BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Niravadhi Bhuvaneshwar
By Sushma Bhatnagar
Welcome Remarks: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, Wiscomp and Life Trustee, IIC
Speakers: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC and former Secretary, Government of India ; Ms Mrinal Pande, author, senior journalist and former Chairperson, Prasar Bharti; Ms Jasleen Vohra, senior anchor, Doordarshan, Producer, Director and writer; Prof. Pavan Mathur, author and formerly Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Delhi; Shri M. Jamshed, author, poet and former Member, Central Administrative Tribunal; Prof. Manju Mukul, Professor, Dept. of Hindi, University of Delhi; and Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, author of the book and formerly Director of Interpretation, Lok Sabha and former Lecturer, Lady Shri Ram College
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise
by Jawaharlal Kaul
Speakers: Justice Permod Kohli, Former Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court; Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Prof Sushma Yadav, Pro Vice Chancellor, Central University Haryana & Former Member of UGC ; Shri Jawaharlal Kaul, Author of the Book
Chair: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (I/C) for S & T; Minister of State for PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, GoI
Neighbourhood First
Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta
The Maldives Regime Change: Advantage China – Implications for India
Panelists: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, former CnC Western Naval Command; Ms Jyoti Malhotra, senior journalist, Foreign Affairs, The Print; and Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Associate Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Hanuman Drama
Damodara Mishra’s Hanumannataka translated by A.N.D. Haksar (Penguin Classics: 2023)
Discussants: Prof. Radha Chakravarty, former Professor of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, critic and translator; Dr. Debraj Mookerjee, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Ramjas College, University of Delhil; Shri Nikhil Haksar; and Amb. A.N. D. Haksar, former diplomat and translator of the book
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Solo Trip Par Jaati Sakhi
By Swati Sharma (Bhavna Prakashan; 2023)
Discussants: Amb. Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and Director General of ICCR; Poet & Diplomat ; Shri Sudhanshu Gupt, Author & Journalist; Ms Swati Sharma, Poet & Author of the book ; Ms. Sushma Gupta, Author ; Sh. Mahesh Darpan, Author and Dr. Alka Tyagi, Author & Poet
Chair:Sh. Priyadarshan, Author, Critic
Book Discussion Group
Phantom Lovers: Two Novellas
by Achala Moulik
Speakers : Amb TCA Raghavan, Former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Singapore and Former DG, ICWA; Dr Nirmal Bhattacharjee, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books; Ms Joyeeta Basu, Journalist & Editor, Sunday Guardian and Ms Achala Moulik, Former Education Secretary, GoI , Former DG, ASI & Author of the Book
Chair: Shri K N Shrivastava, Director, IIC
NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST
Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta
Catching up with China: Fixing Asymmetries, Creating Equalisers
Panelists: Shri Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament, Congress Party; Ashok K. Kantha, former Indian Ambassador to China; Shri Pravin Sawhney, Roving Editor, FORCE; and Mr. Tenzing Dhamdul, Research Associate, Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
Book Discussion Group
New Dimensions in Federal Discourse in India
Edited by Rekha Saxena (Routledge India: 2020)
Speakers: Prof. Wilfried Swenden, University of Edinburgh, UK ; Prof. Rekha Diwakar, University of Sussex, UK ; Prof. Rekha Saxena, University of Delhi & Editor of the Book
Chair: Shri Dhirendra Singh, IAS (Retd.) and Former Member, Punchhi Commission
Book Discussion Group
Madhushala: Vartaman Paripeksya mein ek Nutan Kavya
By Balram Singh (D.K. Printworld: 2023)
Discussants: Prof. Devendra Choubey, Centre of Indian Languages, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Raghwendra Pratap Singh, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Mridula Pradhan, poet and writer; Prof. Akhlaque Ahmed ‘Ahan’, Chairperson, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Bal Ram Singh, Professor and President, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth and author of the book
Chair: Prof. Makarand Paranjape, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Conference on International Humanitarian Law
The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is more often violated than complied with in the wars in our times. The conference will discuss the origins and development of the IHL; violations of IHL in recent conflicts including Ukraine; institutions to uphold the IHL. The discussion will also examine the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); and the Mission of the Indian Red Cross
Speakers will include, Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Director, Symbiosis Law School, Pune; Dr. Chandrasekhar JayvantaraoRawndale, Director, Symbiosis Law School, Noida among others