Presented to Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

Dr Kapila Vatsyayan is awarded the fourth Thalia Prize, instituted by the International Association of Theatre Critics for contributions to theatre, especially in critical thinking. The first dancer to receive the award, she is being honoured for her contributions to cultural education, administration and artistic works 

(Collaboration: International Association of Theatre Critics, India  Chapter, and World Dance Alliance - Asia Pacific, India Chapter)

Illustrated lecture by Dr K.K. Muhammad, Director, North Zone, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India

(94 min; dvd; 2006; English)

Director: Gaurav Jani 

Golden Conch for Best Documentary Film and National Critics Award, Mumbai International Film Festival; National Award for Best Documentary Film; Jury Award, CMS Vatavaran Nature and Wildlife Film Festival

This one-man film captures the ever-changing life of the nomadic Chang pas in Ladakh, the Hemis festival held every 12 years and the Tashi Choling monastery where they pray to the Rain God. A journey that begins as an adventure and ends with the man seeking the person within

Economics and the Environment

Speaker: Prof E. Somanathan, Indian Statistical Institute

(Collaboration: Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan)

Prof Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth;  Dr. Usha Ramanathan,  independent Law Researcher; and Ms Enakshi Ganguly Thukral, President, Society for Rural, Urban and Tribal Initiative, discuss Uprooted for Whose Benefit? Development-induced Displacement in Assam 1947-2000 by Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali (Guwahati: North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2011) 

Chair: Shri E.N. Rammohan, Member, National Security Council, and retd. IPS officer, Assam-Meghalaya cadre

By Pedro Rodrigues from Portugal

Pedro Rodrigues graduated with top honours from the Ecole Normale de Musique and has taught master

classes across the world. He has received many prizes at the international level, and performed at venues like Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot and the Ateneo

He will present works by G.F. Handel, Antonio Vargas, Nuno Guedes de Campos and Johann Sebastian Bach

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

By Pedro Rodrigues from Portugal 

Pedro Rodrigues graduated with top honours from the Ecole Normale de Musique and has taught master classes across the world. He has received many prizes at the international level, and performed at venues like Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot and the Ateneo  

He will present works by G.F. Handel, Antonio Vargas, Nuno Guedes de Campos and Johann Sebastian Bach 

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Speaker: Dr Sajeela Maini, President, Tobacco Control Foundation of India

Chair: Dr Raman Kapur, Head, Dept. of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Dr Sajeela Maini, a clinical psychologist with a doctorate in Health Psychology, offers structured tobacco cessation interventions at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and National Heart Institute, New Delhi. She also conducts workshops where employees of an organization are treated in a group setting. A consultant on lifestyle modification and stress management, she seeks to sensitize people to wellness in its broadest sense, and believes right diet, exercise and sleep can effect a shift in the continuum from negativity to positivity