Previous IDS Events

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 @ 11 AM

Saturday, October 6th, 2007 - 8:30am-5:00pm

Sunday, October 7th, 2007 - 9:00am-2:00pm

Seminar on

Sustainable Development & Gandhian Thought

October 6:

Loyola University Medical Center
Leischner Hall, SSOM

2160 S. First Ave
Maywood, IL 60153

October 7:

Hilton

Lisle, IL

Speakers:

Mr. Satish Kumar

Editor, Resurgence Magazine

Director, Schumacher Institute in London, England

Mr. Bunker Roy

Founder & Director, Barefoot College, Rajasthan, India

Mr. Manoj Dabas

Director, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Delhi, India

Ms. Sai Padma Bellana

President, Lions Club of Gajapathinagaram

Activist, Empowerment of Handicapped, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ms. Madhu Suri Prakash

Professor of Education, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Seminar Flyer & Speaker Information

Seminar Co-Sponsors:

India Development Coalition of America (IDCA)

Loyola University, Chicago

Registration

Pre-registration (before Sept. 30th): $60.00*
At the Door: $75.00*

Students: First 25 students will be given scholarship to register free
(*includes Continental breakfast & vegetarian lunch for both days)

For information & registration, please contact us at: idsusa@gmail.com

(please indicate “seminar” in the subject line)

Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 7:00pm

Sachal Vasandani Concert

Preston Bradley Hall

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street

Chicago, IL

(312-744-6630)

[for directions & parking, please visit the Chicago Cultural Center’s website:

http://www.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/CulturalCenter/]

You are cordially invited to a

Fundraising Concert

Featuring

the

Vocalist & Songwriter,

Sachal Vasandani

Sachal is a young and talented singer whose original and unique musical style blends the best of both jazz and contemporary pop.

(Click here to download the e-flyer for this event)

[Concert Co-Sponsor: The Indo-American Center]

Tickets: $25, $50, & $100 (VIP seats)

Tickets can be purchased at http://www.sulekha.com/chicago

For more information about the Concert

and Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact:

Saily Joshi: 630-527-9536

Alpana Parida: 312-480-9992

Vikram Sanghani: 312-282-9451

Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 5:00pm

ID Day 2006

Ashyana Banquet
1620 W. 75^th Street

Downers Grove, IL

(630-964-7090)

[for directions, please visit Ashyana’s website:

http://www.ashyanabanquets.com]

You are cordially invited to our

IDS 2006 Annual Banquet

to celebrate an

IDS Catalyst

Keynote Speaker

VIKRAM AKULA

Founder & CEO of SKS Microfinance

Honored by TIME magazine in its “TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World”

(Click here to download the e-flyer for this event)

Donation: $100.00/person

RSVP:

Saily Joshi: saily@aol.com

Varsha Pancholi: vkpcpa@sbcglobal.net

Saturday, April 29^th, 2006 @ 7PM

Vivekanand

(musical play in Hindi)

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

Skokie, IL

Vivekanand

A 2-hour musical play depicting the life of Swami Vivekanand. This play has been composed, written, and enacted by Shekhar Sen.

The play is being presented by Vachikam (national promoter) and supported by IDS & Vivekanand Vedanta Society

(For more information about the plays, please see the flyer for Vivekanand)

Tickets: $25, $40, $60, & $75 (10% of the net profit will benefit IDS)

To purchase tickets online, visit:

www.sulekha.com/chicago

or

Contact:

Ketki @ 630-964-6061 or ketki@aol.com

Saturday, April 8th, 2006 - 9:00am-1:00pm

Seminar on Rural Development
Challenges & Opportunities

Loyola University Medical College
(Stritch School of Medicine)
Room 160

2160 S. First Ave
Maywood, IL 60153

Speakers:

Mr. Abraham M. George

Founder: The George Foundation

Author: India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty

Mr. S. R. Hiremath

Executive Director: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya

President: National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources

Venkatesh M. Raghavendra

Director: Global Partnerships for Asia, Ashoka

Co-Founder: The Adventurers (an outdoor & environmental organization)

Seminar Flyer & Speaker Information

(Seminar Co-Sponsor: Department of Asian Studies, Loyola University)

Registration

Pre-registration: $25.00
At the Door: $30.00

Students: $15.00 (with ID)
(includes breakfast & box vegetarian lunch)

For information & registration, please contact us at:

idsusa@gmail.com

Friday, April 7^th, 2006 @ 8:30 PM & Saturday, April 29^th, 2006 @ 7PM

Kabeer (April 7^th) & Vivekanand (April 29^th)

(musical plays in Hindi)

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

Skokie, IL

Kabeer (April 7^th)

A 2-hour, single act musical play about the life of the poet-philosopher Kabeer. This play has been composed, written, directed, and enacted by Shekhar Sen.

