Speakers: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary; Dr. George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Science; and Smt Sudha Pillai, former Member-Secretary, Planning Commission

Speakers: Dr. Y. S. Alone, Assistant Professor, School of Arts & Aesthetics, JNU; Dr Raj Kumar, Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi; Dr. Milind Eknath Awad, Assistant Professor, English School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU; Dr. Smita M. Patil,  Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU; and Dr. Milind Wakankar, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi
 
Discussant: Dr. Ramchandra, Assistant Professor, Hindi, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU
 
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV News

The Last Flute Maker – The Disappearance of the Instrument Maker
A dialogue between Jagdeep Singh Bedi, sitar and surbahar artist and teacher at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya; and Ajay Rikhi Ram, sitar player as well as instrument maker with ‘Rikhi Ram’, the oldest instrument shop in Delhi
 
Coordinator/moderator: Smt Manjari Sinha, music critic

New Vistas in Chemical Science: A Ring Side View
Speaker: Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
 
Chair: Prof. B. Jayaram, IIT, Delhi

Pran Nevile pays tribute to K.L. Saigal, immortal singer, poet and composer
 
Followed by
Concert
Presented by Dr. Radhika Chopra
 

Speakers: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary; Shri B.K. Chaturvedi, Member Planning Commission; and Shri P.A. Sangma, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Letters from a Young Poet: Rabindranath Tagore (1887-95)
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Rosinka Chaudhuri, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

Speaker: Shri Anil Narang, Senior Fund Manager, USA and Vegan Activist
 
Chair: Shri Prakash Narain, Member Policy Commission, International Humanist & Ethical Union
 
The speaker traces the fascinating and often unrecognized links between Vegetarianism (abstaining from animal food)/Veganism (abstaining from eating or using animal products) and the attitudes of Homo sapien societies towards compassion, kindness and peace

By Sudip Chattopadhyay from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Debaprasad Banerjee
 

Living with Religious Diversity
Dr. Karan Singh, MP will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2013-Spring 2014)
 
Followed by a discussion
Panelists: Prof. Mrinal Miri; Prof. T.N. Madan; and Prof. Gurpreet Mahajan