Excavation of a Harappan Settlement at Karanpura, Rajasthan
Illustrated lecture by Dr. V.S. Prabhakar, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Dr. R.S. Bisht
The archaeological remains at Karanpura were first discovered in 2010 by Vikas Pawar of M.D. University, Rohtak. The excavations have brought to light housing complexes built of mud-bricks of both early and mature Harappan periods; pottery remains; and artefacts
International Workshop on: Indic Fables and Tales in Sasanian and Post_Sasanian Texts
Coordinator: Dr. Daryoush Akbarzadeh, former Director of the National Museum of Iran and currently IIC-ICCR Fellow
(Collaboration: Iran House of culture, embassy of Iran)
Filmnagari Ka Safar - Celebrating 100 Years of Bollywood
Colours on Fire
An exhibition of porcelain paintings by Madhu Bhalla Ahluwalia
Inauguration by Smt. Salma Ansari on Friday, 28th June 2013 at 18.30
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SERIES Human Brain: Complexity Behind the Simplicity
Human Brain: Complexity Behind the Simplicity
Speaker: Dr. V. Ravindranath, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Chair: Prof. R. Rajaraman, JNU
The human brain is the interpreter of our senses, controller of movement and in fact responsible for all we embrace as civilization. It consists of about 100 billion nerve cells which are interconnected through a million billion connections measuring up to 3.2 million kilometer of wiring. Apart from the interest in understanding how the brain performs cognitive functions and finding links between behavior, brain and mind, there are serious health related issues
Aap ki Yaad Mein (In Fond Memory)
On the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of the renowned thumri singer, Smt Naina Delhi, her noted disciple,
Dr. Suhasini Koratkar will devote the evening evoking her guru's style of rendering various Thumris, Dadra, Hori, Chaity, Kajari and Jhoola compositions
Accompanists: Jayram Potdar (harmonium); and Akhtar Hassan (tabla)
Compere: Smt Manjari Sinha
Filmnagari Ka Safar - Celebrating 100 Years of Bollywood
An exhibition of Bollywood film murals from well-known films and film personalities
By Ranjit Dahiya from Mumbai
Opening on Wednesday, 31st July 2013 at 18.3-
Nirnay (Decision)
(56 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Pushpa Rawat & Anupama Srinivasan who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
The film is Pushpa's personal journey as she tries to make sense of her own life, and that of her women friends. Set in a lower middle class neighbourhood in the outskirts of Delhi, it explores the lives of women who are young, educated and bright, but who feel bound and helpless when it comes to taking any major decision regarding their life, career or marriage
Remembering G. Parthasarathi in His Birth Centenary Year
G.P. and the Creation of JNU
Panelists: Prof. Niraja Jayal; Prof. Prabhat Patnaik; Prof. Alok Bhattacharya, School of Life Sciences & Computation & Intergrative Sciences, JNU; Shri Prakash Karat; and Prof. S.K. Thorat, Chairman, ICSSR
Chair: Prof. Romila Thapar
On display will be two panels of photographs of G.P. in various cont
Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2013
Speaker: Dr. Ashis Nandy