By Deepmala Sachan from Lucknow, disciple of Dr Kumkum Dhar

Presentation by Dr Santosh Mehrotra, Director General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research

The second report of its kind, it uses indicators such as employment, assets, nutrition, education and housing, to gauge trends in disparities between states, and to see if outcome indicators for SCs, STs and minorities are converging with those for the rest of society

Governance and the Power Sector
Speaker: Shri P. Uma Shankar, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, Shri Rajiv Sharma, CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd; Shri H.L. Bajaj, former Chairman, Central Electricity Authority

Chair: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

Vocal recital by Pandita Sushila Rani Patel, with disciples Radhika Sood Nayak and Ranjana Ramji

Concert to celebrate the music of Bai Sundarbai Jadhav (1885-1953) from Maharashtra, who excelled in thumri, dadra, jhoola, rasiya, bhajan, ghazal and lavni 

The Auroville Festival

Auroville Talks

Talks on "City of the Future"; "Remembering the Future Gardens"; "Is there an Economy beyond Money?"; "A Site of Material and Spiritual Researches;" "An Education for Self-finding"; "Towards Integral Healing" and "Garbology 101"

Seminar: Auroville: City for Transformation

Inaugural address: Dr. Karan Singh

Guest Speaker: Smt. Ambika Soni

Keynote Address by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Shri Soli Sorabjee and Mr Shigeru Aoyagi

12:00-13:00 Round Table

14:10-15:30 Session on "World in Transition and Auroville"

15:30-16:30 Session on "Sustainable and Ecological Living"

To participate e-mail auroville.iicevent@auroville.org.in

MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 17:00
Opening of the Festival
Welcome Address: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., Rajya Sabha
Chief Guest: Kumari Selja

ART GALLERY AT 18:30
Inauguration of Transformation
Exhibition curated by Sebastian Cortes
Special Guest: Kumari Selja
On view 11:00-19:00 till Friday 21

MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 19:00
Film: City of the Dawn

Speaker: Mr Bruce Stokes, Director, Pew Global Economic Attitudes, Washington

A new survey of Indian views on the domestic economy and attitudes toward the rest of the world

Prasar Bharati: After 15 Years Where are We?
 
Panelists: Dr Achin Vanaik, Professor of International Relations and Global Politics (retd.), University of Delhi; Prof Partha Sen, Professor of Economics, South Asian University; Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati; Shri Tripurari Sharan, Director General, Doordarshan; Shri Leeladhar Mandloi, Director General, AIR

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Jan Prasar

Illustrated lecture by Dr C. Dorje, Joint Director General, ASI; and Shri D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist, Delhi Circle, ASI

Chair: Dr K.K. Muhammed, Director (retd.), North Zone, ASI