Exploring the cultural exchange between India and France, these talks examine how comics and cinema reflect and influence societies across borders. From Astérix to Amar Chitra Katha, and the Lumière brothers to Bollywood, both mediums reveal deep mutual impact – shaping narratives, styles and artistic dialogues across time and geography.

Speakers: Krithika S. and Anuj Sharma, teachers at Alliance Française de Delhi.

Moderator: Rohini Rangachari Karnik, teacher at Alliance Française de Delhi.

(Collaboration: The Alliance Française de Delhi)

Duration: (68 minutes; English, Hindi, Marathi with Subtitles)

This unique film revisits the golden era of radio, before television, mobiles, and social media. It explores radio’s deep impact on passionate individuals, featuring a vintage radio museum in Bengaluru, the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing commentary, Ham Radio’s role in disasters like the Tsunami, and beloved programs like Binaca, Geetmala and cricket commentary. The film also highlights school radio keeping the tradition alive.

Awarded and screened at over 80 festivals in 36 countries, it’s recognized by UNESCO and featured on AIR.

Intimate Theatre

Director: Dilip Shankar

Producer: Mrinalini Chawla

A tentative woman shares her journey of realizing the power 'within her' through situations and relationships. She explores visualization as a way to navigate life! And practices her power of choice in her journey. Life triggering the 'power within' and the 'power within' translating into life.

(Collaboration: Centre for Creative Expressions)

Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology, Policy and Regulations: Towards a Net Zero Strategy
 

Introduction by Dr. Malti Goel, President, Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI)
Welcome Address: Prof. D.P. Aggrawal, Chairman, Governing Council, CCRI and former Chairman, UPSC

Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest: Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, Niti Aayog and Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Keynote Address: Shri Alok Kumar, National Advisory Board, ACBCCUS and former Secretary, Ministry of Power

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute)
 

A talk by K.K. Shailaja, popularly known as Shailaja Teacher, her exemplary leadership during the COVID-19 crises in Kerala earned her global recognition. Former Minister of Health, Women & Child, and Social Justice with the Govt. of Kerala, she was named as one of the most influential women in 2020 by the Financial Times and Kerala’s Acclaimed Health Minister by The Guardian. Shailaja currently serves as an MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly

(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)
 

Excavations at Sarnath: 2013-14: New Evidences
 

Illustrated Lecture by Prof. (Dr.) B.R. Mani, esteemed field archaeologist, numismatist, and art critic; presently Director General of the National Museum and Vice Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Heritage (IIH)

The lecture highlights the latest archaeological findings from one of India’s most significant historical sites.

(Collaboration: Tibet House)
 

Speakers: Lucy Soutter, Reader Photography, University of Westminster; Duncan Wooldridge, Reader Photography, Manchester Metropolitan University; and Tanvi Mishra, Curator/writer

Moderator: Suryanandini Narain, Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Introduction: Rahaab Allana, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts

Does contemporary photography offer strategies to rethink and reorganize our sense of the global and local? What are the shared tools, dynamic strategies and new fields of possibility for images? The talks address how ecological and decolonial discourses around photography reveal the medium’s global entanglements: images produced on one side of the world are intricately connected to the other, including by way of imperial histories, labour and migration. A multiplicity of approaches, intentions if not inferences may reveal that despite its alleged understanding as a universal language, the photograph can be deployed to serve radically different ends

(Collaboration: The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts; University of Westminster; CREAM; Manchester Metropolitan University; SODA – School of Digital Arts; and ahead – Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue)

Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab

Edited by Anshu Malhotra (Orient Blackswan: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Yogesh Snehi, Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Studies, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi; Dr. Kanika Singh, Director, Centre for Writing and Communication, Ashoka University, Sonepat; Dr. Arti Minocha, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Anshu Malhotra, Dept. of Global Studies and Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair for Sikh & Punjab Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, and author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Aparna Balachandran, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, University of Delhi
 

Speaker: Prof. Meenakshi Dhote, Dean and Head, Environmental Planning, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

Introduction: Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel, President and CEO, Climate Change Research Institute

Special Remarks: Ms Maya Gupta, Director-Principal, Universal Public School; and Faiyaz Khudsar, University of Delhi

Chief Guest: Prof. D.P. Agrawal, former Chairman, UPSC and Founder Director, ABV-IITM, Gwalior

Third lecture in the World Environment Day Science Campaign organised in collaboration with Climate Change Research Institute

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