Talk on “Rising Asia, Anxious Europe: The Problem of Security”

Fri, 22 Jun 20125:30 am

BIC in Association with Ananya Drishya: Third Event Under “Meet the Artist”. Featuring: Ms. Anuradha Nalapat, Ms. Sumana Chowdhury. Moderated by Dr. Pramila Lochan, Art Historian.

Fri, 15 Jun 20125:30 am

Talk on “Crime Fiction as a Mirror to Society” by Ms. Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, Writer, Novelist, Blogger. Moderated by Ms. Munira Sen, Director, Common Purpose, Bangalore.

Thu, 14 Jun 20125:30 am

Talk on “Journey to World’s End” by Mr. Vijay Crishna, Managing Director- Lawkim Motors Group, Godrej and Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd. Moderated by: Mr. Prakash Belawadi, Course Director, Centre for Film and Drama, Editorial Advisor, Bangalore BIAS.

Wed, 13 Jun 20125:30 am

Music

Lecture Demonstration on “Towards an Appreciation of Hindustani Khayal Music: An Exquisite Combination of Classicism and Romanticism” by Dr. K.S. Vaishali. Accompanied by: Shri. Madhusudan Bhat on Harmonium, and Shri. Hanumantappa Hoogar on Tabla.

Fri, 8 Jun 20125:30 am

Education

Discussion on “Right to Education Act”. Discussants: Dr. Jyotsna Jha, Director, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies; Dr. Archana Mehendale, Independent Researcher, Member, CABE Committee on RTE Bill (2005); Ms. Nooraine Fazal, Managing Trustee, CEO and Co-founder, Inventure Academy, Bangalore. Moderated by: Shri. G. Kumar Naik, I.A.S, Secretary to Government, Education Department (Primary and Secondary Education).

Tue, 5 Jun 20125:30 am

Book Reading –cum-Discussion on the book “Next Door” and “Rebirth” by Ms. Jahnavi Barua. In conversation with Ms. Shinie Antony.

Fri, 1 Jun 20125:30 am

Music

Sufi Concert “Khyal-e-Sufi” by Ms. Smita Bellur. Accompanied by Shri Keshav Joshi on Tabla, Shri Abhishek on Keyboard, Shri. Shankar on Rhythm Pad.

Mon, 28 May 20125:30 am

Film

Screening of the German Film- “The Lives of Others “

Fri, 25 May 20125:30 am

Music

Lecture Demonstration on “Carnatic Concert Appreciation- How to be an Educated Rasika” by Ms. Vidya Subramanian, accompanied by Ms. Meera Rajkumar on Violin and Mr. A. Rajkuar on Mrudangam

Fri, 18 May 20125:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Electoral Reforms in India” by Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner of India. Moderated by Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India.

Sun, 13 May 20125:30 am

Film

Screening of the German Film “Grave Decisions”

Fri, 11 May 20125:30 am

Music

In Association with Ganjam- Event viz. “The Exercise Book”. Music by Sikkil Gurucharan and Anil Srinivasan. Readings of Tagore’s Poems by Dhritiman Chaterji. Venue- Alliance Francaise de Bangalore

Fri, 4 May 20125:30 am

Second event under “Meet the Artist”. Featuring: Mr. Ravi Kumar Kashi and Mr. B. Devaraj. Moderated by: Mr. Suresh Jayaram

Fri, 27 Apr 20125:30 am

Governance

Talk on “India’s Foreign Policy: The Big Picture” by Ambassador K.P. Fabian (IFS Retd), Former Ambassador to Qatar, Finland and other nations. Moderated by: Ambassador Saurabh Kumar (IFS Retd), Formerly Ambassador of India to the IAEA, UNIDO and UN Offices in Vienna; Austria; Ireland and Vietnam; Visiting Professor, NIAS.

Thu, 26 Apr 20125:30 am

Governance

Discussion on “Government by the People”. Discussants: Dr. Ashwin Mahesh, Co-founder and Co-editor, India Together; and Dr. Meenakshi Bharath, Social Activist and well-known Fertility specialist. Moderated by: Mr. Aditya Sondhi, Practising Lawyer and law teacher.

