Welcome Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Introduction of the Conference: Dr. Anindita Balslev, Founder, Forum for Cross Cultural Conversation

Opening Remarks: Dr. Karan Singh

Speakers: Amb. Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Interim Director, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University; Ms Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Member, Bharatiya Janata Party and former Chairperson, the National Commission for Women; Amb. Syed Akbaruddin, Dean, Kautilya School of Public Policy, Hyderabad and former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations; and Dr. Ashis Nandy, public intellectual, political psychologist and social theorist

(Collaboration: Forum for Cross Cultural Conversation)
 

In Conversation 

Khalid Jawed, well-known Urdu writer in conversation with Udayan Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Illustrated lecture by Pablo Bartholomew, well-known photographer

A quarter of a century after his father’s death, Pablo’s unknown Burmese relatives find him in an extraordinary way
 

Maya, Modi, Azad: Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva

By Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar (HarperCollins India: 2023)

Discussants: Prof. Surinder Singh Jodhka, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ms Smita Gupta, former Associate Editor, The Hindu; Shri Sudheendra Kulkarni, columnist and aide to former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Prof. Sudha Pai, political scientist, columnist and former Professor of Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Co-Author of the book; and Dr. Sajjan Kumar, researcher, political scientist, Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and Co-Author of the book

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV) and Trustee, IIC
 

Women in State Politics in India: Missing in the Corridors of Power

Edited by Pam Rajput and Usha Thakkar (Routledge: 2023)

The book will be released by Smt Sumitra Mahajan, former Speaker, Lok Sabha

Discussants: Ms Tara Krishnaswamy, author and Co-Founder of Political Shakti;  Prof. Pam Rajput, Professor Emeritus, Panjab University and Co-Editor of the book; and Prof. Usha Thakkar, President, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, former Professor at SNDT Women’s University and Co-Editor of the book

Moderator: Ms Smita Gupta, former Associate Editor, The Hindu