Indian Council for Cultural Relations Autonomous organisation of the Government of India
Indian Council for Cultural Relations Abbreviation ICCR Formation 9 April 1950; 76 years ago (1950-04-09 ) Type Governmental organization Headquarters Azad 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
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]
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] 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 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] 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:
Journal
Language
Indian Horizons English
Africa Quarterly English
Gagananchal Hindi
Papeles de la India Spanish
Rencontre Avec I' Inde French
Thaqafat-ul-Hind Arabic
References
↑ "ICCR organises conference on Pali as classical language in Colombo" . The Hindu . 24 October 2024. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 11 March 2025 .↑ "Welcome to Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Paramaribo" . iccsur.org . Retrieved 18 April 2018 .↑ 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 . ↑ 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 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link )↑ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): about the organisation" . iccr.tripod.com . Retrieved 18 April 2018 .↑ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations Jaipur" . facebook.com . Retrieved 18 April 2018 .↑ "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 .↑ "Nehru Award Recipients" . Indian Council for Cultural Relations . Government of India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017 .
External links
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