A discussion based on the new book co-edited by Nayanika Mathur and Ravinder Kaur (Penguin)

Panelists: Prathama Banerjee, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Satish Deshpande, University of Delhi; Ravinder Kaur, Copenhagen University; and Nayanika Mathur, Oxford University

Chair: Amita Baviskar, Ashok University

‘The People’ and ‘New India’ are terms that are being invoked freely to both understand and govern India as she enters her 75th year of post-colonial nationhood. Yet, there is little clarity on who these people of India really are, what they do, their desires, histories and attachments to India. Similarly, the phrase ‘New India’ is used far too loosely to explain away a dangerously confounding politics. In this book, some of the most respected scholars of South Asia come together to write about a person or a concept that holds particular sway in the politics of contemporary India. In doing so, they collectively open up an original understanding of what the politics at the heart of New India are – and how best we might come to analyse them.
  
(Collaboration: Ashoka University; and Penguin India)
 

Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge
By Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmed (Bloomsbury India: 2022)

Release of the book, followed by a discussion

Chair: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India

Discussant: Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat and Dr. Mohammad Nasir, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Law, AMU and co-author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Faiza Abbasi, Director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, AMU

Speaker: Mr. Ravi Seethapathy, Executive Chairman, Biosirus Inc., Ontario, Canada and Advisor & WG Chair, India Smart Grid Forum

(Collaboration: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute; and India Smart Grid Forum)
 

Panel discussion on The Home and Beyond: The World of the Amateur Photographer

Panelists: Sabeena Gadihoke, Professor, Video & TV Production, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia; Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Art Historian and Honorary Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; Mallika Leuzinger, historian based at the German Historical Institute, London; Suryanandinin Narain, Assistant Professor, Visual Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Uma Chakravarti, feminist historian, filmmaker and archivist

(Collaboration: CREA; Jadunath Bhavan, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata; and with the support of PhotoSouthAsia, MurthyNAYAK Foundation)
 

The Guru: Guru Nanak’s Saakhis

By Rajni Sekhri Sibal (StoryMirror Infotech Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Kailash Satyarthi, social reformer and co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize; Justice Surinder Singh Saron, Chief Commissioner, Gurudwara Election Commission and former Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court; Shri H.S. Phoolka, senior Advocate, Delhi High Court, politician, human rights activist and author; and Ms Rajni Sekhri Sibal, author of the book

Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra

The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us

Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former Director General, National Informatics Centre

Chair: Shri Talleen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarketPlace

Tribes of India: Realities and Representations

Edited by Ruby Bhardwaj and Charu Kala (Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Nandini Sundar, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Prof. Swati Pal, Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Dr. Veio Pou, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi; Dr. Ruby Bhardwaj, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi and Co-Editor of the book; Dr. Charu Kala, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi

Chair: Prof. Anvita Abbi, linguist and scholar

Speaker: Shri S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Chair: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC

The Indian space programme started 60 years back is based on the concept of fulfilling societal needs. India achieved self-sufficiency on building upstream technologies with indigenised effort. Now it is the time for technology adoption for various sectors for increasing the country’s economy in multiple folds. The space technology shall be one of the best enablers for the country, considering vast agriculture, water resources, urbanisation and transport. After unlocking the space sector, ISRO acts as a facilitator to many non-governmental enterprises in scaling up the opportunities and contributing to the economy and technological development of the country. ISRO also concentrates more on R&D, space science missions and capacity building.

(Collaboration: Indian Space Research Organisation; SatCom Industry Association; and Indian Space Association)
 

Panelists: Prof. Prakash Kotwal, Chairman and Head of the Orthopaedic Department, Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI); Prof. Anurag Agrawal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Ashok University, Sonipat; Dr. Anjali Agrawal, Senior Consultant and Head, Delhi Office, Teleradiology Solutions; and Dr. Rahul Manchanda, Head, Gynaecological Endoscopic Unit, PSRI Hospital

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Chandran, formerly Officer-in-Charge, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan

The discussion will focus on women’s health during the pandemic, what are the newer developments now and how has medical care for women changed from illness to wellness medical. The discussion will also address the issue of advancing years and how to keep oneself fit as well as the red flags that one needs to take care of

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Panel discussion: Air Pollution: Its Impacts and Mitigation

Lead speaker: Prof. Gufran Beig, Ashutosh Mukherjee Chair Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 

Discussants: Prof. Sachchida  Nand Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; Dr. Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi; Dr. Shinjini Bhatnagar, Paediatrician & Professor of Eminence, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute

Moderator: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC