Hyderabad sees the finest event of the year on October 2, every year. The Finest Minds from across the world come together On Things That Matter. It is a festival of thoughts and ideas.
Talk about
things that matter…
Manthan Samvaad is a landmark event in the city’s calendar and is keenly looked forward to by citizens of Hyderabad.
Over 1500 people attend the day-long event with complete engagement.
Manthan Samvaad
What is Manthan Samvaad?
- Justice S. Muralidhar (Rtd), Former Chief Justice of Odisha High Court speaking on M. K. Gandhi, the Lawyer: A Precursor to the Mahatma?
- Yamini Aiyar, President, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi speaking on Citizen vs Labharathi? Debating the evolution of India’s fledging Welfare State
- Niraja Gopal Jayal, Avantha Chair & Professor of Politics, King’s India Institute, King’s College London speaking on The Question of Academic Freedom
- Sampat Saral, Hindi Poet and Satirist
- Dhanya Rajendran, Co-founder abd Editor-in-Chief, The News Minute speaking on Why Independent News Media Should Thrive
- Arghya Sengupta, Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy speaking on The Colonial Constitution of India
- Asaduddin Owaisi, Member of Parliament speaking on Constitution and Parliament at the Crossroad
- K. Thangaraj, Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) speaking on Where did we Indians come from ? Our Health Our Diseases
- Talmiz Ahmad, former India’s Ambassador speaking on India’s western neighbours: Friends or Foes?
- Sushant Singh, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research speaking on Agnipath: Perspectives on India’s national security
- Gauhar Raza & Narendra Rai, speaking on Poetry of Resistance and Dakhani/Urdu Poetry
- Meena Kandasamy, poet and activist speaking on Defending the Freedom of Expression
- Ram Madhav, Former National General Secretary of the BJP speaking on Partition: A division of lands or hearts ?
- Kavita Krishnan, a renowned feminist activist, speaking on “Politics & Feminism in India”
- Romila Thapar, one of our finest historians, speaking on “Voices of Dissent in India”
- Faisal Devji, a respected author, speaking on “Anti-Liberal Mahatma”
- Jacqueline Novogratz, a renowned philanthropist and social entrepreneur, speaking on “Why we need a moral revolution”
- Siddharth Varadarajan, founder editor of The Wire, one of India’s best independent publications, speaking on “Democracy in India today
- “The Crisis of Democracy in India” by Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- “GANDHI, PATEL & NEHRU – UNITY IN DIVERSITY” by Mridula Mukherjee
- A collection of delightful stories from Rabindranath Tagore, dramatically presneted by Bangalore Little Theatre, ROBI’S Garden
- “Why did the kangaro punch the dragon and other fables” by Navdeep Suri
- “The Economy: Looking Back, Looking Ahead” by Rathin Roy
- “Poetry of resistance ” recited by some of India’s finest poets
- “Just Music” by T M Krishna
- “Justice is what Justice does” by Justice Gautam Patel
- “Why is it important to laugh? At others and at oneself” by Laughing at Others (and Ourselves)
- K V Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor: ‘5 Trillion Economy’
- Srinath Raghavan, Historian: ‘Kashmir: The State & The Status’
- Sudarshan Iyengar, Gandhian: ‘Gandhi Now’
- Menaka Guruswamy: ‘My Constitution’s Country’
- Azeem Banatwalla, Standup Comedian: ‘Live’
- Divya Dwivedi & Shaj Mohan, Philosophers: ‘Gandhi’s Truth’
- Vivek Kaul, Economist: ‘The Great Economic Slowdown’
- Sagarika Ghose, Journalist: ‘Big State and Liberties’
- A R Shervani, Educationist: Bhagwad Gita in Urdu
- Justice A P Shah, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court (Retd), ‘The Intolerant Republic’
- Amit Chandra, MD, Bain Capital: ‘How Indians Can Build India’
- Shashi Tharoor, Politician: ‘Why I am a Hindu’
- Daniel Fernandes, Standup Comedian: ‘Shadows’
- Tejal Kanitkar, Scientist: ‘Climate Change’
- Kanhaiya Kumar, Student Activist: ‘Sach ki Parchhaiyan’
- Justice Chelameswar, Supreme Court Judge: ‘Rule of Law’
- Yashwant Sinha, Former Minister: ‘Kashmir – Now & Way Forward’
- Sucheta Mahajan, Professor of History: ‘Making & Unmaking of the Nation’
- Varun Grover, Lyricist & Comedian: ‘Satya Kintu Vichitra’
- Nitin Pai, Founder Takshashila Institution: ‘Where The Mind Is Without Fear’
- Nikhil Dey, Co-Founder MKSS: ‘Transparency to Accountability’
- Ravish Kumar, Sr Executive Editor NDTV: ‘Gandhi & The Dimensions of Truth’
- Dr YV Reddy, Former Governor RBI: ‘Centre State Relations’
- Aakar Patel, ED Amnesty International India: English and its influence on our national priorities’
- Bezwada Wilson, Magsasay Awardee: ‘’Democracy, Human Dignity & Manual Scavenging’
- Sofia Ashraf, Rapper & Activist : Rhyme & Reason – A Musical Autobiography’
- Josy Joseph, Journalist: ‘Vultures of Modern India’
- Manoj Saxena, Entrepreneur & Investor: ‘Artificial Intelligence & Its Impact on How we Live, Work & Play’
- Pramath Raj Sinha, Founder Ashoka University: ‘World Class Higher Education in India’
- Mallika Sarabhai, Dancer & Activist
- Hindol Sengupta, Author: ‘How Entrepreneurs Can Change Everything You Hate About India’
- TM Krishna, Vocalist, Writer: ‘Culture, Society & The State’
- R Chandrashekhar, President NASSCOM: ‘Startups: The Silver Bullet?’
- Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate: ‘Constitution – The Lost Religion’
- Mallika Sarabhai, Dancer & Activist: ‘Gender Conundrum’
- Arun Maira, Public Intellectual: ‘Reforming Our Institutions’
- KT Ravindran, Architect: ‘Future of our cities’
- Shekhar Gupta, Journalist: ‘When aspirational turns illiberal: rise of an impatient new India’
- Vandana Shiva, Activist: ‘What future of agriculture: GM or ecological?’
- Yogendra Yadav, Politician: ‘Future of Alternative Politics’
- Kalpana Kannabiran, Activist: ‘A bill of rights of women’
- Prof U R Rao, Scientist: ‘Challenges in Space’
- Venu Srinivasan, Industrialist: ‘Assertive World Economy?’
- Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate: ‘Toxic Taxes & Lethal Laws’
- Arun Shourie, Public Intellectual
- Ajai Sahni, Security Expert: ‘India’s Fault Lines’
- Anil Gupta, Prof, Innovations Expert: ‘Frugal Innovations at Grassroots’
