BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

At War with the Single Strand : How Indian Science Fought the Covid-19 Pandemic

Edited By Renu Swarup, Govindarajan Padmanaban and Narendra Kumar Arora

Discussants: Dr. Vinod Paul, Member (Health) NITI Aayog ; Prof. A K Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India ; Dr. Renu Swarup, Former Secretary, Govt. of India ; Prof. G. Padmanabhan, Former Director Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Dr. N. K. Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International

Addressing Climate Change with a Just Transition to Clean Energy

How is India fairing in achieving a just and equitable energy transition that benefits both the environment and its people? How is India addressing the socio-economic dimensions of the energy transition? Are ecological impacts, community participation and nurturing local adaptability also being kept in mind? These are question the discussion aims to discuss at the public lecture

Speakers: Dr Atul Kumar, Professor, Energy Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Mr Karthik Ganesan, Fellow and Director, Strategic Partnerships, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW); Dr Debajit Palit, Centre Head- Centre for Climate Change & Energy Transition, Chintan Research Foundation; and Dr Anil Gupta, Project Director, Adapt DMIR (MOEFCC/NDMA/UNDP), ICARS IIT Roorkee campus;

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Trial by Water : Indus Basin and India–Pakistan Relations

By Uttam Kumar Sinha (Penguin, 2025)

Discussants: Sh. Arvind Gupta, Author and Director, Vivekanand International Foundation ; Sh. T C A Raghavan, Author, Historian and Former High Commissioner to Pakistan ; Ms. Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies (CAPSS) ; Sh. Amitabh Sinha, Senior Editor, Indian Express ; Sh. Uttam Sinha, Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA

Chair: Sh. Gurcharan Das, Author, Commentator and Public Intellectual

The Journey and Impact of Khabar Lahariya and Chambal Media

Speaker: Lakshmi Sharma, Senior Producer at Khabar Lahariya (KL) and Chambal Media (CM)

Khabar Lahariya, is India’s only women-led rural news network. With grassroots women reporters across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, It started in 2002? And reaching 10 million viewers every month. It runs a hyperlocal, video-first channel with over 600,000+ YouTube subscribers. Chambal Media is a digital media social enterprise working to center the voices of women on the margins of India’s digital revolution.

Chair: Ravneet Pawha, VP, Deakin University

Moderator: Prof. Archana Kumar, Lady Irwin College

24th BCF Annual Lecture

(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation)

Digital Security Training Workshop

Speaker: Mr. Sanjay Gathia, Programme Manager at Asia Centre, has over 20 years’ experience with international, intergovernmental, regional organizations, NGOs, and media in Asia. His work spans organizational development, advocacy, capacity-building, and fundraising.

He has trained and assessed operations for development and media workers in restricted environments, including six years in Myanmar with independent digital media, and integrates digital security into Asia Centre’s activities while coordinating with research and partnership managers.

Followed by Q and A with the Audience.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJuW9s7tyzoant4DFtVV0gNvL6u4ZpEEDRfKFkttpqXwg6EA/viewform

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(Collaboration: Asia Centre, Google, and Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, WISCOMP)

DIALOGUES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Talk & Workshop from 10:00 to 13:00

Workshop on Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Techniques.

Organised by Dr. Ambuj Roy, Professor of Cardiology, Head, Skill, e-Learning & Telemedicine Facility, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi.

Conducted by Prof. Rakesh Garg, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, & associates.

This session will help participants to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest and give high quality CPR. In addition, participants will also learn how to use Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), which are medical devices used to restore normal heart rhythm.

Workshop on Assessment of Neurological Status

Conducted by Dr. Achal Kumar Srivastava & associates

In recognizing and responding to common Acute Neurological Disorders, a round table discussion with the members & staff members of IIC will be conducted based on how to improve your mental health. A questionnaire will be designed to evaluate the memory & related aspects

(Strictly for IIC members and staff members only)

At 16:00

A short talk on Brain Matters: Protecting Memory and Brain Health

Memory is an essential component of one’s life. Advancing age does give rise to memory impairment in certain people but the commonest cause of memory impairment in advancing age is Alzheimer's disease. Of the about 55 million people worldwide with dementia, 60% to 70% are estimated to have Alzheimer's disease

Followed by Panel Discussion on

Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementia.

Speaker and Moderator: Dr. Achal Kumar Srivastava, Professor, Department of Neurology, AIIMS

Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Prof., Department of Psychiatry, A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi and Dr Sushma Chawla, Founder President of Hope Ek ASHA (NGO)

Chair: Dr Ashwani Kumar

Followed by an interactive Q&A with the audience.

Travelling Film South Asia 2025 - A Festival of South Asian Documentaries

A festival of 16 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia produced in the last two years. The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Please click here for complete schedule