Tue, 24 Apr 20125:30 am

Film

Screenng of German Film “Cherry Blossoms- Hanami”

Thu, 19 Apr 20125:30 am

Music

Audio-visual lecture presentation on “Her Master’s Voice: Women and the Gramophone Records”

Fri, 13 Apr 20125:30 am

Music

Sitar Concert- “Singing Strings” by Ustad Shafique Khan”, accompanied by Shri. Rahul Pophali on Tabla.

Wed, 4 Apr 20125:30 am

Governance

Panel Discussion on “Black Friday: A Prognosis of the March 2 Episode at the City Civil Court, Bangalore”. Speakers: Mr. Gopal Hosur, Inspector General of Police, State Intelligence Dept, Karnataka; Mr. Aditya Sondhi, Practising Lawyer and Law Teacher; Mr. Sudipto Mondal, Senior Correspondent, The Hindu, Mangalore Bureau. Moderated by: Justice R.V. Raveendran, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

Tue, 3 Apr 20125:30 am

Music

Vocal Concert- “Swara Yatra” by Chi. Ved Sheth, and Mrs. Anagha Hindlekar (Shishya and Guru). Accompanies by: Shri. Partha Mukherjee on Tabla, and Shri. Ashwin Walwalkar on Harmonium

Fri, 30 Mar 20125:30 am

Film

European Union Film Festival- Screening of the film “Tadas Blinda. The Legend is Born”

Thu, 22 Mar 20125:30 am

Film

European Union Film Festival- Screening of the film “Touch of Spice” (Greece)

Wed, 21 Mar 20125:30 am

Film

European Union Film Festival- Screening of the film “Personal Baggage” (Slovenia)

Tue, 20 Mar 20125:30 am

Film

European Union Film Festival- Screening of the film “Weddings and other Disasters” (Italy)

Mon, 19 Mar 20125:30 am

Governance

Talk on “The Question Hour in India- Some Diagnostics” by Dr. Srikrishna Ayyangar, Assistant Professor, Unviersity of Hartford, Connecticut. Moderated by: Dr. Samuel Paul, Founder and Former Chairperson, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore.

Fri, 16 Mar 20125:30 am

Science

Talk on “Scientific Thinking” by Mr. Adam Bly, Founder and CEO, Seed Media Group. Moderated by: Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy, Director, The National Institute of Advanced Studies

Tue, 6 Mar 20125:30 am

Music

Vocal Concert- “An Evening of Dhrupad- Dagar Vaani Style” by Ms. Pelva Naik. Accompanied by Pandit Sanjay Agle- Pakhawaj Player and Ms. Parvathi Manjunath- on Tanpura

Fri, 2 Mar 20125:30 am

BIC in Association with Ananya Drishya- First event under a New Series on “Meet the Artist” Featuring Ms. Lalitha Shankar, and Ms. M. Shanthamani. Moderated by: Ms. Lata Mani

Mon, 27 Feb 20125:30 am

BIC in Association with Ananya Drishya- First event under a New Series on “Meet the Artist” Featuring Ms. Lalitha Shankar, and Ms. M. Shanthamani. Moderated by: Ms. Lata Mani

Mon, 27 Feb 20125:30 am

Music

“Hindustani Classical Vocal” by Dr. Ashok Huggannavar and accompanists on Tabla and Harmonium

Fri, 24 Feb 20125:30 am

“Hindustani Classical Vocal” by Dr. Ashok Huggannavar and accompanists on Tabla and Harmonium

Fri, 24 Feb 20125:30 am

Panel Discussion on “India: Democracy, Election and Black Money”. Speakers- a) Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Former Dean, IIMB, and Founder Chairman, Association ofr Democratic Reforms. b) Mr. V.Sridhar, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu. Moderated by- Dr. Narendra Pani, Professor, School of Social Sciences, NIAS.

Thu, 16 Feb 20125:30 am

Governance

Panel Discussion on “India: Democracy, Election and Black Money”. Speakers- a) Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Former Dean, IIMB, and Founder Chairman, Association ofr Democratic Reforms. b) Mr. V.Sridhar, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu. Moderated by- Dr. Narendra Pani, Professor, School of Social Sciences, NIAS.

