BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

A River Sings: The Ganga from Gangotri to Haridwar
By Anjali Capila (IGNCA, New Delhi: 2022)

Launch of the book followed by a discussion
The book will be launched by Shri Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

Discussants: Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art; Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, former Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga; Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, critic and academic; and Ms Anjali Capila, author of the book

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Six Women and the Profession of Music in the 1930s Bombay

A presentation on Hindustani Music by Urmila Bhirdikar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Shiv Nadar University who is a trained, non-professional Khayal singer

In this presentation Urmila Bhirdikar will revisit the archive of north Indian music in colonial India with an argument that highlights issues in caste, gender and sexuality. The presentation will be accompanied by music recordings of the well-known Kesarbai Kerkar to the not-so-well-known Goharbai Karnataki, among others.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

The Great Tragedy of India’s Partition

By S.S. Sharma (Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi: 2021)

Discussants: Shri K.T.S. Tulsi, member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Shri A.S. Bhasin, writer and historian former Director (Historical Division), Ministry of External Affairs; Prof. Amar Farooqui, Professor of History, University of Delhi; and Shri S.S. Sharma, former Secretary, GoI & Author of the book

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

Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy 2019-2020

To be presented by Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Emeritus Professor and Member of the Board of Governors, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, and former member, Fourteenth Finance Commission; Dr. Rudrani Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; and Dr. Bornali Bhandari, Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research

(Collaboration: Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust; and National Council of Applied Economic Research)

MID-YEAR REVIEW OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY

Presented by the National Council of Applied Economic Research
(Collaboration: Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust and NCAER)

Seminar on Planning Urban Spaces for the Future

Inauguration of Seminar on Planning Urban Spaces for the Future

Keynote Address by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Urban Development

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy 2017-2018

Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy 2017-2018

Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Shekha Shah, Director General, NCAER
The Mid Year Review of the Indian Economy presented by Dr. Bornali Bhandari, Fellow, NCAER

Chair: Dr. Bimal Jalan, former President NCAER and Chairman, Centre for Development Studies

(Collaboration: NCAER)

Book Discussion Poverty & the Quest for Life

A discussion around the new book by Bhrigupati Singh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University

Speakers: Prof. Veena Das, anthropologist; Shri Shuddhabrata Sengupta, artist; Ms Aarti Sethi, anthropologist and Mr. William Dalrymple, writer will discuss the book

Installation by the artist, Shri Subodh Gupta, in response to the book

Chair: Professor Philip Lutgendorf, President AIIS

Knowledge Society: India’s New Revolution

Introduction: Dr.Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, IIPA

Speakers: Professor Debal K. SinghaRoy Professor of Sociology, IGNOU; Mr. William Middleton, Information Resource Officer and Chief, American Centre, New Delhi; Dr. Biplav Srivastava, Sr. Researcher and Master Inventor, IBM Research Centre, India; and Dr. Praveen Arora, Advisor/Scientist ‘G’ and Head, National Science and Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS)

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee

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