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

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

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 
 

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     

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

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
 

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

Programme Details

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

Speakers: Prof. Satyajit Singh, Professor, Department of Political Science and the Department of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; and Dr. Azad Singh Bali, University of Melbourne & Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Policy Analysis – understood as a method of structuring and evaluating policy options – plays an important role in policymaking. Despite a rich tradition of deliberation and analysis to inform public policies, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of policy analysis in India. Where does policy analysis occur? Who is involved? Who is absent? How does policy analysis vary across sub-national governments, and across government agencies? And how have these practices changed over time? 

The lecture is based on a forthcoming edited collection of 20 essays by eminent policymakers, academics, and civil society practitioners that traces the locus of policy analysis in India. It documents the actors, institutions, and processes of analysis, and engages with the above questions. 

Mandalas of Time: Poems (Hawakal Publishers: 2023)
By Malashri Lal 

 Discussants: Ms. Namita Gokhale, writer and Festival Director; Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, editor and translator; Dr. K. Srinivasarao; and Dr. Malashri Lal, author of the book

Chair: Amb. Navtej Sarna, author, historian and former Ambassador to USA