GENERAL
South Western Railway Women's Welfare Organisation: Inauguration of renovated premises of Stepping Stones Railway Nursery school, South Western Railway Women's Welfare President Rita Kumar, SWRWWO Secretary Neeti Tiwari participate, South Western Railway premises, Railway Colony, near City Railway Station, 10 am.

The Art of Living: 2nd International Women’s conference, Action for Empowering Women - Tejaswini exhibition, Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment Dr T Mutinhiri, social activist Nandita Das participate, Kanakapura Road, 10 am

Bangalore University Canara Bank School of Management Studies: Programme on Emerging practices in management, AICTE Vice Chairman K R S Murthy, Doordarshan Kendra Director Mahesh Joshi participate, Hotel Capitol, Rajbhavan Road, 4.30 pm.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India: State-level CPE Conference, MP Suresh P Prabhu participate, Central College campus, Palace Road, 9.30 am.

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers: Workshop on FPGA and SOC design, IETE Bldg, Bellary Road, Opp Ganganagar bus stop, 10 am.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry: Judges round table conference on Intellectual Property Rights, Supreme Court Judge Justice R V Raveendran, High Court Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph, Justice S R Bannurmath participate, Christ College Auditorium, Hosur Road, 10 am.

Kannada Sahitya Parishat: Round table meeting on Banjeprakash’s book ‘Anudeva Horaaduvavanu’ and discussion on protecting freedom, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Chamarajpet, 5.30 pm.

Gulbarga Dt Surapura Taluk Rukmapura Grama Nivasigala Sangha: Felicitation programme, KPSC President Gonal Bhimappa, Baburao Mudabi IAS, participate, Nandan Party Hall, West of Chord Road, 6.30 pm.

Vision Group on Biotechnolgy: Exhibition of Technology - Bio-2007, Inauguration of ‘Agri Biotech Day’ by Indian Council for Agricultural Research Director General Mangala Rai, Minister for Agriculture Bandeppa Kashempur participate, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, near Jindal Institute of Naturopathy, Tumkur Road,
10 am.

All India Bharat Electronics SC/ST Employees Federation: Ambedkar Jayanthotsava and inauguration of Federation, former minister K H Muniyappa, Legislative Council Chairman B K Chandrashekar participate, BEL Ambedkar Grounds, Jalahalli, 4.30 pm.

PESIT: Inauguration of National symposium on Spatial Information Technology by H P Khincha, Divisional Chair, Electric Sciences Division, IISc, PESIT, 100 Ft Ring Road, BSK 3rd stage, 9.30 am.

Karnataka Dalitha Sangarsha Samithi: Prof B Krishnappa’s birthday celebrations and party workers meeting, Poet Channana Valikar, Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara President S G Siddaramaiah participate, Railway Samudaya Bhavan, behind City Railway Station, 10 am.

Arena Animation: Inauguration of state-of-the-art training centre, cine actor Puneet Rajkumar participates, 3525, 1st Cross, 17th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, near 100 ft Road Flyover, Indiranagar, 10 am.

Rajajinagar Yuva Janata Dal (Secular): Programme in memory of Shanthaveri Gopalgowda, Home Minister M P Prakash, Janata Dal (Secular) president Srikantamurthy participate, Mahaganapathi Samskruthi Sangha, West of Chord Road, 1st Phase, 6th Stage, near Shivanagar, Rajajinagar, 4.30 pm.

Abhinandana Samithi: Felicitation to Mallepuram and release of books by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, Educationist G Venkatasubbaiah, writer Belegere Krishna Shastry participate, Ravindra Kalakshetra, J C Road, 5 pm.

Sumukha Prakashana: Release of S Vishwaroopachar’s book “Kopa, Karana, Parihara’, and ‘Nimma Preethi Nimma Arogya’ by litterateur H Girijamma, 174/E, 28, 2nd Floor, 1st Main Road, Vidyaranyanagar, Magadi Road, Tollgate, 6.30 pm. (ph 23118585)

CULTURAL
Ananya: Sangaathi music festival - Hindustani vocal recital by Mahalakshmi Shenoy, Seva Sadan, 14th Cross, Malleshwaram, 6.30 pm.

BTM Cultural Academy: Sangaathi Music festival - vocal recital by Shilpa Shashidhar, Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J P Nagar, 5.30 pm.

Sri Ramalalitha Kala Mandir: Sangaathi Music festival - vocal recital by Prasanna Venkatarama, 9th Main, BSK 2nd Stage, 6 pm

Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust: Sangaathi Music festival - vocal recital by Ravi Kiran, Sri Vani Vidya Kendra, 2nd Stage, Rajajinagar, 6.30 pm.

Nadaranjani Sangeetha Sabha: Saxophone by S Guruprasad 6.15 pm; vocal recital by Shubhalakshmi Krishnamurthy, Dharini Auditorium, behind Post Office, Basaveshwaranagar, 8 pm.

Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha: Vocal recital by R K Padmanabha, Purandara Bhavan, 8th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, behind Indiranagar Club, 6 pm.

The Indian Institute of World Culture: Bharatanatyam by Geetha Viswanath, 6, B P Wadia Road, Basavanagudi, 6 pm.

Bangalore Film Society: Voices from the water - 2nd international film festival on water, screening of film ‘Faecal Attraction’ 10 am; ‘Sea in the blood’ 2 pm; Village of Dust City of Water, Gurunanak Bhavan, Jasma Bhavan Road, Vasanth Nagar, 4.45 pm.

Dr M C Modi Charitable Eye Hospital: Exhibition of  photography equipments and other items of interest of Dr Modi, Hospital Premises, M C Modi Road, MLP Layout, 8 am.

Maasti Adhyayana Peetha: Masti Memorial Special lecture on Secularism - the Indian Perspective, by L M Singhvi Sr Advocate, Governor T N Chaturvedi participate, DVG Auditorium, Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, N R Colony, 6 pm.

Sharada Sthree Samaj: Sri Renukacharya, Basaveshwara and Akkamahadevi Jayanthi, Basava Samithi President Aravind Jatti, Prameela Nesargi participate, 1st Main Road, Chamarajpet, 10.30 am.

REGLIGIOUS
Dalitha Sangarsha Samithi: Dhamma Deeksha Convention on the occasion of Buddha Jayanthi, Devanoor Mahadeva, L Hanumanthaiah participates, Ambedkar Bhavan, Millers Road, 12 noon

Sri Panduranga Vishnu Sahasranama Mandali: Discourse and distribution of note books to the needy children, former minister PGR Sindhia, Prof Nissar Ahmed participate, Samskruthi Kendra 1, 6th Cross, Swimming Pool Extension, Malleshwaram, 6 pm.

Sri Srinivasa Bhaktha Mandali: Discourse on Harikathamrutsara by Muralidhara Dass, 34E, 17th Main Road, Vijayanagar, 4 pm.

Sri Prasanna Veeranjaneya Swamy Trust: Vocal recital by M V Srinivasamurthy, Mahalaskhmipuram, 6.30 pm. (ph 3491727)

Nada Veda Adhyayana Kendra: Workshop on ‘Mahabharata: A Moksha  Sastra’, Centre for Vasistha Advaita Studies, Melkote Director Lakshmi Tatachar, Astrological Magazine Editor Gayatri Devi Vasudev participate, B V Ratnaiah Setty Auditorium, VET Polytechnique, 14th Main, 2nd Phase, J P Nagar, 9 am.