Valedictory Session

At 17:00 Hrs

Introductory Address: Prof. K. Ramasubramanian, Professor-in-charge, Centre for Traditional Indian Knowledge Systems and Skills, IIT Bombay

Address by Prof. M.D. Srinivas, Padma Shri

Guest of Honour: Shri Govind Mohan, Secretary, Home Affairs

(Collaboration: IIC-International Research Division and Centre for Traditional Indian Knowledge Systems and Skills, IIT Bombay)

From Isolation to Integration: Navigating the Geopolitics of India's Northeast (1990-2023)

By Patricia Mukhim (Martin Luther Christian University Press, 2025)

Discussants: Ms. Vrinda Grover, Senior Advocate ; Prof. Tiplut Nongbri, Former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Sh. Shekhar Gupta, Editor, The Print ; Ms. Patricia Mukhim, Social Activist, Journalist and Author of the book

Chair : Sh. Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Moderator: Sh. G K Pillai, Former Union Home Secretary

Trial by Water : Indus Basin and India–Pakistan Relations

By Uttam Kumar Sinha (Penguin, 2025)

Discussants: Sh. Arvind Gupta, Author and Director, Vivekanand International Foundation ; Sh. T C A Raghavan, Author, Historian and Former High Commissioner to Pakistan ; Ms. Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies (CAPSS) ; Sh. Amitabh Sinha, Senior Editor, Indian Express ; Sh. Uttam Sinha, Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA

Chair: Sh. Gurcharan Das, Author, Commentator and Public Intellectual

Speaker: Mr. Sanjay Gathia, Programme Manager at Asia Centre, has over 20 years’ experience with international, intergovernmental, regional organizations, NGOs, and media in Asia. His work spans organizational development, advocacy, capacity-building, and fundraising. 

He has trained and assessed operations for development and media workers in restricted environments, including six years in Myanmar with independent digital media, and integrates digital security into Asia Centre’s activities while coordinating with research and partnership managers.

Followed by Q and A with the Audience.

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(Collaboration: Asia Centre, Google, and Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, WISCOMP)

Khari Nadi
By Richa Nagar, Mumtaz Begum, and Shashikala Rai

Khari Nadi can be seen as the story of Mumtaz Begum, or as the many stories inspired by her courage — personal accounts, lived experiences — that confront us with the harsh truths of life while also pointing towards paths forward. It is, therefore, more than just a story or memoir; it becomes Khari Nadi.

Discussant: Richa Nagar, Shashikala Rai, authors of the book with critic Apoorvanand

Narrative Universes of Disability: Global Perspectives.

Edited by Someshwar Sati, Shilpa Das, Banibrata Mahanta (Springer, 2025)

Discussants: Prof. Renu Adlakha, Professor, Centre for Women & Development Studies; Dr. Karuna Rajeev, Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi; Prof. Someshwar Sati, Professor and Coordinator, Centre for Disability Studies and Research, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi & Editor of the book; Prof. Shilpa Das, Professor, Interdisciplinary Design Studies and Leads Master’s programme in Film and Video Communication, National Institute of Design & Editor of the book

Chair: Professor B. Mangalam, Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi

The talk will be about the role of foreign architects, largely British, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in India. The late nineteenth century was marked by the stabilization of British presence in the sub-continent and a further spread of influence of a Western way of life and thinking in certain sections of Indian society. This is amply reflected in the architecture of that period.

Speaker: Rajesh Luthra is an architect and urban designer, Principal at Development Consortium, and Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is also a published writer and consultant to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Moderator: Dr. Punita G. Singh, acoustician, musicologist, linguist, editor and educator based in Delhi. She has taught at Washington University in the US, McGill University, Canada and is currently, Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University, Sonipat

Dalit Journeys for Dignity: Religion, Freedom, and Caste

Edited by Ramnarayan S Rawat; K Satyanarayana ; P Sanal Mohan

(State University of New York Press, 2025)

Discussants:  Prof. Madhulika Sonkar, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; Dr. Harish Wankhede, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Charu Gupta, Professor, University of Delhi; Dr. K. Satyanarayana, Professor, English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad & Editor of the book and Prof. Ramnarayan S Rawat, Associate Professor, University of Delaware, US & Editor of the book

Moderator Dr. Surinder Jodhka, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dissent with Love: Ambiguity, Affect and Transformation in South Asia

Edited by Parul Bhandari (Routledge, 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Janaki Abraham Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics; Prof. Himadri Roy, Professor, Indira Gandhi National Open University; Dr. Paro Mishra, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi; and Dr. Parul Bhandari, Director of Studies, Human, Social and Political Sciences, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge and Author of the book

Chair: Prof. Patricia Uberoi, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies

The Revolutionaries: A Novel

By Neena Nehru (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

Discussants: Ms Mandira Nayar, Senior Journalist will be in conversation with Neena Nehru, Author of the book