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Recent Completed Activities : |
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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 |
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Screening of “The Gospel of Judas”
by NGC |
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Screening of “Unlocking Da Vinci
Code” by NGC |
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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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Screening
of a National Geographic film "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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Discussions on the "Union Budget-2007 and Karnataka
Budget-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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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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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 with an interactive session on "KANNADA
RAJYOTHSAVA - A FEW THOUGHTS" led by Dr. Vinod Vyasulu,
in November, 2007 |
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Presentation
by Mr. Amitab Sengupta, Artist from Kolkata, in November,
2007. |
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Talk
by Mr. K B Jinan, well-known Designer on "Initiating
Collaboration between the Community and the Artisans" |
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Screening
of film "Footsteps of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni
Matilal |
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Screening
of a documentary Film "Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread)"
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Talk
by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs. Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars. |
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Screening
of film "Madame Butterfly" |
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Talk
by Dr. Marti
G Subrahmanyam and
Prof. Marc Luychx Ghisi |
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Talk
by Mr. Reinhard Hans Butikofer |
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A
Solo performance by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee |
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Talk
by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan, Shri Ramakrishna Hegde
Chair in Decentralisation and Governance, ISEC |
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Discussions
on Union Budget 2008-09 |
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Talk
by Prof. Madav Badami on "Urban Transport in India:
Beyond the Nano and Metro... and back to the Basics" |
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Sabras
by Smt. Sonal Mansingh on 22nd March, 2008 |
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Talk
by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore
UrbanDisrict" |
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Talk
by Mrs. Achala Moulik on "Pushkin, the father of
modern Russian Literature. by Smt. Sonal Mansingh
on 22nd March, 2008 |
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Talk
by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore
UrbanDisrict" |
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Talk
by Mrs. Achala Moulik 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" |
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Discussions
on "Should the HAL Airport be kept Open?" |
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Book
Launch by Ms. Jasleen Dhamija |
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Talk
by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan, Columnist, Business Standard,
held on "The Sixth Pay Commission : Incentivising
the Civil Service" |
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Talk
by Prof. M D Usha Devi, ISEC on "Marginalised Children
in Primary Education - Current Challenges for Schools
and Teachers" |
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Screening
of film "The Advocate" directed by Ms. Deepa
Dhanraj |
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Talk
by Dr. Annapurna Garimella on "Urbanization in Tourism's
Own Landscape"
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme |
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Talk
by Ms. Urmila Devi on "Reminiscences of Mysore Palace".
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme |
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Talk
by Mr. Arvind Panagariya on his recent book "INDIA
: THE EMERGING GIANT" |
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Talk
by Dr. Lata Mani on "BANGALORE JOURNEY: LOCAL AND
TRANSLOCAL REFLECTIONS ON
GLOBALISATION |
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Illustrated
talk by Mr. Balan Nambiar, on 'BHUTA MASK - MYTH, SPIRIT,
RITUAL" 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" |
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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. |
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Talk
by Roger Martin on 12th November, 2008 |
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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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Anniversary
functions of Bangalore International Centre on 22nd November,
2008 |
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Launch
of "Imagining India Discussion Series" on 12th
December, 2008 - Lead Speaker Mr. Nandan Nilekani |
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Interactive
Discussion on "Wikipedia and free culture by Jimmy
Wales, founder of Wikipedia on 13th December, 2008 at
6 pm |
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"The
Hard Rain slideshow" by Mark Edwards on Saturday,
20th December, 2008. |
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"Howzaat
& Vivarta" by Sampradaya Dance Creations at Chowdaiah
Memorial Hall in the evening on 27th December, 2008. -
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme |
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Interactive
Discussion on “Cost Effectiveness of Delivering Public
Services”
BY MR. S K GHOSAL, IAS(Retd), MA (ECONOMICS), DIPLOMA IN DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES, FORMER ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
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Shri S K Ghosal, (Former Addl. Chief Secretary, Government of
Karnataka) had an interesting interactive session with the BIC
Members on “Cost-Effectiveness of the delivery of public
services” in India. Drawing upon his vast experience in
public administration in Karnataka, Shri Ghosal highlighted
the fact that there has been an acute mismatch between what
is sought to be done in areas of public service and how it is
actually done. He drew attention to the often unproductive and
unfocussed “establishment costs” which left increasingly
less and less investible surplus for capital investments which
could promote and trigger more growth. He felt that there was
a huge, unmet demand for public demand for public sector investments
in infrastructures, like roads, fly-overs, bridges, irrigation
works, health, education, transportation, urban facilities like
water supply and sewerage systems, environment and conservation
etc. which could have a multiplier effect on growth. Whatever
little that is provided either under the Central or the State
Budgets for such activities is inadequate and improperly utilized.
The system of budgeting and subsequent performance appraisals
is such that it is not possible to arrive at a true picture
of the state of affairs that exists. Shri Ghosal therefore urged
a systemic overhaul of the pattern and methodology of budgeting,
expenditure and appraisal of the delivery of public services
in India. He drew attention to the pattern of budgeting and
performance appraisal in the United Kingdom where the concept
of “Unit Cost” has been clearly spelt out to make
cost-effectiveness studies real and effective. A lively discussion
followed the talk. Shri Ghosal was introduced and subsequently
thanked by Shri P R Dasgupta, Director of BIC. |
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