The Arts of Indonesia
An exhibition of Gamelan orchestra musical instruments- gongs or kettle drums; metallophone; two-headed drums; gongs; and bamboo pipe rattles
Wayang puppets and Tenun Ikat woven cloth from different regions of Indonesia
Inauguration: Mr. Edy Wardoyo
Gamelan musicians will present a short recital at the inauguration
Scythian Wind
An exhibition of graphics and paintings by Leyla Mahat, well-known artist from Kazakhstan
Graphic works based the Turan State - period of Kazakh, the original and unique culture of nomads who created stylized works where the protagonists were both real and imaginary animals
Paintings based on the arts and crafts of ancient nomads of Kazakhstan
Inauguration : Shri Ashok Sajjanhar
Exhibition : Amma, Umma!
Synonyms meaning "˜mother' in Tamil and Korean as a metaphor for essence, basic, and beginning
Contemporary art by Korean and Indian artists around the theme of mother
Works by Byen Ung Pil, Lee Ho Shin, Oh Su Fan, Ha Tae Im, Lee Jin Joon, Hong Ji Yoon, Lee Lee Nam, Lee Kwang Ho, Shin Su Mi, Jeong Jong Mee from Korea
Amitava Das, Dileep Sharma, Farhad Hussain, Gigi Scaria, Harsha Vardhana Swaminathan, Jin Sook Shinde, Sham Pahapalkar, Tanmoy Samanta, Vanita Gupta & Zakkir Hussain from India
Curators: Insang Song (Korea) and Sanjeev Bhargava (India)
Inauguration: H.E. Mr. Joon Gyu Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea; and
Shri S.K. Tayal Â
Voices of Angels will present a short concert at the inauguration
"˜Ideas in Line': Dinkar Kowshik and Ganesh Pyne
Focus on two artists, representing two generations of artists whose work delineates the progression of the Bengal school
Dinkar Kowshik (1918-2011)- preliminary drawings and sketches leading up to a painting; random sketches which illustrate the evolution of ideas and forms; drawings and text for books, especially children's books
Ganesh Pyne (1937-2013) - preliminary jottings leading to complete compositions
On display will be original art works; notebooks; and digital prints
Curators: Dolly Narang and Vijay Kowshik
Inauguration: Shri Keshav Malik
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin
The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin
Speaker: Prof. Amit Ghosh, NASI Platinum Jubilee Senior Scientist, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Kolkata
Chair: Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director and J.C. Bose National Fellow, National Institute of Plant Genome Research
NATURAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND SUSTAINABLE SCIE
Sustainable Development: Imperatives for India
Speaker: Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director - General, The Energy and Resources Institute
Second in a series of lectures on The Natural Cultural Landscapes and Sustainable Sciences with a special focus on agriculture and forests. The series aims to look at the traditional and the modern scientific systems together with the possibilities of convergence between the two to create a more ecologically sensitive and sustainable system suited to the demands of modern development