Mohiniyattam Collective
A festival presenting the different schools of Mohiniyattam, dedicated to Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Chief Guest: Dr Suresh K. Goel, Director General, ICCR
Talk on Guru Kalyanikutty Amma
Speaker: Smt Sreedevi Rajan
Recital
By Adira Sankar, disciple of Guru Kalyanikutty Amma
Talk on Kerala Kalamandalam
Speaker: Shri V. Kaladharan
Mohiniyattam Recital
By Pallavi Krishnan from Kalamandalam
Mohiniyattam Collective
A festival presenting the different schools of Mohiniyattam, dedicated to Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Recital
By Olga Shylarova, disciple of Bharati Shivaji
Followed by Manjula Murthy, disciple of Guru Kalyanikutty Amma and Guru Bharati Shivaji
By Mandakini Trivedi, disciple of Dr Kanak Rele
Mohiniyattam Collective
A festival presenting the different schools of Mohiniyattam, dedicated to Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Inauguration by Chief Guest, Dr Karan Singh, President, ICCR
Panchavadhyam
By Kalamandalam Sreekumar and group
Introduction to Mohiniyattam
Speaker: Shri M.G.S. Narayanan, Director General, Centre for Heritage Studies, Govt. of Kerala
Recital
By Vijayalakshmi , disciple of Bharati Shivaji
Screening of Lasya Lahari
Director: G.S. Chani
CHOWK, CHAJJA AUR CHHAT
Readings from his new novel by Dr Om Gupta, media commentator and academic
The novel traces the parallel stories of the growth of its protagonist and of India's maturing from a country into a nation, starting in 1947, their shared year of birth. The history of post-Independence media provides a backdrop
Chair: Dr G.P. Vimal, former Director, Central Hindi Directorate
Selling a Miracle?
(55 min; dvd; 2012; English)
Produced by CNN
Investigative correspondent Drew Griffin visited stem cell clinics across the United States, and travelled to India to meet Dr Geeta Shroff and her patients, to assess whether the treatment has indeed improved their quality of life
Mr Phillip Turner, New Delhi bureau chief, CNN International, will introduce the film, which will be followed by a discussion
Architectural Heritage of Uttarakhand
Illustrated lecture by Shri D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist, Delhi Circle, ASI
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande, former Director, ASI
17TH PREM BHATIA MEMORIAL LECTURE 2012
Global Economic Developments and India
Speaker: Dr Y.V. Reddy, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and Professor Emeritus, University of Hyderabad
Chair: Shri T.N. Ninan, Chairperson and Chief Editor, Business Standard
Strengthening the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Dr Mira Shiva, Voluntary Health Association of India, "Perspective of Patients and the Public"
Prof Y.K. Gupta, AIIMS; and Dr V.M. Kohli, Metro Heart Institute, "Doctors' Perspective: Private and Public Sector"
Dr P.K. Sethi, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, "Systems Failures leading to the Breakdown of Relationships"
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC
Ae-Hi Murare
Presented by Uma Sharma and group, in celebration of Janmashtami
Nritya-abhinaya based on the poetry of Jayadeva, Surdas, Meera, Swami Haridas, Raskhan and Vidyapati
Compassion
Speaker: Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House
Chair: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, Trustee, FUR
