Launch of National Archives of India publication by Smt Sangita Gairola, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, followed by a discussion

Panelists: Dr Lokesh Chandra, Director, International Academy of Indian Culture; and Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

Chair: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director-General, National Archives of India

The Golden Thread: Essays in Honour of C.D. Deshmukh
Dr Karan Singh, M.P., will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2011-Spring 2012)

Followed by a panel discussion on Education, Economics and Politics

Photographic slides of Himalayan flora and fauna accompanied by commentary

Speaker: Dr Ajay Singh Rawat, former Professor of History, Kumaon University, and author of Forestry in Central Himalayas and Forest History of Mountainous Regions of the World

Followed by a dialogue with Shri Vijay Bhushan, Member of the State Wildlife Board of Himachal Pradesh, and Executive Director, Narain Dharamarth Aushdhalaya Trust, highlighting Dr Rawat's work as environmental activist

and

South Asia Foundation

present

Kumhaargram: Lifeline of Green Delhi

"¦"¦..Crafting Excellence

An exhibition of pottery items by the potters of Kumhaargram, New Delhi. 

Inauguration by Dr. Karan Singh on 18th April 2012 at 12 noon

 One of the largest settlements of potters in Asia and the lifeline of NCT Delhi's greenery, it is home to some of the finest artisans of the country. Potters whose work will be exhibited include, Giriraj Prasad, Shilpguru; seven National Awardees - Harikrishan; Angoori Devi; Bhuvnesh Prasad; Dayachand; Lachhi Ram; and Amar Singh; and Shyam Prasad, State Awardee among others

The exhibition will also include demonstrations using traditional and modern mechanized electric operated pottery wheels; and a photographic display tracing the history of the artisans and origins of the potters of Kumhaargram village

9^th Prof. D.S. Kothari Memorial  Lecture

"Dr. D.S. Kothari: A Modern Rishi"

By Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Chairperson, Asia Project, India International Centre

Meet the Author: Aman Sethi

Author of A Free Man (New Delhi: Random House, 2011), who will speak about his work followed by a discussion

Panelists: Dr. Awadhendra Sharan, Associate Fellow, CSDS; and Dr. Prabhu Mohapatra, Department of History, University of Delhi

Chair: Shri Hartosh Singh Bal, Open Magazine

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Prof Sukhdeo Thorat, Chairperson, ICSSR, and former Chairperson, UGC; Prof Dinesh Singh, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi; and Dr Nitish Sengupta, will discuss Dr Karan Singh: The Portrait of a Statesman by Kishore Gandhi (New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2012)

Chair: Shri Jagmohan, former Governor, Jammu & Kashmir

Memorial Meeting for

 Shri Natarajan ("˜Manna') Srinivasan
 (September 12, 1934 - March 10, 2012)