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Discussions on Union Budget |
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Discussions on “Disaster Management” |
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Lecture-cum-Demonstration on various
dance forms of India – their differences and
similarities – by Mrs. Prathibha Prahlad,
famous dancer of India. |
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Screening of “The Most Amazing
Moments” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
) |
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Screening of “The Gospel of
Judas” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
) |
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Screening of “Unlocking Da Vinci
Code” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
) |
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Interactive session on China's approach
to Economic Reforms and its unfinished Economic
Reforms Agenda |
|
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Interactive session on “Democracy
and Pluralism in India” by Dr. Ramachandra
Guha. |
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Discussion on “Oil Price Rise
and its impact on the Poor” |
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Interaction with Shri Mani Shankar
Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth
Affairs & Sports |
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Screening of film "Bin Laden's Spy
in America" by NGC |
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Interactive Discussion on "Cost
Effectiveness of Delivering Public Services" |
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Release of book entitled "Astral
Alibi" |
|
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Interactive session on "Urban
Water Services-The need for Reform" on 05 October
2006 |
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Interactive Discussion on "Armed
Forces of India in 21st Century" led by Air
Mshl PK Dey |
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Talk on "Relevance of Cord and
Cord Blood Stemcell Banking" by Mr Ambar A
Rao |
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Celebration of First Anniversary of
Bangalore International Centre |
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Screening of a National Geographic
film viz., " INSIDE : ROLLING STONES IN RIO" |
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Lecture on "ENHANCING INDIA'S
CONSTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA"
by Prof. James Manor (UK) |
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Lecture on "IN DEFENCE OF PUBLIC
SECTOR AND CIVIL SERVICE" by Prof. David Sims,
of UK in February, 2007 |
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An Interactive Discussion on "Urban
Governance and Bangalore" by Dr A Ravindra,
Former Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
in February, 2007 |
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Screening of Czechoslovakian Film
"OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY" (Closely Watched
Trains) in March, 2007 |
|
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Discussions on the "Union Budget-2007
and Karnataka Budget-2007" in March, 2007 |
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Screening of documentary film "The
Corporation" a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer
Abbott & Joel Bakan in March, 2007 |
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Screening of French film " Une
Part du Ciel (A Piece of Sky) " in April, 2007 |
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Lecture by Mr. Aditya Sondhi a brilliant
and young Lawyer on "Reservations for OBCs
in higher education - Constitutional Issues and
perspectives" in April, 2007 |
|
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Screening of NGC Film "Munich
Olympic Massacre" in May, 2007 |
|
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Talk on "CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL
WARMING" by Dr. R K Pachauri, in May, 2007 |
|
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Screening of film "Fun@Sun :
Making of a Global Workplace" in June, 2007 |
|
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Screening of film "An Inconvenient
Truth : A Global Warning" in June, 2007 |
|
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Talk on "Indo-US Civil Nuclear
Co-operation Agreement" in June, 2007 |
|
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"German Classical Music Evening"
in June, 2007 |
|
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Celebration of "Kannada Journalism
Day" in July, 2007 |
|
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A Function to present a set of Gandhian
books to BIC Library and screening of a film "Freedom
in our Lifetime" in July, 2007 |
|
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Screening of film "The Curse of Talakadu"
in July, 2007 |
|
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Screening of Japanese Film "The
Sea is Watching" in July, 2007 |
|
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Screening of Iranian Film "At
Five in the Afternoon" in July, 2007 |
|
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Screening of two films - "Road
to America" (documentary) and "Chances
Are" (Fiction) in August, 2007 |
|
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A Programme - Meet the Author - Shrabani
Basu - The Author of the book "Spy Princess"
in August, 2007 |
|
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Independence Day Celebrations in August,
2007 |
|
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A programme on M S Subbalakshmi in
August, 2007 |
|
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Talk by Shri N Gopalaswami, Chief
Election Commissioner on "Conducting Elections
- Experiences in the UP and recent Elections"
in August, 2007 |
|
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Screening of films "Dry Days"
and "Michael Jackson comes to Manikganj"
made by Mrs. Nupur Basu, in August, 2007 |
|
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Talk by Ms. Kalpana Sharma, noted
Journalist on "Media and Terrorism" in
September, 2007 |
|
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Talk by Mr. Darryl D'Monte, Noted
Journalist on "Mumbai's Megacity Mess"
in September, 2007 |
|
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Lecture Demonstration by Dr. T S Sathyavathi
on "The niceties and nuances of Karnataka Classical
Music" in September, 2007 |
|
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Interactive Session by Prof. James
Mayall and Prof. Philip Towle on "World Order:
Problems and Prospects for the 21st Century"
in September, 2007 |
|
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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 |
|
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Talk by Mr. Arun Pai On "History
and Heritage of Bangalore" in October, 2007 |
|
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A presentation by Mr. Ravi Kumar Kashi
on "Generation of Meaning in Visual Art - Various
Approaches" in Octobr, 2007 |
|
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A Dance Performance by Mrs. Prathibha
Prahlad, the well-known dancer on "Classical
Dance Performance" in October, 2007 |
|
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A Nostalgic Musical Evening by Dr.
