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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The questions relating to the selection of the members of the tribunal, its terms of reference and the law to be applied by it then arose. The first two questions have been more or less settled but the last question still remains to be settled. 17. Miscellaneous.-During the year under review assistance was rendered to the following "non-sponsored" Delegations/Exhibitions namely (i) Eight Museologists of France, sponsored by the French Government School of Museology (Ecole Du Loovre), who visited places of historical anl archaeological interest in India, in January, 1966, (ii) The New Zealand Art Exhibition, sponsored by the New Zealand High Commission, was circulated by the AIFACS, New Delhi in Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta during August-October, 1965, and (iii) Graphics Exhibition by 50 Women Artists of the U.S.A., sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists, New York, being circulated in Calcutta-Delhi-Chandigarh--Ahmedabad-Baroda-Hyderabad-Madras and Bombay by the International Cultural Centre, New Delhi, during September 1965 to February, 1966.
18. Financial Provisions.-Activities similar to those mentioned in foregoing pages are likely to be undertaken during 1966-67. A breakup of the financial provisions under the broad categories of activities is given below :
Provision for 1965-66 Provision
Sl. Scheme for
No. Original Revised 1966-67
Rs. Rs. Rs.
1. Grants-in-aid for Internal Cultural
Activities 2,40,900 3,75,000 1,68,000
2. Cultural Delegation 10,00,000 7,50,000
16,01,000
3. Other Cultural Activities 15,94,100 15,00,000
4. Hospitality and Entertainment-
Cultural Relations with foreign
countries for incoming delegations,
visitors, etc. 10,00,000 8,92,000 7,31,000
5. XXVIth International Congress of
Orientalists Grant for the Secreta-
riat 1,000
B. INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS
19. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations established by the Union Government in 1950 as an autonomous Organisation to establish, revive and strengthen cultural relations between India and other countries--continued to carry out the cultural activities at a non- governmental plan with a grant of Rs. 10.20 lakh from the Union Ministry.
20. Visitors.-During the year, the Council continued to receive a large number of distinguished scholars, artists. writers, scientists and specialists in the various fields from abroad. Among these distinguished visitors
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who were guests of the Council during their short stay in India, mention may be made of : Prof. K.de B. Codrington, Professor of Indian Archaeology in the University of London; Prof. A. G. Mitchell, Vice-Chancellor of Maquarie University of Sydney, Australia; Hon'ble Mr. Yerima A. Balla, a Member of the Nigerian Federal Parliament; Dr. B. Alkin, Professor, University of Istanbul and Dr. Balkan of the University of Ankara; Prof. Sir Denis Brogan, a distinguished British Political Scientist, and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge; Dr. D. R. Regmi, a noted historian of Nepal; Mr. Elimo Njau, an eminent artist from Kenya.
20.1. The Council also played host to : (1) V. Dolmatovsky and Mr. Alim Janov, (2) A group of Indonesian musicians (The Lenoists'), (3) Dr. Ija Pawlowska, Professor of Ethics at Lodz University, Poland, (4) Chief A. Y. Eke, Registrar, University of Lagos, Nigeria and (5) Mrs. Archer, a specialist in Indian architecture during the British Period of Indian History.
20.2. During the period under review the Council expects to receive as guests the following
(1) Prof. N. Mansergh of Cambridge University, who will be teaching at the Indian School of International Studies for six weeks in February-March, 1966.
(2) Dr. Azib al Durin, Director, Supreme Council of Scientific Research, Baghdad University, Iraq.
(3) Miss Malinee Jaisinghe, a Pianist from Ceylon.
(4) Dame Kitty Anderson and Dr. Margrete Yates, an educationist and head of the Personnel of Messrs John Louis respectively.
(5) Mr. Fredrick Gibberd, a leading Architect of Britain.
(6) Justice Sabino Padilla of the Philippines.
21. Delegations.-The Council continued to play hosts to foreign delegations who visited India during the year under review. A 13- member Delegation from Surinam was in India for a period of four weeks. It studied the developments taking place in India in the economic field. Local hospitality was extended to a group of three Belgian students who visited India in September, 1965. The Council also extended its hospitality to two groups of students from Afghanistan. The first group consisted of six boys and two teachers, the second an equal number of girls and lady teachers. The delegation came to India for one week in the fourth week of January, 1966.
22. Grants to Foreign Scholars.-The Council has given grants to :
(1) Professor Philibert, Professor of Hindi and Bengali in the International Centre of Foreign Languages, Paris for studying Hindi and Bengali in India.
(2) Mr. Peter Hodge of the Department of Social Administration. London School of Economics for studying developments taking place In India in the field of community development.
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(3) Professor Andre Mercier of the institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Berne, Switzerland, for a lecture-tour of India.
(4) Mrs. Ranee Renouf Hall, an art critic from California, U.S.A. to study the various dance forms in India.
(5) Prof. B. Bratinga, a noted designer, of the Netherlands.
23. Travel Grants to Indian Scholars Going Abroad.-Travel grants were given by the Council to Indian scholars for lecture-tours, etc. to various foreign countries. These are as under :
(1) Dr. M. M. Siddiqi, Research Fellow & Honorary Lecturer in the Deptt. of Philosophy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, to visit Beirut to deliver lectures on Indian Philosophy. Dr. Siddiqi who went in May, 1965 also visited West Asia before returning to India.
