CHAPTER XI UNESCO AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES
11.01. This chapter deals with programmes of education, science and culture which are being developed in collaboration with Unesco or foreign countries. It is divided into four sections: (A) Indian National Commission for Cooperation with Unesco; (B) Unesco Programmes; (C) Cultural Relations with Other Countries, and (D) Indian Council for Cultural relations.
A. INDIAN NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COOPERATION WITH
UNESCO 10.02. The Indian National Commission for Cooperation with Unesco (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) is an agency established by the Government of India for promoting the understanding of the aims and objects of Unesco for acting as a liaison agency between Unesco and the institutions working in India for the advancement of education, science and culture. A resume of its important activities during the year is given below.
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National Commissions and Unesco's Regional Offices in Asia. The Workshop adopted a resolution requesting Unesco to select, as a provisional measure, one of the existing Unesco offices in Asia to function, in addition to its duties, as the liaison office for Asian National Commissions for a period of two years in the first instance thereby giving facilities to Asian National Commissions to meet together and take steps to promote activities and policies for cooperation among Asian countries in the furtherance of the ideals of Unesco. The Workshop also pleaded for increased representation of the Asian region on the Unesco Executive Board.
11.04. National Committee on Youth Activities:
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Source Book for Geography Teaching; and (2) Communication in the Space Age.
11.06. Indian Series of Unesco's Collection of Representative
Works of World Literature:
11.07. Publications of the Commission :
11.08. Library of the Commission : (b) The Commission entered into a contract with Unesco for bringing out a revised and up-to-date bibliography on "Education for International Understanding", with a Unesco subvention of $ 1,000. Unesco, has also agreed to consider assisting the Commission for publishing the bibliography during 1969. The year 1968 having been declared as "Human Rights Year", the, Library of the Commission prepared bibliography on Human Rights which has been brought out as a supplement to the "The World in the Classroom", a journal produced by the Commission.
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(c) The Commission received an exhibition entitled, "Paintings from 1900 to 1925" from Unesco reflecting the evolution of new movements and trends which marked the first quarter of the Twentieth Century. Consisting of 90 reproductions of representative works of art, the exhibition was arranged at various centres in India including Delhi through the Lalit Kala Akademi. The Commission also received for circulation in India a Unesco photographic exhibition entitled "Unesco Builds Peace" from the Japanese National Commission for Unesco.
(d) The Library continued to make available copies of Unesco publications and periodicals to institutions, organisations, etc. in India and abroad. About 4,000 parcels containing literature are issued by the Library per month,
11.09. Study Kit on India:
11.10. Programme of Education in International Under-standing:
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ing history and geography textbooks with selected National Commissions so as to review the current textbooks from the point of view of accuracy, objectivity and reliability of the treatment of one's country in the textbooks of the other. Under this project, exchange of geography textbooks, one on each side, has taken place between Australia and India, while the project is being pursued with a few other National Commissions including some in Asia.
11.12. Study of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Commission
is participating in Unesco's new 4-year project (1967-70) on the study
of civilizations of the peoples of Central Asia. The project has two
aspects, viz., (1) deepening of scholarly knowledge, and (2) better
appreciation by the general public of the cultures of Central Asia,
through studies of their archaeology, history, science and literature.
The geographical area covered under the Unesco project, comprises
Afghanistan, Northern India, Eastern part of Iran, West Pakistan and
Soviet Central Asia (Kazakhistan, Kirghizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan). Under a contract and with financial assistance of $
2000 from Unesco, the Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Madras
University, prepared a preliminary report for Unesco entitled, "Report
on Preliminary Survey for a Study of the Civilizations of the Peoples
of Central Asia in the field of History of Ideas and Philosophy". The
Commission with financial assistance ($ 5000) from Unesco co-
sponsored, with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, an
international Conference on Central Asia, at New Delhi from 11th to
15th February, 1969.
