North East Festival
Connecting People, Celebrating Life
7th, 8th, 9th & 10th November 2014
Venue: IGNCA Ground, Janpath, New Delhi
Food festival: Come and Savour - Ethnic food from the all eight North Eastern Region.
Handloom & Handicraft Exhibition: Exhibition and Sale of North Eastern fabrics, Designs and traditional ornaments.
Agri/ Horti Exhibition: Exotic and Indigenous fruits and vegetables of North Eastern Region.
Art Exhibition: Exhibition of Paintings/ Art by artist from the North East Region.
Photography Exhibition: Exhibition of photographs capturing the myriad hues of the Region.
Tourism: Meet the tour operators of the region to plan your holiday to explore the "paradise unexplored".
Discussion Session: Be part of the process of building a better North East by taking part in discussions and seminars during the festival.
Cultural Program:
7th Nov. 2014
Photography, Art Exhibition, Traditional North Eastern Food Exibhition Cum Sale of Handloom & Handicraft and Agriculture
Discussion Session :
Organized by- North East Community of Delhi,
10AM-12PM- Alienation Feeling in The North East
12PM-2PM- Implematation of Bezbaruah Commitee Recomandation
Veneu - IGNCA Conference Hall
2PM-5PM- Day Time Cernival
Ethnic Dance by Artistes from verious States of North East India and Sangeet Natak Academy
4PM- Inagrural Session
Chief Guest - Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi(confermation awited)
Guest of Honour- Hon'ble Minister Gen(Retd) V.K Singh, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Externel Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs, Govt of India
Hon'ble Minister Mr. Sarbanda Sonwal, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Devepoment & Enterpreneurship, Govt of India
Hon'ble Minister Mr.Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of States for Home Affairs,
Chief Ministers of North East States
Mr. Arnab Goswami , Journalist
6PM- Cultural Pogramme
Inugrated by Hon'ble Minister Mr. Jewel Oram, Union Miniters of Tribel Affairs, Govt of India.
Performance By - Guwahati Lights, Akhu- Imphal Tokies, Yesterdrive, Chethuwang, Vinyl Record, Soulmate and The LOcal Train.
8th Nov. 2014
Photography, Art Exhibition, Traditional North Eastern Food Exibhition Cum Sale of Handloom & Handicraft and Agriculture
11AM: Inugration of Film Festival,
Venue: Media Center, IGNCA Ground
11Am-5PM-Day Time Carnival
Ethnic Dance by Artistes from verious States North East India and Sangeet Natak Academy
Musical Performance by Foot Wings, Stuty Choudhury, Minutes of Decay, Mayukh Hazarika
Discussion Session:
11AM- Agro- Food Processing Sectors in North East Region
2PM- Interpreneurship and Investment in the North East
4PM- Opportunities and Investments in IT and ITES in the North East
Veneu - IGNCA Conference Hall
6PM- Cultural Evening and Feshion Show
Chief Guest - S.K Panda, IAS Secetrary, Textile, Govt of India
Musical Performance by: Tetseo Sisters, Guru Rewben Mashangva, Bluestring Path, Zubeen Garg.
9th Nov. 2014
Photography, Art Exhibition, Traditional North Eastern Food Exibhition Cum Sale of Handloom & Handicraft and Agriculture
11AM-5PM- Day Time Carnival
Ethnic Dance by Artistes from verious States North East India and Sangeet Natak Academy
Musical Performance by: Jeli Kayi, Emielyn D. Das, Aborginals Project, Brahmaputra Boys, Late Too Soon.
Discussion Session:
11AM- Intergrating North East India Through Education
Chaired By: Hon'ble Minister Smriti Irani, Minister of Human Resource Development, GOvt of India
2PM - Role of DoNER Minister In North East Youth Empowerment
4PM- Discussion On Sports In North East India
Chaired By: Hon'ble Minister Mr. Sarbanda Sonwal, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Devepoment & Enterpreneurship, Govt of India
Venue: IGNCA Auditoriam
Concurrent Session:
2PM- Music and North East India in association With MTV India
venue: IGNCA Conference Hall
6PM- Cultural Evening and Fashion Show
Chief Guest: Hon'ble Minister Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of Tourism & Culture, Govt of India
Musical Performance by: Simanta Shekhar, Girish & the Chornicals, MSonic and Bollywood Singer Ash King
10 th Nov. 2014
Photography, Art Exhibition, Traditional North Eastern Food Exibhition Cum Sale of Handloom & Handicraft and Agriculture
11AM- Day Time Carnival by Artistes of North East Community Delhi
Discussion Session:
11AM- Tourism and North East India
2PM- Insurgence to Resurgence
4PM- Closing Session
Chief Guest: Hon'ble Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh Union Minister of home Affairs, GOvt of India
Guest Of Honour: Hon'ble Minister Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Transport and Rural Development, Govt of India.
Hon'ble Minister Mr. Gen (Retd) V.K Singh, Minister Of State for External Affairs and Development of North East Region.
Hon'ble Minister Mr.Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Power,Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India.
Hon'ble Minister Mr.Sarbanda Sonwal, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Devepoment & Enterpreneurship, Govt of India