Pran Nevile pays tribute to the immortal singer and superstar

Followed by
Concert
By Bhupinder Singh

An exhibition of photographs
By Mala Mukerjee from Kolkata

Inauguration by Shri Avinash Pasricha on Monday, 1st April 2013 at 6:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Vibhu Prakash, Principal Scientiste, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)

Moderator: Dr. Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link

Dr. T.K. Murthy, legendary Mridangam artist and his disciples will be in conversation with Prof. T.K. V. Subramanian

The programme will include demonstrations by the artists present

75 min; dvd; English subtitles; Iran)
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh

Iranian Taboo tells the story of an Iranian Baha'i woman, Nadereh and her 14-year-old daughter who decide to sell all of their belongings and leave their homeland, to take refuge in the West

Presentation of awards to young craftspersons
Chief Guest: Shri Rajiv Sethi

There will be a display of craft made by the awardees

Discussion around the new book by Hiranmay Karlekar (New Delhi: Sage 2012)

Panelists: Ms Arundhati Ghose, former Indian Ambassador; Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; and Shri Hiranmay Karlekar, senior journalist who will look at issues raised in the book and on the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and its consequences

Chair: Shri Salman Haider

Speaker: Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore and Chairman, Board of the National University Health System

The talk will focus on liberal education, particularly in the context of the establishment of the Yale - NUS College - a strategic partnership between the National University of Singapore and Yale University. Espousing a unique "West-meets-East" educational approach, the College will offer an intense, broad-based multi-disciplinary programme that nurtures curiosity, thinking from first principles, reasoning, communication, and quantitative skills