This project
aims at providing and aiding in the development of reading materials
in the countries of the South Asia Region for all levels of readers,
covering eleven countries. Some of the activities undertaken during
the year were:
(a) A Unesco-convened meeting of experts book develop- ment planning in Asia held at Singapore from the 17th
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to 23rd September, 1968 to undertake a comparative review of national plans for book development in Asia;
(b) Third Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Committee arranged by Unesco at Kuala Lumpur from 22nd to 24th April, 1968 to review the project's implementa- tion, to study the activities undertaken by Member States so as to arrive at an integrated level of action throughout the project area, and to consider the main orientation of future programme and recommendations for long-term action;
(c) A workshop at Bangkok from 25th November to 13th, December, 1968 to strengthen national literacy pro- grammes in Asia and help to meet the growing need for specialists in the preparation of reading and follow-up materials, organised by Regional Office for Education in Asia, Bangkok; and
(d) Second Training Course in Book Production in Asia at Tokyo from the 11th October, 1968 to 25th November, 1968, organised by the Japanese National Commission for Unesco, with assistance from Unesco.
India was adequately represented in all the above activities.
During, the
year Unesco awarded three travel grants for adult education teaders
nominated by the Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi, to
visit foreign countries, and a travel grant to a nominee of the
International Council of Social Democratic Women to enable her to
undertake a three months' study programme in Finland, Norway, Sweden,
Kenya and Madagascar. Unesco, also awarded fellowships to Indians to
enable them to study in Unesco, sponsored or assisted postgraduate
courses.
11.15. The Commission continued to assist Unesco fellows: visiting India. Some of the more important visitors during the year included:
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(i) Mr. Miodrag Valkov, Chief of Earthquake Engineering Section, Yugoslavia, on a two-week visit in October, 1968, to the School of Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering of the University of Roorkee;
(ii) a four-member team of distinguished technologists from UAR in October, 1968 under the United Nations Development Programme (Technical Assistance) for one month to study the development of higher technical and scientific education in this country; and
(iii) Mr. Janos Olah of Hungary for one month from 2nd January, 1969 to enable him to contact organisations/ institutions in the field of journalism.
The Commission
arranged for Indian participation in international seminars, work-
shops, etc. organised/assisted by Unesco. A few important workshops
and seminars in which India participated are: (1) Regional Workshop of
Unesco/Unicef Assisted Projects in Science Education in Asia, Bangkok,
4th to 18th November, 1968; (2) Educational Research Workshop on
Mathematics Teaching of First level Education in Asia, Tokyo, 4th
October to 16th November, 1968; (3) Cultural Rights as Human Rights-
International Inter-Disciplinary Meeting of Experts, Paris, from 8th
to 13th July, 1968; (4) Committee of Experts on Translators Rights,
Paris, from 23rd to 27th September, 1968; (5) Unesco-assisted Regional
Workshop on Research in Curriculum Evaluation, Bangkok, 9th to 16th
September, 1968; and (6) Meeting of Experts on Methods of Education
designed to combat Racial Prejudice organised at Paris, from 24th to
28th June,. 1968.
The General Assembly of the United Nations having declared the year
1968 as the International Year for Human Rights, the Commission
requested the State Governments and universities to issue suitable
instructions to all educational institutions to celebrate the
International Year in a befitting manner.
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The Commission printed 30,000 copies of the Special Symbol of International Year for Human Rights approved by the United Nations in English and Hindi and supplied them to State Governments, educational institutions and organisations with instructions to give the symbol widest possible publicity. Other steps included due publicity through the medium of the Commission's two periodicals and distribution among educational institutions 1,000 copies of the January, 1968 issue of 'Unesco Courier' devoted to the theme of Human Rights. Financial assistance was also rendered to two organisations for holding seminars connected with the theme.
Sri
Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry, an associate member of the Commission
has sponsored the establishment of an international cultural township
known as 'Auroville' where people of different countries will live
together in harmony in one community and engage in cultural,
educational and scientific and other pursuits. 'Commended by Unesco
through a resolution adopted at its 14th General Session held in 1966,
the foundation stone laying ceremony of 'Auroville' was held at the
work-site near Pondicherry on 28th February, 1968. At the invitation
of the Commission, many foreign National Commissions and foreign
Governments participated in the ceremony by sending one boy and one
girl to represent their country on this occasion.
India participated in the Inter-
Regional Meeting of Secretaries-General of National Commissions for
Unesco, organised by the UAR National Commission at Cairo from 29th
June to 2nd July, 1968. The main purpose of the meeting was to
discuss the possibilities of development of inter-regional cooperation
between national commissions of Unesco and to prepare a forward-
looking report containing suggestions for practical action by Unesco.
