Welcome Address & Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance

Keynote Address: Dr. Rajat M. Nag, Distinguished Fellow and Member of the Board, Advanced Study Institute of Asia, New Delhi; Distinguished Professor, Beijing Normal University, Beijing; and Distinguished Fellow, Emerging Markets Forum, Washington DC

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)
 

Impact of Millets and Herbs in Daily Life for better Health and Energy for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

Coordinator: Satish Kapoor, Founding President, Brotherhood.

Speakers: Dr. Khader Vali, the Millet Man of India and pioneering Indian organic farmer and environmentalist; Dr. A. K. Agarwal, Chairman, River Engineering Pvt Ltd; Shri Sandeep Marwah, Founder Noida Film City and Chancellor, Aaft University of Media & Art; Dr. Dharm Singh, Chairman, South Asian Council for Ayurvedic Research; Dr. Meenakshi Gupta, Principal, SD Public School, Delhi; Shri Pradeep Dwivedi, CEO, Prajana Agro New Delhi; Dr. Vijaya Tripathi, Director, Research and Development in Nutrelis Agro Food, Noida

(Collaboration: Brotherhood)
 

Little Lhasa: Reflections in Exiled Tibet

By Tsering Namgyal Khortsa (Speaking Tiger: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Kaveri Gill, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University Institute of Eminence; Ms Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, The Hindustan Times; and Shri Tsering Namgyal Khortsa, novelist and journalist and author of the book

Moderator: Prof. Swati Chawla

Poetry Readings
 

By Ibbar Rabbi & Anurag Vats (Delhi); Ketan Yadav (Gorakhpur); and Devesh Path Sariya (Alwar) who will read from their original works

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Unseen Paths: Spirituality and Consciousness
 By Romola Butalia (Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House: 2024)

Discussants: Shri Umesh Kabir, spiritual master, educationist, researcher of theology; Shri Himanshu Joshi, classical singer and Member of the Indian Ocean band; Ms Sunita Pant Bansal, mythologist, publisher and author; Prof. Trilochan Shastri, Professor, IIM, Bangalore; and Ms Romola Butalia, spiritual practitioner, teacher and Editor of the book

The Many Routes to Bhav in Thumri                                                                                                                         
An illustrated lecture presented by Vidya Rao

If there is one thing that clearly marks thumri as different from other musical forms, it is its emphasis on bhav, on the creation of the emotional universe(s) of the sung text. What is less clear is how exactly this magical affect is to be created.

This presentation will devote to thumri and dadra in the voices of some singers to understand the many ways that they use sound and silence, voice modulations and rhythmic play to create bhav--the many meanings in what becomes the multiple narratives within a single text.

Vidya Rao is a performer of thumri-dadra and ghazal. For many years the disciple of the legendary singer, the late Vidushi Naina Devi, she continued her study of this form under the late Vidushi Shanti Hiranand and the late Vidushi Girija Devi. In addition to her work as a performer, she has also researched and written extensively on music and the performing arts.

Keynote Address: Shri Vijay Ramachandran, storyteller and knowledge navigator

Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Smt Reena Ramachandra, former CMD, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)
 

Stout and Tender: A Collection of Poems Pure and Impure
By Badri Raina (AuthorsUpFront: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Shashi Tharoor,  writer and diplomat; Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Minister, Member of Parliament, writer and former diplomat; Prof. Ratna Raman, Professor, Dept. of English, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi; Dr. B. Mangalam, Professor of English, Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Badri Raina, well-known commentator on politics, culture and society, former Professor of English, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi and author of the anthology
 

Recitation by Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, formerly Professor of History, Delhi University; and Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, IIC-International Research Division

Moderator: Dr. Naresh Keerthi, Dept. of Sanskrit, Ashoka University

(Organised by the IIC-International Research Division)

Speaker: Prabha Sankaranarayan, President and CEO of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI). Drawing on her extensive mediation experience across the USA, Africa, and Asia, her lecture will delve into mediation as a transformative experience, emphasizing compassionate interaction over transactional settlement

The fourth edition of IIC-WISCOMP Dialogues: Conversations on Mediation, will present a compelling case for placing compassion at the heart of peace mediation. Drawing on her extensive experience working in Ukraine, Gaza, Colombia and Syria, internationally acclaimed mediator Prabha Sankaranarayan will explore the mediation as a transformative process beyond transactional settlement.