Book Discussion Group
Shri Vishwanath Tripathi; Dr. Baran Faruqui; Prof. Shamim Hanfi; and Shri Avinash Das will discuss The Mirror of Beauty by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (New Delhi: Penguin, 2013)
Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
Celebrating Senior Citizen's Day
A Community in Exile - A Vintage Album: Kashmiri Pandits - A Contribution to the Making of Modern India
An exhibition of archival photographs and prints that traces the contribution of Kashmiri Pandits to the making of modern India
Conceptualised and curated by Dr. Manju Kak
Inauguration by Shri Salman Khurshid, Union Minister for External Affairs on Tuesday, 6th August 2013 at 18:30
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh, President ICCR
As part of this exhibition, there will be a panel discussion on Monday, 12th August 2013 at 18:30 in the Annexe Lecture Room - II on
The Kashmiri Pandits - A Question of Identity
Panelists: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan; Shri Vivek Katju; Shri M.K. Kaw; and Shri M.K. Raina
Chair: Shri Suresh Goel, Director-General, ICCR
Finding Neema
Programme on Autism with a discussion and screening of a film
Speaker: Juliet Reynolds, author of the book of the same title
Film: I'm Special: My World is Different (India)
(6.08 min; dvd; 2012)
Director: Deepak Parvatiyar
Recipient of the Primo Classificato Award, Autismovie Film Festival, Italy 2013
The programme will be introduced by Shri Suresh Srivastava, Secretary General, Indian Federation of United Nations Associations
Hindustani Vocal Recital
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