The
Japanese National Commission for Unesco organised a
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meeting of Asian National Commissions for Unesco at Tokyo from 16th to 21st September, 1968, to bring about closer cooperation among all Member States in Asia with a view to promoting Unesco's activities for the development of Asia. India was represented at this meeting.
Unesco is giving active help for conservation and preservation of Sri
Ranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam, Madras. Two Unesco experts were
deputed by Unesco to advice the Government of Madras and the temple
authorities on the renovation and preservation of the temple. Besides
experts, Unesco has ordered equipment worth $ 12,000 for the
preservation and renovation of the temple.
Unesco has agreed to supply studio recording
equipment worth $ 10,000 for the National Centre for the Performing
Arts, Bombay, an institution devoted to the development of Indian
Arts. This is in addition to the equipment worth $ 5,000 already
supplied to the Centre.
Under a contract with Unesco, the Council
for Social Development, India International Centre, New Delhi, carried
out a study On the Access of Women to Careers in Engineering and
Science in the educational and industrial areas of Hyderabad, Madras
and Bangalore in three phases. Unesco provided financial assistance
of $ 3,000 for this project.
The Council for Social Development,
India International Centre, New Delhi, has entered into a contract
with Unesco for carrying out a study on the Attractiveness of
Technical Careers in India. The study is being made in three phases,
to be completed by 31st May, 1969. Unesco has agreed to provide
financial assistance equivalent to $ 4,000 for this study.
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On the
recommendations of the Commission, Unesco has entered into a contract
with the School of Social Work, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, under
which it will provide financial assistance ($ 6,000) to enable the
school to undertake a study of social institutions, structures and
values and their impact on educational development. The project is to
be completed by 1st August, 1969.
The Commission
continued to operate the Unesco Coupon Scheme designed to assist
individuals and institutions working in the field of education,
science and culture to import books and educational materials from
foreign countries on payment in rupees. Coupons worth Rs. 5,97,000
approximately were sold during the year up to December, 1968.
The
Commission continued to assist Unesco in the recruitment of Indians
for its Secretariat and for field assignments. About 100 Indian
nationals recruited by Unesco through this Commission as experts are
working under Unesco on different assignments all over the world.
The Unesco Research Centre on Social and Economic
Development in South Asia, Delhi, ceased to be an integral part of
Unesco from January 1, 1967, when it was merged with the Institute of
Economic Growth, Delhi. The Central Government has decided to meet
the actual deficit in the recurring expenditure of the Centre subject
to a Emit of Rs. 2,31,000 per annum for the calender years 1968, 1969
and 1970. A fresh review will be undertaken in 1970. The Centre has
been renamed the Asian Research Centre on Cocial and, Economic
Development.
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B. UNESCO PROGRAMMES
Shri P.N.
Kirpal, Indian Member of the Executive Board of Unesco attended its
78th-80th meetings held during the period and a meeting of the Special
Committee of the Executive Board set up to study the methods of work
of the organisation on February 3-18, 1968. As a result of his
initiative, the strength of the Executive Board of Unesco was raised
from 30 to 34 and the number of Asian seats thereon from 3 to 5.
11.30. The Government nominated Shri P. N. Kirpal for re- election to the Executive Board of Unesco on the expiry of his four- year term in November, 1968, and he was re-elected for another four- year period, polling 100 votes in the election which was the highest figure for any contested election to the Executive Board during the 15th Session of the General Conference.
11.31. India was represented at the following conferences and meetings organised by Unesco during the year: (i) Meeting on the Relationship of Education to the Birth Rate and to Internal Population, Movements, held at Paris from 17th to 22nd March, 1968; (ii) 31st Session of the International Conference on Public Education, Geneva, from 1st to 10th July, 1968; (iii) 34th Meeting of the Council of the International Bureau of Education, Geneva, 11th and 12th July, 1968; (iv) International Conference on Educational Planning held at Paris, from 5th to 15th August, 1968; and (v) The International Conference on the Application of Science and Technology to the Development of Asia held in New Delhi from 9th to 20th August, 1968.
In response to an invitation ex-
tended to the Minister of Education by the Minister of Culture, UAR
Government, Prof. Sher Singh, Minister of State for Education,
visited the UAR from 20th to 23rd September, 1968 to attend the
concluding function for the safeguarding of the Abu Simbel Temples
from inundation by the waters of the Aswan Dam.
