Bhabha
Fellowship Conclave
November
20 – 22, 2009, TIFR, Mumbai
PROGRAMME
Friday, November 20, 2009
9.30
- 11.30 a.m. Short
presentations by Homi Bhabha Fellow
Sitakant
Mahapatra : Science
and Human Hapiness: The Evolving Scenario
Lotika
Varadarajan : Heritage in relation
to Crafts, Traditional Pursuits and Tribal Groups
A.
Damodaran
: Nation States, International Relations and Global
Public Goods: Conserving for Good?
Devangana
Desai : Indian
Temple Art
Madhu
Khanna
: Our expanding consciousness: Narratives of the subtle
body in the tantras
Alok Kumar
Kanungo : Burial Practices among the Nagas
11.30a.m. - 12 noon
Tea
12.30 - 01.30 p.m.
Lectures
Arun
Shourie : The difference an
individual can make
Mohan
Agashe : Health in Cinema and
Cinema for Health
2.30 p.m. - 4.00
p.m. Short presentations by Homi Bhabha Fellows
Heta
Pandit
: Forgotten Kaavi Kala of the
Konkan
Shanti
Pappu :
Down Ancient Trails: Digging Deep into India’s
Prehistoric Archaeology
Ram
Nath
: Mughal
Architecture
S.
Parihar
: Sirhind and
its Architectural Remains
Tejaswini
Niranjana : India in the Caribbean:
Music and migration
P.M.
Belliappa :
Administration, Planning and Development
4.00 - 4.30
p.m.
Tea
4.30 - 6.00 p.m.
Lectures
M.S.
Valiathan : Modern Science in
search of Caraka
P.P.
Divakaran : Reading
Aryabhata’s Mind
6.15 - 6.45 p.m.
(Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR)
Film Screening
: Gopal Sharman
Live performance of
poem ZERO : Jalabala Vaidya
7.00 - 8.00 p.m. (Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR)
Lecture and Dance
recital
Sharada Srinivasan:
Cosmic Dance of Siva: exploring confluences of metallurgy, art and
astronomy
Sunday,
November 22, 2009
9.30
a.m - 12.00 noon (Homi Bhabha Auditorium Foyer, TIFR)
Vocal
Recital of Morning Ragas : Shruti Sadolikar
Tea Break
Vocal
Recital with comments :
Satyasheel Deshpande:
12 noon - 1.30 p.m. Session on Science
M.G.K.
Menon, Anil Kakodkar, S. Ramani, Sanjay Puri,
Dipankar Home, Shanti Gopal Pal
2.30
p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Panel
Discussion on “History”
Romila
Thapar, Nandini Sinha Kapur, Sharada Srinivasan, Madhu Khanna
4.30 p.m.
Concluding Session and Farewell Tea