Video Gallery: Webinar
Welcome Address by Arundhati Ghosh, Executive Director, India Foundation for the Arts
Keynote Address by Chandrashekhara Kambara, Writer, Researcher, and Nadoja, Padma Shri
and Jnanpith awardee
Introduction to the Webinar by Krishna Murthy TN, Programme Officer, Arts Education, IFA
Session 01
Pedagogy and Process: Artists, Teachers, and Schools
Moderator: Blaise Joseph, Artist and Art Educator, Kannur, Kerala
Panellists: KV Akshara, Theatre Director and Writer, Sri Nilakanteshwara Natya Seva Sangha (Ninasam), Heggodu, Karnataka (in absentia); Prema Rangachary, Director, Vidya Vanam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; and Vidya Shivadas, Director, The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, New Delhi
Session 02
Local and National: Negotiating Dominant Narratives
Moderator: Joyoti Roy, Head, Strategy and Marketing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Panellists: J Devika, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala; Ravikumar Kashi, Contemporary Artist, Writer and Teacher, Bangalore, Karnataka; and Sohail Hashmi, Freelance writer, Filmmaker and Heritage Activist, New Delhi
Session 03
Funding and Policy: Influencing the Critical Impact
Moderator: Sriram V Ayer, Founder and CEO - NalandaWay Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Panellists: Rajkumar Rajak, Resource Person, Azim Premji Foundation, Tonk, Rajasthan and Ritika Gandhi, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Titan Company Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka
Session 04
COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19: Imagining the New Normal
Moderator: Nandini Manjrekar, Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Panellists: Akshata Krishnamurthy, Assistant Teacher, Anashi, Karnataka, Manmeet Devagun, Artist and Educator, New Delhi and Sahil Ahuja, Theatre Practitioner and Filmmaker, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Closing Remarks by Sumana Chandrashekar, Programme Lead, IFA