Lead presentation by Ms Ratnottama Sengupta, senior journalist, film critic & programmer, presently Arts Editor, The Times of India, Kolkata; Arindim Sil, filmmaker; and Suman Ghosh, filmmaker

Organised as part of the IIC Film Club festival Bengali Cinema: Post Rituparno

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jitendra Nath, Superintending Archaeologist, Mumbai Circle, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri V.S. Prabhakar

Excavations at Khirsara, a small village in Kachch district of Gujarat, have yielded rich cultural debris belonging to the mature Harappan phase. A well planned double fortification with  mud mortar plastered walls, corner bastions at regular intervals with a citadel in the south, residential complex in the north, ware house and partially exposed factory area in the centre

GP and the Mizoram Accord
Speaker: Shri E.N. Rammohan, former Director General, Border Security Force

Chair: Shri G.K. Pillai, former Home Secretary

Let's Read and Talk
With Lobsang Yangtso, Ph.D Fellow, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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

Festival organised in collaboration with Public Service Broadcasting Trust

The festival includes screening of 47 documentary films which includes PSBT's recent films and international award winning films. Screenings will be held every day from 13th to 17th September 2013 from 10:00 to 20:00 in the Auditorium. The films will be introduced by directors present and screenings will be followed by discussion

As part of the festival, there will be two panel discussions on:

SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER AT 18:00
Cultures of Sexual Violence: A Panel Discussion

MONDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER AT 18:00
Inscriptions on My Body: A Panel Discussion

For details of screenings, titles of films, synopsis and updates on the festival, kindly please log onto the PSBT website www.psbt.org or www.iicdelhi@nic .in

Bharud
By Chandatai Jagdish Tiwadi and party from Pandhapur

Marathi Lokgeet
By Vijaykumar Gaiwad and party from Patan

Speaker: Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Professor IIM Bangalore and Chairman, Association for Democratic Reforms

Discussant: Shri N. Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner of India
Chair: Shri Ramachandra Guha

An important aspect of Electoral Reforms is criminalization of politics and the role of money in elections. Civil society, the Media and the Courts have played an active role of late in addressing the issue. The discussion will present an overview of important developments over the last ten years, as well as a comprehensive analysis based on data from the Election Commission