Lead Speakers: Mr Sven Harald Jurschewsky, Counsellor, High Commission of Canada, New Delhi; and Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, former Secretary General, SAARC, and Indian envoy in Vienna

Chair: H.E. Dr Tariq Karim, High Commissioner of Bangladesh

NELSON MANDELA AND SOUTH AFRICA'S ROAD TO DEMOCRACY

Speaker: Hon. Max Sisulu, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa

Chair: H.E. Mr. Harris Majeke, High Commissioner of South Africa

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

Speaker: Shri Vishnu Nagar, editor and satirist

Panelists include:

Ashok Jaitley, TERI;Bhawna Sirohi, Tata Cancer Centre; Dinesh Trivedi, Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare; Harmala Gupta, Cansupport; Mary O'Brien, Royal Marsden Hospital, London; Priya Ravish Mehra, Khoj; Rajendra Badwe, Tata Cancer Centre; Shankar Ghose, Charkha Development Network; Samiran Nundy, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Suhasini Haider, CNN-IBN and Surajit Nundy, Raxa

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and disability, and getting good, ethical and impartial information about cancer and about health in general is important in our interconnected world  

Discussion of a new book by Dr Jinee Lokaneeta, Associate Professor in Political Science, Drew University, USA

Panelists: Ms Vrinda Grover, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; Prof Aditya Nigam, CSDS; Prof Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi; and author Dr Jinee Lokaneeta

Chair: Shri Sankar Sen, IPS (retd.), and former Director General, National Human Rights Commission

Transnational Torture: Law, Violence and State Power in India and the U.S. (2012) brings out the extent to which torture has been practiced in liberal democracies, where there has been constant negotiation with and accommodation of excess violence by the state

Speaker: Shri Manager Singh, Superintending Archaeological Chemist, ASI

Chair: Dr Shereen Ratnagar, archaeologist

The speaker will describe his restoration of the Ajanta frescoes and of the idol of Vitthal at Pandharpur, detailing the techniques employed and the discoveries made. The restoration of the Vitthal icon demonstrates that scientific practice need not sever itself from a living culture, but may respect the forms of ritual even as ritual is accommodated to scientific knowledge

Celebration of Mandela's 94th birthday, part of the series, "Taking Children to Gandhi"

GANDHI-KING PLAZA AT 10:30
Commemoration Service
Songs by school choirs, followed by a procession to the auditorium

AUDITORIUM AT 11:00
Ab Kabhi Koi Gam Na Hoga
Musical presented by the street children's group, Touch a Chord
Choreography: Rene Singh

Mandela Katha Mala
Speakers: Representative from South Africa; and Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

FOYER
Madiba and His Struggle
An exhibition of paintings by children

Conducted by Qamar Dagar

By Rajat Prasanna from Delhi, disciple of Late Pt. Raghunath Prasanna and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasanna

Speakers: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Ashok Mehta; Shri Khadga Nath Adhikari, Charge' d' Affaires, Embassy of Nepal; Shri Deb Mukharji, former Ambassador to Nepal

Chair: Dr Sangeeta Thapliyal, Professor of South Asian Studies, JNU