Nepal-China Relations: Elite, Interest, and Geopolitics

Panelists: Prof. S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Gaurav Bhattarai, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; and Dr. Gunjan Singh, Associate Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University, Sonepat

Moderator: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Associate Professor, Dept. of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi 
 

Illustrated talk by Naeem Mohaeimen who researches the unresolved liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s and the conflict between memory and history

Discussants: Dr. Shukla Sawant and Dr. Suryanandini Narain, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Introduction: Rahaab Allana

The discussion will analyze the ambiguous if not contradictory and dialectical nature of social realism in photography in the two Bengals that were created through partitions
 
(Collaboration: The Alkazi Foundation)
 

Playing with the Goddess: Gavri of the Mewar Bhils
By Aditi Ghosh Mehta (New Delhi: IGNCA, 2024  ) 

Discussants: Prof. Brahma Prakash , Scholar & Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic), Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies; Ms Aditi Ghosh Mehta, former Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan and author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Roma Chatterji, Former Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Professor of History and International Affairs (Emeritus), Princeton University

The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Prof. Kotkin and Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University

(Collaboration: Centre for Policy Research)

The Wins, Woes & What was Missed

Opening Remarks: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change

Lead presentation by Dr. Ajay Mathur, energy sector expert and Director General, International Solar Alliance

Panelists: Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India; Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water;  Mr. Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator, India; and Ms Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment and Editor, Down to Earth

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran

The recently concluded COP 29 was touted as the ‘Finance COP’, with key emphasis on the financial commitments to achieve climate action. This meeting of world leaders and negotiators has yielded substantial advancements, particularly in financial mechanisms to combat climate change, and the outcome has been observed to have several hits and misses.

I am Shiva: The Power of my Consciousness

By Raj Nehru (Motilal Banarsidass Publications: 2024) 

Discussants: Shri Virendra Qazi, Chairman, Lalleshwari International Trust, New Delhi; Dr. Yogesh Sharma, Associate Professor, Kala Kosa Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Ms Pallavi Singh, Vice President, Concentrix Delivery Operation, India; Dr. Raj Nehru, Vice Chancellor, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh