About

Sunit Tandon

Introduction

Sunit Tandon is Director of the India Habitat Centre and President of the Delhi Music Society. Former positions include Director General of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication; Chief Executive of the Lok Sabha Television Channel; Festival Director, International Film Festival of India (IFFI, Goa); General Manager, National Film Development Corporation, amongst others. A prominent face on Indian television as a news anchor on Doordarshan and LSTV for thirty years from the late 80s onwards, he is also a radio broadcaster and has written music, theatre and book reviews. He continues to be a theatre actor, director, sound designer and enthusiast, having directed over 25 productions and acted in about 200. He has also done the stage direction of 3 western classical opera productions. Recently, he has appeared in a few mainstream Hindi feature films as well, including Dil Bechara and Bell Bottom.

 


Event & Program Schedule

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM - 13 JANUARY 2024

ANTARANG:  BLF Presentation: Museums as Time Machines, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta. Moderated by Sunit Tandon

ABHIRANG: World Upside Down: How India is Recalibrating its Geopolitics, Sujan R. Chinoy in conversation with Pankaj Saran and Shishir Priyadarshi

VAGARTH: Spies, Art & Terrorism, Tarun Mehrishi in conversation with Rishi Shukla and Dr Pradeep Kapoor

6:00 PM - 6:50 PM - 13 JANUARY 2024

ANTARANG: BLF Presentation: Influence of Western Classical Music and Theatre on Modern Indian Arts by Sunit Tandon. Moderated by Shailaja Srinivasan

ABHIRANG: Modern Indian Poetry: Jamshed and Tajender Singh Luthra in conversation with Vertul Singh

VAGARTH: Fireside Chat: Being a Successful Diplomat, what it takes: Ajay Bisaria in conversation with Dr Neha Jain

 

The Society for Culture & Environment will hold the fourth edition of 'Heartland Stories — Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2022 as a physical cum virtual event, between 25-27th March 2022.

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