* All events are subject to last minute change
| INAUGURAL Sep 27th | |
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| Venue | Hall 1 |
| 16:45-17:00 pm |
Arrival of guests | 17:00-17:10 pm |
Welcome by organisers |
17:10-17:15 pm |
National Anthem |
17:15-17:20 pm |
Lamp Lighting Ceremony |
17:20-17:35 pm |
Speech by Anand Ranganthan |
17:35-17:40 pm |
Speech by Partha Hariharan |
17:40-17:50 pm |
Speech by Lieutenant Governor |
17:50-18:00 pm |
Break |
18:00-20:00 pm | Bharat Mata Ki Jai | 18:00-19:00 pm |
In Conversation Swapan Dasgupta Kanchan Gupta |
19:00-20:00 pm |
Panel Discussion Swapan Dasgupta Lt. General Satish Dua Aravindan Neelakandan Sandhya Jain Sushil Pandit MR Venkatesh Tavleen Singh Kanchan Gupta (Chair) |
20:00-22:00 pm |
Inaugural Dinner (By Invitation) |
22:00-23:00 pm |
Kaapi Session (By invitation)
Ashish Dhar with his guitar Swati Goel Sharma |
| Day 1 Sep 28th | |||
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| 9:00-10:00 am | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Nationalism: Just Who Is an Anti-National?
Vikram Sampath MR Venkatesh Rahul Roushan Shefali Vaidya Rajat Sethi Jay Pandai J Sai Deepak (Chair) |
In Conversation
Sunil Ambekar Prafulla Ketkar |
In Conversation
Anirban Ganguly Ajit Datta |
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| 10:10-11:10 am | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Jammu & Kashmir: Erasing a Blot on History
Tavleen Singh Rahul Pandita Aditya Raj Kaul Ashish Dhar Khalid B Shah Aarti Tikoo Singh (Chair) |
People's Enemy: SM or MSM?
Jay Panda Prasanna Vishwanathan Rahul Roushan Nupur J Sharma Swati Goel Sharma Anand Ranganathan (Chair) |
Traditions of Bharat: Just How Modern Is Our Ancient?
Malini Awasthi Tapati Roy Shubhrastha Yogini Despande Sampadananda Mishra (Chair)
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| 11:10-11:40 am | Coffee and Soapbox- Nupur J Sharma | ||
| 11:40 am-12:40 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Hindutva: Way of Life or Rebranded Hinduism?
Sunil Ambekar Swapan Dasgupta Prafulla Ketkar SG Suryah Sushil Pandit Vikram Sampath (Chair) |
Mahabharata: Ancient, Modern or Post-Modern?
Sampadananda Mishra Aravindan Neelakandan Sandhya Jain Jataayu Sai Swaroopa Aiyar Gautam Chikermane (Chair) |
Securing India with a Robust Economy
Ashutosh Muglikar Harsh Gupta Prasenjit Basu Anuraag Saxena Somdutta Singh Prasanna Vishwanathan (Chair) |
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| 12:40-14:00 pm | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00-15:00 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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India in the world
Jay Panda Tavleen Singh Raghavan Jagannathan Meenakshi Jain Kanchan Gupta (Chair) |
Tamil Cultural Scenes: Dynamics, Developments and Future
Ramachandran Nagaswamy Ganesh Lakshminarayanan Nagarajan Jataayu (Chair) |
The Stories We Tell: What New India Likes To Read
Sai Swaroopa Aiyar Harini Srinivasan S Venkatesh Deep Halder Shubhrastha Nandini Sengupta (Chair) |
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| 15:10-16:10 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Fake News: Agenda or Technology to Blame?
Nandini Sengupta Swati Goel Sharma Sreemoy Talukdar Pradeep Bhandari Ankur Singh Abhijit Majumder (Chair) |
India and the World
Vikram Sood Prafulla Ketkar Sandhya Jain Abhijit Iyer Mitra Abhinav Prakash Rajeev Srinivasan (Chair) |
Saving the Science of India
Sanjeev Sanyal Viva Kermani Sankrant Sanu Aravindan Neelakandan Aloke Kumar Gautam Chikermane (Chair) |
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| 16:10-16:25 pm | Coffee and Soapbox- Ashutosh Mugilkar | ||
| 16:30-17:30 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Economy: Is $5 Trillion a Mirage?
