Lead presentation by Prof. Chetan Ghate, Director, Institute of Economic Growth and Associate Professor, (Planning Unit), Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Discussants: Dr. Rajeswari Sengupta, Associate Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai; and Shri Shishir Gupta, Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

Chair: Shri Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard and Distinguished Fellow, Ananta Centre

Organised in memory of Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, well-known development economist, educator and Life Trustee of IIC

(Collaboration: Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai)
 

One Foot in the Ruin and Other Poems
By Janhwij Sharma (Dev Publishers: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Kishor K. Basa, Chairman, National Monument Authority; Shri Abhay Kumar, poet-diplomat, editor, translator, anthologist and artist; Prof. Swati Pal, Professor and Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Shri Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trustg for Culture (AKTC); and Shri Janhwij Sharma, conservation architect and Additional Director General (Conservation, World Heritage, NCF), Archaeological Survey of India and author of the book

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
 

The Colours of Nationalism: A Memoir of Dreams, Hopes and Betrayals

By Nandita Haksar (Speaking Tiger: 2024)

The author will be in conversation with Ms Ghazala Wahab, author and Editor, FORCE

Essays on Military Affairs

By Maroof Raza (Har Anand Publications: 2024)

Discussants: Lt. Gen. P.J.S. Pannu, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) former Deputy Chief, Indian Integrated Defence Staff (Operations); Shri Shekhar Dutt, former Governor of Chhattisgarh; Amb. Talmiz Ahmad,Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis, Pune; and Shri Maroof Raza, well known media commentator on global, military and security issues and author of the book

The Shaping of Modern Indian Science in the Decades 1927-1967: The Historical Influence of the Pre and Post-Independence Periods

Speaker: Dr. P. Balaram, former Director, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru

Chair: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC and Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

Pioneers of Modern Renaissance of India

Speaker: Prof. Pradeep Apte, Distinguished Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

Chair: Prof. Salil Misra, Faculty of History, School of Liberal Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi

Bose & Bose: Making of the INA

Speaker: Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, historian and author, Chancellor of Ashoka University

Discussant: Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

Chair: Amb. T.C. A. Raghavan, author and former Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs

Nationalism and Popular Cinema: Emotive Commitments, Transformations, Critiques and Alternative Imaginings

Illustrated lecture by Prof. Ira Bhaskar, film scholar and former Professor of Cinema Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Shri Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, writer and journalist

Indian Classical Dances: The Healing Power
By Kanaka Sudhakar (Shubhi Publications: 2023)

Discussants: Guru Rama Vaidyanathan, senior Bharatanatyam artist & Guru, President, Ganesa Natyalaya; Guru Harish Gangani, leading Kathak artist and Guru (Jaipur Gharana); Ms Tripura Kashyap, pioneer of the Dance Movement Therapy in India, dance educator, choreographer and author; and Guru Kanaka Sudhakar, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi artist, choreographer and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Aparajita Sarma, Bharatanatyam artist, Coordinator, Sunaina