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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, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram & Varanasi. The council also operates missions internationally, with established cultural centres in Georgetown, Paramaribo,〔http://iccsur.org/pages.php?id=2〕 Port Louis, Jakarta, Moscow, 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.〔(ICCR Tripod Site )〕〔(ICCR Regional office Jaipur facebook fanpage )〕 ==Mission statement== The Indian Council for Cultural Relations mission statement reads: :''ICCR was envisaged by its founder..., as an organization that would foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other nations & peoples.'' :''Our endeavour has been to promote a communion of cultures and a creative dialogue among nations.'' :''To facilitate this interaction among world cultures, the Council has striven to articulate and demonstrate the diversity and richness of the cultures of India.'' :''The Council prides itself on being a pre-eminent sponsor of cultural & intellectual exchanges between India and partner countries. It is the Council’s resolve to continue to symbolize India’s great cultural efflorescence in the years to come.''〔(Official ICCR Website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian Council for Cultural Relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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