Sanjeev Sanyal Raghavan Jagannathan MR Venkatesh Gautam Chikermane Yogini Deshpande Harsh Gupta (Chair) |
In Conversation
Prasoon Joshi Gautam Chintamani |
India and the Arts: Is Soft Power a Façade?
Malini Awasthi Sreemoy Talukdar Amrita Bhinder Nikhil Singh Rajputt Nandini Sengupta (Chair) |
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| 17:40-19:10 pm | Hall 1 | ||
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Bhakti in Our Times
Malini Awasthi (Introduction) Tapati Roy
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| 19:30-20:00 pm | Vedic Chanting (By Invitation) | ||
| 20:00-22:00 pm | Festival Dinner (By Invitation) | ||
| 22:00-23:00 pm | Kaapi Session with Aarti Tikoo Singh and Khalid B Shah (By Invitation) | ||
| Day 2 Sep 29th | |||
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| 9:00-10:00 am | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh: The Road Ahead
Vikram Sood Lt. General Satish Dua Sushil Pandit Abhijit Iyer Mitra Sandhya Jain Kanchan Gupta (Chair) |
Political Biographies or Hagiographies?
Gautam Chintamani Aashish Chandorkar SG Suryah Prasenjit Basu Sankrant Sanu Prafulla Ketkar (Chair) |
Film Screening: Blood Buddha
Nikhil Singh Rajputt Anuraag Saxena |
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| 10:10-11:10 am | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Keynote Address
Arif Mohammed Khan Kanchan Gupta Anand Ranganathan |
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| 11:10-11:40 am | Coffee and Soapbox- Pradeep Bhandari | ||
| 11:40 am-12:40 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Keynote Address
Himanta Biswa Sarma |
Jal, Jungle, Janwar
S Vishwanathan Viva Kermani Toine Van Megan Aloke Kumar Sampadananda Mishra (Chair) |
Narratives of Sorrow and Survival
Meenakshi Jain Deep Halder Rahul Pandita Shefali Vaidya Abhijit Majumder Kanchan Gupta (Chair) |
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| 12:40-14:00 pm | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00-15:00 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Keynote Address
Ram Madhav |
National Security: India and its armed forces
Lt. General Satish Dua Navdeep Singh Vikram Sood Abhijit Iyer Mitra Aditya Raj Kaul Abhijit Chavda (Chair) |
Tamil Media: Issues and Concerns
Ma. Venkatesan SG Suryah Haran Prasanna Aravindan Neelakandan |
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| 15:10-16:10 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Weaponising Victimhood
Abhijit Iyer Mitra MR Venkatesh Abhinav Prakash Shubhrastha Rahul Pandita Shefali Vaidya Kanchan Gupta (Chair) |
What Good, Digging Up the Past?
Niraj Rai Aravindan Neelakandan Abhijit Chavda Meenakshi Jain Anand Ranaganathan (Chair) |
Our Inexorable Laws
Justice Jaichandren Navdeep Singh Sandhya Jain Swati Goel Sharma J Sai Deepak (Chair) |
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| 16:10-16:40 pm | Coffee and Soapbox- Shefali Vaidya | ||
| 16:40-17:40 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Saving Science in India
Anirban Ganguly Aloke Kumar Niraj Rai Abhijit Chavda Anand Ranaganathan (Chair) |
Indigenous Traditions: Beyond Conservation
Ganesh Lakshminarayanan Jataayu Aravindan Neelakandan (Chair) |
History: For the Victor or the Vanquished?
Meenakshi Jain Shefali Vaidyar Deep Halder Prasenjit Basu Rajat Sethi Rajeev Srinivasan (Chair) | |
| 18:00-18:30 pm | Hall 1 | Hall 2 | Hall 3 |
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Valedictory Why Liberalism Has Failed Kanchan Gupta |
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| 18:35-18:40 pm | Vande Mataram
Hasit Moitra |
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| 18:40 pm | Vote of Thanks
Alo Pal |
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| Fest Ends | |||