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

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)

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 )

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

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