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The Indian
Delegation to the 15th Session of the General Conference of Unesco
held in Paris from 15th October to 20th November, 1968 was composed of
the following:-
Delegates :
Leader
1. Shri P. N. Kirpal
2. Smt. Nandini Satpathy
Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Government of India
3. Shri G. K. Chandiramani
Educational Adviser and Secretary to the Government of
India, Ministry of Education
4. Prof. S. Chandrasekhar
Professor of Physics
Mysore University
Alternates:
1. Shri L. S. Chandrakant
Joint Educational Adviser
Ministry of Education
2. Shri A. J. Kidwai
Educational and Scientific Adviser
High Commission of India, London
3. Shri Gurbachan Singh
Counsellor
Embassy of India, Paris
Shri Pouchpa Dass, First Secretary (Information), Embassy of India, Paris, and Shri C. S. Nayar, the Secretary of the delegation, were also included as alternate delegates.
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11.34. Shri P. N. Kirpal, Leader of the Indian Delegation, was elected Chairman of the Administrative Commission of the General Conference. India was also elected a member of the following committees of the General Conference for the next two years (1969-70): (i) Legal Committee; (ii) Committee for the Preservation of the Nubian Monuments; and (iii) Governing Council of the International Bureau of Education.
11.35. The resolution moved by India (a) inviting all Member State of Unesco, international non-governmental organisations and peace research institutes to participate-in the observance of the Gandhi Centenary, and (b) requesting the Director-General of Unesco to organise, in 1969- an international seminar on "Truth and Non-Violence in Gandhi's Humanism" and to publish articles in Unesco's periodicals on Gandhiji and to produce other information material on the Centenary, was approved by the General Conference of Unesco on 19th November, 1968. The resolution, which was moved by the Leader of the Indian Delegation, was unanimously voted with acclamation from all sides of the House. Delegates from several countries paid tributes to Gandhiji and mentioned the steps that they are taking to observe the Centenary.
11.36. The General Conference also passed a resolution in- viting Member States to observe the year 1969 as the Ghalib Centenary Year by arranging conferences and seminars and arranging the translation and publication of selected writings of Ghalib into their national languages.
11.37. The General Conference noted that the Foundation Stone of Auroville, the international cultural township of the Shri Aurobindo Society, was laid on 28th February, 1968, and invited Member States and international non-governmental organisations and peace research institutes to participate in the development of Auroville as an international town designed to bring together the values of different cultures and civilizations in a
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harmonious environment with integrated living standards which correspond to man's physical and spiritual needs.
11.38. The General Conference passed a reolution inviting international financial bodies and interested Member States to assist India, on request, in implementing a pilot project on satellite communication on the lines of the Unesco Mission's report. The Director-General was also requested to give maximum assistance, on request by India, to promote the development of educational methodology and the training of the necessary programming personnel for instituting such a project.
11.39. The General Conference discussed the recommendations made by the CASTASIA (Conference of Asian Ministers of Science and Technology) held in New Delhi in August, 1968 of science and technology in 1969-70 should suitably reflect It was decided that Unesco's programme for the development the views expressed by the CASTASIA Conference. The Conference asked the Director-General to institute a project to enable scientists who are nationals of developing countries and who have acquired prominent positions in developed countries to spend a period of one to three months each year in an institution in their home countries. The Conference also decided to promote bilateral exchange of scientists between developing and developed countries. This will, to some extent, obviate the pro- blems of the 'brain drain' and help developing countries to make at least partial use of the services of their scientists who have emigrated to the developed countries.
11.40. The General Conference took note of the important conclusions for the promotion of cultural understanding and oriental scholarship reached at the Second International Conference on Tamil Studies held in Madras in January, 1968. It authorised the Director- General to assist India for the creation of an international institute of Tamil studies and invited other Member States of Unesco to associate themselves in the creation of membership of the Institute, including the mutual assistance and co-operation. Unesco will provide advisory or staff
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assistance for the project and also help by making available research fellowships and visiting professorships to the proposed institute.
The Asian Institute of Educational Planning and Ad-
ministration, set up by the Government of India in collaboration with
Unesco, continued to organise short in-service training courses for
officers of the various ministries or departments of education from
participating Asian Member States of Unesco.
