Presentations
During the period, the Council sent books, art objects, audio-visual materials, musical instruments etc. on Indian culture, art, architecture, history, dance and music to 29 countries, namely, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Belgrade, Belarus, Canada, China, Chile, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, London (U.K.), Mongolia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Portugal, Poland, Panama, U.S.A., Trinidad & Tobago, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Zambia, Maldives, Seychelles, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, and Tashkent through Indian Missions abroad for presentation to VVIP's and local dignitaries, libraries, institutions and schools.
Library
The ICCR, established in 1950, has a collection of 50,000 volumes mainly on Indian history, art and culture. It also subscribes various newspapers and journals. The main attraction of the library is a collection of 195 rare manuscripts in Urdu, Arabic and Persian languages. The manuscripts and other rare books along with the microfilm rolls are housed in a special section of the library called 'Gosha-e-Azad'. The Library is a boon for researchers in Indology. The Library is a member of DELNET (Developing Library Network). The Library renewed subscription of 32 Indian and foreign journals for the year 2005-06.
ICCR Library primarily serves as a reference library and provides consultation and inter-library loan services to scholars and the organizations/institutions. Interested research scholars, members of the public are permitted to use the library on the basis of letter of recommendations from the heads of the departments of the universities/ institutions or on the basis of membership of other organized libraries. During the period April-November 2004, approximately 2000 visitors have consulted the resources of the Library.
The Library has digitized 125 manuscripts, rare books, speeches by Maulana Azad, Maulana Azad Lecture series, catalogue of manuscripts, available in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi & English language for preservation and dissemination purpose. The Council's Library has awarded six short term library fellowships on India's Cultural Diplomacy and Maulana Azad's vision on science, technology and development in Hindi and English language. The Council has started redesigning the website of its own.
Audio-Visual Recording
In order to preserve the archives of the Council, 331 CDs of empanelled artistes have been digitized.
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