Ecology at the Crossroads of Climate Change

Chair: Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, former Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

Moderator: Sujata Prasad, former civil servant, author, and curator

Panellists: Mahesh Rangarajan, Professor, Ashoka University; Patricia Mukhim, Editor, Shillong Times; Neha Sinha, author and wildlife conservationist and Dr Yogesh Jain, Founder, Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

Seeds of Resilience: Women, Family Farms, and the Future of Nutritious Food Systems

Panellists: Heenaben Dave, Vice President, SEWA; Karthik Laxman, Researcher; Bhuvaneswari Balasubramanian, India Country Director, GAIN; Purnima Menon, Director, Strategy and Partnerships, IFPRI; Meenakshi Chodhary, SEWA

Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2026
Edited by K.E. Priyamvada, Editor IIC

To be released by N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC

Guardians of the Grasslands: Pastoralism, Mobility and Ecology

Chair: Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO of WWF-India

Panellists: Sushma Iyengar, Lead curator, Living Lightly Exhibition of Centre for Pastoralism (CfP); Ajay Dandekar and Anita Sharma, Assistant Professors, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University and Sunil Harsana, environmental activist.

Architecture, Urban Landscapes and the Future of Cities

Chair: Ashok Lall, Eminent architect and educator
Moderator: Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India

Panellists: A.G.K. Menon, urban planner and architect and Shruti Narayan, Managing Director of Regions and Mayoral Engagement at C40 cities

The Written Word and Social Progress: How Kerala Achieved 100% Literacy

Keynote Speaker: Pooyam Thirunal Gouri Parvathi Bayi of the Travancore Royal Family
 

Speakers: Venu Vasudevan, Former Chief Secretary, Kerala; T.K Manoj Kumar, former Secretary, Govt of India; Resmi R., Registrar, University of Kerala; Parvathy S., Director, State Archives of Kerala

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The World within the Word
Poetry Reading Session on Nature 
Curated by Malashri Lal and Apoorvanand

Verses from Hindi, English and 6 regional languages

Chief Guest: Ashwajit Singh, Trustee, IIC

TALKS, DISCUSSIONS, POETRY READINGS

Wildlife Conservation in Contemporary India

Panellists: Mike Pandey, Indian Film maker and Conservationist; Dipankar Ghose, Senior Director, Biodiversity Conservation at WWF-India; and Purnima Devi Barman, Wildlife Biologist.

Moderator: Bahar Dutt, Environmental editor and columnist.

This will be preceded by screening of short films by Mike Pandey

The Nature (Prakriti) With Its Five Sensory Attributes and the Emotional World of Raga

Hindustani Vocal Recital by Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty, renowned Indian classical vocalist, an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur Gharana.

Accompanied with Pandit Yogesh Samsi on Tabla and Ajay Joglekar on Harmonium

(Collaboration: ITC-Sangeet Research Academy)

Chief Guest: K.N Shrivastava, Director, IIC

RAGA, A knot in the air

Rudra Veena recital by Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar, master of rudra veena (‘roaring veena’). Awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Accompanied by Pt. Sanjay Agle on Pakhawaj

Chief Guest: N.N Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC