A Historical Perspective of the Discovery, Exploration, and Attempts on Mount Everest, Leading to the First Ascent in 1953
An illustrated lecture by Brig. Ashok Abbey, passionate skier-mountaineer, veteran climber, who has climbed extensively, for over 43 years in the Karakoram, Great Himalaya, and adjoining mountain ranges. He has climbed, led, and participated in many international, and Indian Expeditions to 5000, 6000, 7000, and 8000 metre mountains, successfully

Guest of Honour: Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC, former President, Indian Mountaineering Foundation

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Moderator: Shri Maninder Kohli, Managing Trustee, The Himalayan Environment Trust

The talk retraces the fascinating history of the mountain from its discovery, and naming, leading to its first successful climb

The Crisis in India-Canada Relations

Panelists: Prof. Aprajita Kashyap, Assistant Professor, Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi; and Symbiosis University, Pune

 Chair: Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Convener, Editorial Board of the World Affairs Journal, author of From India to Infinity

The panel will discuss the geopolitical implications of this crisis, it's impact on bilateral relations, and on the Indian diaspora ( 3% of population) in Canada

By Indira Varma (Westland Books: 2023)

Launch of the book followed by a discussion with

Shri Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa; Amb. Pavan K. Varma, author, politician and former diplomat; Lady Kishwar Desai, author and chair, The Partition Museum, Amritsar and Delhi; and Smt Roopy Mathur
 

(Collaboration: Westland Books)

Sarod Recital – Raga Darbari

By Pt. Biswajit Roy Choudhary
Accompanied by Pt. Ram Kumar Mishra

Hindustani Classical Vocal
By Pt. Sanjeev Abhayankar who will present Raga Darbari

Accompanists: Pt. Vinod Lele (tabla); and Abhinay Ravande (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Navras School of Performing Arts)

Indigenous Habitat: Vestiges of Ancestral Life in India’s North East
By Shyamal Datta and Ronojoy Sen 

Discussants: Shri Harpreet Singh, Joint Secretary, Social Development, Secondary Livelihood Wing & NEHHDC; Dr. Mitul Baruah, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University; Shri Ronojoy Sen and Shri Shyamal Datta, authors of the book

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

Followed by
Cultural Evening 

Nyishi folk dance from Arunachal Pradesh; Bihu dance from Assam; Kambathoibi Meitei dance from Manipur; Angami folk dance from Nagaland; Hojagiri dance of the Reang from Tripura; Khasi folk dance from Meghalaya; and Lion dance of Sikkim
 
Artists presented by North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Ltd.
 

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Technique

To be conducted by Dr. Nitish Naik, Professor of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and his associates ( AIIMS); Shri Vikram Singh Choudhary and Shri Neeraj Kumar Swarnkar, Nursing Officers and a team from SET Facility, AIIMS

The workshop will present a demonstration of this lifesaving technique that may be required in medical emergencies such as heart attacks. This technique helps to revive persons whose heartbeat or breathing may have stopped. The session will help participants recognize and respond to cardiac arrest and give high quality CPR. In addition, the participants will also learn to use Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), which are medical devices used to restore normal heart rhythm

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

From 16:00 to 17:00
Redefining Wellness: Spotlight on Preventing Blindness from Glaucoma (Kala Motia)

Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) Tanuj Dada, Head, Glaucoma Services, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS); and Dr. Praveen Vashist, Professor and Officer In-Charge, Community Ophthalmology, Dr.R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Glaucoma (Kala motia) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide affecting over 80 million people. It is a disease that leads to damage to the optic nerve, which is the nerve transmitting visual information form the eye to the brain. The lecture will provide information about this disease and its current treatment to prevent loss of vision

Speaker: Professor Dr. Judith Becker, Chair, Early Modern and Modern History of Christianity, Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University, Berlin

Chair: Dr. Swapna Liddle

When German-speaking missionaries came to India in 1834, they travelled with backpacks full of presumptions and inherited values that they intended to transfer to Indian people. Very quickly, they had to learn that life and people in India were quite different from what they had assumed. The talk asks how their values and imaginations were altered due to this experience. Furthermore, the representations of the values changed when the missionaries ascribed certain values to Indians and depicted converts as "model Christians". The talk will describe this history while asking how best to write a history of Christian missions.   

(Collaboration: The History Collective)

Phantom Lovers: Two Novellas
by Achala Moulik

Speakers :  Amb TCA Raghavan, Former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Singapore and Former DG, ICWA; Dr Nirmal Bhattacharjee, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books; Ms Joyeeta Basu, Journalist & Editor, Sunday Guardian and Ms Achala Moulik, Former Education Secretary, GoI , Former DG, ASI & Author of the Book

Chair:  Shri K N Shrivastava, Director, IIC