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{{Infobox university
|name = Indian Institute of World Culture
|established = August, 1945, by [[B.P. Wadia]]
|type = Public Library, Cultural Center, Center for Promotion of Global Understanding
|city = [[Bangalore]]
|state = [[Karnataka]]
|country = [[India]]
|campus =
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|website = [http://www.iiwcindia.org/ http://www.iiwcindia.org]
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'''The Indian Institute of World Culture''' (IIWC), is a public institution that aims, via its activities, "to foster the growth of a truly cosmopolitan spirit among citizens of all nations." It is located on B.P Wadia Road in the [[Basavanagudi]] area of the city of [[Bengaluru]], [[India]], and was founded on 11 August 1945<ref>IIWC website - http://www.iiwcindia.org/</ref> by [[B. P. Wadia]] and his spouse, [[Sophia Wadia]].

It houses a general library of over 40,000 books, a children's library and, a magazine section that subscribes to over 400 well regarded periodicals from around the world.

The IIWC organizes well over a hundred public events each year that comprise lectures and cultural performances and these are free and open to the public.

"Transactions" of several public lectures held at the IIWC are [http://www.iiwcindia.org/transactions.html available online at the IIWC website].

The general library is known to have many rare and old books,<ref>Window to the World, from [[Bangalore Mirror]] http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/Window-to-the-world/articleshow/42471628.cms</ref> in its collections, and is particularly sought after by those interested in philosophy, history, literature, the social sciences, travel writing, writing on the arts and music, the natural world and poetry, besides fiction. The book collection is largely in English, but also includes a selection of [[Kannada]] titles.

The children's library contains several thousand books from around the world, both fiction and non-fiction, for young readers, including illustrated volumes and reference books.

Memberships are nominally priced, and individuals intending to be members must sign a declaration that says, "I declare my sympathy with the ideal of Universal Brotherhood and will endeavor to cultivate the attitude of brotherliness in my daily living."

Besides its calendar of programs, the IIWC also offers ongoing art and [[bhajan]] classes as well as special summer programs (typically in the months of April and May, each year) covering a variety of interest areas including art, craft, cooking, music, puppetry, gardening and so on.

The IIWC has endeared itself over the decades, since its founding, to citizens of the city, and has come to serve many, as a window to a world of literature, arts, philosophy, sciences, new thought and culture.

The IIWC often finds itself mentioned in lists of notable organizations in the city.<ref>ICAI International Conference 2015, in the section listing International Organizations in [[Bengaluru]] http://ic.icai.org/tours.html</ref>

It has attracted, to its lecture platform, eminent personalities including [[C P Ramaswamy Ayiar]], [[Julian Huxley]], [[Arnold J. Toynbee|Arnold Toynbee]], [[C Rajagopalachari]], [[John Boyd Orr]], [[The Panchen Lama]], [[Jayant Vishnu Narlikar]], K G Saiyidin, [[Karan Singh]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], [[Salman Rushdie]] and many others.

The IIWC is closely associated, in its founding principles, with the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]] (ULT) and historically, with the ULT's [[Bengaluru]] lodge.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030312212252/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/17/stories/2002101700400300.htm It's a World of Books], [[The Hindu]]
* [http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/25-bangalores-timeless Bangalore's Timeless Cultural Crucible], [[Citizenmatters.in]]
* [http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/Window-to-the-world/articleshow/42471628.cms Window to the World], [[Bangalore Mirror]]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=TVRWA5imaeoC&dq=Indian+institute+of+world+culture&source=gbs_navlinks_s Stopped in Our Tracks: Stories of U.G. in India, page 57]
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/401569/039books-bridge-generations039.html Event on the occasion of World Book Day, 2014, jointly organized by IIWC]
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