Speaker: Dr. Alison Brysk, Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina (1994), From Tribal Village to Global Village (2000), Human Rights and Private Wrongs (2005), and Global Good Samaritans: Human Righs as Foreign Policy (2009)

Chair: Professor Manoranjan Mohanty

Speaker: Dr. Mona Schrempf,  Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Speaker: Dr. Mona Schrempf, Humboldt University of Berlin

Chair: Dr. Mala V. Thapar

Remembering Shanta Rao
Illustrated lecture by Shri Ashoke Chatterjee, Trustee, National Folklore Support Centre, Chennai, who will speak about the legacy of the pioneering dancer who left an indelible mark in the world of Indian dance

The Art of Shanta Rao
Film clips from the archives of Omnibus (USA) and BBC (UK)

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, MP

As part of this programme, there will be an Exhibition of photographs of Shanta Rao taken by the well-known photographer, Sunil Janah

Exhibition on view in the Foyer outside the Auditorium until 7th September 2011

 CANCELLED

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Toni Huber, Central Asian Seminar
Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin

Chair: Dr. Mala V. Thapar

Presented by Madhura Phatak from Delhi, disciple of Guru Shovana Narayan

An evening of Mughal poetry, music and dance

Speakers: H.E. Shri M.K. Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal and  Shri N.N. Vohra

Chief Guest; Smt. Meira Kumar

Ela Bhatt will speak on Anasuya Sarabhai

This talk discusses the intertwined complexities between Tibetan and Western medicine. Ethnographic research on clinical encounters, pharmaceutical production and consumption of Tibetan medicine reveals the intricate and diverse relationships between medicine, science and religion in different settings. The lecture addresses a number of questions about what Tibetan medicine entails, how it differs from ritual healing while engaging ritual  practices, and how knowledge and  efficacy are validated and translated between Tibetan and Western medical notions and practices

Conceived and presented by Jayateerth Mevundi, well-known vocalist

Presented by Praveen Shevade who will illustrate using audio clippings

The North West Karnataka landscape has nurtured a unique amalgam of Hindustani classical and Carnatic styles of music. Where Hindustani classical music with its origins in North India seamlessly interweaves with the South Indian traditions

Quarratulain Hyder & the River of Five: the Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy edited by Rakshanda Jalil

Panelists:: Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, Delhi Univesity  ; Prof. Ali Javed, Delhi University and Ms. Noor Zaheer, Writer

Chair: Shri Suresh Kohli, Freelance Writer (Chair)