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Future Activities :
Screening of a German Film "Ostkreuz" on Friday, 1st July, 2011 at 6:30 pm
"Tamil Compositions in Carnatic Music" by Vidushi K. Vrinda Acharya and accompanists on Friday, 8th July, 2011 at 6:30 pm
"Kuchipudi Vaibhavam" by Ms. Prateeksha Kashi on Friday, 15th July, 2011 at 6:30 pm. Venue- Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha
Screening of a German Film "Im Juli" on Friday, 5th August, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Recently Completed Activities :
Completed Activities in 2011
Talk on the Book " Let's Celebrate! Follow the Hindu Moon" by Soumya Sitaraman in January, 2011
Screening of Travelling Film South Asia (TFSA) films Week from Monday, 10th January to Friday, 14th January, 2011
Panel Discussion on "Civil Liberties and Rights in our Country and the Role of the State" on Wednesday, 19th January, 2011 at 6.30 pm
Violin Performance by Ms. Charumathi Raghuraman on Friday, 21st January, 2011 at 6.30 pm
"Karnataka: Vibrant and Diverse" Series. Girish Kasaravalli, the National Award Winning Film-maker, presents his film "GULABI TALKIES" in January, 2011
The screening followed by a discussion with Girish Karnad.
Panel Discussion on "Corruption and Sleaze in Public Life" in February, 2011
Book Launch of "Latin America - an Introduction" by Dr. Vasant Kumar Bawa in February, 2011
Talk on "Restoring 'right order' : Justice and archetypal healing in individuals and societies" by Ms. Ann Shearer in February, 2011
Book Launch of "Fabindia - Fabric of our Lives" by Radhika Singh in February, 2011
Screening of film "The Die is Caste" by Ranjan Kamath in February, 2011
Book Launch of "Looking for America" by Avirook Sen in February, 2011
Annual Interactive Session on "Union Budget 2011-12" in February, 2011
Talk on "Where have all the tigers gone?" by Dr. K Ullas Karanth in March, 2011
Book Reading-cum-discussion on the book "Beautiful Thing" by Sonia Faleiro in March, 2011
Hindustani Vocal Recital by Dattatreya Velankar in March, 2011
Talk on "RECENT NUCLEAR DISASTER IN JAPAN AND THE LESSONS FOR INDIA" by Dr. M R Srinivasan, in April, 2011
"Flute Duet Recital" by Father and Son Duo - Vidwan B.K. Anantha Ram, and Vidwan Amith A. Nadig, and accompanists on Violin and Mridangam in April, 2011
Screening of a film "A Man for all Seasons" by Fred Zinnemann in April, 2011
Talk on "Food Security- A Dilemma" by Dr. Prem Nath in May, 2011
Screening of a film "Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go" in May, 2011
Book Release of the book "Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy" by Dr. David M. Malone in May, 2011
Panel Discussion on "Jan Lokpal Bill" in May, 2011
Fourth event of the Canvas Askew Series- Talk on "Is Media Bad for Mental Health?" in May, 2011
"Karnataka Vibrant and Diverse" Series. "Khanjira- The Naada Chakra" by Vidwan Sri. Amrit. N and accompanists in June, 2011
Book Launch of the book "Bangalore Calling" in June, 2011
Ghatam Performance "Laya Raaga Sangamam" by Smt. Sukkanya Ramgopal and accompanists on Veena, Violin, Mridangam and Morching in June, 2011
"Tibetan Music Festival" by Students for a Free Tibet in June, 2011
Talk on "1857- What really happened?" by Dr. V. Balasubramanian in June, 2011
Completed Activities in 2010
TALK BY GURUCHARAN DAS ON HIS BOOK "DIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD" in January, 2010
Talk by Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary on “ FOREIGN WORDS IN INDIAN LANGUAGES" in January, 2010
Screening of film “BISHAR BLUES” by AMITHAB CHAKRABORTY in Jan 2010
Panel discussion on "INDIA'S CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE" in January, 2010
Talk on "After Copenhagen : a People-Friendly Climate Agenda for India and the World" by Mr Praful Bidwai, An Independent Columnist, Environmentalist and Writer-Researcher in February, 2010
Talk on "Management of Anxiety" by Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore in February, 2010
Illustrated Talk on "The Mind of a Woman : Potrayal in Bollywood" by Dr. Dinesh Bhugra in March, 2010 on the occasion of International Women's Day
Presentation on "Creativity in the Arts" by Padmini Ravi in March, 2010
Annual Interactive Session on Union Budget 2010-11 in March, 2010
"Trimukhi" music programme in March, 2010
Illustrated Talk in celebration of World Heritage Day on "Heritage Imagineering" in April, 2010
Talk on "Reflections on Leadership : An Antarctic Case Study" by Mr. Vijay Crishna in April, 2010
Karnataka : Vibrant and Diverse Series - Illustrated Talk on "Mysore as a seat of classical Music" by Vikram Sampath in May, 2010
Screening of a film "Tanvir ka Safarnama" by Mr. Ranjan Kamath in May, 2010
"CANVAS ASKEW" Series programme - Panel Discussion on "The Pursuit of Happiness" in May, 2010
Screening of film "Omar Mukhtar : Lion of the Desert" in May, 2010
Talk on "Pakistan's Fifth Estate : The ISI Directorate and the Madhuri Gupta Case" by Dr. Bidanda Chengappa in June, 2010
Talk on "Power Scenario in Karnataka" by Mr. K Jairaj, Addl. Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Govt. of Karnataka, in June, 2010
Talk on "The New Himalayas and the Global Raja-Mandala" by Mr. Nitin Pai, in June, 2010
Slide show of selected photographs with a live commentary on "Kailash and Manas - Visions of the Infinite" by Shri Debv Mukharji in June, 2010
Screening of film "The Nine Months" in June, 2010
Book Discussion on "Missing : Half the Story - Journalism as if Gender Matters" in July, 2010
Screening of epic musical film "Fiddler on the Roof" in July, 2010
Screening of a documentary film "The Speaking Hand : Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian Drumming" in July, 2010
Book Launch and Poetry Reading - "Interior Decoration" in July, 2010
Screening of historical film "khartoum" in August, 2010
Second event of the Canvas Askew Series - Talk on "Healthy Aging - No More an Oxymoron" by Dr. Srikala Bharath in August, 2010
Screening of Mexican film "La Perla" in August, 2010
Panel Discussion on "Paid News" - Who will Watch the Watchdog? in September, 2010
Talk on "Adoor Goplakrishnan - A Life in Cinema" by Gautaman Bhaskaran in September, 2010
Screening of Mexican film "Anonimo Mortal" in September, 2010
Third event of the Canvas Askew Series - Talk on "Art and the Mental Health" in October, 2010
KARNATAKA : VIBRANT AND DIVERSE SERIES - Second Event Illustrated Talk on "Goddess Worship in Karnataka" by Vatsala Iyengar in October, 2010
Panel Discussion on "Who is a Bangalorean?" in November, 2010, on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava
Interactive Session on "The Father - Historical, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives" by Dr. Luigi Zoja, in November, 2010
Screening of a film "Fishers of Men" by Mr. Ranjan Kamath in November, 2010
Talk on "Microfinance in India - Issues and Prospects" by Mr. Anal Jain in November, 2010
Fifth Anniversary Function of Bangalore International Centre in November, 2010
Talk on "Conservation in Forests and Cities" by Dr. Harini Nagendra in November, 2010
Talk on "I will Vote for the Good Rains" and other stories from the Land of the Dogons, Mali, West Africa - by Mr. Peeyush Sekhsaria in December, 2010
Book Launch of " A HUNDRED YEARS OF LEV TOLSTOY AND THE INDIAN CONNECTION" by Ms. Achala Moulik Moses in December, 2010
Talk on "India's Look East Policy" by Ms. Latha Reddy, Secretary (East), MEA, Govt. of India in December, 2010
Book Reading-cum-discussion on the book "The Wheel Turned" by Malathi Ramachandran in December, 2010
"Evening Ragas in Dilruba and Sitar" by Aranya Kumar in December, 2010
Completed Activities in 2009
Talk on "Foreign Aid - Blessing or Curse?" by Prof. K P Chandrashekar, TERI, in January, 2009
Launch of Book "Dialogues of Civilization - William Jones and the Orientalists" in January, 2009
Screening of film "No Country for young girls" by Nupur Basu in January, 2009
The Annual Interactive Session on Union Budget 2009-10. "Recession and the Interim Budget - Prognosis"
"Stree Katha" by Mythili Prakash at Chowdaiah hall in March, 2009 - An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series programme
"The Prophet and the Poet" Play in March, 2009 at Alliance Francaise.
Talk on "Governance, Security and Development" by Mr. K Sreedhar Rao, in April, 2009
Lecture demonstration on "Appreciation of Kathak Dance" by Hari and Chethna in April, 2009
Screening of South African film " Cry, The Beloved Country" in May, 2009
Screening of South African film "Sarafina" in May, 2009
Screening of film "Four Minutes" in June, 2009
Discussion on "World Development Report : Reshaping Economic Geography" in June, 2009
Talk by Mr. Jeb Brugmann on his latest book "Urban Revolution" in June, 2009
Screening of Shakespeare film "Taming of the Shrew" in June, 2009
Appreciation of Hindustani Classical Music by Mowna Ramachandra : "The Monsoon Ragas" in July, 2009
Talk by Dr. Dayalan Davanesen on " MULTI MILLION DOLLAR ART FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DREAMTIME" July, 2009
Discussions on Union Budget in July, 2009
Screening of a German film "A Friend of Mine" in July, 2009
"Krishnaabhuvam" - Experiencing Krishna by Susheela Mehta on Saturday, 8th August, 2009 at 6.30 pm
Launch of Book "Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom" by Rajni Bakshi in August, 2009
Screening of a documentary film on Vaclav Havel, the past President of the Czech Republic in August, 2009
Screening of a film "The Other Song" in August, 2009
Illustrated talk on "Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose" - The Patiot-Scientist and the Bengal Renaissance in September, 2009
Screening of film "Koi Sunta Hai" in September, 2009
Screening of an Opera film based on Shakespeare's Play "Otello" in September, 2009
"Re-Search for Gandhi in Germany - Past and Present" by Dr. Christian Bartolf in October, 2009
Illustrated talk on "Anger Management" by Dr. Rathna Isaac, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in October, 2009
Book Launch of "Making India Work" by William Nanda Bissell in October, 2009
Illustrated talk on "Choreography of Dance" by Smt. Usha Venkateswaran and Prof. Ashish Mohan Khokar in October, 2009
An Evening in memory of Leela Naidu the famous yesteryear actress. "Lila" A documentary film by Bidisha Roy Das and Priyanjana Dutta in October, 2009
Memorial Meeting in Memory of "C B Muthamma - India's first woman career diplomat" in November, 2009
Fourth Anniversary Celebrations of Bangalore International Centre in November, 2009
Data driven debate on "GM crops in India - Hero or Villain? You decide!" in December, 2009
Illustrated talk on "No Retakes - the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production" by Arundhati Raja in December, 2009
Completed Activities in 2008
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 in 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 in September, 2008. An Airtel Manthan Arts and Culture Series Programme.
Screening of classic Shakespeare film "The Merchant of Venice" in August, 2008
Talk on "Nano Technology : Hype or Hope"? by Prof. Mohan Sundara Rajan, an Eminent Science Communicator and Author in Sept. 2008
Talk on "An Aesthetics of Erasures" by Sadanand Menon in October, 2008
Progrmme by Mr. Sikkil Gurucharan (Intoxicated Eyes) at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in October, 2008.
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
Appreciation of Hindustani Classical Music" by Mr. Ravindra Katoti in November, 2008. An Airtel Manthan Arts and Culture Series Programme.
Talk by Roger Martin in November, 2008
Talk by Gen Sood on "Leadership in the Indian Army : The Legacy of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw" in November, 2008
Anniversary functions of Bangalore International Centre in November, 2008
Launch of "Imagining India Discussion Series" in December, 2008 - Lead Speaker Mr. Nandan Nilekani
Interactive Discussion on "Wikipedia and free culture by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia in December, 2008
"The Hard Rain slideshow" by Mark Edwards in December, 2008.
"Howzaat & Vivarta" by Sampradaya Dance Creations at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in December, 2008. - An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series Programme
Completed Activities in 2007
Lecture on "ENHANCING INDIA'S CONSTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA" by Prof. James Manor (UK) in Jan, 2007
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
Completed Activities in 2006
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"
Karnataka : Vibrant and Diverse Series - Illustrated Talk on "Mysore as a seat of classical Music" by Vikram Sampath on Saturday, 8th May, 2010 at 6.30 pm
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