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