11.42. A faculty-exchange programme with UN Institute of Economic Planning and Development, Bangkok, has been started. The Institute organised a four-week refresher course in educational planning and administration for selected alumni who had undergone short-term training courses of the Institute in earlier years, on April 1-27, 1968. Eleven participants from eight Asian countries including India, participated in this refresher course. The 9th Training Course for educational planners and administrators commenced in the Institute on 2nd September, 1968 and concluded on 31st January, 1969. 23 participants from 11 Asian countries were awarded fellowships for participation in the training course, viz., Unesco-13, Unicef-5 and India-5. As a part of its scheduled programme of activities, the Asian Institute, under the auspices of Unesco, organised a preparatory seminar of experts to consider University Teaching for Educational Planning in the Asian Region from 16th December to 31st December, 1968, in New Delhi. A special Indian programme will be initiated at the Institute in 1969-70,
C. CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES 11.43. The Ministry of Education is responsible (1) for formulating and negotiating cultural agreements with foreign countries; (2) coordinating annual and biennial cultural exchange programmes with a number of countries with whom cultural agreements have been signed; and (3) formulating, in consultation with the Indian Missions abroad, an annual cultural activities programme with-those countries with whom formal cul-
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tural agreements do not exist. On a non-governmental level, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, an autonomous body entirely financed by the Government of India implements a part of these activities.
India continued her efforts to develop and strengthen cultural re-
lations with foreign countries. The significant achievements during
1968-69 are:
(i) A Cultural Agreement between India and Brazil was signed by the Prime Minister of India and the Minister of External Relations of the Federal Republic of Brazil, at Rio-de-Janeiro on September 23, 1968.
(ii) A two-member Indian delegation, led by Minister of State for Education, Shri Bhagwat Jha Azad, visited Czechoslovakia in June, 1968 to finalise and sign the Indo-Czech Cultural Exchange Programme for 1968-70. After signing the Cultural Exchange Programme, Shri Bhagwat Jha Azad also visited the USSR and Yugoslavia in July, 1968 at the invitation of the respective Governments.
(iii) An Indo-USSR Cultural Exchange Programme for the year 1968-69 was signed in New Delhi in May, 1968.
(iv) A two-member cultural delegation from Poland head- ed by H.E. Mr. Luejan Motyka, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts visited India from 24th November to 7th December, 1968 in connection with the signing of the 3rd Indo-Polish Cultural Exchange Programme for 1968-70.
Sixeteen cultural
groups comprising writers, musicians, educationists and dancers were
sponsored to U.S.S.R., Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania,
Bulgaria, Mongolia, GDR, Sweden and Ceylon.
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India participated in the XIX Olympic Games
at Mexico by sending a choreographer for training a Mexican ballet
troupe for presentation of Indian ballet during the Games. Besides,
an exhibition of ancient and contemporary Indian art consisting of
stone, terracotta, bronze, wood carving and painting, was sent for
participation in the Exhibition of Selected Works of World Art, held
in Mexico.
The Exhibition on Indian Theatre visit-
ed Hungary, Romania, and Poland. It will also visit GDR and
Yugoslavia.
As in the past, the
programme of presentation of Indian art and other objects to other
countries continued. The articles included gramophone records,
paintings, etc. Beneficiary organisations included the Ministry of
Culture, Iraq, Yemeni Ladies Union Club, music institutions in
Czechoslovakia and the Ministry of Culture, Government of Aden.
The Governments of India,
Pakistan and UK have agreed on the setting up of a tribunal for
settling the issue of the India Office Library, London.
D. INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS 11.50. During the year, the Council continued to work in pursuance of its objectives of promoting mutual understanding and closer cultural ties between India and other countries. Major activities of the Council are detailed in the paras that follow:
The Council received 17 distinguished
persons from 14 countries in various fields up to the end of December,
1968.
An eminent educationist
war, sent to Uganda to be the guest speaker at the Education
Conference in Kampala in August, 1968.
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The Council sent 5 cultural
delegations to neighbouring countries, viz., Nepal, Sikkim,
Afghanistan and Malaysia under the cultural activities programme of
the Government of India and under its own cultural exchange programme.
