Speaker:  Dr Amit B. Prasad, Chairman Medicine, North Mississippi Medical Centre; and Medical Director of the Diabetes Treatment Center

Chair: Dr M.P. Khosla, IAS, retd.

The speaker will explain how diabetes is caused by metabolic syndrome, why Indians are at high risk, diagnosing, and will review the efficacy of newer agents

Educating the Heart: Caring for the Mother Earth
Panelists: Prof Meenakshi Thapan, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics; Mrs Yangdon, teacher-in-charge, Green Club, Tibetan Children's Village School, Suja; and Prof Subhadra Mitra Channa, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi

Chair: Dr M.D. Thomas, Former National Director, Interfaith, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India

Sunrise/Sunset
(72 min; dvd; 2008)
Director: Vitali Manski

A day in the life of the Dalai Lama from when he wakes up at 3:00 a.m. until his bedtime at dusk. Starting with his morning fitness routine and continuing through private audiences, press conferences and the blessings he imparts every day, it is a comprehensive and compassionate document of his everyday habits. As the sun begins to set, and with his duties completed, the Dalai Lama sits down with the filmmakers for a wide-ranging interview covering topics related to the essence of the Universe, the gap between rich and poor, and the role of an individual in religion and contemporary society

Editors' Panel
Shri N. Ravi, International Press Institute, and former Editor, The Hindu; Shri Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Indian Express; Shri Raghav Bahl, Founder and Editor, Network-18; and Shri Ajay Upadhyay, Consulting Editor, Amar Ujala

Political Panel
Mr Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law and Justice; Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, M.P., and former Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Shri Sitaram Yechury, M.P., C.P.I. (M)

Moderator: Shri T.N. Ninan, President, Editors' Guild of India, and Chairman, Business Standard

Valedictory Address
Dr S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Building a Nation Fit for Our Children
Speaker: Dr Ashok Khosla, President, Development Alternatives, and International Union for Conservation of Nature

Chair: Prof. Bina Agarwal,Director, Institute of Economic Growth, and President, International Society for Ecological Economics

Works  in acrylic and  mixed media by Amit Harit from Jaipur

Inauguration by Shri Keshav Malik on Wednesday 4th July at 18:30

By Vinay Capila

Dramatized readings by the author, Sunit Tandon, Bhaskar Ghose, Ranjit Mathur and Indu Ramchandani from stories and reflections shot with pathos, spiked with self-irony, and finely detailed in tracing how the landscape of Kashmir unfolds on a visit after many years, with memories of childhood and of the author's own children

Chair: Dr Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC

By Mark Damisch from the USA
With Katherine and Alexandra Damisch and Sarah Koulogeorge

A practising lawyer, Mark Damisch has performed all over the world for charities and to help people "learn from each other's differences." He is accompanied on this tour by his daughters and niece

He will play from Chopin's Ballades and Etudes; Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk, inspired by the dance in which slaves parodied white manners through struts and kicks; and works by Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, which reworks folk melodies to evoke the desolate prairie and lively frontier town; El Salón México, inspired by the "electric sense" of "live contact" with Mexican people; and Rodeo

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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)