Maha The Springfield Story (Australia)
(25 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Donald Johannessen

Film on Australian businessman of Indian origin, Maha Sinnathamby who is responsible for creating the Greater Springfield Project, which received the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Award for World's Best master Planned Community 2010. Maha Sinnathamby has recently been recognized as one of the "100 Influential Indians in the World" by Global Indian Origin

At 19:00
Malegaon Times (27 min; 2012; DV; English subtitles)
Directors: Ruchika Negi & Amit Mahanti who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Malegaon Times is about the idea of "˜performance' in the working class power-loom town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. Malegaon thrives on power-looms, cloth and cinema, which are all inextricably linked to each other. The film moves between these worlds with Asif Albela - a stage performer, mimic and an actor whose specialty lies in comedy

Speaker: Prof. T Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA, Pune

Chair: Prof. Mohammad Sami, Director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia

Second in a new series of lectures being coordinated by Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi on the developments in science and technology together with the excitement of engaging in an intellectual pursuit.  Science and Technology are omnipresent in our lives. Modern medicine, electronic and communication technologies, transportation and a host of other benefits have transformed our lives in ways that could not be even imagined a century ago. Technology is of course what we see all around us - but it is actually the underlying science that makes it all possible

Introduction to meeting and presentation of work on the issue of Weaving History of Northeast India
By Ms Binalakshmi Nepram

How Can NCERT Ensure the Rich History/Stories from Northeast India are Included in Syllabus?
By the Guest of Honour: Prof. P. Sinclair, Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training

Speakers include Smt Priyam Goswami; Dr. Sukhendu Debbarma; Dr Walunir; Ms Atiya Zaidi; Mr. Peter Phuntsok; and others

Welcome and introduction: Ms Binalakshmi Nepram, Founder, Manipur Women Gun Survivor Network & Convenor, Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace

Keynote address: History & Stories of India's North East in Larger Narrative of Imagining India
To be delivered by Shri B.G. Verghese, Renowned writer, Magsaysay Awardee and Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC- Asia Project

Panelists: Dr. Y.S. Alone and Dr. Milind Awad, Assistant Professors, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. S. Santosh, Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Culture, Ambedkar University; and Shri Rahul Dev, Research Scholar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First Television (CFTV)

Why Arts Stopped Talking to Each Other

Panelists: Prabodh Parikh; Jatin Das; Sunil Kothari; Prerana Shrimali; and Anuradha Kapur

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

Purabi Gayeki
Presented by Sudarshan Mishra

Tridhara of 4 Sarangis, 3 Harmoniums and 2 Tablas in Purabi Baaj

Thumri-Dadra-Kajri
Presented by Pt. Bholanath Mishra

(IIC-Asia Project and Konarak Publishers Pvt. Ltd)

Edited by Prof. Tan Chung, Dr. Zhang Minqiu and Prof. Ravni Thakur

Chief Guest: Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Rural Development

Speakers: Shri T.C. A. Rangachari, former Indian Ambassador to China; Shri Nalin Surie, former Indian Ambassador to China; and Prof. Ravni Thakur, Professor of China Studies, Academy of International Studies, JMI

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

A sequel to the earlier volume "˜Across the Himalayan Gap I: An Indian Quest for Understanding China' edited by Prof. Tan Chung. The present volume introduces to the Indian public the work of Chinese intellectuals on India. It is translated from a Chinese book edited by Prof. Zhang Minqiu, India specialist now retired from the Beijing University

An exhibition of photographs of rare albumin prints from 1850 and images by contemporary photographers - Dinesh Khanna, Dileep Prakash, Mahesh Bhat and Sandip Biswas

Curator: Aditya Arya

Opening on Wednesday, 17th April 2013 at 18.30