Vivekanand (April 29th)

A 2-hour musical play depicting the life of Swami Vivekanand. This play has been composed, written, and enacted by Shekhar Sen.

These plays are being presented by Vachikam (national promoter) and supported by IDS & Vivekanand Vedanta Society

(For more information about the plays, please see the flyers for Kabeer and Vivekanand)

Tickets: $25, $40, $60, & $75 (10% of the net profit will benefit IDS)

To purchase tickets online, visit:

www.sulekha.com/chicago

or

Contact:

Ketki @ 630-964-6061 or ketki@aol.com

Sunday, February 26th, 2006 @ 10 AM, 2 PM, & 5 PM

American Made & Sangam

(two short films in English)

Private screenings in Naperville (10am), Desplaines (2am), & Downers Grove (5pm)

American Made (directed by Sharat Raju)

A single scene drama in which a bearded turban-wearing Sikh gentleman, his beautiful wife, and two sons are stranded in an Arizona desert after their GM station wagon overheats and breaks down. Will anyone stop to help the family at the sight of the father’s turban, especially after 9/11? Are there conflicts within the family that arise from the degrees of assimilation into American society?

Sangam (directed by Prashant Bhargava)

Inspired by the pilgrimage site in India, Sangam is a film about the struggle to maintain faith in the reality of the American Dream. As each longs for what the other takes for granted, a recent immigrant from Bihar, India, and a disillusioned Indian-American cross paths on a New York subway train where they must confront the currents that bind and divide them.

The two directors, Sharat Raju & Prashant Bhargava, will be available for a Q&A dialogue after each screening.

(For more information about the films & screenings, please click here for the flyer)

Tickets: $15.00 (proceeds of the screenings will go towards IDS projects in India)

Please RSVP for Naperville or Desplaines screenings to:

Varsha & Kaushik Pancholi @ 630-717-1970

Please RSVP for Downers Grove screening to:

Ketki & Tushar Parikh @ 630-964-6061

Sunday, May 15, 2005 – 5:30 PM

ID Day: Wine-&-Cheese Event with Alpana Singh

You are cordially invited

to a

Wine & Cheese Reception

with Master Sommelier

Alpana Singh

Date: May 15, 2005

Time: 5:30 PM

Venue: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

2430 Cannon Drive
Chicago, IL 60614

(directions & parking information:

Click here or call 773-755-5100)

Donation: $75.00/person

Alpana Singh, at 26, became the youngest Master Sommelier in the United States. She is the Sommelier at Chicago’s Everest restaurant, where she manages the 1200+ wine inventory. She was also the winner of the Wine Service Award, awarded by the James Beard Foundation in an industry that is heavily male-dominated. She also hosts "Check Please," the popular WTTW dining show.

There are only 112 Master Sommeliers in the world –

Alpana Singh is one of the elite group.

For more information, please contact:
Nilesh: 630-904-6145

Geeta: lkmurthi@aol.com

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 8:00 PM

2005 Hopefest

(organized by Chicago Coalition for the Homeless)

Please come to the

14th Annual HOPEFEST Concert

featuring

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Funkadesi

Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra

Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen & Friends

The concert will benefit the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless &

10% of the proceeds will go to IDS Tsunami Relief Projects

(for more details about the concert, check www.hopefestchicago.com or click here)

Date: Saturday, February 12th

Time: 8:00 PM (doors open at 7:00 PM)

Venue: Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL

Tickets: $40 (advance purchase), $45 (at the door),

& $100 (includes 5:30 PM VIP reception)

For Tickets, please contact
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless: 312-435-4548

Ticketmaster: 312-559-1212

Sunday, October 31, 2004 - 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

ID Day: IDS’s 30^th Anniversary Celebration

India House
Schaumburg, IL

(for directions, please visit India House’s website: http://www.indiahouseschaumburg.com)

You are cordially invited to an IDS Luncheon to celebrate IDS’s 30^th anniversary

Keynote Speaker

Ms. ARUNA ROY

Founding Member of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan

Recipient of 2000 Magsaysay Award

Special Guest Speaker

Ms. NAFISA BAROT

Founding Member and Director of Utthan

Sunday, October 31, 2004

For more information, please contact:
Naimish Shah: naimish_mct@masconit.com

Rachna Prasad: rachna.prasad@kraft.com

Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 5:00 to 9:00 PM

Dialogue And Poetry recital by Deepti Naval

Marriott Oak Brook
Oak Brook, IL

You are cordially invited to an IDS Reception for a dialogue & poetry recital by

Deepti Naval

A celebrated actress, painter, photographer and poetess

Sunday, November 16, 2003

Registration:

Tickets: $100.00
(Fees include dinner and speaker.)

