordinator/moderator: Smt Manjari Sinha, music critic

New Vistas in Chemical Science: A Ring Side View
Speaker: Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
 
Chair: Prof. B. Jayaram, IIT, Delhi

Pran Nevile pays tribute to K.L. Saigal, immortal singer, poet and composer
 
Followed by
Concert
Presented by Dr. Radhika Chopra