U.I.D PROJECT

Speaker: Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India, GOI
Chairperson Dr. U.S. Awasthi, Managing Director , IFFCO

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Vidhya Subramanyan from USA, disciple of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Shri S.K. Rajarathnam and Shri Kalanidhi Narayanan

The Science and Technology Lectures Accidents, Mythologies and Science of Traffic Safety

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

Muslim Devotional Art in India

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

Three Short Plays

Kathpalia House (30 min)                                                                                                                                                                   Story of an old couple who experience the "Builder vs the aged" phenomenon
Ek Aur"¦ Aam Kahani (40 min)                                                                                                                                                      Account of an old lady's efforts to save her huge mango tree
Aur Hum Do (25 min)                                                                                                                                                                  Set against the backdrop of a bomb blast which brings together two men from different communities
Written and Directed by Sarita Vohra

Hindustani Music: Presenting Bangladeshi Artist

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

India- A Rainbow of Art and Culture

A seminar that explores the unity of thought and values that exists in India despite its great diversity.

IKEBANA EXHIBITION CELEBRATING EU - INDIA FRIENDSHIP

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.

Meet the Author

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

Benaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories

Speaker: Prof Michael S. Dodson, Associate Professor of South Asian History and Director,Dhar India Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.He is the author of Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India 1770-1880 (2007), co-editor of Trans-Colonial Modernities in South Asia (2011) and editor of Benaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories

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