Women of the Elements
Readings and presentation by Rashmi Anand
Chair: Dr. Manorama Bawa, Managing Trustee, All India Women's Conference
Ganga Jamuni - Silver and Gold: A Forgotten Culture
Talk by Naz Ikramullah on her recently published book about the shared culture of Hindus and Muslims. Naz Ikramullah is a practicing visual artist based in Canada
Chair: Dr. Rakshanda Jalil
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Aishwaria Nityananda from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Radha Sridhar
Concert - Piano and Cello Duet
Presented by Virág Kiss (piano) and Sándor Dezső (cello) from Hungary
The artists will present works by Popper; Beethoven; Mendelssohn; Sándor Dezső; Saint-Saens; and Kodály
Discipline in National Development
Speaker: Shri B.K. Chaturvedi, Member Planning Commission and former Cabinet Secretary
Remembering Mandela: First Hand
A talk by Shri Saeed Naqvi, the first journalist to reach Cape Town in February 1990 when Nelson Mandela was to be released from Victor Verster Prison. They met at Archbishop Desmond Tutu's residence where Mandela stayed immediately after his release from prison
Interviews (20 min; dvd; 1990; English)
Filmed interview with Nelson Mandela and his colleagues
Unethical Medical Practices - How do I Save Myself?
Keynote speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated with Lok Nayak and G B Pant Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India
Panelists: Dr. K. K. Talwar, Chairman, Dept. of Cardiology, Max Healthcare, former Chairman, Medical Council of India; and Dr. Navin Dang, Director, Dr. Dangs Lab.
Samvriddhi: Madhya Pradesh Model of Direct Benefit Transfer and Financial Inclusion
Presentations by Dr. Aruna Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Dept. of Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh; representatives from Banks; and UNDP consultants
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Saif Mahmood, Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla, Chairman, Oxus Investments will discuss The Billionaire's Apprentice: The Rise of the Indian-American Elite and the Fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund by Anita Raghavan (Gurgaon: Hachette, 2013)
Chair: Dr. Subramanian Swamy
IIC Annual Day 2014
IIC Annual Day 2014 Asia's First Nobel: A Few "Song Offerings" from Gitanjali Led by Prof. Indrani Mukherjee, Convenor of Rabindra Sangit Gabeshana Kendra and Principal of Sangit Bhavana; and artistes of Visva - Bharati, Santiniketan |
