{"id":34896,"date":"2026-01-15T13:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/?p=34896"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:35:27","slug":"indian-council-for-cultural-relations-iccr-ministry-of-external-affairs-mea-role-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/?p=34896","title":{"rendered":"Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) \u2013 Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Role and Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34902\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_185959.jpg?resize=300%2C135&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_185959.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_185959.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_185959.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_185959.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Role<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As part of a visit by a press delegation comprising journalists from various parts of the world, the President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), held a meeting with the journalists. During the meeting, she highlighted the avenues and prospects for strengthening joint cooperation between India and the international community in a manner that serves culture and intellectuals.<br \/>\nThe ICCR serves as the cultural arm of India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs and plays a key role in promoting cultural diplomacy and building bridges of mutual understanding between India and countries around the world through cultural and educational exchange programs.<br \/>\nObjectives:<br \/>\nTo strengthen cultural and intellectual relations between India and other countries.<br \/>\nTo promote Indian culture, arts, and heritage at the global level.<br \/>\nTo support academic exchange programs and provide scholarships to international students.<br \/>\nTo encourage intercultural dialogue and deepen mutual understanding among peoples.<br \/>\nTo leverage culture as an effective tool to support and advance India\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Role As part of a visit by a press delegation comprising journalists from various parts of the world, the President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), held a meeting with the journalists. During the meeting, she highlighted the avenues and prospects for strengthening joint cooperation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mewkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260115_190122.jpg?fit=1280%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34905,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34896\/revisions\/34905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}