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Visiting Professors and Chairs
of Indian Studies Abroad
The Council is maintaining Chairs of Indian Studies abroad to teach Indian languages and other related subjects under the Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes, Scheme of Propagation of Hindi abroad and Council's own programme. Presently 19 professors are teaching Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Modern Indian History, Indian Civilization in (Suriname) , Budapest (Hungary) Moscow (Russia) , Seoul (South Korea) Warsaw (Poland- 2 posts of Hindi and Tamil), Port of Spain (Trinidad &Tobago- 2 posts of Hindi and Modern Indian History/South Asian Affairs), Ankara (Turkey), Sofia (Bulgaria), Bucharest (Romania), Beijing (China), Madrid (Spain), Bangkok (Thailand), Paris (France), Osh (Kyrghystan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Brussels (Belgium) and Moka (Mauritius). The Council sent a Visiting Professor on Modern Indian Studies to Poland. The Council is planning to depute Visiting Professor/Teacher of Sanskrit, Hindi and Yoga at Silpakorn University, Bangkok; Warsaw University, Poland and our cultural centre in Jakarta respectively in the month of February 2005. The Council has also been providing assistance to institutions/centers overseas imparting courses in Indology and Indian Studies.
Publications
Under its Publication programme the Council regularly brings out six journals in 5 different languages. These are 'Gagananchal' (Hindi),'Africa Quarterly' and 'Indian Horizons' (English), 'Thaq afat-ul-Hind' (Arabic), 'Papeles de Ia India' (Spanish), and 'Rencontre Avec L’Inde' (French). The Council has proposal to publish seminar proceedings of 'At Home in the World - International Festival of Indian Literature", Indo-Iran Seminar, and a book on Situation of Arabic Language in Indian Universities. Publication of a Coffee-Table book on Maulana Azad is already in process.
During the period, the Council brought out the Arabic edition of its publication "Contemporary Relevance of Sufism". The Council participated in the 10th Delhi Book Fair during 21-29 August 2004 organized by the National Book Trust of India at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Council also participated in a book exhibition at Karnal, Haryana on the occasion of the Gandhi Jayanti. The latest edition of ICCR's prominent journal "Indian Horizons" has been brought out in an entirely new format and style.
ICCR Publication "Vision of India" edited by Dr. Karan Singh was released by Dr. Najma Heptulla, President, ICCR on 24 January 2005 at Convention Hall, Hotel Ashok, New Delhi.
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