CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
The Ministry of Culture aims at disseminating Indian art and culture in new territories to promote India’s soft power and developing cultural relations between India and other countries by signing Cultural Exchange Programmes (CEPs). The Cultural Exchange Programmes have been signed with 78 countries for collaboration in different areas like music, dance, theatre, museums & science museums, libraries, archives, protection and conservation of historic monuments and archaeological sites, literature, research & documentation, festival anthropology, etc. A list of the Countries with whom Ministry of Culture, Government of India have valid CEPs as of now is given at Annexure-I.
Under the ambit of Cultural Exchange Programmes, Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) have been signed by different Organisations under the aegis of Ministry of Culture for partnership and collaboration with other Countries. The details of such MoUs are given at Annexure-II.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure-I
List of Countries with whom Ministry of Culture, Government of India has signed Cultural Exchange Programmes
Countries
S.No.
Countries
1
Algeria
40
Mali
2
Armenia
41
Mauritius
3
Australia
42
Mexico
4
Bahrain
43
Morocco
5
Bangladesh
44
Netherlands
6
Belarus
45
Norway
7
Benin
46
Oman
8
Bolivia
47
Panama
9
Botswana
48
Peru
10
Brazil
49
Portugal
11
Brunei
50
Romania
12
Bulgaria
51
Russian Federation
13
Cambodia
52
Rwanda
14
Canada
53
Saudi Arabia
15
Chile
54
Senegal
16
China
55
Serbia
17
Colombia
56
Seychelles
18
Comoros
57
Sierra Leone
19
Croatia
58
Slovakia
20
Cuba
59
Slovenia
21
Czech Republic
60
South Africa
22
Denmark
61
South Korea
23
Djibouti
62
Spain
24
Ecuador
63
Sri Lanka
25
Egypt
64
Sudan
26
Ethiopia
65
Suriname
27
Finland
66
Tajikistan
28
France
67
Tanzania
29
Ghana
68
Thailand
30
Guyana
69
Tunisia
31
Hungary
70
Turkmenistan
32
Iceland
71
UAE
33
Italy
72
Uganda
34
Jordan
73
United Kingdom
35
Kazakhstan
74
Uzbekistan
36
Kenya
75
Venezuela
37
Kyrgyzstan
76
Vietnam
38
Lithuania
77
Zambia
39
Maldives
78
Zimbabwe
Annexure II
Details of the active Memorandum of Understanding signed by the organizations of Ministry of Culture, Government of India with corresponding organizations in other countries in respective areas of cooperation
S.NO.
Name of Indian Organization
Name of the Country
Area of Cooperation
1
2
3
4
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi
Australia
Protection and Conservation of Cultural Heritage Collections
Cambodia
To initiate an interactive multimedia project on Angkor Wat temple
Vienna
Training workshops in the field of cultural heritage conservation, Joint Research and conservation projects, Internships for students, professionals and teachers
France
France-South Asia Digital Library
Thailand
Documentation, Conservation and Digitization of Indic Origin Manuscripts preserved in Thailand
Vietnam
Documentation, Conservation and Digitization of Indic Origin Manuscripts preserved in Vietnam
Japan
Documentation, Conservation and Digitization of Indic Origin Manuscripts preserved in Japan
Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
Egypt
Protection and Preservation of Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains
Italy
Creating a Network and Sharing Skills for Restoration and Protection of Monuments
USA
Cultural Property Agreement Concerning the imposition of import restrictions on categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of India
National Archives of India, New Delhi
Mozambique
Archival Cooperation
Portugal
Archival Cooperation
Serbia
Archival Cooperation
Saudi Arabia
Archival Cooperation
Suriname
Archival Cooperation
Iran
Archival Cooperation
United Arab Emirates
Archival Cooperation
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (India, Sarnath, Varanasi)
Russian Federation
Research collaboration
National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi
South Korea
Loaning of an artwork entitled ‘Basanti’ by eminent artist Mrinalini Mukherjee from the collection of NGMA Delhi for an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea from 3rd Sep 2024 to 3rd March 2025.
Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
Nepal
Literature
Syria
Literature
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Croatia
To enhance Cultural Relationship between the Fine Arts academicians, creative artists, culture administrators, scholars and intellectuals through the exchange of delegations
National School of Drama, New Delhi
Russian Federation
To promote academic exchange and cooperation in area such as but not limited to exchange of faculty members and researchers, exchange of students, academic researches, lectures, workshops, forums and joint productions etc.
Russian Federation
To promote strengthening and development of cultural and theatrical art co-operation.
United Kingdom
Student Exchange Programme
France
To foster exchange of academic and professional staff, researchers and students, and to develop and implement collaborative training and research programs.
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Nepal
ICH Links-Building- an integrated ICH information sharing platform in the Asia-Pacific region
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
France