Thu, 16 Feb 20125:30 am

BIC in collaboration with Theatre Club: Readings of a Play “Shokachakra” by Sriranga, Noted Kannada Playwright.

Mon, 30 Jan 20125:30 am

Culture

BIC in collaboration with Theatre Club: Readings of a Play “Shokachakra” by Sriranga, Noted Kannada Playwright.

Mon, 30 Jan 20125:30 am

Science

BIC and IIT Alumni Club Bangalore: Talk on “Can Social Innovations and Technology Innovations leverage off one another?” Speakers: Dr. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Co-founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks, Inc.; and Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras. Moderated by: Mr. Ashok Kamath, IIT Bombay.

Sun, 29 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Screening of a Film “Khayal Darpan” by Mr. Yousuf Saeed, Acclaimed Film-maker, writer and scholar

Fri, 27 Jan 20125:30 am

Music

Vocal Concert- “Demystifying Raagam- Taanam- Pallavi” by Ms. Priyanka C. Prakash. Accompanied by Shri. Vittal Rangan- on Violin; and Shri. Raghunath Rajaram- on Mrudangam

Tue, 24 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “Backyard” (FFSI)

Tue, 17 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “Pan’s Labyrinth” (FFSI)

Fri, 13 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “Crazy Carnival” (FFSI)

Thu, 12 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “More Than Anything in the World” (FFSI)

Wed, 11 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “Used Parts” (FFSI)

Tue, 10 Jan 20125:30 am

Film

Mexican Film Festival- Screening of “The Bastards” (FFSI)

Mon, 9 Jan 20125:30 am

Music

Vocal Concert- “Romantic Light Classical” by Ms. Rekha Surya and accompanists on Tabla and Guitar.

Fri, 16 Dec 20115:30 am

Governance

Discussion on “Elected Representatives v/s Eminent Representatives from the Civil Society”. Speakers: Prof. James Mayall, Eminent Thinker on Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University; Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Founder Member, Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore.

Sun, 11 Dec 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of the film “Jharu Katha”

Thu, 8 Dec 20115:30 am

BIC and IIT Alumni Club, Bangalore: “A Conversation with Kanwal Rekhi” well known entrepreneur and investor. In Conversation with Mr. Saumil Majmudar, IIT Bombay

Sat, 3 Dec 20115:30 am

Music

“Shyam Rang” by Shri. Nagabhushan Hegde and accompanists on Harmonium and Tabla

Fri, 2 Dec 20115:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Democracy and the Role of Liberalism” by Mr. Jug Suraiya, Associate Editor, Times of India. Moderated by Ms. Ammu Joseph, freelance journalist, media analyst and editorial consultant.

Sat, 26 Nov 20115:30 am

Culture

“My Poems” by Dr. Sumatheendra Raghavendra Nadig

Fri, 25 Nov 20115:30 am

Culture

6th Anniversary Celebration- “Shakti Shaktiman”, a stunning dance production by Ms. Malavika Sarukkai. Venue: St. John’s Auditorium.

Sun, 20 Nov 20115:30 am

Health & Wellness

Canvas Askew Programme- Panel Discussion on “Mental Health of School Children: Role of Parenting”. Speakers: Ms. Shukla Bose, Founder and CEO, Parikrma Humanity Foundation, Bangalore; Dr. Swaminath G, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore. Moderated by: Dr. Ashok M V, Professor of Psychiatry, St. John’s College Hospital, Bangalore.

Tue, 15 Nov 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of the film “Inside Job”

Fri, 11 Nov 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of film “The Open Frame”

Mon, 7 Nov 20115:30 am

Governance

In Observance of Kannada Rajyotsava Week- Talk on “Emerging Trends in Public Participation in Governance- The Experience and Lessons for Karnataka” by Mr. Ramesh Ramanathan, Co-founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. Moderated by Aditya Sondhi.

