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Maintaining Indian Cultural Centres

In order to promote awareness and appreciation of India’s composite cultural heritage abroad, the Council has established 20 Cultural Centres with two sub-centres in different parts of the world. The Centres are located at Cairo(Egypt), Berlin(Germany), Phoenix(Mauritius), Paramaribo(Suriname), Georgetown(Guyana), Jakarta and Bali(Sub-Center)(Indonesia), Moscow(Russian Federation), London(UK), Astana(Kazakhstan), Tashkent(Uzbekistan), Durban and Johannesburg(South Africa), Port of Spain(Trinidad & Tobago), Colombo(Sri Lanka), Dushanbe(Tajikistan), Suva and Lautoka(Sub-Center)(Fiji), Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia) , Tokyo(Japan), Kathmandu(Nepal) and Kabul(Afghanistan).

The activities of the Cultural Centres support the cultural needs of the local population. The Centres organize several outreach programmes including panel discussions, lectures, exhibitions of visual arts, essay competitions, performances of dance, music & theatre, screening of Indian films, publication of news bulletins, seminars on Indian topics etc. Some of the Cultural Centres also have regular teaching classes in Indian music, dance, yoga and Hindi language. The Centres also maintain Libraries and Audio-Video material. To facilitate the programmes, ICCR periodically sends print & audio-video material including books in Hindi, English, Sanskrit and Urdu and audio-video material.

Apart from organizing their own activities, these Cultural Centres also provide a supportive role to the respective Indian Missions for coordinating various cultural activities. The Centres develop and maintain contacts with the local citizens particularly students, teachers, academicians, opinion makers and cultural personalities to project a composite picture of India’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.

List of India Base Staff at Indian Cultural Centres Abroad

List of Indian Cultural Centres Abroad

Announcement for chair in Abroad

Chairs of Indian Studies


The Council deputes Visiting Professors at prestigious universities abroad and maintains Chairs of Indian Studies to teach Indian languages and other related subjects. At present, the Council maintains 19 Chairs of Indian Studies and 5 Chairs of Indian Studies on semester basis. The Council is in the process of setting up a Chair of Political Science & International Relations at Osh State University and a Chair of Indian Economics at Sciences Po as per details given below:

Visting Professors Deputed at Chairs of Indian Studies Abroad As on 20.02.2008

S.No. Country Name of Professors Tenure & Date of Joining University
Chairs of Hindi
1 Poland

Dr.(Smt)Ramkali Saraf
Visiting Prof. of Hindi

2 years
19.02.07 to 18.02.09

Warsaw University
Warsaw, Poland

2 Hungary

Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma
Visiting Prof. of Hindi

2  years
18.01.2008 to 18.01.2011

( ELTE )
Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Hungary

3 Bulgaria

Dr. Satyakam
Visiting Prof. of Hindi

2 years
4.10.2006 to 3.10.2008

Sofia University,
Sofia, Bulgaria

4 South Korea

Dr. Mudliar Pratibha Ramachandra
Visiting Associate Prof of Hindi

2years+9months
7.11.05 to 31.08.2008

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
Seoul, South Korea

5 Romania

Dr. Sheelu Agrawal,
Hindi Teacher

2+1 years
07.09.05 to 05.09.2008

Bucharest University Bucharest, Romania

6 Turkey

Dr. Shakeela Khanam
Visiting Associate,
Professor of Hindi

2 years
15.09.06 to 14.09.2008

Ankara University Ankara, Turkey

7 Belgium

Dr. V.Krishna
Visiting Prof. of Hindi

2 years
12.09.07 to 12.09.2009

State University of Ghent, Brussels, Belgium

8

China

Dr. Ravi Ranjan
Visiting Professor of Hindi

2years+9months
2.11.05 to 31.07.2008

Peking University
Beijing, China

9 Spain

Dr. Vijay Kumaran C.P.V. Visiting Prof. Of Hindi

2 years
09.07.07 to 08.07.2009

University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

10 Trinidad & Tobago

Dr. Durga Prashad Singh
Associate Prof. of Hindi

2 years
28.09.07 to 27.09.09

University of West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Propagation of Hindi Abroad on behalf of Central Hindi Institute (Agency Work)
11 Russia

Dr. R.S.Sarraju
Associate Prof. of Hindi

2+1 years
5.10.05 to 03.10.2008

Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India
Moscow, Russia

12 Suriname

Smt. Kanta Rani Nanduru
Hindi Teacher

2+1 years
05.09.2005 to 03.09.2008

Indian CulturalCentre, Paramaribo, Suriname
Hindi Chair under ITEC terms
13 Afghanistan

Dr. K.G.Kapoor
Hindi Teacher

1 year
28.09.2007 to 27.09.2008

Nanghar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Chairs of Sanskrit
14 Thailand

Designated
Dr. Shashi Prabha Kumar  as  replacement of Dr. Dash is under Process as visiting Prof. of Sanskrit

Likely to
Join in April 2008

SilpakornUniversity,
Bangkok, Thailand

15 France

Dr.Satyanarayan Chakraborty
Visiting Prof. of Sanskrit

2+1 years
24.02.06 to 23.02.2009

SorbonneNouvelle University, Paris, France
Chairs of Tamil
16 Poland

Dr. A. Mariapan
Visiting Prof. of Tamil

2 years
27.09.07 to 25.09.09

Warsaw University
Warsaw, Poland

Chairs of Modern Indian History Civilization & South Asian Affairs
17

Trinidad & Tobago

Dr. Ratan Lal Hangloo
Visiting Prof. of Modern Indian History & South Asian Affairs

2 years
08.09.2007 to 08.09.2009

University of West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
18 Kyrghystan

Dr. G.K. Basu
Visiting Prof. of Political Science/International relations and world economy and diplomacy

2years
15.09.2007 to 14.09.2009

Osh State University, Osh, Kyrghystan
Chairs of International Relations Diplomacy and International Law
19 Uzbekistan

Dr. Smt. Jyotsna Bakshi
Visiting Associate Prof. for Indian chair

2 +1years
28.04.2006 to 24.04.2009

University of world Economy & Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20 South Africa

Gandhi Luthuli Chair for Peace Studies
(Designated Dr.M.S.John, visiting Prof of Peace Studies)

Likely to join in July 2008

University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban, south Africa
Chairs of Contemporary Indian Studies
21 Mauritius Associate Professor Under Process Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka, Mauritius

Chairs on Short Term Basis

1 U.S.A.

Dr. Rimli Bhattacharya
Visiting Prof. of English

18.01.2008 to 15.05.2008

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2 Mongolia

Visiting Prof. of Budhist Studies Dr.R.K.Mishra
Visiting Prof. of Sanskrit

w.e.f.
1st March 08

National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

3 France

 Dr. Prem Shankar Jha (Chair of Indian Economy Institut'd Etudes politiques De Paris)

Designated Dr. Amitabh Kundu

From
30.09.2007 to 30.01.2008

 

(likely to join in March 2008)

Science Po, Paris
France

4 Germany Dr. Aloka Parasher Sen

From
08.10.2007 to 31.03.2008

HeidelbergUniversity
Heidelberg, Germany

5 Germany Dr. Adapa Satyanarayana

From
15.10.2007 to 31.03.2008

Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany

6 Germany Vacant

Under Process

Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany

7 Germany  Dr. Nonica Dutta

From
20.10.2007 to 29.02.2008

Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany

8 Germany  Vacant Under Process

Mainz University / Johannes, Gutenburg University, Mainz, Germany


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