(2) Dr. S. A. H. Abidi, Deptt. of Arabic-Persian Literature in Delhi University, to visit Afghanistan, to study the Persian manuscripts in the libraries in Afghanistan. He was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Afghan Government for a period of two months. Dr. Abidi visited Afghanistan in May, 1965.
(3) Swami Ranganathananda of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Calcutta to visit Kathmandu on a lecture-tour in May, 1965. The Council also gave him a grant for purchase of books for presentation in Kathmandu.
(4) Mrs. K. N. Hassan, Head of the Deptt. of History, Barahsani College, Aligarh to attend the International Congress of Historical Sciences at Vienna in August, 1965.
(5) Prof. B. N. Prasad, Member of Parliament and an eminent scientist to enable him to go on a lecture-tour of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria and France in August-September, 1965.
(6) Dr. R. V. Joshi, Reader in the Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi to visit Cambodia for a period of one month in October 1965 on a research assignment.
(7) Dr. Heramba Chatterjee, Asstt. Professor, Sanskrit College, Calcutta for a period of six months under Item No. 11 of the Indo- Hungarian Cultural Exchange Programme.
24. Exhibitions.-Five exhibitions were sponsored by the Council in India during the year. These related to the exhibitions of : (1) Paintings by Mr. Zakaria Kaya of Arabia; (2) Rumanian Graphic Arts; (3) Italian Paintings from the 13th to the 16th Century; (4) Reproductions of Dutch Drawings; and (5) An exhibition of books and journals from Austria.
24.1. The Council sent an exhibition of 62 prints of paintings from the Ajanta Period to the Modern Period for exhibition in Mauritius and Madagascar. The exhibitions at both these places were arranged by the Indian Embassy on behalf of the Council.
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25. Performances of Music and Dance.-A number of cultural func- tions was organised during the year by the Council. These included : A lecture-demonstration by Dr. Rosette Renshaw, a Canadian Scholar, and Shri Ashish Khan (Sarod) on Indian Classical Music; A performance of the German Doctors' Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with Max Mueller Bhavan; Two Puppet Shows by Heinrich Maria Donneborg of Germany in collaboration with the Max Mueller Bhavan; A dance performance by Kumari Damayanti Joshi; A Recital by Smt. Manik Verma in Delhi; A Violin Recital by Julian Olivsky in Delhi-in collaboration with the U.S.I.S.
26. Talks.-The Council arranged five talks by distinguished scholars both foreign and Indian.
27. Indian Professors and Cultural Lecturers, Abroad
27.1. The Council is maintaining a Lecturership at the University of Zagreb in Yugoslavia. The present incumbent is Mr. A. P. Chand.
27.2. The Council is continuing with its subsidy of Rs. 15,000 per annum towards the maintenance of the Chair of Indian Studies there. The present incumbent is Mr. S. N. Ray.
27.3. Smt. I. Kelkar is continuing as the Council's Cultural Lecturer in 'Trinidad.
27.4. Shri Mahatam Singh is continuing as the Council's Cultural Lecturer in Surinam.
28. Students Service Unit 28.1. Reception and Introduction.-Nearly all overseas students numbering over 1,500 were met by the Council's representative. on their first arrival in India, and rendered necessary assistance.
28.2. Introduction Courses.-Introduction courses for the newly arrived foreign students were arranged as usual at the four centres, namely, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras. The Council also arranged introduction courses for out-going Indian students and scholars. Under these courses, talks were given by noted scholars and experts ranging from Indian History, Philosophy and Arts to economic development and changing special structure.
28.3. The Unit also brings out the "Newsletter" which contains articles on the activities of the foreign students in India. This "Newsletter" is made available to all foreign students.
28.4. Summer Camps and Educational Tours.-The Council arranged a Ten-day Study Tour of Rajasthan in October, 1965 for foreign and Indian students. As many as 41 students from 14 countries participated in the trip. Financial assistance in the form of scholarships, loans, etc. was granted to about 20 foreign students. Three Summer Camps-two in
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Kashmir and one in South India were organised by the Council in May- June, 1965 for foreign students in India.
28.5. Hindi Classes for Overseas Students have been arranged by the Council at seven centres, in India.
29. Publications.-Apart from 3 journals viz., (1) Indo-Asian Culture; (2) Cultural News from India and (3) Thaqafat-ul-Hind, two publications brought out during the period were : (1) Towards Understanding India; (2) Studying in India. Five publications are likely to be brought out shortly.
30. Library and Reading Room.-As usual, the facilities of the Library and the Reading Room were utilised by large number of research scholars and senior students. Considerable progress was made in the preparation of bibliographies.
30.1. Under the Presentation of Books Programme of the Council, books worth Rs. 40,000 have been procured for presentation on behalf of the Ministry of Education.
31. Seminar.-In order to promote closer relations with the countries in South-East Asia the Council has organised the Seminar on India and South-East Asia from February 2 to 8, 1966 at Azad Bhavan. Distinguished scholars from South-East Asia and India have participated in the Seminar. The theme of the Seminar was "Problems of Economic, Social, Scientific and Cultural Development in India and South-East Asia during the last two Decades and Ways and Means of Closer Collaboration in those fields". In 1965 a similar seminar was organised by the Council on the 'Arab World and India'.