Speakers: Mr Bill Aitken, "Introduction to the Himalayan Club collection"Dr Janet Rizvi, "Ladakhi Trade Routes: A Link to the Outside World"
Shri Viraf Mehta, "Hidden Petroglyphs of Ladakh"Dr Chhaya Bhattacharya-Haesner, "Central Asian Influence on Ladakhi Art and Culture"

Chair: Dr M.S. Gill, M.P., Rajya Sabha, and author of Himalayan Wonderland and Folktales of Lahaul
 

A selection of books and maps from the IIC Library's Himalayan Club collection will be displayed in the Foyer

Electoral Reforms
Speaker: Mr J.M. Lyndgoh, former Chief Election Commissioner

Chair: Prof E. Sridharan, Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advanced Study of India

Governing Diversity
Speaker: Dr Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU

Chair: Dr Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs

Illustrated lecture by Shri Sharad Khanna, Indian Wildlife Adventures and Shri D.S. Pandit, Naturalist/wildlifer

A narrative in multiple layers of paper by Sachin George Sebastian

Opening on Friday 17th August at 18:30

Hindustani and Carnatic Music: A Comparative Demonstration
Lecture-demonstration by Dr M. Narmadha, who has mastered both Carnatic and Hindustani traditions

Chair: Shri Ramaswamy R. Iyer

Demonstrating how ragas are used in bandishes and kirtanas, the speaker will bring out what distinguishes the two systems. She will also show how the strength of riaz and fidelity to tradition is intrinsic to both, and how at a certain level they unite seamlessly

Speaker: Dr Mala V. Thapar, Director, Canada India Academic Ventures

Chair: Shri Avinash Pasricha, former Arts Editor, SPAN magazine

An appraisal of how Canada's educational system accommodates multicultural identities, and ethnic and linguistic diversity, with a comparative note on India

India's waters, coastal people, and the need for conservation

An exhibition of photographs presented by GreenPeace
Photographs by Peeyush Sekhsaria, Gavin Newman, Ronny Sen and Sudhanshu Malhotra

Inauguration on Thursday 16th August at 18:30

A festival presenting the different schools of Mohiniyattam, dedicated to Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya

Chief Guest: Dr Suresh K. Goel, Director General, ICCR

Talk on Guru Kalyanikutty Amma

Speaker: Smt Sreedevi Rajan

Recital
By Adira Sankar, disciple of Guru Kalyanikutty Amma

Talk on Kerala Kalamandalam

Speaker: Shri V. Kaladharan

Mohiniyattam Recital

By Pallavi Krishnan from Kalamandalam

A festival presenting the different schools of Mohiniyattam, dedicated to Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya

 Recital
By Olga Shylarova, disciple of Bharati Shivaji
Followed by Manjula Murthy, disciple of Guru Kalyanikutty Amma and  Guru Bharati Shivaji

By Mandakini Trivedi, disciple of Dr Kanak Rele