Mapping Sustainable Agriculture

27 February 2024, 06:30 pm
Mapping Sustainable Agriculture
Programme Type
Talks, Webcasts
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Transforming Indian Agriculture: Emerging Challenges and Policy Options

Speaker: Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma, Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (GoI)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

29 February 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Subliminal: poems
By Radha Chakravarty (Hawakal Publishers: 2023)

Discussants: Dr. Lakshmi Kannan, poet, novelist and short story writer; Amb. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Director General, ICCR, and poet; Dr. Veeksha Vagmita, scholar, reviewer and Editor; Dr. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, former Professor of Comparative Literature,  Ambedkar University, Delhi and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet and critic

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

23 February 2024, 06:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

The Winning Culture: Lessons from the Indian Army to Transform Your Business

By Neeraj Bali (Macmillan: 2023)

 

The author, Maj. Gen. Neeraj Bali (retd.) will be in conversation with Praveen Swami, journalist

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

15 February 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Warrior Heart: The Story of Arjuna and Mahabharata 
By Santa Acharya Chawla (Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House: 2023)

Discussants: Dr. Geetesh Nirban, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Kamla Nehru College; Dr. A.K. Merchant, General Secretary, Temple of Understanding India Foundation ( a global interfaith association); Dr. Santa Acharya Chawla, Chief Scientist & Associate Dean (Retd.), CSIR National Physical Laboratory and author of the book

Chair: Shri Shyam Banerji, musicologist, lead designer and architect, Swanubhooti Vatika

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

12 February 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

The Crossroads: Kashmir-India's bridge to Xinjiang
By Kulbhushan Warikoo (Rupa Publications: 2023)

 

Discussants: Amb. Rajiv Sikri, former Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan and former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; Prof. Uttam Sinha, Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Prof. Kulbhushan Warikoo, Founder Editor, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies; formerly Professor, Centre for Inner Asia Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of the book

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

06 February 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Fault Lines in the Faith: How Events of 1979 Shaped the Islamic World

By Iqbal S. Hasnain (Rupa Publications: 2023)

Discussants: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi; Prof. Aftab Kamal Pasha, former Associate Dean, Director & Chairman, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. A. K. Ramakrishnan, Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Iqbal S. Hasnain, former Vice Chancellor, University of Calicut and author of the book

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

02 February 2024, 06:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Soul and Sword: The History of Political Hinduism 
By Hindol Sengupta (Vintage Books: 2023)

Discussants: Prof. Kapil Kapoor, scholar and former Pro Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, historian & economist; Shri Hindol Sengupta, historian, journalist and author of the book
 

Mid-year Review of the Indian Economy 2023-2024

24 January 2024, 04:00 pm
Mid-year Review of the Indian Economy 2023-2024
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Panelists: Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Chairman, Centre for Development Studies and former Member, 14th Finance Commission; Mr. Joshua Felman, Principal, JH Consulting and formerly, Resident Representative, the International Monetary Fund in India : Ms. Ila Patnaik, Chief Economist , Aditya Birla group and Shri Rajiv Mishra, Senior Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

 

Chair: Dr. K.P. Krishnan, former Secretary to Government of India

To Mark the 76th Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom

27 January 2024, 03:00 pm
To Mark the 76th Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Welcome by Smt Suman Chopra, General Secretary, Shanti Sahyog
Quiz programme for students of Gandhi Study Circle from colleges of Delhi University
Talk by Guest of Honour: Dr. A. Annamalai, Director, National Gandhi Museum and Library

Seminar from 18:00 to 19:00
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh

Welcome by Dr. Suman Khanna Aggarwal, President, Shanti Sahyog
Screening of a short documentary film on Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom

Interactive session with students of Gandhi Study Circle
Talk by Dr. A.K. Merchant, Joint Secretary, Shanti Sahyog and General Secretary, Temple of Understanding India Foundation

(Collaboration: Shanti Sahyog)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

17 January 2024, 05:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Political Economy of Development in the Global South Post-Covid-19 Pandemic

Edited by Hebattalah Adam & Ravinder Rena (Springer; 2023)

Discussants: Amb. Gurjit Singh, former Ambassador of India to Germany, Indonesia and Japan; Prof. V. Upadhyay, former Professor and Head, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi; and Prof. Hebattallah Adam, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs; Director, Jindal Centre for the Global South, Jindal School of International Affairs and co-Editor of the book

Moderator: Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School and Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat