Changing Climate: The Future (27 min; dvd; English)
"˜Hands On' takes a look at some of the new technologies that generate power from clean and renewable sources focusing on entrepreneurs and individuals around the world and what they are doing in the fields of sustainable enterprise and appropriate technology
Changing Climates: The Impact (27 min; dvd; English)
Is there concrete evidence that the greenhouse effect is changing our climate? This film travels to Africa, Asia and North America to find out if the long predicted change is alreadt having an impact on society and economy
Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play
Discussion around the Report prepared by the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament which will be submitted to the NPT Preparatory Committee in Geneva next month
Presentation of the Report by Prof. Gareth Evans, Chancellor, Australian National University and Chairman, International Advisory Board of the CNND
Other Speakers are: Shri Jaswant Singh and Shri Lalit Mansingh
Followed by a discussion
The People of India (1850-2013)
An exhibition of photographs of rare albumin prints from 1850 and images by contemporary photographers - Dinesh Khanna, Dileep Prakash, Mahesh Bhat and Sandeep Biswas
Curator: Aditya Arya
Inauguratin by Mr. Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR on Wednesday, 17th April 2013 at 18:15
Guest of Honor: Rob Lynes, Director India, British Council & Max CLAUDET, French Embassy Cultural Head
Hindustani Classical Music - Sitar
Lecture-demonstration by Meera Prasad, senior artist from Delhi
Smt Prasad will highlight the facet of Jugalbandhi of Swar and Taal; the ragas sung or played on different occasions and at different times of the day; and demonstrate how a single raga can be played to different rhythmic patterns
THE MAJOR SCHOOLS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
The World-View of the Nyaya-Vaisesika System of Indian Philosophy
Speaker: Prof. V.N. Jha, former Director, Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune who has written and edited over 50 books
The Nyaya school is based on the Nyaya Sutras known to be given by Aksapada Gautama. According to Nyaya, there are four sources of knowledge: perception, inference, comparison, and testimony. The Vaisesika school founded by Kanada postulates an atomic pluralism
The Diminishing Grandeur of Gwalior Fort: Need for Resuscitation
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Manuel Joseph, Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Dr. B.R. Mani, ADG, Archaeological Survey of India
The presentation will highlight the past glory of the fort and that contained within; and then move to the threats faced and possible solutions to remedy the situation
Third in a series of lectures which will address the shifting social, symbolic and cultural contexts of monuments, and identify current uses of sites and potential issues in their conservation