A roundtable discussion 

Opening Remarks: Shri M.C. Gupta

Keynote Speaker: Shri Ashok Lavasa

Chief Guest: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI

Panelists: Prof. N. Janardhan Raju, Dean, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri V.K. Modi, Chairman, Modi Group; Shri Sanjeev Chopra, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration; Shri Ravi Singh, Secretary General, World Wide Fund for Nature-India; and Dr. Bharat Gopal, Director and Head of Pulmonology, Delhi Heart & Lung Institute

(Collaboration: Global Socio-Economic Foundation)
 

A Retreat with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Welcome Address: Shri Arun Kapur, Director, Centre for Escalation of Peace

The retreat will be led by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, who possesses a rare ability to present the ancient Indian and Tibetan wisdom in a fresh, engaging manner. Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher with personal experience of anxiety and panic attacks, which he suffered from throughout his childhood and into his teenage years, when he learned to transform his panic through meditation. From childhood, he became interested in contemporary science through conversations with scientists on research projects that study the effects of meditation on the brain and the mind. 

Mingyur Rinpoche’s first book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. In his most recent book, In Love with the World, Mingyur Rinpoche shares how his meditation practice sustained him when he left his monastery to wander through India and the powerfully transformative insights he gained from the near-death experience he had at the beginning of his journey. 

The Retreat will be conducted in hybrid mode. Due to limited seats, we would request you to kindly please register in advance should you wish to attend the retreat. The link for registration is given below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsNIhgdRQxu3En5zSixKPtvwb1rQQ…

More information on the Retreat can be accessed on:
https://www.cepeace.org

(Collaboration: Centre for the Escalation of Peace; Tergar Nalanda Foundation; and with the support of Pallavan Learning Systems; and Ritinjali)
 

An exhibition of digitised artworks, artefacts, archives and memorabilia from the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies primarily focusing on the fields of modern and contemporary art, Indian and world cinema, photography and the popular arts and crafts. 

Preview on Friday, 15 March 2024 at 18:00

(Collaboration: Tuli Research Centre for India Studies)

Panj Tirath
An illustrated talk by Amrit Gangar

Panj Tirath and a dialogue with the Mahatma: The Five Gandhian Places around the city of Surat and a yatra: Dharasana, Dandi, Haripura, Bardoli, and Vedchhi. Panj Tirath or the five pilgrimages are five places in close proximity to the city of Surat in South Gujarat that have the distinct imprint of Gandhian influences and activities. In July 2019, Amrit Gangar and a group of young architects and others embarked on a yatra vising the five places where they encountered optimistic octogenarian Gandhians, still actively involved with Gandhian thoughts and institutions

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

A conversation between Indivar Kamtekar, Associate Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Kaushik Sinha Deb, All India Institute of Medical Sciences;  Sanjeev Jain, Emeritus Professor, NIMHANS; and Alok Sarin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research

Moderator: Ananya Mahapatra, Baba Saheb Ambedkar College and Hospital

The panel will explore the intersections between history and psychiatry, and also mark the formal launch of the website The Canvas Askew which is a compilation of the writings of Sanjeev and Alok about the intersections of mental health and history

For an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson of the Year

Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture

Work and Wages: Old Challenges in the Age of Automation and AI
To be delivered by T.N. Ninan, Editor and author

(Organised by The Media Foundation)

Speakers: Dr. Samir Parikh, Chairperson, Fortis National Mental Health Program, Fortis Healthcare; Karthika V.K. Publisher, Westland Books; Alpana Chaturvedi, Chief Executive Officer, MyLogistics Gurukul; Sujit Panigrahi, Founder and CEO, Sequoia Fitness and Sports Technology Pvt. Ltd.; and Jayshree Misra Tripathi, Concept Coordinator

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

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sayani Chakraborty and Santanu Roy from Kolkata, disciples of Smt.  Rama Vaidyanathan and Shri. Samrat Dutta respectively.

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Deepti Bansal from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Savita Devi 
Accompanists: Pandit Bharat Bhushan Goswami (Sarangi); Shri Shokat Qureshi (Tabla) and Dr Ravi Pal (Harmonium) 

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 14:00 to 17:00
Workshop:  Pain Clinic

To be conducted by Dr. Naveen Talwar; Ms Deepika Talwar; and Ms Vartika Singhal

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 18:00
Bone Health: Exercise and Bone Health

Speakers: Ms Deepika Chopra, Corrective High-performance Exercise Kinesiology (CHEK); Ms Vartika Singhal, Clinical Dietician, Certified Diabetes Educator & Sports Nutritionist

Risk Factors and Prevention of Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis
Speaker: Dr. Naveen Talwar, Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Fortis group of hospitals in NCR

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

A Way Within: Seven Years in a Himalayan Ashram

By Madhu Tandan (Speaking Tree: 2023)

The author will be In Conversation with Arundhathi Subramania