Release of the book authored by Dr Are Holen and Mr Torbjørn Hobbel

A book reflecting Acem Yoga's principle of rooting physical yoga in non-directed meditation, which studies have shown to reduce fatigue and the impact of stress

Reading the Human Genome
Speaker: Prof Sydney Brenner, Nobel Laureate, and Senior Distinguished Fellow, Crick-Jacobs Center

Chair: Prof M.G.K. Menon, Life Trustee, IIC

CANCELLED

Challenges before Railways: The Way Out
Speaker: Shri Vinay Mittal, Chairperson, Railway Board

Chair: Shri Dinesh Trivedi, M.P. and former Minister of Railways

Curated by Danielle Rocha Athayde

Brasilia is a landmark in the history of cities. It is the only city designed and built taking architectural concepts from the modern movement. Comprising architectural and urban plans, photographs, display windows, projections and a mock-up of the city on a grand scale, the exhibition is also a homage to the dream of Juscelino Kubitscheck, Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and thousands of workers

Inauguration by H.E. Mr Carlos Duarte, Ambassador of Brazil, on Thursday, 11th October, at 18:30

Dr Savyasaachi, Dept. of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia; Prof Krishna Kumar, Central Institute of Education, DU; and Prof Avijit Pathak, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU, discuss Doing Sociology in India: Genealogies, Locations, and Practices, edited by Prof Sujata Patel (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011)

Chair: Prof Patricia Uberoi, Vice-Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies

A special focus on the dying craft traditions of North East India
Curated by Ms Sentila T. Yanger, Tribal Weave

Craftspersons from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura will give demonstrations and display rare and fading craft forms

Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC Asia Project will inaugurate the exhibition on 10th October 2012 at 6.30 pm

Media in the Arts
Panelists: Shri Om Thanvi, Editor, Jansatta; Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati; Shri Vinod Mehta, former Editor, The Outlook magazine

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Executive Trustee, Raza Foundation

Music of the Manganiyars
Illustrated presentation based on archival recordings as well as live music

Artistes: Chanan Khan and Khete Khan 

Chair: Dr Shubha Chaudhuri, Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies