Vaa Ghar Sabse Nyaara

The Hindi biography of Kumar Gandharva by Dhruv Shukla, writer and poet

A discussion with the author, Rajeev Vora and Udayan Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Speakers: Dr. (Smt) Malti Goel, President, Climate Change Research Institute; Shri A.K. Mangotra, former Secretary, Govt. of India (tbc); Shri Gautam Sen, former Director, ONGC; and Smt. Vimala Oak, Royal Society of Chemistry, Bengaluru

Chief Guest: Prof. D.P. Agarwal, former Chairman, UPSC

Kindly please make a note, the Session on 24 April 2023 will be held in Seminar Rooms II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC; and the Session on 25 April 2023 will be held in the Annexe Lecture Room I, IIC

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute, New Delhi)

CANCELLED

Raza at the Centre Pompidou

Reflections on Raza and the show

By Roobina Karode, eminent art critic and curator

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Speaker: Prof. Robert Linrothe, Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History and former Chair, Dept. of Art History, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. His research is mainly on Ladakh and Zangskar in the western Himalaya and in Pala-Sena period art in eastern India. His recent books include, Reenchantment: Masterworks of Sculpture in Village Temples of Bihar and Orissa (2021); and Seeing into Stone: Pre-Buddhist Petroglyphs and Zangskar’s Early Inhabitants (2016)

Chair: Prof. Siddiq Wahid, Distinguished Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University

The subject of sometimes confusing nomenclatures for Ladakh because of the impact of Tibetan civilization on it. Prof. Linrothe argues for a perspective on the history and culture of Ladakh that is not exclusively “Tibetan” but a synthesis of indigeneity, Tibetan Buddhist and Tibetan cultural contributions 

Challenges to Digital Media

Chair: Harish Khare, President, The Media Foundation

Panelists: Manisha Pande, Executive Editor, News Laundry; Saurabh Dwivedi, Founding-Editor, The Lallantop; Ujwala Uppaluri, Constitutional Lawyer; and Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia

Moderator: Shailaja Bajpai, Editorial Advisor, Media Columnist, The Print

The IT Rules first notified on April 11, 2022 by the Ministry of Electronics and IT are in a state of constant change. As the media adjusts to new regulatory compulsions, the panel will reflect on the proposed amendments, what prompted them and where we place debate in a digital India

IIC/The Media Foundation Dialogues is a series if conversations featuring prominent voices and highlighting different perspectives, the Dialogues discuss issues challenging the Fourth Estate

The Cultural Collapse II

A discussion with Sadanand Menon

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Opening Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The Innovation Landscape: Dr. Renu Swarup

Lead Presentation: Dr. Shiv Sarin, Senior Professor, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO, cCamp; Ms Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder Indian Angel Network & Founding Partner of IAN Fund; Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director & CEO Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ); Dr. Radha Rangarajan, Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Dr. Kiran Sharma, Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and formerly with ICRISAT

Moderator: Dr. Renu Swarup

Panel discussion on Innvovators Success Story

Panelists: Dr. Arun Chandru, Co-Founder Pandorum Technologies; Shri Aditya Kadambi, Co-Founder, Mocxa Health Private Ltd., Bengaluru; Dr. Vanita Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, Revy Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; and Dr. Renuka Diwan, Co-Founder, BioPrime AgriSolutions

Moderator: Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO cCAMP

The Cultural Collapse

A discussion with Ananya Vajpeyi; K.T. Ravindran; M.K. Raina; and Bahauddin Dagar

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship

By Sharat Sabharwal (Routledge India: 2022)

Discussants: Amb. G. Parthasarathy, diplomat and author, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan; Prof. Rajen Harshe, eminent social scientist and a leading scholar of international relations studies in India, currently Visiting Professor, Dept. of International Relations, South Asian University; and Amb. Sharat Sabharwal, former Ambassador to Uzbekistan and High Commissioner to Pakistan and author of the book

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Climate Change in India : Fighting for our Lives and Landscapes

Panelists: Nagraj Adve, Teachers Against the Climate Crisis, Delhi; Sharachchandra Lele, is an interdisciplinary environmental researcher, bridging the natural sciences, economics, and political science, who is associated with ATREE, IISER, Pune and Shiva Nadar University, Noida; and Nityanand Jayaraman, writer and researcher based in Chennai who investigates and reports on corporate abuses of environment and human rights, and is part of Vettiver Koottamaippu (Collective), Chennai

Chair: Amita Baviskar, Professor, Environmental Studies & Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

How does climate change affect different people in different parts of India? How does it transform their lives in the present and the future? How does it shape their imagination and capacity for action? Going beyond general statements and pious sentiments, three environmental scholar-activists present the realities of climate change with respect to water and agriculture, coastal areas and cities, energy and extreme events. They discuss the changes we need to make to ensure a more climate-safe future for all