Exhibitions of books, handicrafts,
photographs and paintings from Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Ceylon,
Turkey, UAR, Canada, Indonesia, Poland, were organised in India. An
exhibition of Medieval Sienese Art was also held in collaboration with
Indian National Commission for Unesco. An exhibition of Indian
handicrafts has been sent to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
The ninth series of the Azand Memorial
lectures will be delivered by Dr. D. S. Kothari, Chairman, University
Grants Commission.
The Council continues to
maintain and support the chairs of Indian studies at the following
universities abroad: University of West Indies; University of
Bucharuest, Rumania and University of Zagrab (Yugoslavia); and Teheran
(Iran). The Council has appointed three cultural lecturers in
Surinam, Trinidad and Guyana. The Council also contributes towards
the maintenance of Hindi teachers in Ceylon, and music and dance
teachers in Mauritius.
The Council will be receiving a
specialist from Afghanistan for a period of four months to do research
on Indo-Afghan Relations. The Council is also acting as the
coordinating cell in India for the work of collection of material for
the compilation of the encyclopaedia on Buddhism.
Four introduction courses were
organised in Bombay, Delhi, Poona and Madras for the benefit of newly
arrived foreign students and eight orientation courses in Delhi and
Bombay for the benefit of outgoing Indian technicians, officers and
students.
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The Council organised
international students summer camps, each of four weeks' duration in
Kashmir, Oooty, Bangalore and Mysore. A delegation from the Medical
Faculty of the University of Mashad, Iran, and a delegation of
students from the University of Singapore were received. Similar
delegations from the University of Malaysia and Nepal are expected to
come to India.
The Council has given five scholar-
ships to students from abroad for learning Indian music and dance. In
addition, a few scholarships have been given to students from abroad
for learning Hindi under the Council's programme of Promotion of
Hindi.
The following
bibliographies have been compiled by the Library of the Indian Council
for Cultural Relations: (i) Indian Languages; and (ii) Indian
Museology-supplement. Besides, the Council was engaged on the
compilation of another three bibliographies, namely, (i) Modern Indian
Thought; (ii) Wild Life in India; and (iii) Central Asia.
11.62. Under the programme of the Ministry of Education for presentation of books and objects of Indian art a large number of books on different aspects of Indian life and culture were sent to institutions in about 50 countries. The Council sent art objects and books on India to about 20 countries for presentation to winners of essay competitions organised by the Indian Missions in those countries during 1968-69.
An important activity of the Council has been administering the
Nehru Award for International Understanding. The award for the year
1968, was posthumously awarded to D *1 Martin Luther King. The award
was announced by a Jury of seven under the chairmanship of Vice-
President of India. Mrs. King came to India in January, 1969 to
receive the Award on behalf of her late husband.
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E. FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS 11.64. The financial allocations for the above programmes during 1968-69 and 1969-70 are as follows:
(Rs. in lakhs)
Provision for 1968-69
Budget.
Original Revised Estimates
Sl. Scheme 1969-70
No.
1 2 3 4 5
1. Grant for 'Auroville', International
Township Project, Pondicherry
.. .. 1.00
2. Grant to Institute of Economic Growth,
Delhi for Asian Research Centre for
Social and Economic Development 2.31 2.31 2.31
3. Contribution to Unesco 27.45 33.45 36.03
4. Contribution to Unesco (charge in
England) (pound)116,667 (pound)116,667 (pound)133,333
5. Deputations and Delegations to
Unesco Conferences 1.00 1.00 0.30
6. Grants for International Cultural
Activities 3.00 3.00 3.00
7. Cultural Delegations from Abroad 1.50 1.50 1.50
8. Outgoing Delegations and Dele-
gations for Indo-Foreign joint
Committee Meetings (under Cultural
Exchange Programme) 9.00 9.00 11.45
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1 2 3 4 5
9. Cultural Activities
(Exhibitions, Travel Subsidy, Art
Objects, etc.) 4.80 2.60 3.80
10. Indian Council for Cultural Rela-
tions 12.50 12.50 10.95
11. Nehru Award for International
Understanding 1.00 1.00 1.00
12. Grants to International Cultural
Organisations and other Grants 3.08 3.20 4.00
13. Establishment of Chairs of Indian
Studies Abroad .. .. 2.00