Talk on Arts and the Law for Cooch Behar police officers as part of Kri Foundations work on creating awareness on issues at the intersection of arts and the laws.
Kri Foundation organized an evening with USA based senior Indian dancer REamya Harishankar, Artistic Director Arpana Dance Company, Irvine, California. The evening “A Symphony of Emotions” included the screening of her two dance films, “Aasha” (2021) and “Bhumika” ( 2021) and Abhinaya Explorations.
Moderated the talk on “The Sacred and War Weaves of Assam” by Sangeet Barooah Pisharoty, at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Addressed the stakeholders on Stake holders of the Bengal Film & Television industry as Kri Foundation is a co-founder of Unmute that works on Arts and the Law, on the occasion of Confluence-’24 with the theme of exploring the Regulatory vacuum in the film and TV industry of Bengal, organized by the Department of Media Law and Entertainment, National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.
Talk on Arts Management / Arts Administration for Mahagami Gurukul (Hybrid Mode).
Moderated and participated as a speaker in a panel discussion on the topic of “In the Age of Mujra and Hiramandi an insight into the Life and Times of the Tawaifs”, with other participants being Muzaffar Ali (Padmashri) and Prof. Rita Ganguly (Padmashri), at the Museo Camera in Gurgaon, organized by Art Tree. This was Art Tree’s inaugural session of talks.
Participated in a panel discussion on the life and contribution of Sharon Lowen organized to mark her 75 th birthday at India Habita Centre Delhi with other fellow panelists being Kamalini Dutt, Adam Grotsky and Leela Venkataraman.
Launch of Ahtushi Deshpande’s book “Speaking Stones: The Rock Art of Ladakh” organized by Kri Foundation and Himalayan Club. The book project was supported by Kri Foundation.
Talk at the SPIC MACAY Uttarakhand Convention on the topic of “What the Arts do for us”.
Supported the three presentations that were part of the 5th International Festival of Rabindranritya in Delhi, organ used by the Sruti Performance Troupe.
Organised the 26th Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Lecture (Online) on the topic of “When Cultures Clash” by Prof Samik Bandyopadhyay.
Invited as Chief Guest to inaugurate and deliver a talk on Inclusive Performing arts and Careers for differently abled artistes at a seminar on the same topic- “Kala Samantar”- organized by the India international Centre and AAMAD Dance Centre.
Invited to join the advisory board of The Neemrana Foundation.
Invited to speak on Kri Foundations work on making arts spaces SEBI- safe, ethical, brave and inclusive at the International Festival of Indian Dance organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi.
Invited to deliver the inaugural talk for Virasat Festival 2024 organised in Delhi by the NGO REACH on the subject of “Why are the Arts important for the young”.
Discussant for the screening of the documentary film on the rocks of Hyderabad, titled “The Other Kohinoor”, by Uma Magal, at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, organized by the Kriti Film Club.
Moderated and spoke at the session titled “Shringara: The Rasa of Poetry - The many faces of Indian beauty” with Dr. Alka Pande and Dancer Sharon Lowen, at the India Habitat Centre. Part of the Delhi Poetry Festival.
Participant in the Prime Ministers significant initiative “Ashtalakshmi Mahotsava” in the session dedicated to” Strategically leveraging the Arts of the Northeast”.
Participated as Moderator & Speaker at the Launch of K. K. Gopalakrishnan’s milestone, highly researched publication “Theyyam: Indian Folk Ritual Theatre, organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi.