Great Cases Series Discussion 4
 
Future of Family Law Reforms in India

Keynote by Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India

Followed by a roundtable discussion on Future of Family Law

Panelists: Shri Anish Gawade, Founder, Pink List India; Dr. Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester; Dr. Madhavi Menon, Professor of English, Director, Centre for Studies in Gender & Sexuality, Ashoka University; Ms Malavika Rajkotia, senior advocate; Prof. Ram Chandra Oraon, Assistant Professor, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi; Dr. Saumya Saxena, Associate Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University; Dr. Sourav Mandal, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School; and Ms Zakia Soman, Founder, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Buddha in Love: Building Healthy and Lasting Partnerships

By Geetanjali Pandit (Penguin Ananda: 2023)

Discussants: Dr. Debjani Sengupta, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi; Ms Vandana Kohli, filmmaker and writer; Ms Aishwarya Jha Mathur, entrepreneur and writer; and Ms Geetanjali Pandit, columnist and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Milee Ashwarya, Publisher, Penguin Random House India

The Future of Palestine

Welcome: Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development (CSD)

Introduction: Dr. Rityusha Mani Tiwary, Convener, Bandung Network India

Speakers: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, CSD and former Foreign Secretary; Prof. Achin Vinaik, former Professor, University of Delhi; and Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, former Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, former Professor, University of Delhi

Opening Theme songs presented by Pratidhwani led by Prof. Subhendu Ghosh

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference in 2025 on the theme Building the World Anew

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

Programme Details

Great Cases Series Discussion 3

Decoding Defection

Speaker: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Chair: Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Speakers: Shri Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, South Africa and Namibia and former Ambassador to Egypt and Nepal; and Mr. Cedrick Crowley, Acting High Commissioner of South Africa

Discussant: Dr. John Cherian, former Foreign Affairs Editor, Frontline

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Trustee, IIC

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Coordinator and Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar
 
Panelists: Dr. S.V. Madhu, Director & Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi; Dr. Pramod Tripathi, Founder, Freedom from Diabetes (FFD), Pune; and Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal, Professor of Surgery & Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, AIIMS, New Delhi  and Dr. Raja Ram Mahto, Associate Professor, Dept. of Kayachikitsa, I/C Diabetes and Metabolic Care Unit, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi
 

The session will also include a presentation on the AYUSH Experience
 
Moderator: Prof. S.V. Madhu

“Time is on my side”: Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943-29 March 2023)

Talks by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, cultural theorist and curator; and Sabih Ahmed, curator

(Collaboration: Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation)
 

Panelists: James McHugh, Professor of South Asian Religions, University of Southern California in Los Angeles; Malayka Shirazi, researcher, writer and Filmmaker who has worked extensively on the attar and the attar sellers of Old Delhi s a researcher for Smells Assembly; Projit Bihari Mukharji, Head, Dept. of History, Ashoka University in conversation with Naman Ahuja, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University and General Editor of Marg

The conversation marks the publication of MARG’s latest volume that explores the histories of perfumes in India, the people who make them, their use in traditional medicine, the genealogy of their recipes, their visual representation through Indian art history and more

(Collaboration: MARG)

A Retreat with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Welcome Address: Shri Arun Kapur, Director, Centre for Escalation of Peace

The retreat will be led by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, who possesses a rare ability to present the ancient Indian and Tibetan wisdom in a fresh, engaging manner. Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher with personal experience of anxiety and panic attacks, which he suffered from throughout his childhood and into his teenage years, when he learned to transform his panic through meditation. From childhood, he became interested in contemporary science through conversations with scientists on research projects that study the effects of meditation on the brain and the mind. 

Mingyur Rinpoche’s first book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. In his most recent book, In Love with the World, Mingyur Rinpoche shares how his meditation practice sustained him when he left his monastery to wander through India and the powerfully transformative insights he gained from the near-death experience he had at the beginning of his journey. 

The Retreat will be conducted in hybrid mode. Due to limited seats, we would request you to kindly please register in advance should you wish to attend the retreat. The link for registration is given below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsNIhgdRQxu3En5zSixKPtvwb1rQQ…

More information on the Retreat can be accessed on:
https://www.cepeace.org

(Collaboration: Centre for the Escalation of Peace; Tergar Nalanda Foundation; and with the support of Pallavan Learning Systems; and Ritinjali)
 

Great Cases Series Discussion 1: The Bilkis Bano Case

In Conversation: Advocate Shobha Gupta, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India in conversation with Naveed Mehmood Ahmad, Team Lead, Criminal Justice, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)