Events at New York

An exhibition of Indian Handicrafts was presented by the Institute in association with Values and Business Working Group Workshop with Helena Steiner Hornsyteyn on April 28 at the Church Center of the United Nations. This was organized by Sharon Hamilton, Additional UN Representative of the Institute in New York.

Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with Civil Society and the Private Sector on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001 – 2010. (Second session: Unleashing entrepreneurship to end poverty in the Least Developed Countries) Mr. Shomik Chaudhuri presented the Institute’s recommendations on […]

Vaishali Chaudhuri and her students presented an evening of Indian Classical Dance at the ISKCON Temple at Brooklyn, New York on ‘Janmastami’ Day on August 16, 2006. The annual celebrations of Lord Krishna’s birthday had prayers and events till midnight with thousands of attending devotees.

The Values and Business Working Group of the NGO Committee Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns in association with the Global Compact organized Session I of an interactive discussion on the principles and best practices of ‘Achieving Values, Corporate Citizenship and the Millennium Development Goals through Global Compact. This was held on October 30, 2006 at […]

Fellisimo Design 21 Social Design Network– UNESCO promoting  gift items in support of artisans creating handicrafts for accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals through (IISD), Institute of International Social Development,  M-F, 6-10 February 2007, 7PM at Fellisimo’s, New York

Series II-Panel Discussion – “The Power of Collective Benefit,”  Principles of Responsible Investment Spirituality, Values and Business working group of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns – NY, Thursday, April 19, 2007, United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 6, New York

Indian Handicrafts Exhibit – with the NGOS “Path to Attain the MDGS,” presented by Institute of International Social Development, 27 March – 7 April 2008 at the United Nations Headquarters New York Secretariat New York Secretariat, South Lobby, as a precursor to the 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The Institute co-sponsored the annual ‘Week of Spirituality 2008’ at the UN organized by the Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns in October 2008. The Committee presented reports on the week’s experiences and recommendations to the UN bodies and other organizations globally.

” Spirituality, Values and Business Working Group of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns-NY, Co-Sponsored by IISD, 17-18 March, 2009, 1-2:45PM at the UN Church Center, 2nd Flr.- New York

An exhibition of Indian Handicrafts was presented by the Institute in association with Values and Business Working Group Workshop with Helena Steiner Hornsyteyn on April 28 at the Church Center of the United Nations. This was organized by Sharon Hamilton, Additional UN Representative of the Institute in New York.