Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
Welcome Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava Director, IIC
Introduction to the Conference: Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, IIC-International Research Division 

Latin America: A Resurgence

Keynote Address: Dr. Jorge Volpi, Director, Centre for Mexican Studies, UNAM-Spain

At 18:30 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Mahakasham (‘Infinite Space’; 45 min)

A new ensemble dance work choreographed in Bharatanatyam style by Justin McCarthy
Artists: Bharathi Penneswaran, Veena Kumar and Abhinaya Penneswaran
 

Maulana Azad: A Life 

By S. Irfan Habib (Aleph Book Company: 2023)
Chief Guest: Prof. Romila Thapar , acclaimed historian and Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Discussants: Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi and political scientist; Dr. M. Sayeed Alam , playwright, Director and theatre actor; and Dr. S. Irfan Habib, historian of science and author of the book

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC
 

The School at Ajmeri Gate: Delhi’s Educational Legacy

By Azra Razzack and M. Atyab Siddiqui (Oxford University Press: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History, Dept. of History, Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, USA; Dr. Laurence Gautier, Head Researcher in History, Politics and Society, Centre de Science Humaines; Shri Ziya Us Salam, author and Associate Editor, The Hindu; Dr. Duru Arun Kumar, former Associate Professor, Netaji Subhas University of Technology; Shri Abu Sufiyan, Founder, Purani Dilli Walo ki Batein; Dr. M. Atyab Siddiqui, Advocate and co-author of the book; and Prof. Azra Razzack, Professor, Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and co-author of the book

Chair: Prof. Krishna Kumar

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Various types of Yoga exercises in preventing Cardio-vascular Diseases in Relation to Stress and Modern lifestyle

The workshop will be conducted by Yoga Physicians and experts from the Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi  

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Role of Yoga in Preventing Cardio-Vascular Disease in the Context of Stress and Modern life style

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Sharma, Professor, Dept. of Cardiology, Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Eighth lecture in the monthly series of medical presentation on early signs, prevention and management of diseases/conditions in common medical perspectives by eminent medical consultants

Lecture-demonstration by Dr. Takako Inoue, Professor, Daito Bunka University, musician and ethnomusicologist specializing in the performing arts of India and Japan

Accompanied by Raghavendra Prasad (violin); and Manohar (mridangam)

Followed by
Sarod Recital
Lecture and recital by Anupam Joshi, Senia Maihar gharana, disciple of Pt. Rajeev Taranath and Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar

Organised as part of the International Conference on Discovering India-Japan Civilizational Ties and Southeast Asia Connectivities in collaboration with Kizuna India-Japan Forum, Mosai

Khaki on Broken Wings: Police Diaries Book  2

By Amod K. Kanth (Bloomsbury: 2022)

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Discussants: Shri Shatrughan Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha; Shri Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Shri Mukund B. Kaushal, former Secretary (Internal Security); Shri V.N. Singh, former Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Shri Amod K.Kanth, former Director General of Police and author of the book

Moderator: Shri Pavan K. Varma, writer and former Diplomat

Talk on the new book by Muzaffar Ali (Vintage Books: 2022)

Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Panelists: Amb. Navtej Sarna, author and former Indian Ambassador to USA and UK; Dr. Nonica Datta, author and Associate Professor, Centre of Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Shri Muzaffar Ali,  filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, and author of the book
 

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Khaki on Broken Wings: Cases that Shocked India

By Amod Kanth (Bloomsbury: 2022)

The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom

By P. Sainath (Penguin Viking: 2022)

Discussants: Ms Anubha Bhonsle, independent journalist, Founder, Newsworthy; Ms Sukhpreet Kahlon, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Jenisha Singh, Research Fellow; Ms Elin Lakra, Activist, SRUTI; Ms Yusra Naqvi, Student, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Shri P. Sainath, journalist, Founder-Editor, People’s Archive of Rural India and author of the book

Heidelberg Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller, Director, Law Faculty and Vice President, Heidelberg University, Germany 

Environment Social Governance (ESG) is becoming one of the most important topics for businesses in the 21st century. Large corporations play a decisive role in the battle against the impacts of climate change and the respect of human rights in the supply chains. The talk will focus on the three pillars of ESG – present a comparative overview about pending climate change litigation against large companies in Europe (environment); examine the duties of care of European companies in cross-border supply chains (social); and the necessity for more diversity on corporate boards will be discussed (governance).

(Collaboration: Heidelberg Centre South Asia)