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C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2016 Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future

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14 January 2016, 05:30 pm

C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2016 Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future

Programme Type

Talks, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future

Speaker: Professor T. Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Physics, Pune

Chair : Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

Spectacular progress achieved during recent years has allowed cosmologists to understand the evolution of our universe for a time span, extending from a tiny fraction of a second to about 14 billion years. This development has also unravelled some deep mysteries about the cosmos, especially as regards its composition. The lecture will describe how our current understanding of the universe is achieved and highlight some recent work which has the potential to solve these enigmas

Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2015 Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore

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28 July 2015, 05:30 pm

Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2015 Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore

Programme Type

Talks, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
Speaker: Dr. Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer

Shrinking Space for Dissent? The B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi

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19 March 2015, 05:30 am

Shrinking Space for Dissent? The B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Programme Type

Discussions, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

The B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, civil servant, diplomat, former governor

Followed by a panel discussion

Panelists: Shubha Mudgal, classical singer; Nilanjana Roy, literary critic and columnist; and Ashok Malik, columnist and TV commentator

Moderator: Siddharth Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory

The lecture will be preceded by presentation of Chameli Devi Awards 2015

DR. C. D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2015 A Language on the Move: Gujarati as an Internal Agency for Formations and Transformations of Identity of an Indian Regional Culture

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14 January 2015, 05:30 pm

DR. C. D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2015 A Language on the Move: Gujarati as an Internal Agency for Formations and Transformations of Identity of an Indian Regional Culture

Programme Type

Talks, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

A Language on the Move: Gujarati as an Internal Agency for Formations and Transformations of Identity of an Indian Regional Culture

Speaker :Dr. Sitanshu Yashaschandra, eminent Gujarati poet, playwright, translator and academic; recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1987) for his significant opus, Jatayu, and the Padma Shri (2006)

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

There are many ways in which one could try to understand the structurality and dynamics of India of our times. One way is to focus on one of its regions and to look at its local genesis and regional identity. The ‘linguistic re-organization of the States’ in India led to the formation of new States which were defined by the language that the majority of each region declared as its own. This lecture examines the ontological and epistemological status of one such language, Gujarati, in its actual and enriching context and in its historical relationships with other languages of India, which was somewhat clouded over in the heat of the formation days

Askot -Arakot Abhiyan 2014

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05 January 2015, 05:30 am

Askot -Arakot Abhiyan 2014

Programme Type

Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

An audiovisual presentation by PAHAR

The Askot-Arakot Abhiyan is a research trip organised by Pahar once in ten years. The aim of the trip is to know more about the mountains, its villages and their culture. Issues of forests, decentralisation, women’s education, environment and wildlife protection, youth migration ecological imbalance are raised through these trips. The talk will address these issues based on their recent trip and to compare the changes observed every 10 years, the first trip was organised in 1974

"Consider Yourself at Home": Celebrating Charles Dickens - 21st to 23rd February 2014

21 February 2014, 06:30 pm

"Consider Yourself at Home": Celebrating Charles Dickens - 21st to 23rd February 2014

Programme Type

Festivals, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

A three-day festival celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens. The festival includes talks, discussions, workshop, readings, concert, quiz, film screenings of adaptations and an exhibition. Films courtesy British Council Division

Charles Dickens: Pictures from Italy

An exhibition of contemporary paintings based on Charles Dickens' 1840 travelogue to Italy and France

Paintings by Livia Signorini

On view in the Foyer outside the Auditorium until 23^rd February 2014

Charles Dickens Collection

An exhibition on posters, frontispiece

On view in the Quadrangle Garden until 23^rd February 2014

At 18:30 in the Auditorium

Dickens and India

Inaugural lecture by Shri Girish Karnad

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2014 The Fourth Great Movement of Indian Renaissance

14 January 2014, 05:30 pm

Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2014 The Fourth Great Movement of Indian Renaissance

Programme Type

Talks, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

The Fourth Great Movement of Indian Renaissance

Speaker; Prof. P.K. Mukhopadhyay, formerly Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

Uttarakhand, Tragedy

17 August 2013, 05:30 am

Uttarakhand, Tragedy

Programme Type

Seminars, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Presentation of a status report two months after the flash floods

Presentations by Dr. Chandi Prasad Bhatt, one for the founders of the CHIPKO Movement and Dr. Navin Juyal, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

Moderator: Dr. Shekhar Pathak

Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2012-13

20 March 2013, 05:30 am

Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2012-13

Programme Type

Seminars, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Presentation of awards to Outstanding Woman Mediaperson

Followed by a panel discussion on
Freedom of Expression: Can We Get it Right?
Panelists: Shri Fali S. Nariman; Shri Shashi Tharoor; and Prof. Nivedita Menon

Moderator: Smt Sevanti Ninan

DR C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE India's Golden Jubilations

14 January 2013, 05:30 pm

DR C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE India's Golden Jubilations

Programme Type

Talks, Webcasts

Venue

C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

India's Golden Jubilations
Speaker: Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

Is there something, anything or nothing to celebrate about today's India? Do the anniversaries we observe with clockwork regularity"”silver, golden, diamond"”serve any purpose, practical or ideational? Or are jubilees merely exercises in self-fulfilment and self-deception, or what in Hindustani would be called "man-bahlaav"?