Accidents, Mythologies and Science of Traffic Safety

Speaker: Dr. D.K. Taneja,  CEO, Professor and Head of Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore

Chair: Prof  B. Buti, Director, Centre for Science and Society

An illustrated presentation on popular Islamic art in India by Yousuf Saeed, a Delhi-based independent filmmaker and researcher, is also the director of Tasveer Ghar, a digital archive of India's popular visual culture.  He is the author of Muslim Devotional Art (Routledge, 2011)

Chair: Professor Patricia Uberoi, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies

Sitar Recital

By Alif Laila, disciple of the late Ustad Mir Qasem Khan of Dhaka
Vocal Recital (Khayal and Thumri)  By Samina De, disciple of Shobha Gurtu

MAITRI: EU SANSKRITI FESTIVAL
The Delhi Chapter of the Ohara School of Ikebana will partner with the Delegation of the European Union in India and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to present an exhibition of Japanese flower arrangements. The exhibition is proposed to be held during the inauguration of EU Sanskriti Festival 2011 and celebrates the EU - India friendship in a unique colorful way.

Inauguration Time and Date: 4.00 PM, 11TH of November 2011
The exhibition will be open to the public until 5.00 PM on 13th of November 2011.

Dr. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University and Dr K T Ravindran, Professor, and Head of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi will discuss the book, Re-visioning Indian Cities: The Urban renewal Mission (Sage 2011) by Shri K C Sivaramakrishnan

Chair: Shri Jagmohan

An exhibition of acrylics, watercolours and serigraphs by Thota Tharrani

Inauguration on Monday, 21st November at 18:30

"Vistas and Verdure: Edwin Luytens and the Master Plan for Delhi" by Mervyn Miller, Chartered Architect and Town Planner, UK