GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES Unity and Diversity of India: A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls
Unity and Diversity of India: A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls
Speaker: Dr Partha P. Majumder, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
Chair: Prof Samir K. Brahmachari, Secretary, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, and Director General, CSIR
Providing a synthesis of the findings of studies in genomics theory and technology over the last decade, the talk will explain how these have enabled a scientific estimate of the extent of unity and diversity among the peoples of India, the reconstruction of their origins, and allowed us to trace trails of migration through the length and breadth of India, showing their impact on the population structure
Environment and Health Public Lecture Series
The Smog in Delhi: Causes and Concerns
Speakers: Dr. M.P. George, Scientist - D, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC); Ms Anumita Roy Choudhary, Executive Director-General & Advocacy, Centre for Science & Environment; and Dr. S.K. Chhabra, Head, Department of Cardiorespiratory Physiology, Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi
Moderator: Shri Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link
The Smog in Delhi: Causes and Concerns
With the onset of winter, each year, like this one, the city is enveloped in smog. This dense air is loaded with toxic particulate matter, chemicals and heavy metals. As the colder air is unable to circulate and stays close to the ground, the pollutants become trapped. O days when there is an absence of wind, the smog gathers and stays.
This year, as per the recent data, the levels of particulate matter have scaled new heights, crossing 1,000 microgram/m3 (ųg/m3) at some locations against the standard 100 microgram/m3. Experts attribute the rise in smog to the massive increase in the number of vehicles as well as other sources.
What is the future of this, and should we be concerned about our health? Will the city ever have breathable air, and what is needed for that to happen?
A Tribute to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Speaker: Mr Tilak Samarawickrema, architect, artist and designer from Sri Lanka
Chair: Ms Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust
Chief Guest: H.E. Mr Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka
There will be the release of the book A Voyage in Sri Lankan Design by Tilak Samarawickrema
Book Discussion Group
Prof D.P. Tripathi, M.P., Rajya Sabha; Shri Saeed Naqvi, journalist; Major General R.K. Arora, CEO, and Editor, India Military Review, discuss Myths and Realities of Security and Public Affairs by Arvindar Singh (New Delhi: Ocean Books, 2011)
Chair: Sir William Mark Tully, former Head of the BBC, journalist
The Right to Education Act - The Implementation Challenge, with Special Reference to Government Schools
Round table introduced by Prof R. Govinda, Vice-Chancellor, NUEPA
Lead discussants: Dr Madhav Chavan, Co-founder and CEO, Pratham; and Dr Kiran Bhatty, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Ms Vrinda Sarup, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources and Development
Weaving Magic: Romance of the Kashmir Shawl
An exhibition of shawls from the collection of Aditi Desai, social anthropologist who has spent many years studying, collecting and documenting Kashmir shawls in India and Europe
Inauguration by Dr Karan Singh, M.P., on Thursday, 29th November, at 18:30
Talk on 1st December 2012 at 16:00 in the Gallery
The Kashmir Shawl: A Collector's Journey
Illustrated lecture by Aditi Desai who will draw on her fieldwork and on conversations with weavers, traders, darners and shawl collectors. She will speak of raising awareness of this craft, describe the restoration of shawls, tell stories of shawl collecting, and remove prevalent misconceptions
Aditi Desai will also be in the gallery every day at 12:30 to conduct a walkthrough
Poetry Reading in Urdu
By Taranum Riaz
Poetry reading in Urdu by Taranum Riyaz
Introduction by Mr Syed Mohammad Ashraf
Chair: Prof Akhtarul Wassey, Vice Chairman, Delhi Urdu Academy, and Director, Zakir Hussain Instt. of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia
Acupuncture with and without Needles - A Cure for Common Diseases
Illustrated lecture by Dr Raman Kapur, Head, Dept. of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
The talk will show how acupuncture can provide permanent relief from pain in the neck-and-shoulder region and in the lower back, and from sciatica, migraine, asthma, sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome