AAJ KAVITA
An evening of Poetry readings by Hemant Shesh (Jaipur), Himanshu Jamdagni (Sonipat), Abhishek Kumar Ambar (Meerut) and Sanjay Kundan (Delhi) (To be Confirmed (TBC)

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
 

Book Discussion Group

Law of Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Practice and Procedure

By Amish Tandon (‎Niyogi Books, 2025)
 

Moderator: Mohua Chatterjee, Veteran Journalist, formerly of Times of India

Discussants: Sunieta Ojha, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India; N Venkatraman, Additional Solicitor General & Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Amish Tandon, Advocate, Delhi High Court & Author of the book

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 

Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents
By Amy Yee (University of North Carolina Press, 2023)

Author will be in conversation with Dr. Apa Lhamo, Former Research Fellow, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy

CLEAN AIR DIALOGUES
International Clean Air Day 
Year-Round Action for Clear Skies – Evaluating Progress and Sustaining Momentum

Moderator: Sapika Panda Bhatt, Co-Founder, Raahgiri Foundation and Director, Nagarro

Discussants: Tarun Kumar Pithode, Member Secretary,CAQM; Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Chairperson, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC); Vinay Pratap Singh, Chairperson, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB); Aparna Arora, Chairperson, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) (TBC)

The session shall assess progress in improving regional air quality. It will highlight successful interventions and cross-border coordination, while exploring ways to sustain clean-air action throughout the year and prepare for the challenges of the winter season.

This is the fifth discussion in the series of dialogues under the umbrella of ‘Uniting Science, Health, Policy & People’

(Collaboration: Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and Raahgiri Foundation)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Cultural Confluence & Folk Songs Workshop with Mangka Mayanglambam
Learning Manipuri Folk Songs

A workshop with Mangka Mayanglambam, renowned Manipuri folk singer and Pena artist. Join in to experience the living traditions of the beautiful state of Manipur from India's North East through folk music.

Entry through registration only, kindly register here : 

On 6th September Lecture Room No.2 & 7th September Lecture Room No.1 (Annexe Building)

(Collaboration: Emerging North East Eco Forum (ENEEF)
 

Book Discussion Group

The Kashmiri Yogi Extraordinaire Gopi Krishna Shivpuri
by S N Pandita ( Shubhi Publications; 2026)

Gopi Krishen (Krishan) Shivpuri was a Kashmiri Pandit Yogi, who has remained nearly unknown within his own community, less known in India but universally renowned in the West during his lifetime, (1903-1984), The pages that fill this monograph demonstrate that Gopi Krishna was the greatest Kashmiri Pandit, Kashmir has produced in more than one thousand years since the time of Acharya Abhinavagupta in the tenth century.

Chair: Dr Karan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, scholar, statesman & former Union Minister

Speakers: Prof Shashi Prabha Kumar, President, IIAS Shimla; Prof Sudhir Sopory, Former Vice-Chancellor, JNU; and SN Pandita, author of the book.

Book Discussion Group

Design your thinking

By Pavan Soni (‎Penguin Portfolio, 2020)

Discussants: Anil Sachdev, Founder and Chairman, SOIL Institute of Management; Rajarshi Chakravorty, Centre Head, Amdocs, Gurgaon; Manjima Misra, Educator, Author, IB Educator and Literary Commentator; Dr. Pavan Soni, Author of the book

Life and Legacy of Kazi Nazrul Islam

Chair: Dr Mujibur Rehman, faculty, Jamia Millia Central University, New Delhi

Discussants: Ashok Vajpeyi, Hindi poet-critic and art lover; Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, Prof of Bengali and Comparative Indian Literature, Department of Indian Languages and Literary Studies, DU; Dr. Gautam Choubey, academic, novelist and the host of Likhawat

Discussion will be followed by a musical presentation of Nazrul Sangeet at 19:00 hrs

Performers: Bidisha Roy Das, semi-classical artist and renowned Nazrul Sangeet performer, disciple of Late Smt Meera Deshpande (Gwalior Gharana) and Prabir Mazumdar, classical vocalist, disciple of Late Amal Kanti Roy and Pt Ajoy Chakraborty

A tribute to Kazi Nazrul Islam, one of the foremost literary and musical voices of the Indian subcontinent, whose poetry and songs continue to inspire generations with their message of compassion, resistance to oppression and harmony across faiths.

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

The Teaching Legacy of Franz Liszt                                                                                                                 Illustrated lecture by Francesca Khalifa

Franz Liszt, a master of the piano, composer, and the father of the modern concept of the "piano recital", was also a prolific teacher. This lecture will explore the lineage through the work of modern musicians connected to the tradition via the teaching of Claudio Arrau, a student of Krause who embraced and structured the core elements of Liszt’s philosophy and approach.

The conversation will be followed with the screening of the documentary Piano Lessons: The Life and Art of Germán Diez, based on Khalifa’s research on Diez’s background and musical legacy.

Francesca Khalifa, an Italian-Egyptian concert pianist, researcher and educator. Her research work focuses on passing on the piano tradition inherited by Franz Liszt through the teachings of her late mentor, Germán Diez
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Is This the Time for the Indian Elephant and the Chinese Dragon to Dance Together?
Edited by Surendra Kumar (Har-Anand Publications, 2026)

Chair: K. N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Discussants: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP & Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs; Amb. Ashok Kantha, Former High Commissioner to Malaysia and Sri Lanka; Prof. Raja Mohan, Writer and Professor at Jindal University