An exhibition of photographs by Christina Noble and Gaurav Raj Sharma

The Great Himalayas have resisted outside influences for long periods, nurturing unique and diverse cultural systems within its folds. Miyar is located in one such fold in the north west corner of the district of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. The exhibition looks at the remote Miyar valley and how it has slowly changed over the last 50 years, filtering the outside world at its own pace. The exhibition is timed to capture the settling of Rohtang pass into memory as the new tunnel throws up unprecedented changes for Miyar and beyond

Preview on Friday, 3 March 2023 at 18:00

Ms Gauri Gill, eminent photographer will conduct a gallery walk-through on Saturday, 11 March 2023 at 4 pm

An exhibition that reveals the successive layers of interaction between peoples that shaped the multi-ethnic societies of Latin America and the Caribbean, through photographs, paintings, costumes, and artefacts loaned by Embassies, and curated under the themes, ‘Connections through History’, ‘Transnational Flows’ and ‘Creative Expressions’. Highlights include animated films in indigenous languages and curated music clips

Curated by Anjchita B. Nair

Inauguration by Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC on Monday, 20 February 2023 at 16:00

Vignettes of the personal and magical world of Premola Ghose

Inauguration by Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC on Saturday, 21 January 2023 at 18:30

About the exhibition

An exhibition to celebrate and remember Premola Ghose, ex-Chief, Programme Division IIC, who passed away in 2019. The works  exhibited today, most of them done from 1996 to 2018 reflect her personality as well as her passions: her quirky, often irreverent,  sense of humour, her playful  sense of mischief and eye for the absurd;  her deep interest in history and architecture; her zest for travel both in India and abroad; her love of nature and animals. And last but by no means least, her world at the India International Centre where she worked for forty-odd years, putting her heart and soul into all that she did here. A wonderful storyteller as well, Premola authored a series of travel tales all featuring her quirky ‘Gang’ of animals and their adventures not only in India but also in Europe, Sri Lanka and Japan. 

Understanding Earth Sciences

An interactive exhibition presented by the Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), Govt. of India focusing on Weather and Climate Services, Ocean Advisories and Services, Harnessing of Ocean Resources (Water, Energy and Minerals), Ocean Living Resources Mapping, Seismological Service and Scientific Exploration of the Polar Regions. The exhibits will also include models of Ocean research vessels Sagar Tara, Sagar Manusha, underwater mining machine and autonomous coring systems; photographs and posters on MoES programmes such as Deep Ocean Mission, desalination plants in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and other activities of the Ministery

Inauguration on Friday, 6 January 2023 at 18:00

As part of this exhibition, there will be two interactive panel discussions on 12 and 13 January 2023 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

(Collaboration: Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India)
 

The late landscape artist, Bireswar Sen (1897-1974) centred his creation on portraying the splendour of the Himalayas, although he approached it on a miniature scale. Sen studied under Abanindranath Tagore in Calcutta during the 1920s, where he learned the wash technique. It wasn't until he met the Russian artist Nicholas Roerich in 1932, that he discovered art's enormous ability to connect man with nature. Roerich's Himalayan landscapes were an epiphany. For the rest of his career, Sen strived to achieve harmony while perfecting his highly personal technique.

On display are a selection of original paintings from the collection of Prithviswar Sen and Sarbani Ghosh

Inauguration on Friday, 16 December 2022 at 17:30

On Friday, 16 December 2022 at 18:30 in Seminar Rooms I to III

Small Works, Great Vision: The Art of Bireswar Sen

Illustrated lecture by Prof. B.N. Goswamy, writer, leading art historian and Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, Chandigarh 

Cine-Pop!

Bollywood Photo Culture
 

Amassed from the streets of Bombay, this growing array of images from the collection of Rahaab Allana highlights movie stills and associated memorabilia that advertised and popularised actors and epic sequences from the original film. Dated largely between the 1950s and 80s, this selection of handmade photographs, including tabloid images, comprises an essential subculture of photography that had mass appeal, many of which were transformed into large film posters, banners and hoardings.

