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Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Autonomous organisation of the Government of India
Not to be confused withInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.

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
AffiliationsMinistry of External Affairs
Websiteiccr.gov.in

TheIndian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is an autonomous organisation of theGovernment 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 byMaulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independentIndia.[1]

The ICCR Headquarter is situated atAzad Bhawan, I.P. Estate,New Delhi, with regional offices inBengaluru,Guwahati,Kolkata,Lucknow,Mumbai,Patna,Pune,Shillong,Jammu andAhmedabad. The council also operates missions internationally, with establishedcultural centres inGeorgetown,Paramaribo,[2]Port Louis,Jakarta,Moscow,Valladolid,Berlin,Cairo,London (Nehru Centre, London),Tashkent,Almaty,Johannesburg,Durban,Port of Spain andColombo.[3] ICCR has opened new cultural centers inDhaka,Thimphu,São Paulo,Kathmandu,[4]Bangkok,Kuala Lumpur andTokyo.[5][6]

Activities

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Copy of the Hindu figurine ofShiva Nataraja, donation to theMuseum of Asian Art of Corfu, Greece

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

Publications

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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

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  1. ^"ICCR organises conference on Pali as classical language in Colombo".The Hindu. 24 October 2024.ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved11 March 2025.
  2. ^"Welcome to Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Paramaribo".iccsur.org. Retrieved18 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. Retrieved11 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, retrieved15 August 2024
  5. ^"Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): about the organisation".iccr.tripod.com. Retrieved18 April 2018.
  6. ^"Indian Council for Cultural Relations Jaipur".facebook.com. Retrieved18 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. Retrieved11 March 2025.
  8. ^"Nehru Award Recipients".Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Government of India. Archived fromthe original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved8 October 2017.

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