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

Pakistan at 75

A discussion with Amb. T.C.A. Raghavan, former High Commissioner to Pakistan and former Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs; Shri Tilak Devasher, Member, National Security Advisory Board; Prof. Sanjay Kathuria, former Lead Economist, The World Bank and South Asia Specialist; Dr. Smruti Pattanaik, Research Fellow, MP-IDSA and Coordinator, Pakistan Project; and Senator Mushahid Hussain, Member, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (recorded presentation)

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta, Coordinator of the ongoing India-Pakistan Track 2, facilitated by FES

Pakistan is no stranger to crises. At 75, it is facing multiple challenges – political, economic, foreign relations and is to choose a new Army Chief. Has Pakistan muddled through with its highs and lows but not taking its eye off Kashmir? The panel will discuss this question and other issues
 

Commemorating India-Russia Friendship: Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation of 1971

By Achala Moulik (AuthorsUpFront: 2021)

Discussants: H. E. Mr Denis Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation  ; Maj. Gen. (Retd.) G.D. Bakshi, SM, VSM, military and defence commentator, author and Editor of Indian Military Review; Ms Achala Moulik, former Secretary, Education, Govt. of India, former Director General, Archaeological Survey of India and author of the book

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

Reconceptualizing the Sciences and the Humanities: An Integral Approach

By S.C. Malik (Manohar Publishers and Distributors)

Discussants: Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, critic and Academic; Prof. Aditya Malik, Vice Chancellor & Dean, Academic Affairs, Plaksha University and former Vice Chancellor, K.R. Mangalam University, Haryana; and Prof. S.C. Malik, former UGC Professor and author of the book

 Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

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

How Agnivir will Affect India-Nepal Relations

Panelists: Amb. Ranjit Rae, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal; Maj. Gen. (retd.) B.S. Ghotra, former Colonel, 5 Gorkha Rifles (FF); Maj. Gen. (retd.) Gopal Gurung, former Military Secretary to COAS Gen. Dalbir Suhag; and Naib Sub Khem Jung Gurung, Member of the Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepal 

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

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.
 

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
 

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)

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 

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
 

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