Speaker: Prof. William S. Sax, Head, Department of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University

Chair: Dr. Mala V. Thapar

Project Shakti
Presentation by Shri Manu Sood, General Manager, North, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Chair: Shri Vinay Shankar, IAS (Retd.)

Hindustan Unilever's Shakti Entrepreneurial Programme helps women in rural India set up small businesses as direct-to-consumer retailers

Saarswat Van ka Baawara Aheri (40 min; dvd)
Director: Durgavati Sg.
Producer: Doordarshan

The film will be introduced by Shri Om Thanvi

Film from Doordarshan archives on the Hindi literary giant

Joyous Flame - The Parsi Zoroastrians

(New Delhi: Parzon Publications 2011)

Co-authored by Rukshana Shroff and Kerman Mehta,

illustrated by Naasha Mehta
Foreword by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

The book will be released by Shri Wajahat Habibullah
Chair: Shri Fali Nariman

Discussion 

Food Security Bill - Issues & Concerns
Panelists: Dr. Biraj Patnayak, Principal Adviser to the Commissioners of the Supreme Court; Ms. Dipa Sinha, Right to Food Campaign and Mr. Nitin Sethi, Assistant Editor, The Times of India

Moderated by Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link

Tom Sawyer (65 min)
Director: Babita Pandey
Dramatisation: Vijai Kumar

A Hindi adaptation of Mark Twain's enduring classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Little Blue Planet (50 min)
Conceptualised and directed by Anurupa Roy
Presented by Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust

With shadow puppetry, puppets and actors, The Little Blue Planet
is a thought -provoking play about global warming

Presented by Mandhira de Saram on the violin and Eshantha Peiris on piano

The artists will present a concert of Mozart, Brahms, Arvo Pärt and Grieg