Fri, 4 Nov 20115:30 am

Book launch of “Bishan- Portrait of a cricketer” by Mr. Suresh Menon. Dr. Shashi Tharoor launched the book. Mr. Erapalli Prasanna spoke on Bishan Bedi.

Sat, 29 Oct 20115:30 am

Music

“Morching Tarang” by Shri. L.Bhimachar, Shri. B.Druvaraj, Shri. B.Rajashekar, Shri. Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna

Mon, 24 Oct 20115:30 am

Culture

“An Evening of Poetry” by Mr. Carlos Reyes, American Poet and translator. Moderated by Mr. Abhijit Sengupta.

Fri, 21 Oct 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of German Film “Yella”

Fri, 14 Oct 20115:30 am

Music

“Sitar Sandhya” by Shri. Sanjeev Korti and accompanist on Tabla.

Fri, 30 Sep 20115:30 am

Science

Talk on “Public Software and Public Institutions” by Mr. Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director Public Software Centre, IT for Change, Bangalore. Moderated by Mr. Rajeev Gowda, Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy, IIMB.

Fri, 23 Sep 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of German Film “Nowhere in Africa”.

Fri, 16 Sep 20115:30 am

Book Launch of the Book “Energy and Security in South Asia” by Dr. Charles. K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution. Moderated by Dr. J. Gururaja, Former Senior Adviser (Energy- New and Renewable), United Nations, and Former Adviser, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Govt. of India.

Tue, 13 Sep 20115:30 am

Music

“Compositions of the Trinity” by Ms. Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath and accompanists.

Fri, 9 Sep 20115:30 am

Governance

Discussion on “Can India be a global Leader on Human Rights?” by Mr. Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International. Chaired by Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India and Moderated by Prof. S.L. Rao, Member, Board of Governors, ISEC

Sat, 3 Sep 20115:30 am

Homage to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th Birth Anniversary- Release of a Book “Rabindranath Tagore- A Man for All Times” by Ms. Achala Moulik Moses, IAS (Retd). The event also included Rabindrasangeets by Ms. Nupur Chakraborty.

Mon, 29 Aug 20115:30 am

International Relations

Talk on “Sri Lanka and its Relations with India in all its Aspects” by HE Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to India. Moderated by Mr. Eric Gonsalves, IFS (Retd), Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.

Fri, 26 Aug 20115:30 am

Music

“Duet for Poets” an Esperanto project by Vidhushi Geetha Navale and accompanists.

Wed, 24 Aug 20115:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Sino- Indian Relations” by Mr. Claude Arpi, Noted Writer. Moderated by- Dr. Bidanda M Chengappa, Senior Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies.

Fri, 19 Aug 20115:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Beyond the Arab Democratic Wave: The Future of the Middle East” by Prof. Mohammed Ayoob, Professor, Michigan State University. Moderated by Mr. A.P. Venkateswaran, IFS (Retd), Former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India.

Wed, 17 Aug 20115:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk on “Seeking Peace and Dignity- The Karunashraya Experience” by Mr. Kishore Rao, Managing Trustee, Karunashraya. Moderated by: Dr. R. Padmini, Social Activist.

Thu, 11 Aug 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of German Film “Im Juli” – Goethe Institut

Fri, 5 Aug 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Bangladeshi Film “Third Person Singular Number” (Opekkha)- FFSI

Fri, 29 Jul 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Bangladeshi Film “The Shadow of Life” (Chandragrohan)- FFSI

Thu, 28 Jul 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Bangladeshi Film “On the Wings of Dream” (Swopnodanay)- FFSI

Wed, 27 Jul 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Bangladeshi Film “Quiet Flows the River Chitra” (Chitra Nadir Pare)- FFSI

Tue, 26 Jul 20115:30 am

Book Launch of the book “An Economist’s Miscellany” authored by Prof. Kaushik Basu, Chief Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and C.Marks Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University. Moderated by: Mr. V. Ravichandar, CMD, Feedback Business Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Wed, 20 Jul 20115:30 am

International Relations

Talk on “India and Nepal- Uneasy Friends?” by Mr. Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary. Moderated by Mr. Aditya Sondhi, Practising Lawyer and Law teacher.

