Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Indian Council for Cultural Relations
AbbreviationICCR
Formation9 April 1950; 74 years ago (1950-04-09)
TypeGovernmental organization
HeadquartersAzad Bhawan, I. P Estate, New Delhi - 110002
Region served
Worldwide
President
Vacant
Director General
Kumar Tuhin
Main organ
Governing Body
Parent organisation
Government of India
AffiliationsMinistry of External Affairs
Websiteiccr.gov.in

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India
.

The ICCR Headquarter is situated at

Activities

, Greece

The Council addresses its mandate of

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, established by the Government of India in 1965, whose last award was in 2009.[4]

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

  1. ^ "Welcome to Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India,Paramaribo". iccsur.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): about the organisation". iccr.tripod.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Indian Council for Cultural Relations Jaipur". facebook.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ "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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