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 |
Impressed
An exhibition of nature prints by Mridula Vichitra
Mridula Vichitra uses two distinct techniques: making direct colour prints with natural plant pigment and black and white inked transfers of the plant, revealing it's organic structure
Preview on Tuesday, 21st January 2014 at 18:30
Concert
By Kelemen Quartet from Hungary - Barnabás Kelemen (violin); Gábor Homoki (violin/viola); Katalin Kokas (violin/viola); and Dóra Kokas (violoncello)
The Quartet will present works by Mozart; Weiner; and Schubert
The Glory of Pratihara Temples
Illustrated lecture by Shri R.D. Trivedi, former Director, Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande
DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION
Civil Lines, Inner Wheel Clubs and Changing Delhi
Speakers: Ms Minna Kapur; and Ms Purnima Narayan
Parul: A Love Story
Discussion around the new book by Harsha V. Dehejia
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh, MP
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
The Green House Effects - AD 2048 (46 min; dvd; English)
The Ozone Alarm - AD 2048 (49 min; dvd; English)
Films courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment
Set in the fictional future of the year 2048, this two-part Norwegian film focuses on the damage human activity and man - made chemicals can inflict on the environment. The films look at what the world would be like if the depletion of the ozone layer and global warming continue unchecked. TV news bulletins in 2048 report an appalling litany of disaster stories: epidemics of "˜supertyphus' spread by rats, plagues of grasshoppers devouring food crops and famine relief camps in Europe while in the Middle East, hundreds are killed fighting over the last remaining fresh water supplies. The films end on a positive note that world leaders still have time to ward off the catastrophe