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
 

Agriculture and Health in India: Looking back and Looking Ahead

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog; Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. Prof. Chand has more than 30 years of experience in research and teaching in the field of agricultural economics and policy. 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Promoter Director, Arcus Policy Research Private Limited (APR)
 

Here and Hereafter – Nirmal Verma’s Life in Literature

An in-conversation programme with Vineet Gill, author of the book with Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Connecting with the Mahabharata

By Neera Misra and Rajesh Lal (Garuda Books: 2022)

Release of the book followed by a discussion

Chairman: Shri Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghchalak, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Discussants: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Shri Deepak Rai, Managing Director, Muse India; Ms Neera Misra, Chairperson and Founder, Draupadi Dream Trust and co-author of the book; and Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Rajesh Lal, co-author of the book

Muktibodh ki Lalten

Panel discussion on the new book by Apporvanand (Setu Prakashan; 2022)

Panelists: Apoorvanand, Professor, Hindi Department, University of Delhi, columnist, political commentator and author of the book; Amitabh Ray, Hindi scholar and Associate Professor, Sham Lal College, University of Delhi; and Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Kathak Lok: Temple, Tradition and History

By Shovana Narayan and Geetika Kalha (Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd.: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Pavan K. Varma, writer and former Ambassador to Bhutan and Cyprus; Dr. B.N. Goswamy, well-known art historian for former Vice Chairman, Sarabhai Foundation, Ahmedabad; Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet and former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi; Dr. Shovana Narayan, Kathak Guru and Choreographer, co-author of the book; and Ms Geetika Kalha, writer, consultant and co-author of the book

The dance will include a short Kathak performance by Pt. Ayodhya Sharan Mishra and Pt. Satyaprakash Pracheta Mishra 
 

Nirkhe Wahi Nazar

A panel discussion on Gulam Mohd. Sheikh’s book on art history translated from Gujarati unto Hindi

Panelists: Sudhir Chandra; Gulam Mohd. Sheikh; and Udayan Vajpeyi
Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Ret Samadhi 
By Geetanjali Shree (Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi: 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts; Ms Mridula Garg, writer and columnist; Prof. Kumud Sharma, Professor, Dept. of Hindi and Officiating Director, Directorate of Hindi Medium Implementation, University of Delhi; Dr. Shah Alam Khan, Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; and Dr. Geetanjali Shree, novelist, writer and author of the International Booker Prize 2022 for this book

Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet and former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi
 

The Working of the Indian Constitution

Edited by Arghya Sengupta and Omita Goyal

To be released by Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman, IIC Editorial Board

Chief Guest: Hon’ble Shri Justice P.S. Narasimha, Judge Supreme Court of India

Followed by a discussion

Panelists: Justice (retd.) Smt Anjana Prakash, Senior Advocate and former Judge, Patna High Court; and Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy 

This volume is an attempt to understand the working of the Constitution by assessing the on-ground working of its five key promises: to make India a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. Each of these aspirations is then tested through real-life case studies, data-driven analyses, personal memoirs or on-ground engagement. The holistic picture that emerges from the different essays in this volume will allow the reader to assess how the Indian Constitution has worked (or not) in the last seven decades.

With contributions by Anshul Avijit; Maidul Islam; Ronojoy Sen; Mari Selvaraj; Akhilesh Godi; Navin Chawla; Deepak Gupta; Sanjay Kumar; Diksha Sanyal; Siddharth Ramji; Faizan Mustafa; Ritwika Sharma; Bandeep Singh; Rajeev Bhargava; Madan B. Lokur; T.M. Thomas Isaac; Dinesh Siddiqui; Ritambhara Hebber; Arghya Sengupta; M.V. Rajeev Gowda; Gourab K. Banerji; Thomas Blom Hansen; Alok Prasanna Kumar; Vimala Ramachandran; Namratha Murugeshan; Cyril V. Darlong Diengdoh; Kirti Singh; Brinda Karat; Dipa Sinha; Pawal Dhall; and Aiman Hashmi

HYBRID PROGRAMME

She isn’t online… yet: Women and Social Media

Panelists: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, Advisor, Delhi Government who will speak on Women, Social Media and Governance; Natasha Jog, Head of Public Policy, Instagram will speak on Policy Issues; Priyanka Kher, Head of Media, Breakthrough will speak on Online Safety; and Aparajita Bharti, Co-founder, The Quantum Hub (TQH) will speak on Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC)

Moderator: Mahima Kaul, Head Public Policy, Bumble APAC and former Public Policy Director, Twitter India

What will it take for more women to use social media freely in India? Does the answer lie with social media companies and the protection that they offer their most vulnerable audiences? Does the answer lie with reforming the patriarchal lens through which society, and sometimes the state, views women? Does the answer lie with women – and have we not been able to ask the right questions?