Events this week

From seminars on studying in the US, strategies of applying to B-schools to photo exhibitions, get all the information on upcoming events right here.

Event: Education UK Briefing session
Details: For details, call the customer service desk at 42199000
Date and time: December 16, 3 pm
Venue: British Council

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Event: Seminar on studying in the US
Details: The USIEF event is titled 'Nuts and Bolts of the Admission Process to US Universities'
Date and time: December 16, 4 pm
Venue: American Center

Event: Info session: 'Strategies of applying to B-schools in the US'
Details: The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) is organising the information session with executive director, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
Date and time: December 17, 2.30 pm
Venue: USIEF, Hailey Road

Event: A dialogue: Picasso in Delhi
Details: Chief guest: Rajeev Lochan, director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi
Instituto Cervantes is going to host the talk
Date and time: December 18, 6.30 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place

Event: Discussion on 'A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 and the American Civil War'
Details: A discussion with Rajmohan Gandhi, author of the book, and a panel
Date and time: December 18, 6.30 pm
Venue: American Center

Event: Delhi Poetree
Details: A monthly series, the evening promises featured poets, open mike, discussions, games, including "audience versus poets" and "team face-off", and prizes
Date and time: December 23, 6.45 pm
Venue: American Center

Event: Round Table Discussion on 'Naxalite Insurgency - The Problem and Policy Options'
Details: Speakers: Joginder Singh, former Director, CBI; NC Padhi, former special secretary (security) and Chandan Mitra, editor and managing director, Pioneer
Centre for Public Policy is organising the event
Date and time: December 16, 11 am - 1 pm
Venue: Conference Room No. III, India International Centre Annexe

Event: Talk on 'Ways of Writing: Composing (in) Global English, Globalising Composition'
Details: Speaker: Dr Iswari Prasad Pandey, senior fellow, American Institute of Indian Studies and assistant professor of writing and rhetoric, Syracuse University; Chair: Prof. GJV Prasad, professor of English, JNU
Date and time: December 17, 6.30 pm
Venue: Conference Room I, India International Centre

Event: Lecture on 'Informed Virtual Environments: Interaction and Knowledge'
Details: Speaker: Prof. Indira Thouvenin, University of Technology Compiegne. Part of a series of talks, Bonjour French Science, the French Embassy is organising in major Indian cities. More details at www.frenchsciencetoday.org
Date and time: December 18, time NA
Venue: Delhi Technological University

Event: Talk on 'The Quest for Genghis Khan: Travels in Secret Mongolia'
Details: Illustrated presentation by Ravi Bhoothalingam on the sites associated with Genghis Khan's life, through some of the most isolated landscapes in the world
Chair: Prof. Madhavan K Palat
Date and time: December 21, 6.30 pm
Venue: Conference Room I, India International Centre

Event: Illustrated talk on 'Haryali aur rasta'
Details: Anupam Mishra, executive secretary, Gandhi Peace Foundation, is going to speak on traditional rainwater harvesting
Date and time: December 23, 7 pm
Venue: India Habitat Centre

Event: 'Stories of Nature'
Details: Part of Kisse Kahaniyan, a series on the art of storytelling, both traditional and experimental
Date and time: December 23, 7 pm
Venue: India Habitat Centre

Event: Photo exhibition on "Surprises of the Cosmos"
Details: The exhibition promises a journey to the remotest place that has been observed from earth, with 30 spectacular astronomic pictures of planets, galaxies, nebulae, stars…
Date and time: On till January 24, 2010, 11.30 am to 7.30 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place

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Event: Workshop on 'Ayurvedic Lifestyle for Promoting Health and Preventing Ailments'
Details: Dr Vinod Verma, founder of Charaka School of Ayurveda, is going to conduct the workshop on 'Ritucharaya: Learning to Live with Time and Peace'
Date and time: December 17, 4 pm
Venue: Auditorium, India International Centre Annexe

Event: Workshop on family relationships
Details: Vimhans is organising the monthly workshop on early identification of lacunae in communication and on preventing challenges in parenting
Date and time: December 16, 7 pm
Venue: India Habitat Centre