Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Indian Council for Cultural Relations
AbbreviationICCR
Formation9 April 1950;75 years ago (1950-04-09)
TypeGovernmental organization
HeadquartersAzad Bhawan, I. P Estate, New Delhi - 110002
Region served
Worldwide
President
Vacant
Director General
K. Nandini Singla
Main organ
Governing Body
Parent organisation
 Government of India
Affiliations Ministry of External Affairs
Website iccr.gov.in

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 April 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India. [1]

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The ICCR Headquarter is situated at Azad Bhawan, I.P. Estate, New Delhi, with regional offices in Bengaluru, Guwahati, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Jammu and Ahmedabad. The council also operates missions internationally, with established cultural centres in Georgetown, Paramaribo, [2] Port Louis, Jakarta, Moscow, Valladolid, Berlin, Cairo, London (Nehru Centre, London), Tashkent, Almaty, Johannesburg, Durban, Port of Spain and Colombo. [3] ICCR has opened new cultural centers in Dhaka, Thimphu, São Paulo, Kathmandu, [4] Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo. [5] [6]

Activities

Copy of the Hindu figurine of Shiva Nataraja, donation to the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu, Greece Museum of Asian art of Corfu 248.JPG
Copy of the Hindu figurine of Shiva Nataraja, donation to the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu, Greece

The Council addresses its mandate of cultural diplomacy through a broad range of activities. In addition to organising cultural festivals in India and overseas, the ICCR financially supports a number of cultural institutions across India, and sponsors individual performers in dance, music, photography, theatre, and the visual arts. [7] It also administers the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, established by the Government of India in 1965, whose last award was in 2009. [8]

Publications

Six quarterly journals, are published in five different languages:

JournalLanguage
Indian HorizonsEnglish
Africa QuarterlyEnglish
GagananchalHindi
Papeles de la IndiaSpanish
Rencontre Avec I’ IndeFrench
Thaqafat-ul-HindArabic

References

  1. ↑ "ICCR organises conference on Pali as classical language in Colombo". The Hindu. 24 October 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Paramaribo". iccsur.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Chakrabarty, Sreeparna (2 April 2023). "How ICCR plans to build its brand ambassador programme amongst foreign students in India". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Bimalendra Kumar "Buddha's attitude towards the caste system as available in Pāli texts", Classical Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism and the Question of Caste, Routledge India, pp. 29–39, 26 August 2020, ISBN   978-1-003-04509-0 , retrieved 15 August 2024
  5. ↑ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): about the organisation". iccr.tripod.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations Jaipur". facebook.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "University of Houston renews MoU with ICCR to set up new chair on Tamil language, literature". The Indian Express. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nehru Award Recipients". Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Government of India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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