Speaker : Prof. Nadeem Hasnain (Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Former Prof. & Head, Department of Anthropology, Lucknow University, India)
Topic : First Citizens: The Tribal People at Crossroads

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Lecture By Prof. Evgeniya Vanina (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow).

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The puppetry tradition in Assam dates back to the time of the great Vaishnavite Saint Srimanta Sankardeva who pioneered the puppetry tradition in Assam, locally known as Putola Nach and Putula- Bhaoriya.

Chairperson :  Mr. Ghanashyam Medhi, Principal, Jatia Vidyalaya, Guwhati
Topic :  Putola Nach of Assam (Puppetry) by Deepjyoti Gogoi

It will have a symposium on famous Hindi litterateur Krishan Bihari Mishra.

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Contact No : 9716950275

Presenting meditative morning ragas in collaboration with Antarnaad.

Details: ‘bhairav se bhairavi tak’ series has been conceived and curated by Saloni Gandhi.
Padmabhushan Pandit Rajan & Pandit Sajan Misra will be accompanied by Pandit Kumar Bose (Tabla) and Shri Sumit Mishra (Harmonium).

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Documentary Film Screening Series

Director :  R.Bharathadri
Duration :  46 Minutes
Time : 1:30 pm (for School Children)
Time : 3:30 pm (for Public)

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A National Award winning PSBT Documentary

Director : Ruchi Srivastava and Sumit Khanna
Duration : 59 minutes

Inauguration on 4th February, 2018 at 5.00pm at IGNCA lawns, Janpath, New Delhi.

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President of India will inaugurate the Kala Mela in the gracious presence of Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Hon’ble Minister of Culture  and Shri C.S. Krishna Setty, Administrator, Lalit Kala Akademi.

The inauguration will be followed by Folk Dance by Karunadasa Olaboduwa Dance Troupe, Srilanka and `SARGAM’ Kathak Recital by Pandit Harish Gangani’s Team, India.

Contact No : 9999668367

Conceived By Saloni Gandhi

A Journey of Ragas with:
Padmabhushan Pandit Rajan & Pandit Sajan Misra

Accompanied By:
Pandit Kumar Bose(Tabla) and Pandit Dharmanath Mishra(Harmonium)

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In collaboration with Lady Shri Ram College For Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

Contact No  :- 011-23388155/ 011-26434459

By Prof. Phan Thi Thu Hien, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam

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Speaker : Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, VC, Central University of Orissa
Topic : Can Rhetoric Decide Authorship? Sri Aurobindo and the Problem of the Mahabharata

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Part and trap are not mere semordnilap  (a term coined to refer to words and phrases which make sense when read backwards, but have a different meaning from when they are read forwards).

Contact No : Nidhi Jain – 9811252305

Venue: Twin Art Gallery–I, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi

Note : This programme has been cancelled due to some unavoidable circumstances.

 27th January from 6pm to 8 pm  – IGNCA Lecture Room, 11, Mansingh Road, N.D.

Carnatic Vocal concert by Sangita Kala Acharya Smt..Alamelu Mani accompanied by R. Sridhar on violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on Mridangam.

28th January from 10am to 12.30pm – Matighar Lawns, IGNCA
10am to 11am         –  Flute recital and violin recital by local artists
11am to 12.30pm  –  Pancharatna krithis singing by Ms.Alamelu Mani &  accompanists

28th January from 5.45pm -7.45pm pm -IGNCALecture Room, 11, Mansingh Road.
–  Workshop by Ms.Alamelu Mani on Padams and Javalis.

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Contact No. :  011-23388155/9717019444