Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy 2012-13
10.00 am Welcome
Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC
10.05 am Introduction to Chair, Speakers and the Review
Dr. Shekhar Shah, Director-General, NCAER
10.10 am Opening remarks by Chair
Dr. Bimal Jalan, Former RBI Governor and ex-
President NCAER Governing Body
10.20 am The Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy
Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Senior Research
Counselor, NCAER
10.45 am Industry: Not Doing Business in Recent Times
Dr. B.N. Goldar, Professor, Institute of Economic
Growth
11.10 am Agriculture : In Search of the Second Green
Revolution
Dr. Anil Sharma, Senior Fellow, NCAER
11.35 am Tea Break
12.00 noon Comments by Invited Experts
Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Member, National Statistical
Commission and Emeritus Professor, NIPFP
Dr. Rana Hasan, Principal Economist, Asian
Development Bank
12.30 pm General Discussion
1.15 pm Closing remarks by the Chair
Dr. Bimal Jalan
1.25 pm Vote of Thanks
Curating Intangible Cultural Heritage
Speakers: Ms Monique La Fontaine and Ms Sharmila Wood, curators at FORM, a cultural organization in Perth
Chair: Ms Ritu Sethi, Chairperson, Craft Revival Trust
The talk will focus on two projects, "Ngurra Kuju Walyja"”One Country One People: The Canning Stock Route Project" and "Digitizing Traditional Knowledge Systems", the Fortescue River project
The Nine Months
(77 min; 2010; dvd; Assamese with English subtitles)
Director: Merajur Rahman Baruah
Second Best Film Award, Jeevika - Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival 2010
A film on the Mobile Theatre of Assam which visits towns and villages carrying tents, stage equipment, generators and even its own auditoria, and performs for 210 nights without a break
The film will be introduced by the filmmaker, and the screening will be followed by a discussion
Sarod Recital
TO MARK GANDHI JAYANTI
Day of Mindfulness
With monks, nuns and lay teachers in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Includes sitting, walking and eating meditation, deep relaxation and other mindfulness practices. There will be a special programme for children above six years
Please bring a packed lunch, water and a mat, and register at ahimsatrust@gmail.com or call Charu at 9873226869
O Friend, This Waiting!
(32 min; 2012; dvd; English and with subtitles)
Directors: Sandhya Kumar and Justin McCarthy
A song that is full of love and yet earthy is the padam of Kshetrayya, a wandering poet-musician who wrote padams in Telugu in the 17th century, which were performed by the devadasi dancers who rose to prominence in the Nayaka courts. The film reflects on the entwined fortunes of the padams and the women they were written for, from the 17th to the 20th century
The film will be introduced by the filmmakers, and the screening will be followed by a discussion
India and New Zealand in a Rising Asia: Issues and Perspectives
Discussion around the new book edited by Prof Man Mohini Kaul, School of International Studies, JNU and Dr Vibhanshu Shekhar, ICWA
Introductory remarks by editors and by contributor Ms Ruth Rhea Khan, JNU
Panelists: Dr Sanjaya Baru, Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, IISS; Ambassador Rajiv Sikri, former Secretary, MEA; Prof Swaran Singh, School of International Studies, JNU
Chair: Admiral Sureesh Mehta, former High Commissioner to New Zealand (tbc)
REMEMBERING G. PARTHASARATHI IN HIS BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR
G.P. and Journalism
Speakers: Shri N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu; and Shri V.S. Chandrashekar, Executive Editor, PTI
Chair: Shri Inder Malhotra, senior journalist