Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Abbreviation	ICCR
Formation	9 April 1950; 74 years ago (1950-04-09)
Type	Governmental organization
Headquarters	Azad Bhawan, I. P Estate, New Delhi - 110002
Region served	Worldwide
President	Vacant
Director General	Kumar Tuhin
Main organ	Governing Body
Parent organisation	Government of India
Affiliations	Ministry of External Affairs
Website	iccr.gov.in

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 April 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India.

The ICCR Headquarter is situated at 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 and Varanasi. The council also operates missions internationally, with established cultural centres in Georgetown, Paramaribo,^[1] Port Louis, Jakarta, Moscow, Valladolid, Berlin, Cairo, London (Nehru Centre, London), Tashkent, Almaty, Johannesburg, Durban, Port of Spain and Colombo. ICCR has opened new cultural centers in Dhaka, Thimpu, São Paulo, Kathmandu,^[2] Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.^[3][4]