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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