Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation and Reception
By Nadira Khatun (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Ira Bhaskar, film scholar and former Professor of Cinema Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University;  Dr. Mujibur Rehman, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Jamia Millia Islamia; Prof. Manoj Jha, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Janata Dal; and Prof. Nadira Khatun, Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times
 

Odissi Recital
By Sarita Mishra from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Bichitrananda Swain and Guru Aruna Mohanty.

At 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Varsha Dasgupta from Delhi, disciple of Guru Abhimanyu Lal

Sitar Recital
By Pt. Partha Pratim Roy from Kolkata ,disciple of Prof Debi Prasad Chatterjee and Pt. Ajoy Singha Roy
Accompanist :Pandit Subhas Kanti Das(Tabla)

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Arati Thakur Kundalkar from Pune, disciple of Smt  Dr. Prabha Atre & Dr. Sanjeev Shende

“One Health” is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach to achieving optimal health outcomes for people, animals, and the environment. It recognises that the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are interconnected and interdependent

Organised by the IIC’s Sectoral Policy Planning Group on Science & Technology under the Convenorship of Dr. Renu Swarup, the roundtable will discuss key issues of One Health – addressing a wide range of health challenges, including zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans), antimicrobial resistance, food safety, environmental pollution, climate change impacts on health, and more
 

Rediscovering Delhi, Rediscovering the City
Half-day Symposium

Presentations by Dr. Alexander Philips, Assistant Professor of English, Ashoka University; and Shri Sohail Hashmi, oral historian of Delhi, social activist, filmmaker and conservationist; Prof. Swati Pal, Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; and Dr. Jitender Gill, Convener, Khoj, former Director JDMC Research Centre

WEBINAR 

Inaugural session of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science and President of the World Institute for Advanced Study

Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

Lecture by Prof. Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate (Physics 2020), Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics & Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford University

Panelist: Alexia M. Lopez, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire, UK, discoverer of the Big Ring

Chair: Prof. Ranjit Nair, Director CPFS and President WIAS

Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC), was put forward earlier this century to explain the extraordinary uniformity of the Big Bang, as contrasted with the hugely complicated singularities expected in black holes. According to CCC, the Big Bang is the conformal continuation of the remote expanding future of a previous cosmic aeon. Earlier supportive observations, though confirmed to a high confidence level, are not widely accepted in cosmology. The recent discovery by Alexia Lopez of giants rings of galaxies, can be seen as providing strong support for CCC

(Collaboration: Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science)

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5IR4YzL3RCSVY06J77MFYA

Curator: Rajiv Mehrotra

Nanak Shah Fakir (India)
(146 min; 2015; Hindi/Punjabi with English subtitles)
Director: Sartaj Singh Pannu

With Puneet Sikka, Arif Zakaria, Adil Hussain

A biographical film on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

Play: Shunchhe Shey Shongeeter Moto
 

Presented by Rabi Parampara, Kolkata

A gripping account of facets of the unsung heroes of our freedom struggle with narration and songs

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

Two short plays

Sandhikhon
Written by Soumitra Basu
Director: Ayan Banerjee
Presented by Theatrewala, Delhi

Followed by
Uttara
Written by Sisir Kumar Das
Director: Rabishankar Kar
Presented by Prarambh, Delhi

(Collaboration: Impresario India)
 

Recent Archaeological investigations in Tamil Nadu
Illustrated lecture by Dr. K. Rajan, Academic and Research Advisor, Govt. of Tamil Nadu and former Professor, Dept. of History, Pondicherry University

Chair: Dr. B.R. Mani, Director General, National Museum, New Delhi

Recent archaeological investigations carried out in Tamil Nadu provide new insights for understanding various cultural phases and transformations in this region. Excavations conducted at Attirampakkam, Pattaraiperumpudur, Mayiladumparai, Kilnamandi, Porpanaikottai, Keeladi, Korkai, Sivakalai, Adichanallur and many other sites have raised several important historical questions. The AMS dates received for the Iron Age and the Early Historic period at these sites have changed our hitherto held perceptions. The dates demonstrate that the existence of Iron Age in South India was contemporary to the chalcolithic age of North India. Other important discoveries include the early dates for the Brahmi script, the development of technology-driven industries such as gemstone, copper, iron, steel, shell and textile industries, and the emergence of trade and trade routes in resource zones. The lecture will highlight these and other results of recent archaeological explorations and excavations.

(Collaboration: Ashoka University, Sonipat)