Book Discussion Group

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

Disaster Planning and Governance in India: Experts’ Experiences and Insights
 

Edited by Sunita Reddy and Anil Kumar Sinha (Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2023)

Discussants: Prof. Dhananjay Singh, Member Secretary, Indian Council for Social Science Research; Shri A.K. Mangotra, IAS (Retd.), former Secretary (Border Mgmt.), DG (DGS & D); Dr. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay Neogi, Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban Planning, School of Planning and Architecture; Prof. Ian Davis, Visiting Professor at Kyoto, Lund & Oxford Brookes Universities; Dr. Sunita Reddy, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Founder Chair, Anthropos India and co-editor of the book; and Shri Anil Kumar Sinha, IAS (Retd.), former Vice Chairman, BSDMA and co-editor of the book

Moderator: Dr. Anshu Sharma, Co-Founder, SEEDS India

Chair: Gen. N.C. Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSAM (Retd.), Director, VIF and author

 

Book Discussion Group

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

Forever Yours and Other Poems
By Swati Pal (Hawakal Publishers: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, poet, novelist and translator, formerly Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. B. Mangalam, Professor of English, Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Swati Pal, Professor and Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Malashri Lal
 

Women’s Health: Navigating your senior years – A comprehensive approach

10 May 2025, 06:30 pm
Women’s Health: Navigating your senior years – A comprehensive approach
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Panelists: Talish Ray, partner, TRS Law Offices; Dr. G.S. Grewal, Senior Consultant, General Medicine; Sanchita Mukherji, Co-Founder & Partner, Blue Edge Associates LLP; and Anjana Bhargav, The Anjana Bhargav Label, Co-Founder, Anky and Dhi

Conceptualised and Coordinated by Bhavana and Dr. Rahul Manchanda

Moderator: Kishore Singh, author

The discussion will bring to light the financial, legal, medical health and fashion elements for a woman as she grows older. Being better informed about the management of each can substantially improve the quality of her life
 

Book Discussion Group

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

Hindi Cinema and Pakistan: Screening the Idea and the Reality

By Meenakshi Bharat (Routledge India: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Ira Bhaskar, film scholar and former Professor of Cinema Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Amit Khanna, film producer, director, writer and journalist; Prof. Nishat Haider, Professor, Dept. of English, Jamia Millia Islamia; Dr. Kamayani Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Meenakshi Bharat, writer, translator, reviewer and cultural theorist; and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra, Senior Anchor, Doordarshan, Producer, Director and writer


 

The Third Eye of Indian Art, Aesthetics as Vedanta

03 May 2025, 06:00 pm
The Third Eye of Indian Art, Aesthetics as Vedanta
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Discussion around the new book by Harsha V. Dehejia

Speakers: Pavan K. Varma, former Indian diplomat, politician, and author; Alka Pande, art historian; Reba Som, academic, historian, writer and classical singer; Benoy K. Behl, documentary filmmaker, art historian and photographer; Rama Vaidyanathan, Bharatanatyam exponent and Guru; Rajiv Sethi, noted designer, scenographer and art curator; Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical vocalist and writer; and Harsha V. Dehejia, practising Physician and Professor of Indic Studies and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh

Moderator: Alok Bhalla
 

In Conversation – From Soldier to Storyteller

12 April 2025, 06:00 pm
In Conversation – From Soldier to Storyteller
Programme Type
Talks, Webcasts
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

In Conversation – From Soldier to Storyteller

General Manoj Naravane, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army in conversation with Neelanjana Banerjee and Suhas Borker

 

Book Discussion Group

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

Nalanda: How it Changed the World

By Abhay K. (Vintage Books: 2025)

Amb. Abhay K. in conversation with Mr. William Dalrymple, historian

Moderator: Dr. Arpan Tulsyan, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Whither India-US-China relations today?

17 April 2025, 06:00 pm
Whither India-US-China relations today?
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Speakers: Amb. Kanwal Sibal, former Foreign Secretary and former Ambassador to Egypt, France and Russia; Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Srikant Kondapalli, Professor of Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Consulting Editor, Strategic Thinker, Visiting Professor, National University, Singapore; Shri T.K. Arun, former Resident Editor, The Economic Times, independent columnist

Moderator: Amb. Surendra Kumar, President, IAFA

(Collaboration: Indo-American Friendship Association)
 

Book Discussion Group

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

Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation and Reception
By Nadira Khatun (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Ira Bhaskar, film scholar and former Professor of Cinema Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University;  Dr. Mujibur Rehman, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Jamia Millia Islamia; Prof. Manoj Jha, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Janata Dal; and Prof. Nadira Khatun, Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times
 

Roundtable: One Health – Complexities and Challenges: How it Impacts life on earth

16 April 2025, 02:00 pm
Roundtable: One Health – Complexities and Challenges: How it Impacts life on earth
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

“One Health” is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach to achieving optimal health outcomes for people, animals, and the environment. It recognises that the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are interconnected and interdependent

Organised by the IIC’s Sectoral Policy Planning Group on Science & Technology under the Convenorship of Dr. Renu Swarup, the roundtable will discuss key issues of One Health – addressing a wide range of health challenges, including zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans), antimicrobial resistance, food safety, environmental pollution, climate change impacts on health, and more