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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
 
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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
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)
Discussions on the "Union Budget-2007 and Karnataka Budget-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
Talk by Shri N Gopalaswami, Chief Election Commissioner on "Conducting Elections - Experiences in the UP and recent Elections " in August, 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.
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
 
     
     
  Sabras by Smt. Sonal Mansingh on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall  
     
 

The Bangalore International Centre (BIC) had arranged organised a unique dance programme viz., “SABRAS” (A tapestry of classical odissi dance and film songs) by Smt. Sonal Mansingh, on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall. The hall which was packed to the capacity thoroughly enjoyed the innovative tapestry of classical Odissi dance, interwoven with well-known Hindi film songs.

A review which appeared in Deccan Herald of 24th March, 2008 is attached.


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