Winners of the International Booker Prize 2025 Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi in conversation with Sujata Prasad

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)

From Green Revolution to the Evergreen Revolution: New Technologies Reaching the Unreached

Welcome: Shri K.N.Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Speakers: Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, former DG, ICAR and Secretary, Govt of India; Dr Renu Swaroop, Former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India; Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MSSRF; Dr Sanjay Kumar, Chairman, ASRB; Dr Ch. Srinivas Rao, Director, IARI-ICAR; Dr KC Bansal, Former DG, NBPGR; Dr Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director, NABI, Mohali; and Dr Madhura Swaminathan, Professor, ISI, Bengaluru

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Closing Remarks and Vote of thanks: Dr George John, Former Senior Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

Surbahar Recital (Cancelled)
By Bhushan Koshti from Mumbai, disciple of Pt. Pushpraj Koshti
Accompanist : Vivekanand Kurangale ( Pakhawaj )

At 18:30 
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Dr. Debaldev Jana from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Thanjavur B.Herambanathan & Kalamandalam V.R. Venkitt 

Artist Lal Bahadur Singh in conversation with writer and  historian, Dr Shamsul Islam

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Directed by Geleck Palsang

The film offers a powerful tribute to the extraordinary resilience, courage and compassion of Ama Jetsun Pema- the first female cabinet Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the unwavering force behind the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV), a beacon of hope and a home to thousands of Tibetan children in exile.

The screening will be followed by a conversation with TCV alumni.

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

Buddhist Dances: Movement and Mind

By Joseph Houseal (Motilal Banarsidass;2025)

Discussants: Navtej Johar, performer, activist, scholar & somatic practitioner; and Joseph Houseal, Director, Core of Culture Dance Preservation NFP and author of the book

Moderator: Sharon Lowen, performing artist, dance guru and writer

The Silent Whispers: Voice of the Muffled Melodies
Poems by Misna Chanu (Authorspress)

Discussants: Malashri Lal, Convenor, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Academy; Payal Nagpal, , Professor, Dept. of English, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; and Misna Chanu, author of the book

Chair: Dr. Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, MEA, and Dg, ICCR ; Poet & Diplomat 
 

Re-cast(e) ing the State Policy: Ascription, Identities and Democratic Politics
 

Speaker: Prof. Surinder Singh Jodhka, Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University and recipient of the ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientist.

Welcome and Introduction: Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development

Vote of Thanks: Ankita Goyal, Council for Social Development

The post-independence Indian state has had a rather ambivalent attitude towards caste. Caste could not enter the imaginations of India’s development establishment and found no place in the vocabulary of economic growth spelt out in the planning models of the Nehruvian state.
The announcement to enumerate caste in the forthcoming national census marks an important turning in the attitude of the Indian state towards caste. Through his presentation, Prof. Jodhka will attempt to provide a political journey of caste and its changing relationship with the state policy.

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)
 

By Rahul; Sangeetha ; Nandita Krishna Kumar and Arti Mehta ; Shreyas Hariharan; Poornima Gopal
Disciples of Vid Swarnalatha Subramanian

Followed by recital of Vid Swarnalatha Subramanian and her disciples.

Accompanists: E S Ashwini, Sowmya Kannan and Kiran Pandey (violin); Ratul S Kumar, G Swaminathan (Mridangam); M Sriram (Kanjira ); and Shounok Bannerji (Ghatam)

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)
 

‘Echoes of Worker and machines: Capturing the Resilience, Identity, and Psychological Depth of Indian Workers Through the Rhythms of daily life and machine repair”

Monochromatic drawings, with the use of dense cross-hatching and textured shading by Shubhendu Sarkar, creating a sense of movement and tension, echoing the rhythm of work itself.

Inauguration of the exhibition on Friday, 11 July at 18:30 hrs by Vijender Sharma (eminent artist) , Guest of honour: Sanjay Kumar