Workshop conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, noted Yoga expert, therapist, and author of Yoga for Busy People

Smt Hota will demonstrate and teach the correct way of practicing yogic chants 

Mantras are not ordinary sounds, but are power packed formulas for a fuller life. Research on the Maha mantra conducted in the Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, have shown that the effects of this mantra on the human system are the same as that of the medication for anxiety and schizophrenia. Dr. Howard Steingeril, an American scientist who collected, Mantras, Hymns and invocations from all over the world and tested their strength in his Physiology Laboratory, found that the Gayatri mantra produced 110000 positive sound waves per second – the maximum any sound can produce. These waves are said to fill up every cell in our body, energising them and making them healthier

Organised as part of the programmes to mark World Yoga Day 2024
 

Speaker: Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School and Senior Visiting Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School. Dr. Sangay was Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan Administration in India from 2011 to 2012, and Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration where he served two terms 

Chair: Prof. Swati Chawla, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities, O.P. Jindal University
 

Contemporary China: Tradition and Modernity
By Poonam Surie (KW Publishers Pvt Ltd: 2024)

Discussants: Amb.Ashok Kantha, Former Ambassador to China & Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation; Dr. C. Raja Mohan, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute and Visiting Research Professor; Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore; and Smt Poonam Surie, Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, educator and Independent Researcher and author of the book
 

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, President IIC

How India Voted

Panelists: Yogendra Yadav, political activist, psephologist, politician and founding member, Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan; Seshadri Chari, politician, journalist, author, strategic and foreign policy analyst and Member of the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Harish Khare, senior journalist, former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office from 2009 -2012, and former Editor-in-Chief, Tribune Group pf Publications; and Poornima Joshi, Political Editor, The Hindu Business Line 

Moderator: Bharat Bhushan

(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)

You tube link: https://youtu.be/_8C1scHpwG0

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The Situation in Myanmar and Implications for India

Speaker: Ms Nandita Haksar, human rights lawyer, teacher, campaigner and writer

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law

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)

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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)