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| leader_name2 = Shri Dinesh K Patnaik. (https://www.iccr.gov.in/minister/shri-dinesh-k-patnaik).
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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, India|Hyderabad]], [[Jaipur]], [[Kolkata]], [[Lucknow]], [[Mumbai]], [[Patna]], [[Pune]], [[Shillong]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] & [[Varanasi]]. The council also operates missions internationally, with established [[cultural centre]]s in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Paramaribo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iccsur.org/pages.php?id=2|title=Welcome to Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India,Paramaribo|website=iccsur.org|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> [[Port Louis]], [[Jakarta]], [[Moscow]], [[Valladolid]], [[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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iccr.tripod.com/aboutus.htm|title=Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): about the organisation|website=iccr.tripod.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://facebook.com/iccrjaipur|title=Indian Council for Cultural Relations Jaipur|website=facebook.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:Museum of Asian art of Corfu 248.JPG|thumb|Copy of the Hindu figurine of [[Shiva Nataraja]], donation to the [[Museum of Asian Art of Corfu]], Greece]]
The Council addresses its mandate of [[cultural diplomacy]] through a broad range of activities. In addition to organising cultural festivals in India and overseas, the ICCR financially supports a number of cultural institutions across India, and sponsors individual performers in dance, music, photography, theatre, and the visual arts. It also administers the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding]], established by the [[Government of India]] in 1965, whose last award was in 2009.<ref name="Nehru Award Recipients">{{cite web | url=http://iccr.gov.in/content/nehru-award-recipients | title=Nehru Award Recipients | publisher=Government of India | work=Indian Council for Cultural Relations | access-date=8 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815011210/http://iccr.gov.in/content/nehru-award-recipients | archive-date=15 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Publications===
Six quarterly journals, are published in five different languages:
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! Journal
! Language
|-
| ''Indian Horizons''
| English
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| ''Africa Quarterly''
| English
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| ''Gagananchal''
| Hindi
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| ''Papeles de la India''
| Spanish
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| ''Rencontre Avec I’ Inde''
| French
|-
| ''Thaqafat-ul-Hind''
| Arabic
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

{{International cultural promotion organizations}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Cultural promotion organizations]]
[[Category:Cultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Foreign relations of India]]
[[Category:1950 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1950]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
[[Category:Government agencies of India|Cultural Relations]]

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