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Government of India
Ministry of External Affairs
26-July-2017 16:37 IST
Indian Cultural Centres Abroad

 

ICCR has 36 Indian Cultural Centres and one Sub-Centre (list attached).  ICCR has plans to establish new Indian Cultural Centres in Washington and Paris.  For these new Centres, the properties are being renovated for establishing Centres. 

 

Cultural Centres overseas are ICCR’s important arms, which play significant role in promotion of India’s soft power strength through its variety of activities like facilitating teaching of Indian dance, music, yoga, Hindi etc., organizing cultural performances, film screening, lectures, talks, Seminars & Conferences on themes related to India including workshops/interactions on various streams of Indian dance and music and organizing Festivals of India.  Activities are organized in the capital and other cities with the help of involvement of local community and Indian Diaspora.

 

            During the recent visit of Prime Minister of India to Israel, announcement for the opening of Indian Cultural Centre in Israel was made.  Modalities for opening and running of the Centre will be worked out by ICCR in consultation with the Mission in Tel Aviv.  In 2017-18 ICCR organized a Festival of India in Israel.  Celebrations of IDY were organized on grand scale.  ICCR has Chair of Indian Studies at the Tel Aviv University for promotion of Indian studies. India and Israel share a long standing relationship on the cultural and people to people front.  Opening a Cultural Centre will further enhance relationship on this front.

    

 

 

 

 

LIST OF INDIAN CULTURAL CENTRES ABROAD

 

 

S.No.

 

Name of Centre with Country

 

1.                   

The Nehru Centre                                                      

London (U.K.).

2.                   

The Tagore Centre                                                     

 Berlin, Germany.

3.                   

Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre                  

Moscow, Russia.

4.                   

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Astana, Kazakhstan.

5.                   

Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture

Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

6.                   

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

7.                   

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Kabul, Afghanistan.

8.                   

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Colombo, Sri Lanka.

9.                   

Jawaharlal Nehru Indian                                            

Cultural Centre,

Jakarta, Indonesia.

10.               

Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture

Port Louis, Mauritius

11.               

Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture,

Cairo, Egypt.

12.               

Indian Cultural Centre                       

Johannesburg, South Africa.

13.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Georgetown, Guyana.

14.               

Mahatma Gandhi Institute For Cultural Cooperation,

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

15.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Paramaribo, Suriname.

16.               

Indian Cultural Centre           

Suva, Fiji.

17.               

Indian Cultural Centre           

Beijing, China.

18.               

Indian Cultural Wing 

Kathmandu, Nepal.

19.               

Indian Cultural Centre           

Bangkok, Thailand

20.               

NSCB Indian Cultural Centre           

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

21.               

Vivekanand Cultural Centre

Tokyo, Japan 

22.               

Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre

Mexico.

23.               

Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Centre               

Thimphu, Bhutan.

24.               

Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre                       

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

25.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Yangon, Myanmar.

26.               

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

27.               

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Seoul, South Korea.

28.               

Amrita Sher-Gill Cultural Centre                                           

Budapest, Hungary.

29.               

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Prague, Czech Republic

30.               

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Male, Maldives.

31.               

Indian Cultural Centre                                               

Sao Paulo, Brazil.

32.               

Indian Cultural Centre

The Hague, Netherlands.

33.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Tehran, Iran

34.               

Indian Cultural Centre           

Durban, South Africa

35.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Sydney, Australia

36.               

Indian Cultural Centre

Hanoi, Vietnam

 

 

Sub-Centre

 

37.               

Sub-Cultural Centre               

Bali, Indonesia

 

 

 

This information was given by Shri Gen. (Dr.) V.K. Singh (Retd), the Minister of State for External Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, today.

 

YSK

 

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