:: Bangalore International Centre ::

Future activities:

	Talk on "Foreign Aid - Blessing or Curse?" by Prof. K P Chandrashekar, TERI, on Friday, 9th January, 2009 at 6 pm
	Screening of film "No Country for young girls" by Nupur Basu on Saturday, 31st January, 2009 at 6 pm
	"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
	Screening of “The Gospel of Judas” by NGC
	Screening of “Unlocking Da Vinci Code” by NGC
	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"
	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 "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"
	Screening of documentary film "The Corporation" a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan in 2007
	Screening of French film " Une Part du Ciel (A Piece of Sky) " in April, 2007
	Lecture by Mr. Aditya Sondhi a Lawyer on "Reservations for OBCs in higher education - Constitutional Issues and perspectives" in April, 2007
	Lecture by Ms. Ammu Joseph, well known Author and Social Activist on "Gender and Media" 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
	A 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 with an interactive session on "KANNADA RAJYOTHSAVA - A FEW THOUGHTS" led by Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, in November, 2007
	Presentation by Mr. Amitab Sengupta, Artist from Kolkata, in November, 2007.
	2nd Anniversary Programmes of BIC from in November, 2007
	Talk by Mr. K B Jinan, well-known Designer on "Initiating Collaboration between the Community and the Artisans"
	Screening of film "Footsteps of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni Matilal
	Screening of a documentary Film "Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread)"
	Talk by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs. Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars.
	Screening of film "Madame Butterfly"
	Talk by Dr. Marti G Subrahmanyam and Prof. Marc Luychx Ghisi
	Talk by Mr. Reinhard Hans Butikofer
	A Solo performance by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee
	Talk by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan, Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair in Decentralisation and Governance, ISEC
	Discussions on Union Budget 2008-09
	Talk by Prof. Madav Badami on "Urban Transport in India: Beyond the Nano and Metro... and back to the Basics"
	Sabras by Smt. Sonal Mansingh on 22nd March, 2008
	Talk by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict"
	Talk by Mrs. Achala Moulik on "Pushkin, the father of modern Russian Literature. by Smt. Sonal Mansingh on 22nd March, 2008
	Talk by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict"
	Talk by Mrs. Achala Moulik 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"
	Discussions on "Should the HAL Airport be kept Open?"
	Book Launch by Ms. Jasleen Dhamija
	Talk by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan, Columnist, Business Standard, held on "The Sixth Pay Commission : Incentivising the Civil Service"
	Talk by Prof. M D Usha Devi, ISEC on "Marginalised Children in Primary Education - Current Challenges for Schools and Teachers"
	Screening of film "The Advocate" directed by Ms. Deepa Dhanraj
	Talk by Dr. Annapurna Garimella on "Urbanization in Tourism's Own Landscape" An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
	Talk by Ms. Urmila Devi on "Reminiscences of Mysore Palace". An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
	Talk by Mr. Arvind Panagariya on his recent book "INDIA : THE EMERGING GIANT"
	Talk by Dr. Lata Mani on "BANGALORE JOURNEY: LOCAL AND TRANSLOCAL REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALISATION
	Illustrated talk by Mr. Balan Nambiar, on 'BHUTA MASK - MYTH, SPIRIT, RITUAL" 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"
	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
	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
	Interactive Discussion on "Wikipedia and free culture by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia on 13th December, 2008 at 6 pm
	"The Hard Rain slideshow" by Mark Edwards on Saturday, 20th 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

Lecture Demonstration by Dr. T S Sathyavathi on "The niceties and nuances of Karnataka Classical Music" held on 22nd September, 2007

A Lecture Demonstration was arranged on “The niceties and nuances of Karnataka Classical Music” by BIC on 22nd September, 2007 at 5.00 PM. Dr. T S Sathyavathi, Professor in Sanskrit, Vidya Vardhaka Sangha First Grade College, Bangalore delivered the lecture demonstration on the subject. Mrs. Geetha Rao, President, Arts Umbrella, Bangalore, presided over the event. In her lecture demo, Dr. Sathyavathi delineated the characteristics and subtleties of Karnatak Classical Music and its unique significance in the field of music. More than 40 members participated in the event and also the interaction with Dr. T S Sathyavathi after the demonstration. The event ended with the Vote of Thanks proposed by Mrs. Geetha Rao.

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