“All the aspects of the mind must be harmonized in order to achieve true inner peace.”
IAA Conference 2024
Participating Scholars
Religion, Consciousness, & Spirituality As Expressed In Arts
Welcome Address & Inaugural Session | Registration | Lamp Lighting
Dr. Sachchidananda Joshi (Special Guest of Honor)
Member Secretary, Executive and Academic Head, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
10:35 AM - 10:40 AM
Prof. (Dr) Richa Kamboj
Head of Department, Kaladarsana Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
10:40 AM -10:45 AM
Dr. Reela Hota
Odissi Dance Performer and former Senior Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
10:45 AM - 10:50 AM
Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur
Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
10:50 AM -10:55 AM
NOV 9: SCHEDULE
Umang Conference Room, IGNCA, New Delhi
Dr. Madhu Khanna
Professor of Indic Religion, Tagore National Fellow, National Museum, New Delhi
KEYNOTE SPEECH (10:55 AM - 11:30 AM)
SESSION 1 (11:45 AM - 01:15 PM)
Desire, Consciousness and Creativity
Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar
Professor, Department of English, Zakir Husain College, Delhi University
Topic: Chair
Guru Ramli Ibrahim, Malaysia
Chairman, Sutra Foundation (Online Session)
Topic: Dealing with Unfulfilled Desires: Malay Traditional Psychotherapy Healing & Appeasing Strong Inherent Temperaments
Prof. Sudeep Patra
Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal Global University
Topic: Science, Spirituality and Art
Prof. Swati Pal
Principal, Janki Devi College, Delhi University
Topic: Evoking Consciousness Through Creative Self-expression: Word, Performance And Arts
SESSION 2 (02:15 pm - 03:45 pm)
Conflict, Art & Social Healing
Prof. Satish Kumar Jha
Professor, Department of Political Science, Aryabhatta College, Delhi University
Topic: Chair
Dr. Rina Kashyap
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University
Topic: Art and Conflict Resolution
Shri Amit Kalla
Distinguished Poet and Painter, Founder Ramta Drig
Topic: Ramta Drig Collective Movement - My Experiences with Community Empowerment through Creativity
Shri Rakesh Ranjan Das
PhD Research Scholar at the Centre For Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Topic: Spirituality, Consciousness and Social Healing in Baul Philosophy
Sushree Varsha Rani
PhD Research Scholar at the Centre For Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Topic: Spirituality, Consciousness and Social Healing in Baul Philosophy
SESSION 3 (4:00 pm - 05:45 pm)
Art, Spirituality & Therapeutic Aesthetics
Prof. Madhulika Banerjee
Professor Department of Political Science, Delhi University
Topic: Chair
Dr. Priya Kanungo
Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities at O.P. Jindal Global University
Topic: Song for God
Dr. Reela Hota
Odissi Dance Performer and former Senior Fellow, Ministry of Culture, G.O.I
Topic: The Healing Odissi and the Universal Principles in it
Sushree Anshuma Keshetrpal
President, Indian Association of Dance Movement Therapy, President, Drama Therapy Association of India
Topic: Drama Movement and Therapeutics
Convener: Dr. Reela Hota
NOV 10: SCHEDULE
Umang Conference Room, IGNCA, New DelhiSESSION 4 (10:00 am - 11:30 am)
Religion, Spirituality and Art
Dr. Shashi Bala (Special Lecture)
Dean, K. M. Munshi Centre of Indology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi
Topic: Buddhist Art and Spirituality
Prof. Vibha Chaturvedi
Former H.O.D, Department Of Philosophy, Delhi University
Topic: Chair
Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur
Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Topic: Neuro Aesthetics, Consciousness, and Spirituality: In Search of a Perspective on Art and Healing
Dr. Varun Wighmal
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s University
Topic: Neuro Aesthetics, Consciousness, and Spirituality: In Search of a Perspective on Art and Healing
Dr. Anand Burdhan
Dy. Dean, School of Heritage, Ambedkar University
Topic: Metaphysics of Temple Architecture
SESSION 5 (11:45 am - 01:15 pm)
Spirituality, Performance & Experience
Prof. Bhagat Oinam
Chairperson, Centre for Philosophy, SSS, JNU. Concurrent Chairperson, Special Centre for the Study of North East India, JNU
Topic: Chair
Dr. Uma Rele (Online Session)
Principal, Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai
Topic: The Three "Es" of Indian Dance - Expressions, Emotions and Experience
Dr. Ashish Ghosh
Children's Theatre Activist, Retired Associate Professor, Dayal Singh Evening College, Delhi University
Topic: Epistemology and Aesthetics in Children’s Theatre
Sushree Kheersana Yumlembem
Manipuri Dance Performer, Senior Fellow, Ministry of Culture
Topic: The Elements Of Spirituality in Manipuri Music & Dance
SESSION 6 (02:15 pm - 03:45 pm)
Creative, Reflexivity and Poetry
Prof. R. P. Singh
Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Religious Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Visiting Professor, Centre for Philosophy School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Topic: Chair
Prof. Savita Singh
Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU
Topic: Arts as Human Experience: Concrete and Transcendent
Prof. Akhlaque Ahmad 'Ahan'
Poet, Professor & Chairperson, Center of Persian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Topic: Sufism, and the Power of the Poetic Word
Prof. Sanjeev Kaushal
Prof of English, IGIPESS, Delhi University
Topic: Exploring the Concept of Universal Consciousness in Poetry
SESSION 7 3:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Valedictory
Prof. Arvind Sharma (30 min online video)
Birks Professor of Religion, McGill University, Canada
Topic: The Aesthetics of Advaita Vedanta
Round Table on “Religion, Spirituality, Aesthetics and Healing”
Concluding Session and Vote of Thanks