Two Year Review of War in Ukraine: Nuclear Amber Lights Flashing?
Panel discussion led by Amb. Shyam Saran, President IIC, former Foreign Secretary of India; Prof. Madhavan K. Palat, well-known historian and expert on European and Russian history; and Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan and Nepal
Moderator: Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar
Forthcoming American Presidential Election & India-US Relations
Panelists: Amb. Arun Kumar Singh, former Ambassador to Israel, France & USA; Gen. (Retd.) Deepak Kapoor, former Chief of the Army Staff; Dr. Surjit Bhalla, former Executive Director of India, International Monetary Fund, Independent Researcher; and Dr. Zorawar Daulet Singh, Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies
Moderator: Amb. Surendra Kumar, Founder President, IAFA
(Collaboration: Indo-American Friendship Association, New Delhi)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Through the Prism of Time
By Rita Malhotra ( Hawk Press, 2023)
Discussants: Amb. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and poet; Dr. Somonnoy Ghosh, Professor, Birla Institute of Management Technology and short story writer; Ms Mandira Ghosh, poet, researcher and writer; and Dr. Rita Malhotra, mathematician, essayist, poet, translation and author of the book
Chair: Shri K. Jayakumar, President, The Poetry Society (India); and former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)
THE WORKING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION: STORIES AND SCHOLARSHIP
Great Cases Series Discussion 2
The Group of Companies Case
Speaker: Hon’ble Justice Sanjib Banerjee, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya
Discussant: Varsha Banta, Research Fellow, Corporate Law and Financial Regulation
Chair: Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)
Global Warming and Climate Change
A roundtable discussion
Opening Remarks: Shri M.C. Gupta
Keynote Speaker: Shri Ashok Lavasa
Chief Guest: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI
Panelists: Prof. N. Janardhan Raju, Dean, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri V.K. Modi, Chairman, Modi Group; Shri Sanjeev Chopra, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration; Shri Ravi Singh, Secretary General, World Wide Fund for Nature-India; and Dr. Bharat Gopal, Director and Head of Pulmonology, Delhi Heart & Lung Institute
(Collaboration: Global Socio-Economic Foundation)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
A Way Within: Seven Years in a Himalayan Ashram
By Madhu Tandan (Speaking Tree: 2023)
The author will be In Conversation with Arundhathi Subramania
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
i, Salma: Selected Poems
By Salma; translated by K. Srilata and Shobhana Kumar (Red River: 2023)
Discussants: Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, academic and critic; Salma, writer, poet and author of the book; K. Srilata, poet, translator, academic; Chandana Dutta, author, Editor and translator and Shobhana Kumar, poet, translator and writer
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Shaping the Future: A Guide for Systems Leaders
How to be, think and act in the new world
By Arun Maira (Notion Press: 2023)
Discussants: Dr. Pranab Sen, former Country Director, IGC and economist; Ms Reema Nanavaty, Director, Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA); Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Ashoka University; and Shri Arun Maira, former Member, Planning Commission and author of the book
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Aviation and Foreign Policy: Convergence
By Sanat Kaul (KW Publishers)
Discussants: Amb. Nalin Surie, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; and Dr. Sanat Kaul, Chairman, International Foundation for Aviation Aerospace and Drones, and author of the book
Chiar :Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
The Blessings of Maharishi: The Wonderful Story of My Life (An autobiography)
By Lothar Pric (Motilal Banarsidass: 2024)
Discussants: Shri Devendra Triguna, Indian Ayurveda Practitioner & former Honorary Physician to the President of India; Shri Lakshman Shrivastava, Director – Services, Maharishi Ayurveda Products Pvt. Ltd. & Executive Director, Maharishi Ayurveda Hospital, Delhi; and Prof. Lothar Pirc, CEO, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre and author of the book
Chair: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) G.D. Bakshi, Strategic expert and writer
