An exhibition of archival photographs and prints that traces the contribution of Kashmiri Pandits to the making of modern India
Conceptualised and curated by Dr. Manju Kak

Inauguration by Shri Salman Khurshid, Union Minister for External Affairs on Tuesday, 6th August 2013 at 18:30
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh, President ICCR

As part of this exhibition, there will be a panel discussion on Monday, 12th August 2013 at 18:30 in the Annexe Lecture Room - II on
The Kashmiri Pandits - A Question of Identity

Panelists: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan; Shri Vivek Katju; Shri M.K. Kaw; and Shri M.K. Raina

Chair: Shri Suresh Goel, Director-General, ICCR

Programme on Autism with a discussion and screening of a film
Speaker: Juliet Reynolds, author of the book of the same title

Film: I'm Special: My World is Different (India)
(6.08 min; dvd; 2012)
Director: Deepak Parvatiyar

Recipient of the Primo Classificato Award, Autismovie Film Festival, Italy 2013

The programme will be introduced by Shri Suresh Srivastava, Secretary General, Indian Federation of United Nations Associations

Illustrated lecture by Dr. V.S. Prabhakar, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Dr. R.S. Bisht

The archaeological remains at Karanpura were first discovered in 2010 by Vikas Pawar of M.D. University, Rohtak. The excavations have brought to light housing complexes built of mud-bricks of both early and mature Harappan periods; pottery remains; and artefacts

Coordinator: Dr. Daryoush Akbarzadeh, former Director of the National Museum of Iran and currently IIC-ICCR Fellow  

 (Collaboration: Iran House of culture, embassy of Iran)

An exhibition of porcelain paintings by Madhu Bhalla Ahluwalia

Inauguration by Smt. Salma Ansari on Friday, 28th June 2013 at 18.30

Human Brain: Complexity Behind the Simplicity
Speaker: Dr. V. Ravindranath, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Chair: Prof. R. Rajaraman, JNU

The human brain is the interpreter of our senses, controller of movement and in fact responsible for all we embrace as civilization. It consists of about 100 billion nerve cells which are interconnected through a million billion connections measuring up to 3.2 million kilometer of wiring. Apart from the interest in understanding how the brain performs cognitive functions and finding links between behavior, brain and mind, there are serious health related issues

On the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of the renowned thumri singer, Smt Naina Delhi, her noted disciple,
Dr. Suhasini Koratkar will devote the evening evoking her guru's style of rendering various Thumris, Dadra, Hori, Chaity, Kajari and Jhoola compositions

Accompanists: Jayram Potdar (harmonium); and Akhtar Hassan (tabla)

Compere: Smt Manjari Sinha