Can agri start-ups trigger the transformation of Indian agriculture? Notes from the ground

Speaker: Shri Pravesh Sharma, former IAS officer turned agri entrepreneur 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI
 

Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China (2008-2022)

By Shastri Ramachandaran (Genuine Publications & Media Pvt. : 2024)

India’s Finance Ministers: Stumbling into Reforms (1977 to 1998)

By A.K. Bhattacharya (Penguin Business: 2024)

Satyajit Ray: Beyond the Frame
 

Surabhi Banerjee (Allied Publishers: Reissued 2021)
 

Discussants: Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA; Prof. Danish Iqbal, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Prof. Surabhi Banerjee, eminent author, translator, first Founding Vice Chancellor, Central University of Odisha and author of the book

Moderator: Shri Amitabha Bhattacharya, retired Civil Servant and columnist

Fifty Year Road: A Personal History of India from the Mid-Sixties Onward

By Bhaskar Roy (Jaico Publishing House: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. (Dr.) Anuradha Ghosh, Dept. of English, Jamia Millia Islamia; Amb. Navtej Sarna, former diplomat, author and columnist; Shri Prakash Singh, former Director General, Border Security Force; and Shri Bhaskar Roy, author of the book

Dust-Decked Rainbow Quilts

By Laksmisree Banerjee (Penprints;2023)

Discussants: Prof. Swati Pal, Principal, JDMC; Ms. Deepa Agarwal, author and poet; Ms. Satbir Chadha, author; Prof. (Dr.) Laksmisree Banerjee, poet, editor, critic and author of the Book

Chair: Shri Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, MEA and DG, ICCR, and poet

Nadistutti: Poems
By Lakshmi Kannan (Authorspress: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Payal Nagpal, Professor, Dept. of English, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Prof. Rekha Sethi, Professor, Indraprastha Collge for Women, University of Delhi, author, editor and translator; Ms Sanjula Sharma, poet, researcher and writer; and Dr. Laskhmi Kannan, bilingual novelist, poet, short story writer, critic and translator and author of this volume of poems

Chair: Prof. Malashri Lal, author and Convenor, English Board, Sahitya Akademi

Integration of Bharat: Political and Constitutional Perspective

By Yashraj Singh Bundela (Mohan Law House: 2023)

Discussants: Shri Justice Hemant Gupta, former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Ms Madhavi Goradia Divan, former Additional Solicitor General, Supreme Court of India; and Shri Yashraj Singh Bundela, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and author of the book

Chair: Shri Balbir Punj, journalist and columnist

India’s Experiment with Democracy: The Life of a Nation through its Elections

By S.Y. Quraishi (HarperCollins India: 2023)

Discussants: Ms Arati R. Jerath, journalist, commentator and columnist; Ms Neelu Vyas Thomas, journalist and former Consultant, Rajya Sabha Television; and Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and author of the book

Moderator: Prof. Pushpesh Pant, academic, historian and food critic

Unravelling: Poems
By Rachna Joshi (Authorspress: 2024)
 
Discussants: Dr. Rita Malhotra, mathematician, poet, essayist, and translator; Ms Sanjula Sharma, poet, researcher and writer; and Ms Rachna Joshi, poet and reviewer and author of this volume of poems

Chair: Ms Rajni Sekhri Sibal, former Secretary,Govt. of Insia, writer and poet