An Illustrated lecture by Dr. Hari Vasudevan, author of the book, In the Footsteps of Afanasii  Nikitin  (New Delhi; Manohar; 2014) 

Chair: Shri Ajay Malhotra, Former Indian Ambassador to Russia

 

Followed by a discussion

By Vanashree Rao from Delhi

 

A tribute to her gurus Shri Krishna Kumar, Shri  Jayarama Rao, Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Guru Nataraja Ramakrishna 

An exhibition of sculptures

By Usha Ramachandran from Trivandrum

 

Inauguration by Shri K.S. Radhakrishnan on 23 September 2014 at 18:30

Illustrated lecture by Shri Pankaj Raag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture

 

Speakers: Shri Vijay Bhushan, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Dr. Gautam Vohra

 

Chief Guest : Shri Virendra Dayal

On the occasion on the Narain Dutt Award for the Conservation Award for Nature

 

Stallions of the Indian Ocean 

Speaker: Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, IIT - Gandhinagar.

 

Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Chairperson, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University  

 

The talk seeks to scrutinise a variety of historical sources to develop a composite picture of how Indian Ocean maritime trade between Arabia and India, as mediated by the Portuguese, played a critical role in the dynamics of sixteenth century Deccani politics and society

Vocal Recital 

By Himani Dalmia

Accompanist: Ustad Ghulam Sabir (sarangi); Ustad Zamir Ahmed (harmonium) and Nawab Ali (tabla)

 

Followed by 

Vocal Recital

By Ustad Mazhar and Javad Ali Khan, grandsons of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali

Accompanists: Ustad Rafiuddin Sabri (tabla), Murad Ali (sarangi) and Vinay Misra (harmonium)

 

 

Vocal Recital 

By Gokulutsav Maharaj

Accompanists: Akhtar Hasan (tabla) and Kaushik Mitra (harmonium) 

Speakers: Prof. Shamim Hanfi; Dr. Aqil Ahmad and Janaab Farhat Ehsas

 

Chair: Dr. Tarannum Riyaz

 

Music of the Desert 

An introduction to the musical traditions of Western Rajasthan and Kutch 

 

Speaker: Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic) of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies  and  co-authored  Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of the Music of West Rajasthan  

 

This lec-dem will present an introduction to the musical traditions of the western Rajasthan and Kutch with a view to provide connections and linkages. Bordering Sindh and with a shared history, these regions have a lot in common. The presentation will be based on  the speaker’s  own field  experiences in Rajasthan over a number of years, and her recent  incursions into Kutch