Opening remarks: Prof. Romila Thapar

Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, Dept. of History, University of Delhi; Prof. Najaf Haider, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehur University; and Dr. Kumkum Roy, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University will discuss The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions in Early North India by Romila Thapar (New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2013)

Chair: Prof. Uday Kumar, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

Webcast recording of the programme held on 5th December 2013

Introduction: Ms Renana Jhabvala followed by a short film interview with Ruth Jhabvala

Chair: Shri Harish Khare

Readings from Ruth Jhabvala’s work by Averee Chaurey and Minoti Chatterjee

Introduction to Ruth Jhabvala’s fiction writing by Smt Aruna Chakravarty

An Interpretation of the last two works – My Nine Lives and Love Song for India
Speaker: Shri Ramesh Chandra Shah, well-known Hindi writer

Programme organised as part of the IIC Film Club programme Ruth Prawar Jhabvala Festival in December 2014

Webcast recording of the programme held on 15th December 2014

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 

Thinking of krishna

By Mandira Ghosh (New Delhi: Shubhi Publications 2020)

Speakers: Prof Radha Chakravarty,  poet, critic and translator; Ms Neera Misra, Chairperson, Draupadi Dream Trust; Ms Mandira Ghosh, poet and author of the book

Chair: Dr Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs & Former D.G. ICCR 

Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium and Conference Room I.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

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PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Brahmin, Buddhist, Jain Art and Culture of the Vindhya Region

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Shishir Kumar Jain, Consultant, National Monuments Authority

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The lecture will be delivered in Hindi

Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium and Conference Room I.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

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Dr. Harish Trivedi, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. N.N. Pillai, Honorary Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan; Shri K. Raghunath, former Indian Foreign Secretary; and Smt Leela Venkataraman, well-known dance critic and author will discuss Kapila Vatsyayan: A Cognitive Biography - Afloat a Lotus Leaf by Jyoti Sabharwal (New Delhi: Stellar, 2015)
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Hon'ble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

Dr. Bibek Debroy; Ambassador B.S. Prakash; Ambassador Kanwal Sibal; Shri T.P. Sreenivasan; and Dr. Divya Iyer will discuss Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology: Writings of T.P. Sreenivasan, Edited by Divya S. Iyer
(New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2014)
 
Chair: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister

Is Renewable Energy a Antithesis of the Conventional Sources of Energy?

Speaker: Prof. Viresh Dutta, Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi

Chair: Dr. Bharat Bhargava, Director-General, ONGC Energy Centre

Energy is vital for all human activities and is available in different forms to meet the diverse requirements. The depletion of conventional sources of energy like fossil fuel is giving a sense of urgency to the development of alternate sources of energy. The sources are expected to be renewable to have a long term availability and sustainable so that the associated effects on the environment is minimal. The lecture will focus on different aspects of energy sources and utilization in order to establish what can be the directions needed in the creation of future energy mix

Dialogue to Develop a Vision of the Environment of Delhi - 2025
Panelists: Dr. Mahesh N. Buch, Chairman, National Centre for Human Settlements and Environment, Bhopal and former Vice-Chairman, National Urbanisation Commission; Prof. C.R. Babu, Emeritus Professor, CEMDE, University of Delhi; Shri G.S. Patnaik, IAS, Secretary to the Vice-President of India and former Vice-Chairman, DDA; Shri Sanjiv Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Environment & Forests, Govt. of NCT Delhi; Shri Manoj Kumar Misra, Convener, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan and formerly in the Indian Forest Service; Shri Rajendra Ravi, Director, Institute for Democracy and Sustainability, Delhi; and Dr. Amita Baviskar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle Delhi

Delhi's Dying Trees
Speakers: A.K. Shukla, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief, Wildlife Warden, Forest Department; Padmavati Dwedi, Director, Compassionate Living; and Pradip Krishen