Speaker: Dr. Ajai Sahni, Executive Director, Institute for Conflict Management, South Asia Terrorism Portal, Khalistan Extremism Monitor and Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review

Chair: Cmde. C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Studies

(Collaboration: Society for Policy Studies)
 

Three books will be discussed

Journey of a Nation: 75 years of Indian Economy – Re-emerge, Reinvest, Re-engage 
By Sanjaya Baru (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Foreign Policy - War, Peace and a World Realigned 
By Madhav Das Nalapat (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Indian Sports – Game, Guts, Glory
By Chandresh Narayanan (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Authors of the three volumes will speak: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, formerly Editor, The Financial Express and Business Standard, and former media advisor to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh; Prof. Madhav Das Nalapat, India’s first Professor of Geopolitics and subsequently the UNESCO Peace Chair, Manipal University, and formerly Editor, The Times of India; Shri Chandresh Narayanan, independent cricket author, writer and broadcaster who currently writes for Dainik Bhaskar and is the author of World Cup Heroes

Discussants: Shri Vikrant Gupta, journalist and Managing Editor, Sport Aajtak; and Dr. Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Visiting Fellow, ICRIER

Chair: Prof. S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Ambassador and Special Envoy
 

Ft. report launch from the High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero

Speakers: Hon. Kevin Rudd AC, President and CEO, Asia Society; President, Asia Society Policy Institute and 26th Prime Minister of Australia; Hon. Ban Ki-moon, President and Chair, Global Green Growth Institute; Eight Secretary-General (2007-2016), United Nations; and Mr. Vivek Pathak, Global Head and Director of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC and formerly Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change

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

This programme brings together three founding members of the High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd; former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; and Global Head and Director of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Vivek Pathak, along with former Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change, Shyam Saran to discuss India’s path to net zero emissions and the opportunities that it presents. It will include the launch of a report from the Commission which draws on new modelling to examine how India can achieve net zero emissions in a manner that is beneficial to its economy, society, and place in the world. The discussion comes ahead of a pivotal moment for Asian and Indian leadership especially, with India assuming the G20 Presidency in 2023 and the Asia-Pacific Group hosting COP28.

(Collaboration: Asia Society Policy Institute )

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)
 

Battles of Telecom
By A.K. Bhargava (Rumour Books India; 2022)

Chair: Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Former Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Law and Justice; Ministry of Communications; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 

Moderator: Shri Rajat Mukherjee, Director General, Broadband India Forum

Discussants: Shri T.K. Arun, Senior journalist; Shri Prashant Singhal, Global TMT emerging market leader E & Y; Justice Shri Navin Chawla, Judge, Delhi High Court; Justice Shri Shiva Kirti Singh, former Judge, Supreme Court of India’ and Shri A.K. Bhargava, former Member TDSAT and Telecom Commissioner and author of the book

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Launch of Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra’s new collection of poems, followed by a discussion

Discussants: Amb. M.K. Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary of India and author of the book; Prof. J.S. Rajput, former Director, NCERT and writer; Shri Hemendra Mishra, Chief Content Creator, Hindustan; and Shri Mahesh C. Sharma, former Librarian, MEA and Librarian, Indian Council of World Affairs

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, Life Trustee IIC and former Foreign Secretary of India

POSTPONE

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Lifetime in Cinema

A conversation with the well-known filmmaker, Adoor Gopalakrishnan

PHYSICAL / HYBRID PROGRAMME

Release of the book India-Japan @70: Building Beyond the Bilateral
Edited by Srabani Roychoudhury, Sahana Thankachan and Parul Bakshi
 
Chief Guest: H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan to India
Guest of Honour: Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary and Life Trustee, IIC
Welcome Address: Mr. Koji Sato, Director General, The Japan Foundation
Special Remarks: Amb. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, former Ambassador to Japan
Remarks: Prof. Srabani RoyChoudhury, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Vote of Thanks: Dr. Sudhakar Vaddi, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
 
As India and Japan celebrate 70 years of cultural and civilizational bedrock of their diplomatic relations, this volume delineates the past to the present, and offers a vision for the future. Commemorating the traditional areas of cooperation, it redefines the contours and components of bilateralism, and it offers a glimpse of existing and emerging areas of cooperation, enabling them to “Build Beyond the Bilateral”

This programme will be conducted in hybrid mode. 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

A Dancer Never Gets Old
Lecture-demonstration by Saswati Sen, well-known Kathak dancer and Guru, Secretary, Kalashram School of Dance & Performing Arts

Moderator: Dr. Anu Jindal

One of senior most classical dancers today, Saswati Sen will share from her vast experience to enlighten how dance is therapeutic both for the dancer and the viewer. For a dancer – the physique, the stance, the posture, the breathing techniques which is akin to yogic pranayama, accompanied with music, the rhythm of time, the expressiveness through abhinay, all help to develop the dancer’s identity and leads towards spirituality. Dance improves muscular strength and aids in increased coordination and mobility, and the experience of dance helps with emotional and cognitive fitness.

The series of talks “Fitness Forever” focuses on making good health and building a strong immunity to be disease free, an integral part of our lifestyle.

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Bindu: Space and Time in Raza’s Vision
Discussion on the book written by Geeti Sen

Panelists: Prof. Ashis Nandy, political psychologist, social theorist, and critic; Shri Akhilesh, well-known artist, curator, and writer; and Dr. Geeti Sen, cultural historian, art critic, and author of the book
Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)