The Great Indian Poverty Debate: Has Poverty been almost banished?

Speaker: Prof. Himanshu, Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Discussant: Dr. Shyma Jose, Assistant Professor, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

Speaker: Dr. Girija Borker, Economist and Gender Lead, Development Impact  (DI), The World Bank, Washington DC

Chair: Dr. Meeran Chadha Borwankar, former Director General of Police

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

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
 

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
 

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

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

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

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

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)