Sohail Hasan, who was presented old Hindi Film Songs
in October, 2007 |
|
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Celebration of Kannada Rajyotsava
on 2nd November, 2007 with an interactive session
on "KANNADA RAJYOTHSAVA - A FEW THOUGHTS"
led by Dr. Vinod Vyasulu |
|
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Presentation by Mr. Amitab Sengupta,
Artist from Kolkata, in November, 2007. |
|
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Second Anniversary Programmes of BIC
from 20th November to 21st November, 2007 |
|
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Talk by Mr. K B Jinan, well-known
Designer on "Initiating Collaboration between
the Community and the Artisans" on 8th December,
2007 |
|
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Screening of film "Footsteps
of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni Matilal on 28th
December, 2007. |
|
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Screening of a documentary Film "Pane
Amaro (Bitter Bread)" made by Mr. Gianfranco
Norelli, Journalist/Film
Director, USA, on 2nd January, 2008 |
|
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Talk by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs.
Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars on 7th January, 2008. |
|
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Screening of film
"Madame Butterfly" on 18th January,
2008. |
|
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Talk by Dr. Marti G Subrahmanyam
and Prof. Marc Luychx Ghisi on Thursday, the
24th January, 2008. |
|
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Talk by Mr. Reinhard Hans Butikofer
on 5th February, 2008 |
|
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A Solo performance by Mr. Parnab
Mukherjee on 11th February, 2008 |
|
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Talk by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan,
Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair in Decentralisation
and Governance, ISEC, on Monday, 25th February,
2008 |
|
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Discussions on Union Budget
2008-09 on 7th March, 2008 |
|
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Talk by Prof. Madav Badami on
"Urban Transport in India: Beyond the
Nano and Metro... and back to the Basics"
on 14th March, 2008 |
|
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Sabras by Smt. Sonal Mansingh
on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah Memorial
Hall |
|
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Talk by Mr. V Balu on "Land
Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict"
on 27th March, 2008 |
|
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Talk by Mrs. Achala Moulik on
4th April, 2008 on "Pushkin, the father
of modern Russian Literature. |
|
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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 |
|
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Discussions on "Should
the HAL Airport be kept Open?" on 11th
April, 2008 |
|
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Book Launch by Ms. Jasleem Dhamija
on 3rd May, 2008 |
|
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Talk by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan,
Columnist, Business Standard, on "The
Sixth Pay Commission : Incentivising the Civil
Service" on 7th May, 2008 |
|
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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 |
|
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Screening of film "The
Advocate" directed by Ms. Deepa Dhanraj
on 20th June, 2008 at 6 PM |
|
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Talk by Dr. Annapurna Garimella
on "Urbanization in Tourism's Own Landscape"
on Saturday, the28th June, 2008 An Airtel-Manthan
Arts & Culture Series Programme |
|
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Talk by Ms. Urmila Devi on "Reminiscences
of Mysore Palace" on Saturday, the 5th
July, 2008. An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture
Series Programme |
|
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Talk by Mr. Arvind Panagariya
on his recent book "INDIA : THE EMERGING
GIANT" on Wednesday, the 9th July, 2008
at 6.30 PM |
|
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Talk by Dr. Lata Mani on "BANGALORE
JOURNEY: LOCAL AND TRANSLOCAL REFLECTIONS
ON GLOBALISATION" on Thursday, the 24th
July, 2008 at 6 PM |
|
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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. |
|
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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 |
|
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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. |
|
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Screening of classic Shakespeare
film "The Merchant of Venice" on
Friday the 29th August, 2008 at 6 p.m. |
|
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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. |
|
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Talk on "An Aesthetics
of Erasures" by Sadanand Menon on 31st
October, 2008 |
|
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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 |
|
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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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