Jatakamala of Arya Shura
A talk by Shri A.N.D. Haksar, former Indian Ambassador, scholar and translator of several Sanskrit texts including the Jatakamala
Chair: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra
Hindustani Vocal recital
By Jui Dhaigude Pande from Mumbai, disciple of Pandita Sheela Joshi and Smt Kishori Amonkar
Words and Images
An exhibition of illustrations by Sujata Singh, Suddhasattwa Basu and Mala Marwah
Preview on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 at 18:30
This exhibition brings together three artists showcasing illustration art – published and unpublished, created over the last three decades. The body of work on view highlights the scope and range of illustrations as they interact, illumine and work in tandem with a piece of written text
Flute Recital
By Pt. Nityanand Haldipur from Mumbai, disciple of Smt Annapurna Devi
Third Annual IAFAC Lecture: India and East Asia – Moving from the Margins to the Centre
Speaker: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary and Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and former Chairman, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)
Chair: Shri Vijay Naik
The third annual lecture organised by IAFAC
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Indian Classical Music – Insight into History and Development with Special Reference to Carnatic Music Appreciating its salient features and the compositional forms
A lec-dem by Dr. Vageesh, a composer and former DDG, AIR , at present consultant with AIR
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE
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
Readings
By K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet and Raul Zurita, Chilean poet
Concert
y Parvathy Baul
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
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