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Indian Council For Cultural Relations Biography
Programmes for taking India to the world and bringing the world to India.
ICCR's programmes include foreign cultural festivals in India, Indian festivals abroad, the sending and receiving of cultural troupes, the holding of exhibitions and of conferences and seminars both in India and abroad, inviting distinguished world personalities to India, sponsoring the visits of Indian scholars and artistes abroad, and providing a platform for upcoming artistes to present their talent globally.
And then, there are the ICCR publications, international awards, essay competitions and lectures, apart from scholarship schemes and fellowships.
ICCR, in all seriousness, does its part to ensure that the dialogue among world cultures continues.
Because the ICCR believes in a communion of cultures.
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India’s external cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their peoples. It was founded on 9 April 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India.
The ICCR Headquarters are situated in Azad Bhavan, I.P. Estate, New Delhi, with regional offices in Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram & Varanasi. The council also operates missions internationally, with established cultural centres in Georgetown, Paramaribo, Port Louis, Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo, London, Tashkent, Almaty, Johannesburg, Durban, Port of Spain and Colombo. ICCR has recently opened new cultural centers in Dhaka, Thimpu, Sao Paulo, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur & Tokyo.[2]The Indian Council for Cultural Relations mission statement reads:
ICCR was envisaged by its founder..., as an organization that would foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other nations & peoples.
Our endeavour has been to promote a communion of cultures and a creative dialogue among nations.
To facilitate this interaction among world cultures, the Council has striven to articulate and demonstrate the diversity and richness of the cultures of India.
The Council prides itself on being a pre-eminent sponsor of cultural & intellectual exchanges between India and partner countries. It is the Council’s resolve to continue to symbolize India’s great cultural efflorescence in the years to come.[3]
[edit]Activities
The Council addresses its mandate of cultural diplomacy through a broad range of activities. In addition to organising cultural festivals, both in India and overseas, the ICCR financially supports a number of cultural institutions across India, as well as sponsoring individual performers in dance, music, photography, theatre, and the visual arts. It also administers the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding established by Government of India, in 1965.[4]
[edit]Empanelment of Performing Artistes
To showcase the best of Indian performing and visual arts, the Council empanels performing artists who are proficient in their field. Empanelled artistes are added to a reference list, and may receive sponsorship from the Council when they perform internationally.
[edit]Sponsorships
The ICCR offers 1804 scholarships every year, on behalf of the Government of India, to international students who choose to study various artistic and cultural disciplines in India. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from over 70 countries have benefited from this scheme.
[edit]Exhibitions
Promoting India’s rich cultural heritage overseas is a central role of the Council. To this end, it sponsors exhibitions of India’s contemporary, and traditional arts, in major events worldwide. Under various cultural exchange programmes, the ICCR also sponsors exhibitions of Indian art and crafts in foreign countries, and hosts return exhibitions from overseas.
[edit]Publications
The ICCR has an ambitious publication programme.
Six quarterly journals, are published in five different languages:
Journal Language
Indian Horizons English
Africa Quarterly English
Gagananchal Hindi
Papeles de la India Spanish
Rencontre Avec I’ Inde French
Thaqafat-ul-Hind Arabic
In addition the Council has published a wide range of books, covering a variety of culturally oriented subjects. Published works include the writings of eminent Indian statesmen and philosophers like Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Azad, Nehru and Tagore.
The ICCR's Publication Programme, focusses on books relating to Indian Culture, Philosophy and Mythology, as well as traditional music, dance, and theatre. Translation of Sanskrit classics into a number of foreign languages; including French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and English; whilst translating seminal works of World Literature into Hindi, and other Indian languages, is central to the ICCR philosophy of cultural exchange and diversity.
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Indian Council For Cultural Relations Biography
Programmes for taking India to the world and bringing the world to India.
ICCR's programmes include foreign cultural festivals in India, Indian festivals abroad, the sending and receiving of cultural troupes, the holding of exhibitions and of conferences and seminars both in India and abroad, inviting distinguished world personalities to India, sponsoring the visits of Indian scholars and artistes abroad, and providing a platform for upcoming artistes to present their talent globally.
And then, there are the ICCR publications, international awards, essay competitions and lectures, apart from scholarship schemes and fellowships.
ICCR, in all seriousness, does its part to ensure that the dialogue among world cultures continues.
Because the ICCR believes in a communion of cultures.
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India’s external cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their peoples. It was founded on 9 April 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India.
The ICCR Headquarters are situated in Azad Bhavan, I.P. Estate, New Delhi, with regional offices in Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram & Varanasi. The council also operates missions internationally, with established cultural centres in Georgetown, Paramaribo, Port Louis, Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo, London, Tashkent, Almaty, Johannesburg, Durban, Port of Spain and Colombo. ICCR has recently opened new cultural centers in Dhaka, Thimpu, Sao Paulo, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur & Tokyo.[2]The Indian Council for Cultural Relations mission statement reads:
ICCR was envisaged by its founder..., as an organization that would foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other nations & peoples.
Our endeavour has been to promote a communion of cultures and a creative dialogue among nations.
To facilitate this interaction among world cultures, the Council has striven to articulate and demonstrate the diversity and richness of the cultures of India.
The Council prides itself on being a pre-eminent sponsor of cultural & intellectual exchanges between India and partner countries. It is the Council’s resolve to continue to symbolize India’s great cultural efflorescence in the years to come.[3]
[edit]Activities
The Council addresses its mandate of cultural diplomacy through a broad range of activities. In addition to organising cultural festivals, both in India and overseas, the ICCR financially supports a number of cultural institutions across India, as well as sponsoring individual performers in dance, music, photography, theatre, and the visual arts. It also administers the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding established by Government of India, in 1965.[4]
[edit]Empanelment of Performing Artistes
To showcase the best of Indian performing and visual arts, the Council empanels performing artists who are proficient in their field. Empanelled artistes are added to a reference list, and may receive sponsorship from the Council when they perform internationally.
[edit]Sponsorships
The ICCR offers 1804 scholarships every year, on behalf of the Government of India, to international students who choose to study various artistic and cultural disciplines in India. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from over 70 countries have benefited from this scheme.
[edit]Exhibitions
Promoting India’s rich cultural heritage overseas is a central role of the Council. To this end, it sponsors exhibitions of India’s contemporary, and traditional arts, in major events worldwide. Under various cultural exchange programmes, the ICCR also sponsors exhibitions of Indian art and crafts in foreign countries, and hosts return exhibitions from overseas.
[edit]Publications
The ICCR has an ambitious publication programme.
Six quarterly journals, are published in five different languages:
Journal Language
Indian Horizons English
Africa Quarterly English
Gagananchal Hindi
Papeles de la India Spanish
Rencontre Avec I’ Inde French
Thaqafat-ul-Hind Arabic
In addition the Council has published a wide range of books, covering a variety of culturally oriented subjects. Published works include the writings of eminent Indian statesmen and philosophers like Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Azad, Nehru and Tagore.
The ICCR's Publication Programme, focusses on books relating to Indian Culture, Philosophy and Mythology, as well as traditional music, dance, and theatre. Translation of Sanskrit classics into a number of foreign languages; including French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and English; whilst translating seminal works of World Literature into Hindi, and other Indian languages, is central to the ICCR philosophy of cultural exchange and diversity.
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