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15 December 2014, Monday
16.00-17.30:

Inauguration to India Ki Khoj

Welcome address
Professor Sudhir Jain
Director, IIT Gandhinagar

Inaugural Lecture
Urvashi Butalia
Director, Zubaan Books

A Bollywood India
Nasreen Munni Kabir
18.30-19:00:

Brief to students
Rita Kothari and Jaison Manjaly
 
16 December 2014, Tuesday
07.00-12.00: Heritage Walk in the pols of Ahmedabad with visits to Hutheesing Palace and other monuments
12.00-13.00: Lunch at ‘Agashiye’ at The House of MG, Lal Darwaza.
14.00-15.30:

Ahmedabad and its Architecture
Neelkanth Chhaya
15.30-16.00: Tea/Coffee Break
16.00-17.00:

World City/Heritage City The Case of Ahmedabad
Pooja Thomas
17.00 onwards Informal Interaction followed by Dinner at IITGN
 
17 December 2014, Wednesday
09.30-11.00: Visit to Sabarmati Ashram, a memorial heritage site dedicated to Mohandas K Gandhi.
11.00-11.30: Tea/Coffee Break
11.30-13.00:

Story and the City
Zahir Jan Mohammed
13.00-14.00: Lunch at IITGn
Post -Lunch

Visit to Sarkhej Roza, the mausoleum - mosque complex built to honour the Sufi saint Sheikh Ganj Baksh Khattu in the fifteenth century.

Followed by dinner at ‘Vishalla’, a village themed restaurant, Sarkhej Narol Highway
 
18 December 2014, Thursday
09.30- 12.30: Guided Tour of the Museum of Textiles at Calico Museum, Shahibaug
13.30-14.30: Lunch at IITGn
15.00-16.30:

Fashion and Contemporary Indian Identity
Shefali Vasudev
16.30 -18.00:

TBC Bollywood Dance
Malavika Subramanyam
19.00 onwards IDinner at IITGN
 
19 December 2014, Friday
Visit to Bhasha, Tejgadh.

Bhasha was instituted in 1966 to study, document and work towards the conservation of languages not protected by the Constitution of India.
 
20 December 2014, Saturday
10.30 -12.00

The Novel in India
Chandrahas Choudhury
12.00 -13.30

TBC Print Media in India
Monojit Majumdar
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch
14:30- 16:00

Panel: Science and Technology in India
Chair: Professor Bhaskar Datta
16.30- 19.30

Visit to ‘Upasana, School of Performing Arts’ followed by a workshop.
 
21 December 2014, Sunday
09.30-11.00:

Strangers in the Mist: Tales of War and peace from India’s North East
Sanjoy Hazarika
11.00-11.30: Tea/Coffee Break
11.30-13.00:

Colonial India and North East India
Madhumita Sengupta
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.30:

Caste in India
A F Mathew
15.30-16.00: Tea/Coffee Break
16.00 onwards Film screening followed by Dinner
 
22 December 2014, Monday
09.30-11.00:

Title TBA Mona Mehta followed by Roundtable Session :(Mona Mehta, Rita etc)
11.00-14:00:

Visit to ‘Upasana, School of Performing Arts’ followed by a performance workshop.
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