Language Policy: A Formula for Learning?

25 March 2025, 06:30 pm
Language Policy: A Formula for Learning?
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Panelists: Prof. Apoorvanand, Dept. of Hindi, University of Delhi; Prof. Ayesha Kidwai, Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Karthick Narayanan, Linguist and researcher

Moderator: Prof. Anita Rampal, Convenor, IIC Sectoral Policy Group on Education
 

Book Discussion Group

24 March 2025, 06:00 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Unpolitically Correct: The Politics and Economics of Governance
By Satya Mohanty (Rupa Publications India: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Ashutosh Varshney, political scientist, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, and Professor of Political Science at Brown University, USA; Shri Nitin Desai, distinguished economist and former Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN; and Shri Satya Mohanty, poet, playwright, novelist and writer, former Union Secretary of Education and Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission; and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP

 

Sustainable Agriculture

20 March 2025, 06:30 pm
Sustainable Agriculture
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Trump’s America First Trade Policy: Implications and Options

 

Speaker: Prof. Abhijit Das, expert on international trade and former Head, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

 

Discussant: Shri Anup Wadhawan, former Union Commerce Secretary

 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Secretary Agriculture, Govt. of India and Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine: Where is it headed?

12 March 2025, 06:30 pm
Ukraine: Where is it headed?
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Ukraine: Where is it headed?

Speaker: Dr. John Cherian, senior journalist

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian

Book Discussion Group

10 March 2025, 06:00 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Memory Keepers: Poems
By Payal Nagpal (Signer: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Anand Prakash, poet and academic; Prof. Radha Chakravarty, poet, critic and translator, formerly Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, Ambedkar University; Prof. Payal Nagpal, Professor of English, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi and author of the book; and others

 

Chair: Dr. Taisha Abraham, author, theorist and critic



 

Book Discussion Group

03 March 2025, 06:00 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Cooling our Environment: An Architects Vision to Combat Global Warming
By Kalpana Sutaria (Atmosphere Press: 2024)

Discussants: Ms Anumitra Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment; Shri Ashok B. Lall, architect and former Member, Global Holcim Foundation; and Ms Kalpana Sutaria, activist, architect, and author of the book

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTC) and Trustee, IIC
 

Women Translate Women

22 February 2025, 06:30 pm
Women Translate Women
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Panelists: Astri Ghosh, who translates from Norwegian, Hindi and other languages into English; Krupa Ge, who translates from Tamil to English; Rita Kothari who translates from Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi to English; and Ira Pande who translates from Hindi to English

Moderator: Rita Kothari

The discussion focuses on translation, and what happens when women translate women. The discussion brings together translators to speak about how and whether their gender impacts the process of translation, do they feel more drawn to the work of women, what is the ‘relationship’ between writer and translator when both occupy the same gender

(Collaboration: Zubaan; and Ashoka Centre for Translation)

 

Social Scientists in the Civic Space. Ethical perspectives on Democratic Involvement

18 February 2025, 06:30 pm
Social Scientists in the Civic Space. Ethical perspectives on Democratic Involvement
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Edited by Arundhati Virmani, Jean Boutier and Manohar Kumar (Routledge, New Delhi: 2025)

Short presentation on the book by the Editors of the book – Prof. Arundhati Virmani, EHESS, Norbert Elias Centre in Social Sciences, Marseille; Prof. Jean Boutier, Directeur d’Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseille and former Director of the Norbert Elias Centre in Social Sciences (2002-2011); and Prof. Manohar Kumar, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT); and Shri Namit Arora

 

Panelists: Shri Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament; Prof. Rajiv Bhargava, noted political theorist, Honorary Fellow and Founder Director, Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Prof. Zoya Hasan, National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research and Professor of Political Science and the Dean of School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Namit Arora, public historian and author, former IIT and Silicon valley engineer

Moderator: Ms Shweta Kothari, journalist

Discussion based on the proceedings of an IIC Seminar organised in collaboration with EHESS, Centre Norbert Elias, Marseille and Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi in January 2020


 

At the Edge of the Ocean

17 February 2025, 06:30 pm
At the Edge of the Ocean
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

An evening of Lama Doboom Tulku’s poetry

Reading and reflection by Dr. Maya Joshi, Associate Professor of Literature. Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Dancing Eloquence by Zuleikha, StoryDancer

Introduction: Dr. Sudhamahi Regunnathan, academic

(Collaboration: World Buddhist Culture Trust)
 

Symposium on Artisans by Design: Reflections on the journey of Education for Textile Artisans in India

07 February 2025, 10:00 am
Symposium on Artisans by Design: Reflections on the journey of Education for Textile Artisans in India
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

The Symposium will reflect on the past and future of design education for textile artisans in India. The symposium brings together an inspiring array of voices – artisan-design graduates, educators, mentors, and experts, alongside Judy Frater, the founder of India’s pioneering design education programme for artisans and  the Founder Director Emerita of Somaiya Kala Vidya, an institute of education for artisans

Moderator: Dr. Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust

(Collaboration: Craft Revival Trust)