Yoga Outreach for Health, Happiness and Harmony

06 June 2023, 06:00 am
Yoga Outreach for Health, Happiness and Harmony
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC
End Date
10 June 2023, 08:00 am

Curated by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, the Paramacharya of Satyanada tradition (Founder of Bihar School of Yoga, Munger). The programme integrates five yogic aspects – mantras, asanas, pranayama, Yoga nidra and Ajapajapa meditation
 
To be conducted by Dr. Alka Tyagi
 
Members interested in participating in the Yoga programme are requested to kindly please register by email on iic.programme@gmail.com on or before 3 June 2023
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

19 May 2023, 06:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Centres of Power 

By Chinmaya R.Gharekhan (New Delhi: Rupa Publishing, 2023)

Discussants: Shri M. Hamid Ansari, former Vice-President of India; Amb. M.K. Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary of India; Shri K. Natwar Singh, writer and former Minister of External Affairs; and Amb. Chinmaya R.Gharekhan, formerly India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and author of the book

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

DIALOGUES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS

12 May 2023, 10:00 am
DIALOGUES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

 

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Evaluation, Enhancement and Maintenance of Functional Aspects 
Workshop to be conducted by subject experts will have facilities for evaluation of hearing along with screening tests, maintenance of balance and voice issues. Cancer screening will also be undertaken for mouth and throat cancers

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Wellness Clinic on E.N.T. for Proper Hearing, Maintained Balance, Functional Nose & Audible Voice as a lifelong Procurement

Speaker: Dr. Alok Thakar, Professor & Head, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (E.N.T.), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

The medical presentation will focus on the mechanisms by which we hear and balance ourselves, functional aspects of nose and how these could be preserved and enhanced to the optimal levels. How voice is produced and transmitted in an audible mode along with the optimization of these functions

WORLD DANCE DAY

23 April 2023, 10:00 am
WORLD DANCE DAY
Programme Type
Festivals
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL FROM 10:00 TO 13:00
Understanding the Metaphysics of Movement – The True Spirit of Nritta

Day II of the workshop on Natyshastra 
Led by Dr. Piyali Bhattacharya

 

At 16:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Lec-Dem on Yoga and Dance
Embodiment and Choreography in the language of Odissi

By Dr. Rekha Tandon, Pondicherry

At 18:30
YOUNG DANCERS FESTIVAL
Sattriya Recital

By Mridusmita Das from Guwahati

Followed by
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Pavitra Krishna Bhat from Mumbai

WORLD DANCE DAY

22 April 2023, 10:00 am
WORLD DANCE DAY
Programme Type
Festivals
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC


Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha; Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India; and with the Support of Friends of Natya Vriksha

IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL FROM 10:00 TO 13:00 
Understanding the Metaphysics of Movement – The True Spirit of Nritta

A workshop on Natyshastra 
Led by Dr. Piyali Bhattacharya, Director, Chidakash Kalalay, Kolkata

 

AT 16:00 IN C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM
Seminar: Role of Arts in Education

Curriculum Building, Integrated Learning and Empowering Stakeholders

Discussants: Shashi Banerjee, Director of Education, Shiv Nadar Schools; Manjima Chatterjee, Vice Principal, Shiva Nadar School, NOIDA; Amritha Sruthi Radhakrishnan, Research scholar; and Radhika Kathal, Arts Educator, dancer

Moderator: Geeta Chandran

 

At 18:30
Natya Vriksha Lifetime Achievement Award

To be presented to Smt Kamalini Dutt for her seminal work in documenting dance

YOUNG DANCERS FESTIVAL
Odissi Recital

By Shalakha Rai from Delhi

Followed by
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Dr. Divya Devaguptapu from Chennai

TWA Be Inspired – Fast-Tracking the Future

15 April 2023, 10:00 am
TWA Be Inspired – Fast-Tracking the Future
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

PROGAMME DETAILS

A series of conversations and dialogues with domain experts, change-makers and innovators and their innovations to change the conversation around the most pressing issues of today and focus on hope for tomorrow. The sessions will focus on four key concerns, healthcare; innovation; terrain uncharted (oceans & biodiversity; and space travel); and artificial intelligence

Speakers include: Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, Govt. of India; R.S. Sharma, former CEO, National Health Authority; Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, former Principle Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister; H.E. Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway; Dr. Umamaheswaran R., Distinguished Scientist and Director, Human Space Flight Centre, ISRO; Vishnu Som, Executive Editor, NDTV; Mathew Cherian, Board Chair, CARE India; Dr. Achal Bhagat, Head of Psychiatry, Apollo Hospitals; Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India; and others

(Collaboration: TeamWork Arts)

DIALOGUES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS

12 April 2023, 10:00 am
DIALOGUES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Maintenance of Oral Health

Workshop by subject experts on oral health

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

 

At 16:00
Be Mouth Smart-Keep Your Smile all the While: Smiling the Miles

Speaker: Dr. (Smt) Ritu Duggal, Chief, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Oral health is seen as a key aspect in sustaining good overall medical health across all age groups. With increasing age, this becomes even more crucial. Poor oral health can be detrimental to nutritional status and systemic health, resulting in a cascade of negative effects such as decreased desire or inability to eat due to loose, painful teeth or ill-fitting dentures. Medical conditions such as Diabetes and periodontal disease are known to have a bi-directional relationship, were the risk of periodontitis adversely affects the glycaemic control

Hindustani Vocal Recital

04 April 2023, 06:30 pm
Hindustani Vocal Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

By Gaurav Sood, disciple of Pt. L.K. Pandit

Accompanists: Khalid Mustafa (sitar); and Kuldeep Kumar (tabla)

Organised to mark the birth centenary year of Pran Nevile and the 119th birth anniversary of K.L. Saigal

 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

Iran-India: A Shared Heritage

06 March 2023, 06:00 pm
Iran-India: A Shared Heritage
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Valedictory Session

Speaker: Prof. Ashis Nandy, Trustee IIC and political psychologist, social theorist and critic

At 19:00
Ensemble Khusrawi

An Indo-Persian musical collaboration bringing together Indian, Persian, and Afghan classical and folk music traditions to perform some of the earliest Sufi poetical compositions in Hindi, dating from the 14th to 17th centuries, along with Persian ghazals performed in both Sufi and court contexts. Conceived as an ensemble of historically-informed performance, Ensemble Khusrawi seeks to innovatively re-create the music of the medieval and early modern royal courts and Sufi poetry salons of South Asia and the Persian world – the musical environment of the Indo-Persian poet and musician Amir K?husraw and his contemporaries. 

Led by Dr. William Rees Hofmann, multi-instrumentalist specialising in both the Indian sarod and the Afghan Rubab
Artists: Dr. Fakhroddin ‘Sina’ Ghaffari, specialist in multiple Persian and Middle Eastern percussion instruments, including his principal instrument, Tombak and the Kurdish Daf; Mudassir Khan, sarangi; Mohit Lal, tabla; Pouria Akhavass, musician and classical Persian vocalist; and Ustad Mustafa Faizi from Kabul, vocalist (Patiala Gharana)

( Collaboration: O.P. Jindal Global University; Ashoka University; and The Raza Foundation American Institute of Indian Studies )

 

 

Iran-India: A Shared Heritage

04 March 2023, 06:00 pm
Iran-India: A Shared Heritage
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Inauguration of the international conference

Welcome Address: Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, O.P. Jindal Global University

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Romila Thapar, well-known historian, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University on Gazing Westwards: Traces of Iran in the Indian presence in Early Times