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16 December 2019, Monday
09.00-11.00 Breakfast & Tea/Coffee
11.30-12.30 Introduction to India Ki Khoj
Mona G. Mehta & Jaison Manjaly, IIT Gandhinagar
Welcome address
Sudhir K Jain, Director IIT Gandhinagar
12.30-14.30 Welcome Lunch
14.30-16.00 Today’s India: Does Gandhi Matter Anymore?
Rajmohan Gandhi
16.00-16.30 Tea/Coffee break
16.30-17.30 Bollywood Dance and Lecture-Demonstration
Malavika Subramaniyam, IITGN
20.00 Dinner
 
17 December 2019, Tuesday
08.00-09.00 Breakfast
09.00-10.30 Architectural Landscapes of India
Jigna Desai, Conservation Architecture, CEPT University
10.30-11.00 Tea/Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Stand-Up Comedy Show: Second Sex and More
Mahila Manch (Women’s Forum), Ahmedabad
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.00 Visit to Gandhi Ashram
20.00 Dinner
 
18 December 2019, Wednesday
06.30-12:00 Heritage Walk in the Old City of Ahmedabad
12.00-13.00 Lunch at House of MG
14.30-16.00 Imagining India: Many Voices, Many Narratives
Madhumita Sengupta, IIT Gandhinagar
16.00-16.30 Tea/Coffee Break
17.00-18.00 Lecture-Demonstration on Indian Classical Music Traditions
Srinivas Reddy, IIT Gandhinagar and Brown University
20.00 Dinner
 
19 December 2019, Thursday
06.30- 13.30 Visit to Lothal (Archaeological site of the Indus Valley Civilization)
Led by Oishi Roy, Centre for Archaeological Sciences, IITGN
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.00 Reflection Time
16.00-16.30 Tea/Coffee Break
17.00-18.00 Odissi Classical and Folk Dance Performances
P Sudha and Troupe
20:00 Dinner
 
20 December 2019, Friday
08.00- 09.00 Breakfast
09.00-10.30 Dance and the Indian Nation
Arshiya Sethi, Independent Artist, Scholar and Performer
10.30- 11.00 Tea/Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Re-imagining A Queer Future : Creating movements in a hesitant Gujarat
Anahita Sarabhai, Founder, Queerabad
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14:00- 16:00 Outreach in local village communities
NEEV Program, IIT Gandhinagar (Tea/Coffee in village)
20:00 Dinner
 
21 December 2019, Saturday
08.00- 09.00 Breakfast
09.00- 12.30 Visit to Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum of Modern Art
12.30- 14.00 Lunch
14.00- 15.30 Science in Ancient India: Is it a Myth, Oxymoron or a Reality?
Krishnamurthy Ramsubramanian, IIT Bombay
20.00 Visit to Sarkhej Roja followed by Dinner at Vishalla
 
22 December 2019, Sunday
08.00- 09.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.00 Reflections
12.00-14.00 Lunch
19:30 Dinner