For more information, contact:
Nilesh Kothari
(630) 637-1391
nileshmanisha@yahoo.com

Friday, May 9th, 2003 - 7:00pm-9:00pm

Indian Art Exhibit
"A Passage to India"

Gallery 406
1812 West Hubbard Street
Chicago IL 60622

You are cordially invited to an IDS Reception for an Indian Art Exhibit, "A passage to India" - a unique exhibition featuring paintings from some of the most well known names in Indian Art, including M. F. Husain, Anjolie Ela Menon, Jamini Roy, Satish Gujral, Ganesh Pyne and Laxma Goud.

Gallery ArtsIndia has graciously agreed to donate 10% of sale proceeds from that evening to IDS.

Hope you can join to suport some of the IDS grass-roots projects while promoting Indian Art.

Press Release

Preview

For more information, contact:
Nilesh Kothari
(630) 637-1391
nileshmanisha@yahoo.com

Saturday, March 15th, 2003 - 8:30am-5:00pm

Seminar on Violence Against Women
A South Asian Perspective

University of Chicago
International House
1411 East 59th Street
Chicago IL 60637

Speakers:

• Ms. Srilatha Batliwala, Co-founder of SPARC, India
• Ms. Shamita Das Dasgupta, Co-founder of Manavi, US
• Ms. Tanveer Jahan, Human Right Activist, Pakistan
• Ms. Kalpna Sharma, Deputy Editor of “Hindu”, India
• Sonya Sultan, Micro-credit Advocacy Program, Bangladesh
• Ms. Kumudini Samuel, Co-Director of Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka

Speaker Information and Registration Form

Registration:

Pre-registration: $25.00
At the Door: $30.00
(Fees include meals/snacks for the day)

For more information, contact:
-Denise Jorgens, 773-753-2274, i-house-programs@uchicago.edu
-Shaloo Nighoon, 773-334-0173 (ext 222), shaloodevi@hotmail.com
-Nila Vora, 630-637-9301, nilavora@pol.net

Sunday, October 27th, 2002 at 5:30 pm

2002 IDS Annual Fundraising Event - Rejuvenating Resources

Keynote Address: Mr. Rajendra Singh*, India
Winner of the 2001 Ramon Magasaysay Award**

James L Allen Center
Northwestern University
2169 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL

Reception: 5:30 PM
Speakers: 6:30 PM
Dinner: 7:30 PM

Donation: $100/person

For more info, contact:

Nilesh Kothari (630) 637-1391

Geeta Krishnamurthi (847) 729-9615

*Mr. Rajendra Singh has engaged in rural development with environment care and protection for the last 15 years. Through his determination, vision, hard work and dedication, he has transformed the life of people in 750 villages of Aravali hills, India. He has turned the arid land cultivable, densely afforested large tracts, making wild life sanctuary by water management and made the dry rivers flow throughout the year. Aquatic life and bird sanctuary have flourished;animal life has become lively, with desert land beaming with life all year around. For his contribution to conservation and rational use of water resources in poor farming communities in arid regions of northern India, he was awarded 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award.

**Often regarded as the Nobel Prizes of Asia, Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) based in New York City. Conceived by John D. Rockefeller III, the prizes were created to commemorate the late President of the Philippines, and to perpetuate his example of integrity in government and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The awards honor individuals and organizations in Asia whose civic contributions and leadership "exemplify the greatness of spirit, integrity, and devotion to freedom of Ramon Magsaysay," former president of the Philippines who died tragically in an airplane crash . These awards are presented in five categories: government service, public service, community leadership, international understanding and journalism, literature and creative communication arts. Up to five awards of $50,000 each are given annually by the board of trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, which is head quarte! red in Manila and receives its principal support from the RBF.

Sunday, May 5th, 2002 at 10:00 am

Shyam Benegal's Film Retro

at the Oak Brook Theaters #5-7 (opposite Maggiano's Restaurant)

Movie #1: Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
Sunday, May 5th
"The Seventh Horse of the Sun"
CAST: Amrish Puri, Neena Gupta, Ila Arun, Pallavi Joshi, Raghuvir Yadav

Movie #2: Mammo (1995)
Sunday, May 19th
CAST : Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke, Himani Shivpuri
CANCELLED