Programme Details

A two-day symposium organised in collaboration with Ashoka University and the New York University, Shanghai

Inaugural Session

Welcome Remarks: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Introduction to the Conference: Prof. Tansen Sen, Director, Center for Global Asia, Professor of History at NYU Shanghai, and  Associate Professor of History in the Department of History at NYU

Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-national Indian City: Streets , Neighbourhoods, Home
By Sanjay Srivastava (Cambridge University Press: 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Manisha Sethi, sociologist, Associate Professor, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia; Ms Madhu Mehra, feminist lawyer, founder and former director of Partners for Law in Development (PLD); Prof. Krishna Menon, Professor, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi; and Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and author of the book

Chair: Ms Urvashi Butalia, feminist writer and publisher

An exhibition of photographs that brings to light the stories of struggle, resilience, and optimism experienced by homelessness, from the streets to the women’s and family shelters. The exhibition highlights the extraordinary lives of entrepreneurial human beings who survive on the edge with courage and hope for a better tomorrow

(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)
 

Fado Music of Goa

Presented by Franz Schubert Angelo de Miranda Cotta and Sherwyn Filipe Francisco Correla (guitar); Srushti Abhijit Prabhudesai; and Swaraa Ahijit Prabhudesai (vocals)

Speaker: Shri Kallol Bhattacherjee, Senior Assistant Editor, Foreign Affairs, The Hindu

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

Shri Bhattacherjee will speak about his recent visit to Bangladesh

Speaker: Prof. Madhavan K. Palat, historian, scholar of modern world, and political commentator

Chair: Amb. Shivshankar Menon, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University and formerly National Security Adviser and Foreign Secretary of India

Moderator: Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar
 

Lead presentation by Amb. Yashvardhan Sinha, former Indian High Commissioner to UK and Sri Lanka

Panelists: Shri Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Associate Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation; Vice Admiral (Retd.) Shekhar Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command and Chief of Integrated Defence Staff; and Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Associate Fellow, South Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 

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

Speaker: Shri G.K. Pillai, former Home Secretary of India

Opening Remarks: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, WISCOMP and Life Trustee, IIC

Special Remarks: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

The second in the series WISCOMP Dialogues: Conversations on Mediation, Shri G.K. Pillai will reflect on his experience of working in India’s North East, outlining possible roadmaps for mediation and restoration of community ties in Manipur.  

(Collaboration: Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace)