1:00 – 3:00 PMArrival and Welcome Lunch at Amarsar
Guests arrive at leisure and gather over a slow Rajasthani spread. The fort does not rush you. Neither do we.
4:30 PM – 5:30 PMColours of Craft | Haveli Terrace
An evening of simple pleasures—kites that turn and dive, bangles that catch the light, clay shaped by hand. Not a spectacle but an encounter with the traditions of Rajasthan.
6:00 PM – 7:30 PMSession 1 | Nazaara
Theme: World on Our Plate
Speaker: Pushpesh Pant, Padma Shri Awardee; Food Historian; Former Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Pepper from the Malabar once moved fortunes in Venice; sugar travelled from Bihar to Bengal to Britain; chillies came from across the seas and transformed India’s palate forever. Food has always been commerce before it was culture; an economy of taste that built empires and broke them. Pant traces how what we eat today is a story of trade winds, ports and power.
Themes: • How food routes created the first global supply chains • Why culinary shifts mirror economic shifts • Lessons from the spice trade for modern businesses
7:30 PM– 8:30 PMUp Above the World so High | Nazaara
Session: Stargazing experience
As the fort settles into silence, the ramparts turn into an observatory. Under the September sky—clear, dark, unhurried—we look up together. A guided journey through constellations, myths, and the turning of worlds.
8:30 PM onwardsGala Dinner | Nazaara
At the highest point of the fort, dinner happens with an uninterrupted view of Bishangarh and the Aravallis.
Saturday, September 20
8:00 AM– 10:30 AMBreakfast with Farmers (Group A)
A short drive, a slower morning. In a nearby village, we meet the land’s keepers. Their daily knowledge tells us more than reports ever will.
8:30 AM– 10:30 AMFort Walkthrough (Group B)
The fort has its own memory. A historian-storyteller leads us through its cannon turrets, secret passages, ancient lime plaster.
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMLeisure
The hours are yours. Watch the play of light on stone or retreat indoors with a book. Time, for once, keeps no account.
1:00 PMLunch at Dera
Local ingredients, cooked with restraint. Shared without fuss.
3:00 PM– 5:30 PMThe Afternoon Sessions (Dera)
3:00 PM- 4:30 PMPart I: Lines of Control: Business, Borders & the Battle for Stability
Speakers: • Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) • Vice Admiral AB Singh (Retd) • Air Marshal Ravi Kapoor (Retd) • Moderator: TBD What war tells us about business. And what business forgets about risk. A wide-angled discussion on conflict, diplomacy, and leadership.
Themes: • National security as corporate foresight • Fault lines—external and internal • Business blind spots in volatile times
Moderator: Lalitha Indrakanti, CEO, Jaguar Land Rover – Technology and Business Services India
4:30 PM- 5:45 PMPart II
Speaker: Harish Bijoor, brand and business strategy specialist
Moderator: Himanshu Jain, founder-CEO, Promenable, and ILC Member
Theme: The Brand Called Leadership • How a leader’s personal values and communication shape the way an organisation is perceived • How an organisation shows up in crises speaks volumes • Culture as the most enduring brand asset • The challenges of straddling global directives with local realities
5:45 PMHigh Tea | Dera
The fort has its own memory. A historian leads us through its cannon turrets, secret passages, ancient lime plaster. It ends with conversations over chai and local savouries.
8:00 PM onwardsAn Evening to Remember | Poolside
Cocktail and dinner by the pool; a feast of flavours that blend the familiar with the inventive, echoing traditions while speaking to the present.
Sunday, September 21
8:00 AMFarewell Breakfast (with Farmers for Group B) and Fort Walkthrough (Group A)
One last breakfast, one last walk of the fort, before the return.
