Thirty-six sessions, each a chapter.

A01 · 19 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 1

The Museum India Needs by 2030

What should the next generation of Indian museums be for — and who decides? A frank look at the national building wave.

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A02 · 19 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 1

Dig, Display, Debate: archaeology becomes public history

From Rakhigarhi to Keezhadi, how excavation findings reach — and are contested by — the public.

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A03 · 19 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 1

Walls That Remember: architecture that serves collections and people

Architects and directors on buildings that protect objects yet welcome everyone.

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A04 · 19 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 1

From Scholarship to Spectacle — and back

Scenographers and curators debate where immersion ends and understanding begins.

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A05 · 19 MAY · 17:15 · AUD 1

Museums in a Warming World

Floods, heat and humidity threaten collections; directors share what is working.

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A06 · 20 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 1

Care Is the Visitor Experience

Conservation in public view: why audiences love seeing the work of care.

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A07 · 20 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 1

Beyond the Spectacular Launch: digital museums that last

Most digital projects die after the ribbon is cut. Who builds ones that endure?

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A08 · 20 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 1

Curiosity Unlimited: science centres and planetariums

How science museums make young Indians fall in love with discovery.

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A09 · 20 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 1

Private Passion, Public Trust

Corporate, private and faith museums are growing fast. What makes them public institutions?

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A10 · 21 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 1

The Museum Belongs to Its Neighbours

Community museums and neighbourhood archives that put people before objects.

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A11 · 21 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 1

Nobody Left Outside: access, disability and the museum

Touch, sound, sign and space — how to make every collection open to every body.

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A12 · 21 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 1

Cities as Museums: heritage precincts that live

Old cities are living museums. How do residents, traders and visitors share them?

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B01 · 19 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2

Bodies That Remember: dance as living history

Eight classical forms and countless folk ones carry history in movement. How do they stay alive, and new?

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B02 · 19 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2

The Raga and the Record: music, archive and repertoire

Who owns a melody passed down for centuries? Archives, labels and families in conversation.

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B03 · 19 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2

Strings Across the World: the jugalbandi as a method

Collaborations that respect each tradition — and what makes them work, not just sound good.

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B04 · 19 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2

Strings, Shadows and Stages: theatre and puppetry reimagined

Kathputli, tholu bommalata and contemporary theatre meet the world’s great puppet makers.

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B05 · 20 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2

Woven Worlds: textile heritage from loom to luxury

India’s handloom is the world’s richest. Who earns when it becomes luxury?

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B06 · 20 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2

The Hand Is the Future: craft, livelihood and design

Craft as the next design economy — with makers as authors, not suppliers.

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B07 · 20 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2

Tongues of Fire: literature, language and oral memory

Twenty-two scheduled languages and hundreds more. How do stories survive translation and time?

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B08 · 20 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2

The Thali Is an Archive: food, festival and the living calendar

Recipes, rituals and harvests as heritage — and as India’s most loved export.

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B09 · 21 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2

Festivals That Travel

From Hornbill to Jaipur Literature Festival, how Indian festivals go global and stay rooted.

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B10 · 21 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2

The Next Gharana: young masters and new audiences

Under-30 practitioners on reaching audiences without losing depth.

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B11 · 21 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2

Heritage in Pixels: AI, XR and the ethics of the copy

When a temple can be scanned and a voice cloned, what must never be copied?

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B12 · 21 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2

Film, Archive and Restoration: India’s moving memory

Film heritage is vanishing faster than any other. Who is saving it?

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C01 · 19 MAY · 11:15 · L1-01

Ten Million Manuscripts: manuscript programmes opens the vault

India holds one of the world’s largest manuscript heritages. How do we survey, conserve and share it?

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C02 · 19 MAY · 12:45 · L1-01

Zero, Ayurveda and the Stars: India’s knowledge systems today

Mathematics, medicine, astronomy and architecture — scholarship that is still alive.

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C03 · 19 MAY · 14:45 · L1-01

Many Paths, Shared Sites: sacred heritage for plural visitors

Temples, monasteries, dargahs, churches and gurdwaras — hosting pilgrims and tourists with respect.

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C04 · 19 MAY · 16:00 · L1-01

Mountains of Memory: Buddhist and Himalayan knowledge across borders

Shared Himalayan heritage — scripts, monasteries, medicine and art — with neighbouring nations.

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C05 · 20 MAY · 11:15 · L1-01

Heritage Is an Economy: tourism in four directions

Cultural tourism as jobs, pride and diplomacy — without losing the soul of places.

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C06 · 20 MAY · 12:45 · L1-01

Who Owns a Pattern? GI, IP and traditional knowledge

From Banarasi to Darjeeling, protecting the names and knowledge of communities.

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C07 · 20 MAY · 14:45 · L1-01

The Craft Economy at Scale: ODOP, Vishwakarma and the global market

Turning national programmes into lasting markets for makers.

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C08 · 20 MAY · 16:00 · L1-01

Classrooms of Heritage: NEP 2020 and the arts

Bringing masters into schools and heritage into curricula.

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C09 · 21 MAY · 11:15 · L1-01

Following the Money: who funds culture, and why?

CSR heads, PSUs, foundations and governments on the next decade of culture funding.

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C10 · 21 MAY · 12:45 · L1-01

Skills That Save: conservators, craftspeople and the next workforce

A shortage of conservators and craft trainers threatens everything else.

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C11 · 21 MAY · 14:45 · L1-01

Cities of Culture: twinning, creative cities and civic pride

Indian cities in UNESCO and twinning networks show what culture does for a city.

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C12 · 21 MAY · 16:00 · L1-01

From Delhi with Commitments: what partners will do in 2027–28

Every partner states one concrete collaboration. Recorded, published and tracked to Dharohar 2028.

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