Mon, 18 Jul 20115:30 am

Dance

“Kuchipudi Vaibhavam” by Ms. Prateeksha Kashi, at Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha

Fri, 15 Jul 20115:30 am

Music

“Tamil Compositions in Carnatic Music” by Vidushi K. Vrinda Acharya. Accompanied by: H.M. Smitha- on Violin, and Suneel Subramanya- on Mridangam

Fri, 8 Jul 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of the German Film “Ostkreuz”

Fri, 1 Jul 20115:30 am

History

Talk on “1857- What really happened?” by Mr. V. Balasubramanian, IAS (Retd), Chairman, International Sericulture Alliance. Moderated by- Prof. S. Settar, Visiting Professor, School of Humanities, NIAS, Bangalore.

Fri, 24 Jun 20115:30 am

Music

“Tibetan Music Festival” by Students for a Free Tibet, an NGO

Sat, 18 Jun 20115:30 am

Music

“Laya Raaga Sangamam” by Smt. Sukkanya Ramgopal. Accompanied by: 1. Smt. J. Yogavandana- on Veena, 2. Smt. Soumya Ramachandran- on Violin, 3. Smt. Ranjini Venkatesh- on Mridangam, 4. Smt. Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna- on Morching

Fri, 17 Jun 20115:30 am

Book Launch of “Bangalore Calling” by Ms. Brinda Narayan. Moderated by Mr. Vedam Jaishankar, managing Editor, Bangalore Bias.

Fri, 10 Jun 20115:30 am

Music

Fourth Event under Karnataka: Vibrant and Diverse Series- “Khanjira- The Naada Chakra” by Vidwan Sri. Amrit N. and accompanists.

Fri, 3 Jun 20115:30 am

Health & Wellness

Canvas Askew Series- Talk on “Is Media bad for mental health?” by Dr. Shekhar Seshadri, Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore. Moderated by: Mr. Subir K. Roy, Newspaper columnist and writer.

Fri, 27 May 20115:30 am

Governance

Panel Discussion on “Jan Lokpal Bill”. Moderated by Justice S. Rajendra Babu- Former Chief Justice of India. Panelists: 1. Jai Parkash- Former Director General, Bureau of Investigation, Karnataka Lok Ayukta, and Retired DGP. 2. Sugata Srinivasaraju, Associate Editor, South, Outlook. 3. Ashwin Mahesh, Co-founder and Co-editor, India Together; Coordinator, SAAKU. 4. Aditya Sondhi, Practising Lawyer & Law Teacher

Mon, 23 May 20115:30 am

International Relations

Book Release of the Book “Does the Elephant Dance?”Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy, authored by Dr. David M. Malone, Former Canadian High Commissioner to India, and President, International Development Research Centre. Moderated by Dr. Ramachandra Guha, Eminent Historian and Writer.

Thu, 19 May 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of a film “Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go” produced and directed by Kim Longinotto.

Fri, 13 May 20115:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Food Security- A Dilemma” by Dr. Prem Nath, Chairman, Dr. P.N. Agricultural Science Foundation, Bangalore. Moderated by- Dr. C.P.A. Iyer, Former Director, Central Institute of Tropical Horticulture, ICAR.

Fri, 6 May 20115:30 am

Film

Film Screening “A Man for all Seasons”

Fri, 29 Apr 20115:30 am

Music

Fluet Duet Recital by father and Son duo- Vidwan B.K. Anantha Ram and Vidwan Amith. A. Nadig, and accompanists.

Thu, 21 Apr 20115:30 am

Environment

Talk on “Recent Nuclear Disaster in Japan and the lessons for India” by Dr. M.R. Srinivasan, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India. Moderated by: Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy, Director, The National Institute of Advanced Studies.

Tue, 5 Apr 20115:30 am

Music

“Hindustani Vocal Recital” by Dattatreya L. Velankar and accompanists.

Fri, 18 Mar 20115:30 am

Book reading -cum- discussion on the book “Beautiful Thing” by Ms. Sonia Faleiro. Moderated by Mr. Aditya Sondhi- Practising lawyer and law teacher.

Tue, 8 Mar 20115:30 am

Bangalore International Centre