Saturday
15 november

Opening ceremony officiated by her Excellency Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Confederation of Switzerland, Ambassador Dominique Dreyer, Swiss Embassy, New Delhi

Visit of exhibitions, followed by a Rajasthani Cultural Programme

• Science: Extra Solar Planets (University of Geneva)
• Science and Technology: Indo-Swiss Research (SWISSNEX)
• “Solar Impulse”: model, texts and plasma
• Photography: “The Secrets Gardens of Switzerland”, Ashvin Gatha “Visions of India”, Jean Mohr, Olivier Föllmi
• Paintings: Gisèle Rime
• Humanitarian assistance: "A brief history of the ICRC activities in India"
• Ballet: Homage to Maurice Béjart (Ballet Béjart Lausanne)

Film screenings: Themes: the Himalayas, the Swiss Alps, Friee-Ride and Extreme Sports

Presentation of “Solar Impulse” project of the first aeroplane propelled uniquely by solar energy, pollution-free and eco-friendly, by Phil Mundwiller

Exhibitions

“In search of extrasolar planets and the prospect of finding new Earth and life traces”
Lecture by Professor Stéphane Udry, Astronomic Observatory, University of Geneva, with Abhijit Chakraborty’s participation from the Department of Space, Government of India, Ahmedabad

Official reception with traditional dances by the dance schools of Kalakshetra and Kuchipudi from Madras and Karali-Payatum from Kerala to welcome the Atelier-Ecole Rudra Béjart Ballet (40 dancers and 9 teachers from Switzerland)

Dinner (by invitation only)

Exhibitions

Film screenings: Theme “Intercultural Indo-Swiss”

“Astrophysic, Astronomy, Astrology”
Lecture by Professor Stéphane Udry on Astrophysics

“Dance as a medium of exchange between East and West - Sharing artistic expressions beyond frontiers”.
Lecture by Savitri Nair-Shivalingappa, dance and music teacher, and by Michel Gascard, Director of the Atelier-Ecole Rudra Béjart

Performance by the Atelier-Ecole Rudra Béjart Ballet

Exhibitions

“Climat Change: ethical and scientific challenges” Round table organised by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and SWISSNEX, moderated by François Binder, Country Director, SDC India, with the participation of Prof. Dilip Ahuja, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, Prof. Suren Erkman, University of Lausanne, and Geetha Vaidyanathan, Co-Founder CTx GreEn (Community-based Technologies Exchange fostering Green Energy Partnerships)

Performance by the students of the Rudra Béjart Ballet School and the Indian dancers

Exhibitions

“World Economic Crisis and India”
Round table with Indian and Swiss journalists

Film screenings

Student exchanges, training and research – future perspectives  between Indian and Swiss Universities and Institutes (JNU Delhi, EPFL Lausanne, IHEID Geneva, EPFZ Zurich)
Round table with the participation of Professor Gopalan Balachandran, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva; Prof. Yadava, Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi; Prof. Suren Erkman, Chairman of the Commission for International relations, University of Lausanne, and Dr. Silvia Hostettler, Director of Swissnex, Bangalore

“Freedom of expression in India and Switzerland”

Screening of “Tales from the Margins”, INSMF Award 2007, in the presence of film director Kavita Joshi
Round table moderated by Sonia Arnal, journalist at the Swiss magazine l’Hebdo, with the participation of Tarun Tejpal (international INSMF award for the media, 2007), chief Editor of Tehelka; Professor Gopalan Balachandran, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva; Kavita Joshi (film director); Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator Southern Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berne, and members of Indian Media Groups

5 pm to 7 pm

Formal closure and performance by the students of the Rudra Béjart Lausanne Ballet School and the Indian dancers

Friday
21 november

in Delhi

At the Swiss Embassy, a gala evening hosted by Audemars Piguet

in the presence of Dr. Karan Singh, Maharaja of Kashmir and President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, and Ms. Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Swiss Confederation

with a performance by the Rudra Béjart Lausanne Ballet School “In homage to Maurice Béjart”
(by invitation only)