Indian Council for Cultural Relations
| Abbreviation | ICCR |
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| Formation | April 9, 1950 |
| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | Azad Bhawan, I. P Estate, New Delhi - 110001 |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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President
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Prof. Lokesh Chandra |
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Main organ
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Council |
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Parent organisation
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Government of India |
| Remarks | ICCR Regional office Jaipur official facebook fanpage |
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 opened new cultural centers in Dhaka, Thimpu, Sao Paulo, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.
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