Annual Report 2011 - 2012

Annual Report 2011 - 2012
function was arranged by the Council in collaboration with
the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. The Council also provided
a grant of Rs 1 lakh to Mahavir Samta Sandesh, Udaipur for
organising a three-day writer's conference.
Presentation Unit
During the period April 2011 to January 2012 the Council
presented 30 musical instruments including veena, sitar,
mridangam, ghatam and drum to Malaysia. Also art objects
viz. wooden elephants and other art works were given to
Poland. Thirteen musical instruments which included
harmonium, tanpura, sawarmandal, tabla, dholak were
presented to High Commission of Dhaka.
Library
The personal collection of books and manuscripts
bequeathed by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the Founder
President of the Council, forms the core of the ICCR
Library. A catalogue of the manuscripts and personal books
of Maulana Azad has been printed in book form in three
languages, Arabic, Urdu and Persian. The Library is largely
used by scholars researching on Indian Arts, Culture, History,
Literature and International Relations. Over the decades,
the library has grown many fold and currently has more
than 50,000 volumes. The details of number of visitors,
books supplied to visitors, regional offices and HQ library
are given in the table.
Financial No. of Supply For ICCs Supply For ROs Books & Journals
Year Visitors for HQ Library
Books Journals Books Journals English Hindi Urdu Journals
2011-12 3808 369 553 135 220 17 4 2 27
Nehru Award
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is conferred on an annual basis and 36 such awards have
been given so far. For the year 2009, the award was conferred on German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel who received
the award at a ceremony held on 31 May, 2011 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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