Memorial gathering organized by the Russian Cultural Centre at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata

This evening of tributes and remembrances was organized by Gorky Sadan, Kolkata, and featured the screening of the documentary film on the expedition across Russia, Eurasia and India that was led by Hari during 2006–2007, In the Footsteps of Afanasii Nikitin (2007).

Event schedule – Introduced and conducted by Goutam Ghose of Gorky Sadan

Welcome address by Vladmir Dementiev, Director, Gorky Sadan.

Speakers:

• Tapati Guha-Thakurta (wife of Hari Vasudevan)
• Suranjan Das (Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University)
• Jayanta Sengupta (Secretary and Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall)
• Kunal Chattopadhyay (Professor, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University)
• Jawhar Sircar (Former Secretary, Ministry of Culture and CEO, Prasar Bharati)
• Suchandana Chatterjee (Research Scholar and specialist on Central Asia)
• Kingshuk Chatterjee (Professor, Dept. of History, Calcutta University)
• Madhabi Battacharya (Gorky Sadan)
• Phalguni Matilal (Expedition Head, Adventurers’ and Explorers’ Society)