Indian Citizenship and Immigration Law
By Amish Tandon (Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd: 2022)

Discussants: Justice Shri Madan Lokur, former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Dr. A. Didar Singh, former Secretary, Govt. of India and former Secretary General, FICCI; Ms Shubhrastha, Columnist, freelance writer and political strategist; and Shri Amish Tandon, Advocate and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra, TV presenter and commentator

Conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota 

Aimed specifically at children, this workshop will include practices of Hatha Yoga, Tantra Yoga and Nada Yoga to strengthen their eyes, lungs and nervous system; relax their body and mind; and clear their psyche

At 18:45
Dietary and Other Advice

At 19:00
Mantra Yoga
This session is open to both children and adults

At 19:30
Yogic Consultation

Members and their families are requested to please register their participation in either or both sets of workshops in advance. Kindly please send us an email confirming your participation on iicprogrammeassist@gmail.com

To be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, well-known Yoga Guru and author of several books on Yoga

Two years of the pandemic has increased the stress levels for most people and this needs to be released and the damage caused by it to the system repaired sooner than later, as stress leads to almost all other ailments. The Yoga workshops to be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota is an attempt to undo some of the damage.

Yoga Workshop for Adults – Hatha Yoga

To be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota

Apart from Hatha Yoga, the workshop will include various destressing techniques, including Raja Yoga, Mantra Yoga, and Tantra Yoga. 

At 19:15
Yoga for Super Immunity

Launch of the new book by Bijolaxmi Hota (Rupa Publishers: 2022)

Followed by a discussion with: Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Dept. of Public Reforms and Grievances (DARPG) & Dept. of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare (DOPPW); Smt Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General, Tourism; Shri Nagesh Singh, Chief of Protocol, Ministry of External Affairs; and Shri Sanjeeb K. Mishra, Secretary-cum-COE, National Recruitment Agency (NRA)
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Do Art Books Matter?

A discussion with Malvika Singh, author and publisher; Dayanita Singh, well-known photographer; Pramod KG, Managing Director, Eka Archiving Services, founder Director, Anokhi Museum of Handprinting and author and editor of several publications; Bhavna Kakar, Founder and Director, Latitude 28, and Editor and Publisher, TAKE on Art magazine; and Akshay Pathak, Head, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council

Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Digital Equity: Empowering the marginalized and underprivileged through Aadhaar, Aayushman Bharat, Government eMarketplace, and other Digital Platforms

Panelists: Shri Ram Sewak Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat Yojna); Shri Talleen Kumar, Member (Finance), Space Commission, Atomic Energy Commission and Earth Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarketplace (GeM); and  Dr. Saurabh Garg, CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) 
Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava

The JAM Trinity is the foundation of Digital India and is the Government of India’s initiative to link Jan Dhan Account, Mobile Numbers and Aadhaar card for financial inclusion. Aadhaar provides a digital identity that is unique, lifelong, online and authenticable. Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is a payment app that lets one make simple, easy and quick transactions using Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital healthcare ecosystems. The Government eMarketplace is the National Public Procurement Platform for ensuring transparency, inclusion and cost-savings in public procurement besides encouraging domestic manufacturing and investment. GeM provides an ever increasing market access to MSMEs, Woman SHGs and Start-ups. GeM-SAHAY is an app based platform providing frictionless working capital financing solutions to MSMEs in a few minutes in real time. The fundamental requirements of scalability, speed, inclusion, interoperability, frugality and technical robustness are the key success factors for all these digital products and platforms

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Speaker: Prof. V. Suryanarayan, former Director, Centre for South and South East Asian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai. He is one of India's leading specialists in South and Southeast Asian Studies and combines in his teaching and research specialization in history, political science and international relations

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian

The crisis in Sri Lanka that began with peaceful demonstrations demanding the resignation of the Rajapaksa government, following the widespread shortages of food, fuel, medicine, and other daily necessities, has turned violent. Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa has resigned and fled to an unknown destination for safety. His brother the President has refused to resign. What are the prospects of an early end to the crisis?

India has already provided assistance worth $3.5 billion this year only.  Can India do anything to assist its neighbour to put down the raging fire?

Professor V. Suryanarayan, a well-known scholar studying Sri Lanka and Indo-Sri Lanka relations for decades, will explain to us the origins of the crisis and much more. 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

First Fuel: India’s Efficiency Journey and a Radical Vision for Sustainability

By Padu Padmanabhan (Pan Macmillan India: 2021)

Discussants: Shri S. Raghupathy, Principal Advisor, Confederation of Indian Industry; Dr. Koshy Cherail, Program Director, Renewable Energy, Centre for Science & Environment; Dr. Gaurav Bhatiani, Program Director, Energy, Resource Triangle Institute (RTI); Shri Ashish De, Global Head of Power & Utilities, KPMG; Shri Prabir Neogi, Chief Advisor, Corporate Affairs, Goenka Group; and Shri Padu Padmanabhan, author of the book

Chair: Dr. Satish Kumar, President, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Indian Ocean Security

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the People’s Majlis, House of Parliament of Maldives and formerly President of Maldives

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and formerly Foreign Secretary of India
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Speaker: Dr. Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Energy Security Analyst and Consultant 

Chair: Cmdre. C. Uday Bhaskar ( retd.), Director, Society for Policy Studies

The current crisis in energy markets triggered by the Ukraine war is impacting globally – as opposed to ones that were more regional in nature. It is being seen as a critical turning point, as it is likely to set off major shifts in energy markets as well as in global geopolitics. This war has also underlined energy security as a critical priority for every energy importing nation.

As one of the largest consumers of energy, India is severely affected – economically due to the price rise; and politically, as it comes under intense pressure to follow the anti-Russia mandate of the US-led western world. How India will deal with the ongoing crisis and what implications such decisions could have will be the focus of the talk

(Collaboration: Society for Policy Studies)

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PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival

By Ajay Chhibber and Salman Anees Soz (HarperCollins, 2021)

Discussants: Prof. Sudipto Mundle, Senior Adviser, NCAER and former Professor Emeritus, NIPFP; Prof. Amita Batra, Professor of Economics, Centre for South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Visiting Fellow, ICRIER; and Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, IIEP, George Washington University and author of the book

Chair: Shri Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI and former Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN