The Panchala Maha Utsav: 16th and 18th December 2013

A Festival on Draupadi and the rich cultural heritage of Panchala

Significance of Panchala - A Symposium
Chief Guest: Shri Ravindar Singh, Secretary Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Chair: Prof. B.B. Lal, former Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India

Speakers include renowned scholars from the Archaeological Survey of India; Universities of Lucknow, Rohilkhand, Allahabad and Delhi

AT 18:00 IN THE AUDITORIUM
Kavita ki Ek Shaam Panchali ke Naam
With well-known poets

Chair: Dr. Girija Vyas, Hon. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

The Panchala Maha Utsav: 16th and 18th December 2013

A Festival on Draupadi and the rich cultural heritage of Panchala

Revisiting Draupadi
Speakers: Dr. Pratibha Ray, author of Yagja Senini; Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, author of Queens of Mahabharata; Dr. Narender Kohli, eminent scholar; and Dr. Hempriya Rangarajan, eminent scholar

Chief Guest: Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Hon. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Inauguration of an exhibition on PanchalaÂ

Diaspora: A Tibetan Perspective

Share Your Experience
In conversation with Tenzin Norsang, Assistant Manager, Enforcement and Litigation Division of Wildlife Trust of India

An initiative to provide a platform to young Tibetans in exile to present and discuss their ideas and suggestions to stimulate dialogue and improve networks of the vibrant Tibetan diaspora

A Primer for a Corruption Fighter

Speaker: Shri Gurcharan Das

Chair: Shri Justice (Retd.) Kamleshwar Nath, India Chair, Transparency International

Contemporary Japanese Design

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Anu Jindal

Japanese design - distinctive and idiosyncratic, has made a huge impact in contemporary products and lifestyle, from architecture to animation. The talk will also cover the Good Design Conference and Exhibition held in New Delhi in 2011 and the impact of Japanese designed products on the Indian market

Rock Cut Caves of Pithalkhora: Conservation and Other Issues

Illustrated lecture by Dr. V. N. Prabhakar, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair:

Prof. R.C. Agarwal

Pithalkhora caves located in the Satamala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra is an early Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments which date back to the 3rd century BCE, making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India. Out of the 14, four are chaityas (one housing votive stupas, one apsidal and single-cell) and the rest are viharas. All the caves belong to the Hinayana period, but the paintings are of the Mahayana period

Concert

Presented by Ana Gog, one of Ireland's most unique groups led by multi-instrumental and main songwriter, Michael GallenThe Quintessence of IrishnessPresented by Paddy O'Keefe, well-known Irish actor who will present a programme of rehearsed readings of Irish poetry and prose following a roughly chronological order to explore essential Irish themes such as longing, displacement, emigration, division, humour and the continuity of resistance. Readings from works by Beckett, Boland, Durkin, French, Heaney, Joyce, O'Donohue, O'Driscoll, Paulin, Yeats and others

Kamaladevi Puraskar

Presentation of awards to young crafts persons

Chief Guest: Dr. Kapila VatsyayanP>There will be a display of craft made by the awardees

An Unequal Nation: Citizenship and Democracy in India

Speaker: Shri Harsh Mander, social worker and writer

From Mozart to Strauss - 200 Years of German Art Song

Concert presented by artists of the Neemrana Vocal Ensemble
Accompanied on the piano by Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music, London; and Situ Singh Buehler, concert Artiste and teacher

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