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  The Centre presents a range of possibilities for Members: Music concerts, Seminars, Sessions, Round table discussions, Cocktail parties, Book launches, Creative workshops, Film screenings, Training Programmes, Media events, Exhibitions, Intellectual discussions on topics related to national interest etc.  
     
 
Future activities:  
Anniversary functions of Bangalore International Centre on 22nd November, 2008
Launch of "Imagining India Discussion Series" on 12th December, 2008 - Lead Speaker Mr. Nandan Nilekani
Talk by Mr. Jimmy Wales , The founder of Wikipedia on 13th December, 2008
"Howzaat & Vivarta" by Sampradaya Dance Creations at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in the evening on 27th December, 2008. - An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
"Stree Katha" by Mythili Prakash at Chowdaiah hall on 14th March, 2009 - An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series programme
     
Recent Completed
Activities :
 
Discussions on Union Budget
Discussions on “Disaster Management”
Lecture-cum-Demonstration on various dance forms of India – their differences and similarities – by Mrs. Prathibha Prahlad, famous dancer of India.
Screening of “The Most Amazing Moments” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel )
Screening of “The Gospel of Judas” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel )
Screening of “Unlocking Da Vinci Code” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel )
Interactive session on China's approach to Economic Reforms and its unfinished Economic Reforms Agenda
Interactive session on “Democracy and Pluralism in India” by Dr. Ramachandra Guha.
Discussion on “Oil Price Rise and its impact on the Poor”
Interaction with Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports
Screening of film "Bin Laden's Spy in America" by NGC
Interactive Discussion on "Cost Effectiveness of Delivering Public Services"
Release of book entitled "Astral Alibi"
Interactive session on "Urban Water Services-The need for Reform" on 05 October 2006
Interactive Discussion on "Armed Forces of India in 21st Century" led by Air Mshl PK Dey
Talk on "Relevance of Cord and Cord Blood Stemcell Banking" by Mr Ambar A Rao
Celebration of First Anniversary of Bangalore International Centre
Screening of a National Geographic film viz., " INSIDE : ROLLING STONES IN RIO"
Lecture on "ENHANCING INDIA'S CONSTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA" by Prof. James Manor (UK)
Lecture on "IN DEFENCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND CIVIL SERVICE" by Prof. David Sims, of UK in February, 2007
An Interactive Discussion on "Urban Governance and Bangalore" by Dr A Ravindra, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka in February, 2007
Screening of Czechoslovakian Film "OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY" (Closely Watched Trains) in March, 2007
Discussions on the "Union Budget-2007 and Karnataka Budget-2007" in March, 2007
Screening of documentary film "The Corporation" a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan in March, 2007
Screening of French film " Une Part du Ciel (A Piece of Sky) " in April, 2007
Lecture by Mr. Aditya Sondhi a brilliant and young Lawyer on "Reservations for OBCs in higher education - Constitutional Issues and perspectives" in April, 2007
Screening of NGC Film "Munich Olympic Massacre" in May, 2007
Talk on "CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING" by Dr. R K Pachauri, in May, 2007
Screening of film "Fun@Sun : Making of a Global Workplace" in June, 2007
Screening of film "An Inconvenient Truth : A Global Warning" in June, 2007
Talk on "Indo-US Civil Nuclear Co-operation Agreement" in June, 2007
"German Classical Music Evening" in June, 2007
Celebration of "Kannada Journalism Day" in July, 2007
A Function to present a set of Gandhian books to BIC Library and screening of a film "Freedom in our Lifetime" in July, 2007
Screening of film "The Curse of Talakadu" in July, 2007
Screening of Japanese Film "The Sea is Watching" in July, 2007
Screening of Iranian Film "At Five in the Afternoon" in July, 2007
Screening of two films - "Road to America" (documentary) and "Chances Are" (Fiction) in August, 2007
A Programme - Meet the Author - Shrabani Basu - The Author of the book "Spy Princess" in August, 2007
Independence Day Celebrations in August, 2007
A programme on M S Subbalakshmi in August, 2007
Talk by Shri N Gopalaswami, Chief Election Commissioner on "Conducting Elections - Experiences in the UP and recent Elections" in August, 2007
Screening of films "Dry Days" and "Michael Jackson comes to Manikganj" made by Mrs. Nupur Basu, in August, 2007
Talk by Ms. Kalpana Sharma, noted Journalist on "Media and Terrorism" in September, 2007
Talk by Mr. Darryl D'Monte, Noted Journalist on "Mumbai's Megacity Mess" in September, 2007
Lecture Demonstration by Dr. T S Sathyavathi on "The niceties and nuances of Karnataka Classical Music" in September, 2007
Interactive Session by Prof. James Mayall and Prof. Philip Towle on "World Order: Problems and Prospects for the 21st Century" in September, 2007
Interactive Session by Mr. Champak Chatterjee, Secretary, Dept. of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India on "New Perspectives on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan" in October, 2007
