Panel discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India

27 July 2022, 04:30 pm
Panel discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Panelists: Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO; Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS and Life Trustee, IIC; Dr. Srinivasa Kumar T., Director, INCOIS; Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director, RIS; Shri Jayant Sahasrabudde, National Organising Secretary, VIBHA; Dr. Suba Chandran, Professor, NIAS; Shri Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CED, Geospatial World; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Kumar Bhat, DG, ISpA; Shri Venkat Katkuri, Head, Airbus Defence & Aerospace; and Shri Gaurav Kharod, Managing Sales Director, Intelsat-India

The discussion will focus on the Post Space reforms announced by the Government of India and the vital role of industry and academia. In order to enable them, what are the policies, frameworks, rules and guidelines required to be formulated including incentives; and the single window regulations and approvals which will be enabled for ease of doing businesses. While ISRO will act as a facilitator or technology provider for the early startups; these startups will require directions for sustainable business. Innovations and opportunities shall be debated and discussed across all sectors for implementing space technology in the downstream industries, which will generate further opportunities for the upstream industry.
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

18 July 2022, 05:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Anthology of Humorous Sanskrit Verses

A collection of over 200 verse translations from different Sanskrit anthologies. Translated by A.N.D. Haksar (Penguin Classics, New Delhi:2022)

Discussants: Prof. Ramesh Chandra Bhardwaj, Vice-Chancellor, Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University; Prof. Balram Shukla, Professor, Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi; Prof. Sujata Tripathi, Professor, Dept. of Vyakaran, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University; and Amb. A.N.D. Haksar, former Diplomat and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
 

Early Migrations to the Indian Subcontinent

07 July 2022, 05:00 pm
Early Migrations to the Indian Subcontinent
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

POSTPONED

Speaker: Tony Joseph, journalist, former Editor, BusinessWorld and author of the best-selling book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestor and Where we Came From

Chair: Ganesh Devy, Literary critic, activist and Chairperson, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

In the last few years, our understanding of how the world got peopled in prehistory has changed significantly, thanks mostly to recent advances in the discipline of Population Genetics. All large population groups, we know now, are the result of multiple migrations that lasted centuries and, in some cases millennia, in the ancient past, each of them driven by historical forces. This context is crucial to understanding how four large, prehistoric migrations contributed to shaping Indian demography as it is today.

 

(Organised by IIC-International Research Division)

Book Discussion Group

14 July 2022, 05:00 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India

By Dhirendra K. Jha (Vintage Books: 2022)

Discussants: Sh. Balbir Punj, Journalist and Columnist ; Sh. Pawan Khera, Chairman, Media &  Publicity Deptt. All India Congress
Committee ; Sh. Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Journalist and Writer and Sh. Dhirendra K. Jha, Journalist and Author of the book

Moderator: Sh. Hartosh Singh Bal, Political Editor, Caravan Magazine 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

01 July 2022, 05:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

Understanding the Psychology of Health and Well-being

By Meetu Khosla (Sage Publications India, New Delhi: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Nandita Babu, Professor, Psychology Department, North Campus, University of Delhi; Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, Applied Psychology, Gargi College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Meetu Khosla, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, and author of the book

Moderator: Prof. S.P. K. Jena, Professor, Psychology Department, South Campus, University of Delhi
 

Neighbourhood First

23 June 2022, 06:30 pm
Neighbourhood First
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

The Ongoing Political and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka: Role of External Players

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Panelists: Amb. Yash K. Sinha, former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and UK; Prof. Rajat Kathuria, Dean School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor, Dept. of Economics, Shiva Nadar University; and Ms Nirupama Subramanian, National Editor, The Indian Express

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Sri Lanka’s political and economic crises show no signs of ending early. India’s Neighbourhood First Policy has resulted in New Delhi being the first responder and the principle one. The discussion will focus on the ongoing political and economic crisis in the country



 

Book Discussion Group

04 June 2022, 04:00 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Dhi’s Oracle of Numbers for Relationship Guidance
By Saudamini Mishra (Ukiyoto Publishing: 12 July 2021)

Discussants: Discussants: Ms Jasleen Vohra, TV presenter and commentator; Shri Aniket, Brand Manager and Content Lead; and Ms Saudamini Mishra, author of the book

Neighbourhood First

25 May 2022, 06:30 pm
Neighbourhood First
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

 

Coordinator: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Two Years after the Chinese PLA Aggression in East Ladakh: How to Break the Stalemate

 

Panelists: Shri Sushant Singh, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and former Lecturer in Political Science, Yale University (Fall 2019) and Deputy Editor, The Indian Express; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Rakesh Sharma, former Commander, 14 Corp and Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies and former Indian Ambassador to China

 

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

19 May 2022, 04:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

Edited by Narendar Pani (Routledge India:2021)

Discussants: Shri Amarjeet Sinha, former Advisor, PMO and Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board; Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture and Senior Fellow, ICRIER; Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal Global Law School, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat; and Prof. Narendar Pani, Professor and Dean, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru and Editor of the book

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 

“Who is a Vaishnav Jan

25 April 2022, 06:00 pm
“Who is a Vaishnav Jan
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room II, IIC main building

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Theme: 'Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye' became a signature song of the Indian freedom struggle. It reflected the yearning of the anti colonial struggle, the yearning to fashion a new self, both individual and collective. But this search did not end with the end of colonial rule. The question who is a vaishnva jan can be treated as a religious question but it is also a civic quest. What makes a vaishnva jan, what is the struggle an individual or a society will have to wage to attain it ? 

Speakers:  Prof Ashis Nandy, Social Theorist, Critic and Former Director, CSDS ; Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi and Poet ; Prof Neera Chandhoke, Former Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Delhi University ; Shri Kumar Prashant, Chairman, Gandhi Peace Foundation ;  Prof Apoorvanand, Professor, Department of Hindi, Faculty of Arts, Delhi University