International Women’s Day celebrations, District Youth Co-ordinator M.N. Nataraj inaugurates, Sneha Spandana Mahila Mandali President Vijaya Radhakrishna presides, felicitation to Sumithra Ramesh (social service), Geetha Srinivas (social service) and Devaki Madhav (psychology), Youth Hostel, opposite Maruthi Temple, T.K. Layout, Saraswathipuram, 11.30 am.

World Theatre Day celebrations, ‘Rangothsava-2019,’ thinker and former Chairman of Janapada Academy Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara inaugurates, Forum President H.S. Suresh Babu presides, Kannada & Culture Assistant. Director H. Channappa guest, felicitation to Rajyotsava awardee Prof. C. Sarvamangala and Nataka Academy Award recipients Gangadhara Swamy and Mime Ramesh, 6 pm; Staging of play ‘Yahudi Hudugi’ by…

World Theatre Day celebrations, staging of play ‘Shudrakana Mruchchakatika,’ Music University VC Nagesh V. Bettakote inaugurates, Industrialist and art patron Guru and cultural thinker Tukaram chief guests, felicitation to professional theatre artist Juleka Begam and amateur artiste Dhananjaya, writer Shweta Madappadi reads out World Theatre Day message, School premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6 pm.

Workshop on ‘Leadership 4.0’ by Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode, Yaduveer Wadiyar inaugurates, Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza, 6 pm to 9.30 pm.

Discourse on ‘Srimad Bhagavatha Dashama Skanda’ by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Ganapathy Ashrama premises, Mysuru-Ooty Road, 7 pm to 9 pm.

Ninth ‘Prof. S. V. Keshava Hegde Memorial Endowment Lecture’ in Mathematics, Prof. H.B. Walikar, former Vice-Chancellor, Karnatak University, Dharwad, delivers lecture, Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, UoM, presides, Srinivasa Ramanujan Block, DoS in Mathematics, Manasagangothri, 10 am.

Kalavaibhav-2019 & Silk Utsav-2019, JSS Urban Haat premises, Hebbal Industrial Area,  10 am to 9 pm.

Gandhi Kavi Goshti, Jnanapith awardee and Sahitya Academy-New Delhi President Dr. Chandrashekar Kambara inaugurates, theatre person H. Janardhan renders songs, Prof. M.S. Shekar delivers keynote address, writer Prof. CPK and poet Dr. Siddhalingaiah chief guests, UoM Registrar Prof. Lingaraja Gandhi will be present, UoM VC Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar presides, Gandhi Bhavan premises, Manasagangothri, 10.30…

DST-PURSE programme, Special Lecture by Dr. Dee Scadden of University of Cambridge on ‘Localisation of RNA editing enzymes to stress granules in mammalian cells and their role in stress pathways,’ DoS in Microbiology, UoM, Manasagangothri, 11.30 am.

Discourse on ‘Srimad Bhagavatha Dashama Skanda’ by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Ganapathy Ashrama premises, Mysuru-Ooty Road, 7 pm to 9 pm.