This exhibition, revived on the 195th birth commemoration of photography as a medium was showcased during the centenary of Indian cinema in 2013 with Art Heritage. It is divided into different tropes and styles manifested in a later period of Hindi cinema, an era which saw the rise of a global audience for Bollywood. Affection, Action, Drama, Caricature and Villainy present some of the recurring ‘moments’ that were captured through film photography. These stills, which also travelled as lobby cards and show cards that were pinned up in foyers of cinema theatres, present some of the most unacknowledged forms in the history of the medium. This exhibition features photographs from studios such as Studio Nataraj, Himalaya Talkie Distributors and Pravinchandra G. Javeri, most of which are in Bombay (present day Mumbai). They present prominent actors such as Madhubala, Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Dev Anand, Pran, Mumtaz, Mehboob, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash, Randhir Kapoor, Dharmendra, Helen and Rekha among several others.
The exhibition features photographs from studios such as Studio Nataraj, Himalaya Talkie Distributors and Pravinchandra G. Javeri, most of which are in Bombay (present day Mumbai).
 

People’s Festival of Innovations

Innovation without people’s participation is development without impact, and any impact without people’s involvement is innovation without development

An exhibition of socially relevant and high impact innovations of both Deep tech and Grassroot innovations from India’s growing Biotechnology and Bio-innovation ecosystem which have impacted society across sectors

Curated and mentored by Dr. Renu Swarup, former Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology, Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Prof. Anil Gupta, Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN & NIF, Visiting Faculty, IIMA & Niper-A, Academy Professor, ACSIR; Dr. Swati Basu, former Scientific Secretary, Office of Principle Scientific Adviser; and Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, CCAMP, Bengaluru

Inauguration by Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC on Saturday, 19 November 2022 at 11:00

As part of this exhibition, there will be two panel discussions on 21 and 22 November 2022 from 6 pm onwards in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

On 21 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex

Panel discussion on Science Led Innovations- Impacting the Development Agenda

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

On 22 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Panel Discussion on Grassroots Innovations for Society – A Sustainable and Scalable Model

Opening Remarks by Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC and Dr. Renu Swarup     

Grass Root Innovations: Prof Anil Gupta                                                                          

Lead Presentations by Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI); and Dr. Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Innovation Officer, National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Division Director, CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT); Shri Manoj Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Alpha; Dr. Sanjay Saxena, Executive Director and Public Information Officer; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS); Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General R & D and Innovation, KIIT University; and Dr. Shipra, IIT-Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Swati Basu

Innovators Success Story

Presentations by Grassroot Innovators                             

Moderator: Dr. Anamika Dey      

(Collaboration: C-CAMP; and GIAN)

India Tecton – Architectural Expressions in India

An exhibition of photographs by Nicolaus Schmidt from Germany

Inauguration on Friday, 4 November 2022 at 18:30 by H.E. Mr. Philipp Ackermann, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and Shri Rahaab Allana, Curator, Alkazi Foundation of the Arts

An analytical and interpretative view of India’s architectural heritage through a series of focused photographs. 

AADI - ART OF THE GONDS

An exhibition of contemporary art by artists of the Gond community from Patangarh and Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Artists: Rahul Shyam; Chain Singh Dhurve; Sushma Shyam; Santosh Shyam; Ashna Tekam; Surendra Tekam; Chitrakant Shyam; Premvati Pushaam; Sunil Kumar Shyam; Pankaj Urveti; Suresh Kushram; Nilesh Urveti; Santoshi Tekam; Garima Tekam; Teki Urveti; Ramkumar Shyam; Santoshi Paraste; Jyoti Uikey; Jyoti Shyam; Santosh Maravi; Radheshayam Khairwar; and Sanjay Pancheshwar


 
Inauguration of the exhibition on 15 October 2022 at 11.30 am Shri O.P. Jain, Founder President, Sanskriti Pratishthan

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

An exhibition of a selection of the best photographs taken by Indian visitors to Japan submitted as part of the past five editions of Click! Japan Photo Contest. The photographs cover a range of subjects from traditional Japanese architecture including temples and shrines, people and landscape.

The exhibition will also include a section on History of Japan – India and a screening of short documentaries on Japanese culture, crafts, shrines and temples

Inauguration by Smt Meenakshi Lekhi, Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 at 15:00

Organised as part of the ongoing commemorative events to mark the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of India-Japan Diplomatic Relations 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Japan)