Technology and Society: Hierarchies and Contestations
 

Inaugural session panel discussion: Technology of Future and Future of Humanity
Coordinator: Savita Singh

Speakers: Andrew Feenberg, American philosopher, Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Technology, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver; Douglas Kellner who works at the intersection of "third-generation" critical theory, George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Andrew T. Lamas who teaches urban studies and critical theory at the University of Pennsylvania; Immaculada Kangussu, Faculty, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil; T.K. Naveen, Associate Professor (Multi. Disc.), Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT-Delhi; Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director and Senior Fellow (Research & Policy Engagement), IT For Change; Ashok Vajpeyi, Hindi-language poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic, noted cultural and arts administrator, and a former civil servant; Manoranjan Mohanty, well-known political scientist, China scholar, and Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development; Savita Singh,  Professor and Director, School of Gender and Development, India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi; and Manindra Nath Thakur, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Manoranjan Mohanty

For details of the Colloquium, kindly please visit: https://fcsr.in

(Collaboration: Association of Creative Theory & Foundation for Creative Social Research; International Herbert Marcuse Society, USA; The Raza Foundation; and Shanti Sahyog)
 

Panelists: Prof. Siddhartha Mitra, Jadavpur University; Prof. Shreekant Gupta, Delhi School of Economic, University of Delhi; Prof. Surajit Mazumdar, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. M. Zakaria Siddiqui, Jamia Millia Islamia

Chair: Prof. Partha Sen, Delhi School of Economics

Organised by the IIC Sectoral Policy Group on Economics

The Routledge Companion to Indian Ethics: Women, Justice, Bioethics and Ecology

Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria & Amy Rayner (Routledge India: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada; Hon’ble Justice Ms Nagma Khan, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Firozabad; Prof. Shashiprabha Kumar, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria, Distinguished Professor of Law and International Philosophy, O. P. Jindal Global University, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University,  Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne and Co-Editor of the book

Moderator: Prof. Savita Singh, School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University

Is the Legal Guarantee of MSP the Next Big Idea in Agriculture?

Panelists: Prof. Himanshu, Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj; Shri Harish Damodaran, National Editor (Rural Affairs and Agriculture Editor), The Indian Express; and Shri Kiran Kumar Vissa, National co-convener,  Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Agriculture Secretary
Moderator: Shri Pravesh Sharma, IAS (Retd.), former MD, SFAC (Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium)

Sarod Vividha – two  stylistic traditions of Maihar and Shahjahanpur gharana of sarod 

An Illustrated presentation by Pt. Prabhat Kumar and Dr. Chandrima Majumdar

Pt. Prabhat Kumar is a senior disciple of Vidushi Sharan Rani of Maihar gharana; and Dr. Chandrima Majumdar is a disciple of Pt. Narendra Nath Dhar of Shahjahanpur gharana 

The speakers will speak and illustrate the distinct stylistic traditions of the two gharanas.

Great Cases Series Discussion 5

Bail in High-Profile Cases

Speaker: Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
Chair: Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

India and China: Expansion, equity and excellence 
By Kavita A. Sharma (Springer Verlag: Singapore, 2023) 

Discussants: Prof.  Furqan Qamar, Professor, Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and former Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan University; Dr. Malathi Subramanian, Educational Consultant & Academic Adviser; and Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, former President, South Asian University, and former Director, IIC and author of the book  

Chair: Prof K. K. Aggarwal, President, South Asian University

Programme Details

Speaker: Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, Member, University Grants Commission and former Vice-Chancellor, Central University, Odisha

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh

Opening Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Sri Aurobindo’s reputation as a poet, patriot, revolutionary, mystic, exponent of integral yoga and the future evolution of Man, has eclipsed for long, his socio-cultural and intellectual vision. His pivotal role in the intellectual history of ideas, more fundamentally, his contributions to the making of the Indian nation, and his relevance to modern India, have not been sufficiently recognized in the academic world and public culture.

Citing instances from his multivolume work, this talk will argue that Sri Aurobindo’s thought vision is central to understanding the crisis of the contemporary world

Speaker: Gaitri Issar Kumar, Former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, (2020-2022) 

Panelists: Ronen Sen, Former Ambassador of India to the USA (2004-2009) and High Commissioner to the UK (2002-2004); and   Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director, India Today group. 

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Heartstrings: A Tapestry of Prose and Poetry

Edited by Sanjula Sharma (Authorspress: 2023)

Discussants: Prof. Saugata Bhaduri, Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Amrita Bhalla, Associate Professor, Jesus & Mary College, University of Delhi; and Ms Sanjula Sharma, poet, journalist and author of the book

Chair: Shri K. Jayakumar, President, The Poetry Society (India) and former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala