Speaker: Shri Ritesh Taksande, Faculty Member, Centre for Open Learning, Film & Television Institute of India, Pune

Chair: Suhas Borker, Convener, Jan Prasar and Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

The rapidly changing technology poses serious challenges to the way we live our daily lives…The impact of the smartphone on how we consume news has been mind boggling. Not only can we receive instant updates, read news stories and articles, and watch video on the go – as a story unfolds in real time, mobile journalism has also ‘disrupted’ the way news is produced and reported. In the post smartphone scenario, with virtually all tools of newsgathering in their pockets, millions of reporters have popped up all over the world while fake news, misinformation and planted distortions are putting the basic journalistic standards of truth, ethics, integrity and accuracy under threat.

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar)

Temple as Custodians of Cultural Heritage in the Context of Braj

Illustrated lecture by Sushant Bharati, Conservation Architect and Researcher based in Delhi. He is currently working on a research project based on the temple architecture of Braj

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Braj region is the celebrated cultural landscape associated with Lord Krishna. The region is marked by many temples which have carefully preserved various traditional arts, crafts, music, etc. in the form of devotional practices for many centuries, which are offered to the deities throughout the year. The lecture will focus on such practices which are safeguarding the local cultural heritage of the region

Speaker: Tony Joseph, journalist, former Editor, BusinessWorld and author of the best-selling book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestor and Where we Came From

Chair: Ganesh Devy, Literary critic, activist and Chairperson, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

In the last few years, our understanding of how the world got peopled in prehistory has changed significantly, thanks mostly to recent advances in the discipline of Population Genetics. All large population groups, we know now, are the result of multiple migrations that lasted centuries and, in some cases millennia, in the ancient past, each of them driven by historical forces. This context is crucial to understanding how four large, prehistoric migrations contributed to shaping Indian demography as it is today.

(Organised by IIC-International Research Division)
 

Coordinator: Ms Anu Jindal
 
Waking up to Disordered Sleep

Speaker: Dr. Vivek Nangia, Principal Director and Head, Institute of Respiratory, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Max Hospital, New Delhi
 
Moderator: Ms Anu Jindal
 
While we have known about the science of sleep since time immemorial, most research in modern medicine with regards to our sleep has occurred only in the last 3-4 decades. Although an individual spends nearly one-third of his/her time sleeping, very little attention is paid to monitoring sleeping patterns. With increasing obesity, sedentary lifestyle and abnormal timings of sleeping, sleep disorders are becoming more and more common. The number of hours that is required in sleeping, what timings to follow and what impact these have on our lives need to be understood. Dr. Vivek Nangia will address some of these issues and highlight how a good sleep can transform our health

How Archaeology is Helping Improve Climate Models: A View from South Asia

Illustrated talk by Prof. Kathleen D. Morrison, Professor of Anthropology & Department Chair, University of Pennsylvania

and Curator for South Asia, University of Pennsylvania Museum

Chair: Dr. M. Nambirajan, Joint Director General, Archaeological Survey of India

Unfilled Barrels: India’s Oil Story

By Richa Mishra (Bloomsbury India, New Delhi: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation; Shri Raghuvir Srinivasan, Editor, Business Line; and Ms Richa Mishra, Bureau Chief, Hyderabad & Kolkata, BusinessLine & Author of the Book

Chair: Shri Amitabh Kant, former CEO, Niti Aayog
 

West Asia at War: Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games
By Talmiz Ahmad (HarperCollins India: 2022)

Moderator: Amb. K P Fabian, Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University 

Speakers : Sh. Atul Aneja, Editor, India Narrative.com ; Dr. Meena Singh Roy, Head, Eurasia & West Asia Centre, Tillotoma  Foundation ; Amb. Talmiz Ahmad, Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis, Pune & Author of the Book

 

 

Maritime Trade of the Harappans – Evidences at Dholavira

Illustrated lecture by Dr. V.N. Prabhakar, archaeologist and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Water Eco-system of Delhi

Speakers: Shri Jasmine Shah, Vice-Chairman, Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi, Government of NCT of Delhi; Shri Ankit Srivastava, Technical Advisor to the Minister for Water, Government of NCT of Delhi; Prof Shashank Shekhar, Professor, Department of Geology, University of Delhi; Dr Deeksha Katyal, Assistant Professor, Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi; and Shri Depinder Kapur, Director, Water Programme, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
 
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi
 
Top metros of the world have learnt to address their water eco-system in a sustainable manner:  from efficiently providing safe and easily accessible water to reliable sanitation and protecting their rivers and waterways from pollution. Sustainability also means resilience and adaptability to extreme weather events which may lead to flooding and scarcity. This Dialogue shall take up the entire gamut of issues pertaining to the water eco-system for Delhi: the river Yamuna; sharing of the river waters; pollution of the river; construction on the river bed; the nallas; the groundwater recharge, revival and rejuvenation of lakes and water bodies; reuse/recycling of water, sustainable water management, citizens' save water campaign led by school children etc. What are the challenges being faced by Delhi's waterscapes and water sources? How does Delhi measure across three pillars of water sustainability — resiliency, efficiency and quality? To achieve a sustainable water eco-system for Delhi can we set a future fit benchmark for 2025 with an action plan with strict timelines?
 
The series is dedicated to the memory of Shri Mahesh N. Buch, civil servant and environmentalist, who passed away on 6 June 2015 and who had given the key-note address at the inaugural edition of the Dialogue in 2013.

(Collaboration: Green Circle of Delhi)

The Second Wife and Other Stories

By Nandini C. Sen (Om Books International: 2021)

Moderator: Prof Malashri Lal, Academician and Author

Speakers: Shri K. N. Shrivastava, Director, India International Centre (Chair) ; Prof. Aruna Chakravarti, Academician, Author and Translator; Prof. GJV Prasad, Academician, Author and Translator ; Ms. Rumi Malik, Writer and Broadcaster ;  Dr. Nandini C Sen,  Academician and Author of the Book