Talk by Mr. Arun Pai On "History and Heritage of Bangalore" in October, 2007
A presentation by Mr. Ravi Kumar Kashi on "Generation of Meaning in Visual Art - Various Approaches" in Octobr, 2007
A Dance Performance by Mrs. Prathibha Prahlad, the well-known dancer on "Classical Dance Performance" in October, 2007
A Nostalgic Musical Evening by Dr. Sohail Hasan, who was presented old Hindi Film Songs in October, 2007
Celebration of Kannada Rajyotsava on 2nd November, 2007 with an interactive session on "KANNADA RAJYOTHSAVA - A FEW THOUGHTS" led by Dr. Vinod Vyasulu
Presentation by Mr. Amitab Sengupta, Artist from Kolkata, in November, 2007.
Second Anniversary Programmes of BIC from 20th November to 21st November, 2007
Talk by Mr. K B Jinan, well-known Designer on "Initiating Collaboration between the Community and the Artisans" on 8th December, 2007
Screening of film "Footsteps of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni Matilal on 28th December, 2007.
Screening of a documentary Film "Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread)" made by Mr. Gianfranco Norelli, Journalist/Film
Director, USA, on 2nd January, 2008
Talk by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs. Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars on 7th January, 2008.
Screening of film "Madame Butterfly" on 18th January, 2008.
Talk by Dr. Marti G Subrahmanyam and Prof. Marc Luychx Ghisi on Thursday, the 24th January, 2008.
Talk by Mr. Reinhard Hans Butikofer on 5th February, 2008
A Solo performance by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee on 11th February, 2008
Talk by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan, Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair in Decentralisation and Governance, ISEC, on Monday, 25th February, 2008
Discussions on Union Budget 2008-09 on 7th March, 2008
Talk by Prof. Madav Badami on "Urban Transport in India: Beyond the Nano and Metro... and back to the Basics" on 14th March, 2008
Sabras by Smt. Sonal Mansingh on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall
Talk by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict" on 27th March, 2008
Talk by Mrs. Achala Moulik on 4th April, 2008 on "Pushkin, the father of modern Russian Literature.
Launch of Prof. Kishore Mahbubani's new book viz., 'THE NEW ASIAN HEMISPHERE : THE IRRESISTABLE SHIFT OF GLOBAL POWER TO THE EAST" held on 8th April, 2008
Discussions on "Should the HAL Airport be kept Open?" on 11th April, 2008
Book Launch by Ms. Jasleem Dhamija on 3rd May, 2008
Talk by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan, Columnist, Business Standard, on "The Sixth Pay Commission : Incentivising the Civil Service" on 7th May, 2008
Talk by Prof. M D Usha Devi, ISEC on "Marginalised Children in Primary Education - Current Challenges for Schools and Teachers" on Wednesday, the 21st May, 2008
Screening of film "The Advocate" directed by Ms. Deepa Dhanraj on 20th June, 2008 at 6 PM
Talk by Dr. Annapurna Garimella on "Urbanization in Tourism's Own Landscape" on Saturday, the28th June, 2008 An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
Talk by Ms. Urmila Devi on "Reminiscences of Mysore Palace" on Saturday, the 5th July, 2008. An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
Talk by Mr. Arvind Panagariya on his recent book "INDIA : THE EMERGING GIANT" on Wednesday, the 9th July, 2008 at 6.30 PM
Talk by Dr. Lata Mani on "BANGALORE JOURNEY: LOCAL AND TRANSLOCAL REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALISATION" on Thursday, the 24th July, 2008 at 6 PM
Illustrated talk by Mr. Balan Nambiar, on 'BHUTA MASK - MYTH, SPIRIT, RITUAL" on Saturday, the 2nd August, 2008 at 6.30 PM. An Airtl-Manthan Arts and Culture Series Programme.
Talk by Dr. Griffin M Thompson, on "RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF ENERGY SERVICES REQUIRED FOR A DEVELOPING ECONOMY VIS-A-VIS THE RISKS ANDIMPACTS OF OVER-DEPENDENCE ON OIL, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHERENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES" on Tuesday, the 5th August, 2008
Illustrated Talk on "THE INTERREGNUM IN MYSORE'S HISTORY - HAIDAR ALI AND TIPU SULTAN" by Mr. Vikram Sampath on Saturday, the 13th September, 2008 at 6 P.M. An Airtel Manthan Arts and Culture Series Programme.
Screening of classic Shakespeare film "The Merchant of Venice" on Friday the 29th August, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Talk on "Nano Technology : Hype or Hope"? by Prof. Mohan Sundara Rajan, an Eminent Science Communicator and Author on Tuesday, 23rd Sept. 2008 at 6.30 pm.
Talk on "An Aesthetics of Erasures" by Sadanand Menon on 31st October, 2008
Progrmme by Mr. Sikkil Gurucharan (Intoxicated Eyes) at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in the evening on 11th October, 2008.
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
Appreciation of Hindustani Classical Music" by Mr. Ravindra Katoti on Friday, the 7th November, 6 PM. An Airtel Manthan Arts and Culture Series Programme.
Talk by Roger Martin on 12th November, 2008
Talk by Gen Sood on "Leadership in the Indian Army : The Legacy of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw" on 15th November, 2008
 
     
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