An exhibition of live orchid plants and blooms from North-Eastern States of Himalaya and their rapid multiplication techniques

Coordinator: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram

Inauguration by Dr. S. Ayappan, Secretary, DARE & Director-General, ICAR on Friday, 31^st January 2014 at 18:30

As part of this exhibition, there will be a talk on Thursday, 6^th February 2014 at 18:30 in the Annexe Lecture Room II on

The Splendour of Orchids

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Satish Kumar, Scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Chair: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram

This exhibition is a curtain raiser to present the unique flora of the Himalaya. The forthcoming series of exhibitions The Himalaya: A Timeless Quest to be held through 2014-15 will focus on different aspects of the mountain range

Readings and presentation by Rashmi Anand

Chair: Dr. Manorama Bawa, Managing Trustee, All India Women's Conference

Talk by Naz Ikramullah on her recently published book about the shared culture of Hindus and Muslims. Naz Ikramullah is a practicing visual artist based in Canada

Chair: Dr. Rakshanda Jalil

By Aishwaria Nityananda from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Radha Sridhar

Presented by Virág Kiss (piano) and Sándor Dezső (cello) from Hungary

The artists will present works by Popper; Beethoven; Mendelssohn; Sándor Dezső; Saint-Saens; and Kodály

Speaker: Shri B.K. Chaturvedi, Member Planning Commission and former Cabinet Secretary

A talk by Shri Saeed Naqvi, the first journalist to reach Cape Town in February 1990 when Nelson Mandela was to be released from Victor Verster Prison. They met at Archbishop Desmond Tutu's residence where Mandela stayed immediately after his release from prison

Interviews (20 min; dvd; 1990; English)

Filmed interview with Nelson Mandela and his colleagues

Keynote speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated with Lok Nayak and G B Pant Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India

Panelists: Dr. K. K. Talwar, Chairman, Dept. of Cardiology, Max Healthcare, former Chairman, Medical Council of India; and Dr. Navin Dang, Director, Dr. Dangs Lab.