FILMIT India: INTACH Children’s Film Festival
Children’s cultural film festival, a screening of the best films on heritage made by children across different schools in Delhi-NCR
(Collaboration: Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH)
 

THE THIRD DELHI HISTORY CONGRESS
The Delhi History Congress is an annual conference organised by The History Collective with the support of the India International Centre. It aims to bring together historians to share and discuss new research on varied themes. The third annual event covers four themes - Entangled histories: Human, non-human and post-human; Sources and methods in history: The challenge of the oral and the visual; History of emotions; and Histories of conflict, contestations and co-existence

For more details on the programme and registeration please reach out to The History Collective.
Entry strictly by invitation only.

(Collaboration: The History Collective)
 

Global Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation: India-Nepal Partnership in Buddhist Heritage

Set against rising global conflicts, polarization, and ecological stress, this two-day conference examines how Buddhist principles can inform diplomacy and sustainable coexistence. The conference brings together an eminent group of scholars and policy experts from India and Nepal who shall draw on India and Nepal’s shared Buddhist heritage. The conference explores cultural diplomacy, academic collaboration, heritage preservation, and policy-oriented dialogue to strengthen ties and advance regional and global harmony.

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(Collaboration: South Asia Foundation)

Shri Shyam Saran, is a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1970. He has served as India's Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal and as its High Commissioner to Mauritius. In his final tenure, he was Foreign Secretary to the Government of India from July 2004–September 2006. Upon completing his tenure, he was appointed the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Indo-US Civil Nuclear Issues and later as Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change. He was the Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council till 2015.

Shri K.N. Shrivastava, was appointed Director, IIC on 1 January 2019. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1978, and was allotted the Karnataka cadre. He worked as District Magistrate of four districts, namely Tumkur, Bangalore, Belgaum and Uttar Kannada (Karwar). He has successfully managed some very important PSUs. He was CMD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and common Chairman of all the four Power Distribution companies of Karnataka State (2002–04). He was MD of Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd. (KBJNL) (1999–2000).

Shri Shyam Saran, is a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1970. He has served as India's Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal and as its High Commissioner to Mauritius. In his final tenure, he was Foreign Secretary to the Government of India from July 2004–September 2006. Upon completing his tenure, he was appointed the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Indo-US Civil Nuclear Issues and later as Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change.