Dates: July 18, 19, 20, 2025
Venue: Aurodhan Art Gallery & Gardens, Pondicherry
Curated by: Lalit Verma
Organized by: Aurodhan Pondicherry
Contact:
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DAY 1 – July 18: Awakening the Inner Inventor
- 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM – Cellular Healing Meditation by Nilima Bhat
- 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – An Alok Pandey on Original Thinking
- 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM – Naveen Vasudevan on Dharmagraha
- 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM – Reinvent Yourself | Collective Conflict Resolution with Ananya Anurupa
- 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Lunch Break
- 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM – Vibha Shah – Inner Resonance (Sound)
- 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM – Arul Dev – Memory Transformation
- 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM – Embodying Dhrupad – Pandita Sunita Amin
- 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Tea Break
- 4:45 PM – Book Launch – HAMPI: Sacred India Glorious India
By Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat & Vasundhara Kavali-Filliozat
Photography by Roshane Saidnattar - 5:00 PM – Panel Discussion
Featuring: Roshane Saidnattar, Beloo Mehra, Samir Sarkar - 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Anant Churuta – Dhrupad by Pandita Sunita Amin
- 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Kalpanatit – Dhrupad Concert by Dr. Ritwik Sanyal
(Padma Shri awardee), with Abhijit Sarkar on Pakhawaj
In collaboration with Vishva Dhrupad Gurukul, Jaipur
DAY 2 – July 19: INDO-FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Theme: Crossing Boundaries – Cinema & Consciousness
Curated by: Lalit Verma
- 9:00 AM – Cellular Healing Meditation by Nilima Bhat
- 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – FILM SCREENINGS (Presented by Roshane Saidnattar, France):
- Les larmes des étoiles khmères
- Facts and Denials – 16 min
- Red Moon – 15 min
- Q&A with Roshane
Special Presentation by:
- Samir Sarkar (Magic Hours)
- Schirkoa, No Ground Beneath the Feet, Paka (The River of Blood), The False Eyes, Jonaki
- Q&A
- 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Lunch Break
Afternoon Film Screenings – In the presence of the producers:
- Serge Moëtie, France – Mes questions sur Pondichéry – 40 min
- Chandrakant Singh, India – Parchayayaan – 35 min
- Lalit Kala Akademi, India – Three Short Films on Artists – 40 min
- Lalit Verma – Poorna Maha Kumbh 2025 – 21 min
Q&A with Lalit Verma
Evening Event:
- 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM – Venue: Krtashraya Aurodhan Gardens
- Philippe Gauthier & Prajna Chouma (France) – Breath Blues
- 8:30 PM Onwards – Pop-up Dinner at Krtashraya Aurodhan Garden
DAY 3 – July 20: Wisdom, Past, Present towards Original Future
- 9:00 AM – Cellular Healing Meditation at Aurodhan Art Gallery with Nilima Bhat
- 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Talks & Presentations by Inventors at Krtashraya Aurodhan Garden:
- Dr. Rengaraj Venkatesh (Aravind Eye Hospital)
- Mr. Raji Moulavi (CEO, IIT Madras Research Park)
- Mannaneethan Rajupillai (Chairman, Original India Collective)
- Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao (IIT Madras)
- Dr. Murugavel (Inventor of C-Salt, East Coast Renewable)
- Dr. Raji Moulavi (Co-founder of Edhina)
- Dr. Arun Prasad (Pondicherry University)
- Followed by Panel Discussion with Toine (Sustainability & Dual Invention)
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Lunch Break
- 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Startups & Inventors from IIT Madras
- Investors & Innovators meet
- Talk by Yves Dorne (Former CEO Laurent Perrier) – Governance of Innovation
- Panel Discussion moderated by Toine
- Closing Remarks
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Film Screening: Poorna Maha Kumbh
By Lalit Verma
(Screened at Cannes Film Festival & across Asia & Europe)
📅 20th July 2025, 3:00 PM
📍 Krtashraya Aurodhan Garden, Pondicherry
Sponsors & Partners
IITM Incubation Cell | Bharat Shakti | Magic Hour | Shakti Leadership | Conscious Spaces | CGH Earth | Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IITM) | Kalakshetra Foundation
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