Animal Icons in Worship: A nudge at life’s purpose
By Monica Das (Black Eagle Books: 2023)
 
Discussants:Dr. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; Prof. Amita Singh, President, NDRG, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and animal activist; Shri Jatin Das, well-known artist; and Dr. Monica Das, writer, academic activist, Member, IAFFE and author of the book

Chair: Shri Ravi Singh, CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature-India

Plastics & The Sustainability Paradox

Talk by Shri Swapan Ray, Senior Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd.

Introduction: Dr. Malti Goel, President and CEO, Climate Change Research Institute World Earth Day Science Campaign and Climate Change and Net Zero Lecture Series

Special Remarks: Dr. S. Nand, Chairman, Indian Institution of Chemical Engineers, Northern Regional Centre

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute; and Indian Institution of Chemical Engineers, NRC)

Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey W. Lang, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Biology, U. North Dakota, USA; Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu and Gharial Ecology Project

The talk will focus on the Gharial Ecology Project (GEP) and cover Prof. Lang’s long journey in building a model project for wildlife conservation. Beginning in 2008, the project has studied gharials, a unique fish-eating crocodilian inhabiting south Asia and now restricted to only a few populations in India and Nepal. In its 17th field season, the GEP has been assessing the status, health, and well-being of the Chambal gharial; identifying and protecting critical riverine habitats; and reducing threats and challenges to the continued survival of gharial. The talk will cover the processes adopted, behavioral observations of gharials and community involvement

(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation; and Gharial Ecology Project)
 

Afghan refugee women’s stories of gender persecution

Launch of Women’s Regional Network Report “India-Afghan Refugee Community Conversations Report – Seeking Security, Asserting Agency” – Rita Manchanda and Ananya Kundu

Opening Remarks: Syeda Hameed, Global Advisory Board Member, Women’s Regional Network

Launch of the Report followed by a panel discussion on 
Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Hide to be safe or flee

Discussants: Prof. Bilquees Daud, Jindal School of International Affairs; Hamsa Vijayaraghavan, CEO, Migration Asylum Project; and Nitya Ramakrishnan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Moderator: Rita Manchanda, Consultant, Peace & Security in South Asia

(Collaboration: Women’s Regional Network)
 

Strategic Capacity Building for Non-Governmental Organisation
By Mathew Cherian and Muthusami Kumaran (Authors Upfront: 2023)

The book will be launched by Dr. Ashok Khosla, President, Development Alternatives

Followed by a panel discussion with
 

Dr. Ashok Khosla; Prof. Archana Kumar, Lady Irwin College; Dr. Mathew Cherian, former CEO, HELPAGE India; and Prof. Muthusami Kumaran, Professor of Non-profit Sector, University of Florida at Gainesville, USA and Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, eminent author, educator and teacher

Chair: Ms Ravneet Pahwa, Deakin University, Australia

Introduction: Dr. Amita Joseph

(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)
 

Should Japan Rearm itself? The Historical Origins of the Peace Clause and Constitutional Revision Debate in Japan

Speaker: Prof. Tam Takamichi Mito, Visiting Scholar, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and currently 2023 Japan Foundation Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

In the Reflections of poems, music and the letters of the artist

Compiled by Gábor Lanczkor to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil. The programme includes his own poems about Amrita Sher-Gil and letters by her

Music by Krisztina Lanczkor

Gábor Lanczkor is an award-winning Hungarian author with sixteen published books, novels, poetry volumes, essays and children’s books. He is the Editor-in Chief of the Hungarian online world literature magazine

(Collaboration: Liszt Institute-Hungarian Cultural Centre)

Warm Encounters at the Freezing North

Welcome Address: Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House

Lead presentation by Prof. Savita Kerkar, Senior Professor and Dean, School of Biological Sciences of Biotechnology, Goa University

Chair: Prof. Vivek Suneja, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi and presently Head & Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi

Prof. Kerkar will speak about her experiences during two Arctic Expeditions in 2009 and in 2019 as part of the Indian Arctic Expeditions. The challenges of working in Ny-Alesund in Norway at the Indian Station; the coal mines in Kongsfjorden, a habitable inlet among the glaciers in the Arctic; the flora and fauna, and the tribes that thrive in extreme conditions in the poles; and how mankind is so dependent on the marine ecosystem without realising its significance.

(Collaboration: Tibet House)

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

By Nitya Nanda (Routledge India: 2021)

Launch of the book followed by a panel discussion

Launch of the book by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi

Panelists: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development; Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. R. Nagaraj, Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram; and Dr. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

A Dialogue Between Modern Science and Dignāga’s Logic

A two-day seminar to be conducted in hybrid mode, organised in collaboration with World Buddhist Culture Trust

Speakers at the seminar include Lama Doboom Tulku; Prof. S.R. Bhatt; Geshe Yeshi Lhundhup; Dr. Penpa Dorjee; Dr. G.R. Yugandhar; Dr. T.V. H. Prathamesh; and Dr. Maya Joshi

Second seminar in the series exploring the mind. This seminar couples the understanding of the mind as detailed by scientific study, with the understanding pf the mind as elaborated in the Buddhist philosophical traditions. The first day’s session explores the function of the mind as explained by the prominent Buddhist logician Dignāga. The second day’s session will have diverse scientists addressing the topic from their disciplinary perspectives.

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