Pioneers of Modern Renaissance of India

Speaker: Prof. Pradeep Apte, Distinguished Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

Chair: Prof. Salil Misra, Faculty of History, School of Liberal Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi

Bose & Bose: Making of the INA

Speaker: Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, historian and author, Chancellor of Ashoka University

Discussant: Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

Chair: Amb. T.C. A. Raghavan, author and former Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs

Nationalism and Popular Cinema: Emotive Commitments, Transformations, Critiques and Alternative Imaginings

Illustrated lecture by Prof. Ira Bhaskar, film scholar and former Professor of Cinema Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Shri Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, writer and journalist

Indian Classical Dances: The Healing Power
By Kanaka Sudhakar (Shubhi Publications: 2023)

Discussants: Guru Rama Vaidyanathan, senior Bharatanatyam artist & Guru, President, Ganesa Natyalaya; Guru Harish Gangani, leading Kathak artist and Guru (Jaipur Gharana); Ms Tripura Kashyap, pioneer of the Dance Movement Therapy in India, dance educator, choreographer and author; and Guru Kanaka Sudhakar, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi artist, choreographer and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Aparajita Sarma, Bharatanatyam artist, Coordinator, Sunaina

Is a formal land leasing framework the next Big Idea in Agriculture?

Panelists: Prof. Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK; Dr. P.K. Joshi, former Director, International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Office; and Dr. B.S. Sidhu, former Commissioner, Agriculture, Govt. of Punjab

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain (IAS retd.), former Union Agriculture Secretary

Moderator: Shri Pravesh Sharma (IAS retd.), former Managing Director, Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC)

Programme Details

A two-day symposium organised in collaboration with Ashoka University and the New York University, Shanghai

Inaugural Session

Welcome Remarks: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Introduction to the Conference: Prof. Tansen Sen, Director, Center for Global Asia, Professor of History at NYU Shanghai, and  Associate Professor of History in the Department of History at NYU

Lead presentation by Amb. Yashvardhan Sinha, former Indian High Commissioner to UK and Sri Lanka

Panelists: Shri Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Associate Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation; Vice Admiral (Retd.) Shekhar Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command and Chief of Integrated Defence Staff; and Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Associate Fellow, South Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 

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

Wednesday 25

Discussion ■ Conference Room II from 15:00 to 17:15

Connecting Economies, Empowering Women: Regional Connectivity and Cooperation in South Asia

Opening Remarks: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Founder-Director, Women in Security and Conflict Management and Peace and Life Trustee, IIC 

Session 1: Breaking Barriers: Views from Women Changemakers

Speakers: Dhashma Karunaratne, Chief Commercial Officer, Colombo West International Terminal; Kiran Gupta, Chief Executive, Tata Power Distribution Limited; Chaitaly Mehta, President, Women’s Wing, Federation of Freight Forwarders Association of India; and Damchae Dem, Founder, Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs 

Moderator: Cecile Fruman, Director, South Asia Regional Integration, The World Bank

Session 2: Women Economic Empowerment via Regional Efforts

Speakers: Carly Partridge, Minister-Counsellor, Australian High Commission; Susan Ferguson, Country Representative, UN Women, India; Rekha Raikar Kumar, Member, Finance, Land Ports Authority of India; and Constantino Xavier, Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress

Moderator: Mandakini Kaul, Regional Coordinator, South Asia Regional Integration, The World Bank

(Collaboration: The World Bank)

India International Centre and Lodhi Gardens: A Perspective
(with fresh inputs from Joseph Allen Stein’s Estate)

Lead presentation by Ravi Kaimal, architect, Founding Partner KCA, Co-Founder, Citizens Alliance

Discussants: Ram Rahman, well-known photographer, author and curator; Prof. Manoj Mathur, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi; and others

Coordinator and Moderator: Anuj Srivastava, architect, writer and photographer

An iconic institution and building next to Lodhi Gardens, IIC. It is the first of several buildings to be designed in this precinct by the architect, Joseph Allen Stein leading to the area euphemistically known to some as “Steinabad”. Architect Ravi Kaimal will discuss the background, context and process of creating this institution and its design, which further influenced the landscape of Lodhi Gardens and other areas

Ukraine, Gaza, Taiwan…A World at War
By Ajay Singh (Pentagon Press: 2024)

Discussants: Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.), PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM and former General Officer Commanding, 15 Corps (Srinagar) & Military Secretary; Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation and former Ambassador to Jordan, Libya and Malta; Ms Joyeeta Basu, Editor, The Sunday Guardian; and Col. (retd.) Ajay Singh, former Indian Army Officer and author of the book