Panelists: Prof Arun Kumar, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof Partha Sen, Dean, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University; Prof Siddhartha Mitra, Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University; Dr Surajit Mazumdar, Associate Professor, Ambedkar University; Dr Saumen Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU; Dr Sthanu R. Nair, Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode; and Prof Jean Drèze, Honorary Professor, Delhi School of Economics

Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

An exhibition of traditional brocade produced in Nanjing which has been included in China's National Intangible Cultural Heritage list since 2006. Nanjing brocade is renowned for its light and thin cloud-like patterned brocades

Inauguration by Mr Zhang Zhihong, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, 12th December 2012, at 18:30

Illustrated lecture and an exhibition of photographs on the ancient trade route between China and India that facilitated the movement of tea and horses between the two countries

Talk by Shri Phalguni Matilal, Adventurers and Explorers Society, on Tuesday, 11th December

Chair: Shri K.P. Singh Deo

Photographs by Anirban Mahapatra

Exhibition on view from 11th to 15th December 2012, outside Conference Room - I

International Seminar on Mind and Body in Health and Harmony in Asian Systems of Medicine
Organized by the IIC - Asia Project

Keynote Address: Prof P.N. Tandon, President, National Brain Research Centre

Seminar Coordinator: Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, formerly of WHO

Chair: Prof M.G.K. Menon

A three-day seminar on the unique medical systems prevalent in Asia, to create awareness about these in an endeavour to benefit the peoples from the rich heritage available

As part of the conference, two performance-cum-demonstrations will be held:

On 12th December at 18:00 in the Auditorium
The Body-Mind Connect Seen Through the Prism of the Arts - I
Selected examples of shared Asian and Indian practices as both entertainment and healing

Zen Dance and Son Mudo (South Korea)
Thangta - Martial Art of Manipur

Chief Guest: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., President, ICCR
Introduction: Smt Shanta Serbjeet Singh, Vice-Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Chairperson, APPAN (Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network)

On 13th December at 18:00 in the Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Block
The Body-Mind Connect Seen Through the Prism of the Arts - II
Selected examples of shared Asian and Indian practices as both entertainment and healing

Kalaripayattu - Martial Art of Kerala
Humour as a Stress Reliever in Pan-Asian Art (Indonesia)

Presented by Sangeet Natak Akademi and APPAN

Illustrated lecture by Dr Lisa N. Owen, Associate Professor, South Asian Art History, University of North Texas

Chair: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History, JNU

Through an analysis of two Jain caves at Ellora, the speaker will show that initial Jain activity started much earlier than the ninth century as attributed, while the work done in the ninth century demonstrates that these caves contributed to the development of imagery in Hindu monuments. Challenging the notion that the caves were created in separate religious phases, under successive Rashtrakuta kings, she invites us to view Ellora's monuments as products, not of imperial sponsorship, but of devotional interaction across chronological and religious boundaries

Highway to the Asian Century
(52 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Directed by Suhas Borker who will introduce the film

Chief Guest: Shri Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary
Guest of Honour: Lise Grande

Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC - Asia Project

Closing remarks: Shri K.P. Fabian, Chair, K.P.S. Menon School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

The film makes a 7600-km-long journey on the road from New Delhi to Hanoi, through Bangladesh, India's North East, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam, focusing on the intensification of India's relations with the ASEAN and the vision of an "Asian Economic Community"

G.P. and Pakistan
Panelists: Shri Satinder K. Lambah, former High Commissioner to Pakistan; Shri Inder Malhotra; and Shri G. Parthasarathy, former High Commissioner to Pakistan

Chair: Shri K. Natwar Singh, former Minister for External Affairs, and former High Commissioner to Pakistan
On display will be two panels of photographs of G.P. in various contexts

Prof Namwar Singh, Professor Emeritus, School of Modern Indian Languages, JNU; Prof Bhagwan Singh Josh, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU; and Prof Bibek Debroy, CPR, discuss The Indus People: Saraiki Saga and Sufi-Sant Renaissance by Girija Kumar (New Delhi: Vitasta, 2013)

Chair: Shri Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, President, IGNCA

Address by H.E. Sir James Bevan, KCMG, British High Commissioner

Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, Convener, IAFAC
Welcome: Dr Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC