Distinguished Lecture Series (2018-2021)
This includes lectures by eminent people from all walks of life who have made a major contribution to public life. They speak on a wide-ranging spectrum of topics of wider national and international interest. An honorarium of Rs 10,000 per lecture or set of lectures is presented after the submission of a script of around 3500 words by the speaker. Scholars may be recommended or invited by the Institute.
Sr. No. | Name | Bio | Title of Lecture |
1. | Shri Hari Kiran Vadlamani | Founder, Indic Academy | Strategies for Leveraging India’s Soft Power” (07 December 2018) |
2. | Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, | Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India | Heroic Histories: The forgotten revolutionaries of India and their contribution to the freedom struggle (01 April 2019) |
3. | Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche | Former Prime Minister of Tibet Government in exile | The power of Dharma in contemporary world” (22 April 2019) |
4. | Shri Vivek Agnihotri | Indian Film Director, Producer and Screenwriter | “Art & Truth” and screened a movie “The Tashkent Files” (22 June 2019). |
5. | Professor Harish Trivedi | Former Professor of English at the University of Delhi | Locating Kipling in India--in Shimla, Lahore, Allahabad, Bombay and Rajasthan (08 July 2019) |
6. | Professor Bhushan Patwardhan | Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission | How to Improve Research and Publication Standards in India: A UGC Perspective (14 August 2019) |
7. | Dr. Sanjeev Chopra | Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoourie | Sardar Patel and the making of Indian Administrative Services (26 September 2019) |
8. | Lt Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain | (Retd.) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR |
Mahatma Gandhi, Jammu & Kashmir And National Integration (1 October 2020) |
9. | Lt. Gen. Ata Hasnain | (Retd.) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR |
Geo-Political and Security Challenges: with reference to China (5 June 2020) |
10. | Shri Navtej Sarna | (former Indian Ambassador to the United States) | “India, US and the Changing World Order” (08 June 2020) |
11. | Professor Radhavallabh Tripathi | Former Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi. |
“काशी का शास्त्रार्थ (9 July 2020) |
12. | Dr Shekhar Mande, | Secretary, DSIR & Director General, CSIR | “S&T Challenges for the Post-Covid-19 Era” (30 July 2020) |
13. | Ms. Sunanda Vashisht | A writer, political commentator and a columnist | “Dismantling the Status Quo: Kashmir after Abrogation of Article 370.” (5th August 2020) |
14. | Dr Swapan Dasgupta | Honorable Member of Parliament | The Ayodhya Experience 1988-2020 (13th August 2020) |
15. | Dr TCA Raghavan | Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs |
Handling Pakistan (26 August 2020) |
16. | Professor Anand Ranganathan | Professor Special Centre for Molecular Medicine Jawaharlal Nehru University |
“To change or not to change in the post-Covid world” (1st September 2020) |
17. | Shri Amit Kashyap | Former Deputy Commissioner, Shimla | Under webinar series on “India in the post-Covid19 World : Challenges and Opportunities”2nd September 2020 |
18. | Shri Sanjay Kundu | Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh | Water Resource Management in India: Challenges and the Way Forward (19 October 2020) |
19. | Dr. Vikram Sampath | Bangalore based historian, Dr. Vikram Sampath is the author of four acclaimed books: Splendours of Royal Mysore: the Untold Story of the Wodeyars; "My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician"-‐ and "Voice of the Veena: S Balachander -‐ A Biography" | The Challenges of Writing a Biography of Veer Savarkar (2 November 2020) |
20. | Dr. Yogendra Nath Sharma ‘Arun’ | लगभग50 कृतियाँप्रकाशितहुईहैं, जिनमेंदोमहाकाव्य "वैदुष्यमणिविद्योत्तमा"| साहित्य अकादमी का "भाषासम्मान" (एकलाखरूपए) केन्द्रीय हिंदी संस्थान, आगरा का "विवेकानंद सम्मान" (पांचलाखरूपए) सहित अनेक सम्मान | समाज,साहित्य और संस्कृति का अन्तर्सम्बन्ध (20 November 2020) |
21. | Lord Meghnad Desai | Former Professor of Economics, London School of Economics. Chairman of Advisory Board of Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Forum | Heteropolarity and the New World Order (14 December 2020) |
22. | Professor K. VijayRaghavan | Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India | “Science, Technology and Innovation in India” (25 February 2021) |
23. | Shri Anuraag Saxena | Chartered Accountant and an MBA | “Reversing Colonization – One object at a time” |
24. | Ms. Jaya Jaitly | Currently, she is heading a Task Force for the Niti Aayog on Child Marriage, Infant and Maternal Mortality | Impact and Future of Handicrafts for Women in the post Covid-19 India |
25. | Professor (Dr.) Balram Bhargava | Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research cum Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India | India's Fight against Covid: Role of ICMR (16 March 2021) |
26. | Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh C. Gaur | Dean, IGNCA & Director (Lib. & Inf. ) & Head-Kala Nidhi Division at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, | Libraries of the Future (22nd March 2021) |
27. | Anantha-Nageswaran | Member of the Board of Directors of several companies in India, including TVS Supply Chain Solutions (P) Limited and TVS Sri Chakra Ltd. In Singapore, he is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of NPS International School. | Rebooting the Indian Economy: Opportunities & Pitfalls (16th April 2021) |
28. | Dr Aakash Singh Rathore | Author of Ambedkar's Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India, and Series Editor of the 15-volume "Rethinking India" book series. | B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice (19th April 2021) |
29. | Shri Shridhar Venkat | CEO, the Akshaya Patra Foundation | Meals for All: The Miracle of Akshaya Patra (20th April 2021) |
30. | Ambassador Phunchok Stobdan | Senior Fellow for Eurasian Security and former Indian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan | Importance of Himalayan Buddhism & Geopolitics |
31. | Ms. Noa schwartz Feuerstein | Scholar and Supervisor in the ‘Israel institute of Jungian Psychology’, in 'Jungian Advanced studies' in Bar-Ilan University, | C.G. Jung's Psychology and The Upanishadic wisdom: From 'Individuation' towards 'Ātmanization' (28th May 2021) |