Speaker: Dr Rajesh Kumar, Associate Professor of International Business Strategy, Nottingham University Business School, U.K.

Chair: Dr Partha Sen, Professor of Economics, South Asian University

Dr Rajesh Kumar has published widely on international negotiations and the management of alliances, and is co-author of International Negotiation in China and India; Institutional Dynamics and the Evolution of the Indian Economy; and Doing the Business in India: A Guide for the Western Expatriate Manager

The Mystical Brain
(52 min; 2006; dvd; English and with subtitles)
Director: Isabelle Raynauld

This documentary follows the work of a team from the University of Montreal which seeks to understand the states of grace experienced by mystics and those who meditate. The filmmaker presents scientific research that suggests that mystical ecstasy is a transformative experience that could contribute to people's psychic and physical health, treat depression and speed up the healing process when combined with conventional medicine

Secrets of the Mind
(56 min; 2001; dvd; English)
Director: Christopher Rawlence

Explore pioneering brain detective Dr V.S. Ramachandran's breakthrough research into phantom-limb syndrome, and how he discovered that the brain undergoes a massive "re-wiring" when a person loses a limb. Explore the power of the mind in controlling pain. And discover how the study of the impact of brain injuries helps us learn about the normal brain

Speakers: To be announced

Chair: Shri G.C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Discussion and release of a book written by Pran Nevile

Panelists: To be announced

Lu Xun Culture Week - India: 15th to 20th November 2012
An exhibition of photographs

Inauguration on Thursday, 15th November, at 17:30

Illustrated lecture by Dr Henry Noltie, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Chair: Shri Pradip Krishen, ecological gardener and author of Trees of Delhi

The lecture focuses on botanical drawings made by Indian artists for surgeons of the Scottish East India Company in the 18th and 19th centuries

Panelists: Shri Mast Ram Kapoor, socialist thinker, and editor, Ram Manohar Lohia's Collected Works; Smt Aruna Roy, activist, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan; and Shri Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary, CPI

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Commemorating the day in 1947 Mahatma Gandhi addressed two lakh refugees in Kurukshetra from Broadcasting House, New Delhi

At 10:30 in the Gandhi-King Plaza
Reading from Gandhiji's Broadcast and Presentation of Songs
By choirs of different schools of Delhi NCR

Recalling the role of Usha Mehta's Underground Radio in the Quit India Movement and her arrest on November 12, 1942
Remembering and honouring legendary broadcasters of All India Radio

Chief Guest: Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India (tbc)

From 11:45 onwards in the Auditorium
Why is Public Service Broadcasting Critical of India's Democratic Polity?
Core presentation: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Jan Prasar

Participants will include broadcasting policy experts, broadcasters, academics, activists, media persons and students of broadcast journalism from media institutions in Delhi NCR

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Film to be announced

2:00 pm

Linha de Passe (Brazil)
(108 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas

5:00 pm

GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURE
Higher Education - The Challenge of the BRICs: Higher Education and Development in Brazil, Russia, India and China
Speaker: Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Monan University Professor, Director, Center for International Higher Education, USA

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Venue: Auditorium

(Collaboration: FICCI and Planning Commission)

6:30 pm

Carnatic Violin Duet
Presented by Ganesh and Kumaresh
Accompanists: R. Sankaranarayanan (mridangam); and Trichy Krishna (ghatam)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Hariharan's Kerala Repast

Tea/Coffee and snacks will be served in the Gandhi-King Plaza from 11 am to 7 pm on payment
Admission to all the cultural programmes are free of charge. For the film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. Dinners on payment

  Venues:
  Cultural performances  -  Rose Garden
  Film screenings   -  Auditorium
  Cuisine    -  Main verandah lawns