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Qatar: Indian Ambassador meets Managing Committee of Indian Cultural Centre

The Ambassador of India, Dr. Deepak Mittal, who is also the Patron of Indian Cultural Centre in Qatar, met the Managing Committee of Indian Cultural Centre for the first time after his arrival to the State of Qatar. He was joined by Xavier Dhanaraj, the First Secretary (Consular & Community Affairs) from the Embassy and who was recently nominated as the Coordinating Officer of ICC, by the Embassy. Hemant Kumar Dwivedi, First Secretary (Culture & Education) from the Embassy was also present in the meeting.

The Managing Committee Team was led by President Manikandan AP were Vice President - Vinod V Nair, General Secretary - Seenu Pillai, Joint Secretary - Anjan Ganguly, Head of Finance & Sponsorship - Rajesh Singh, Head of Human Resources, Premises & Sports - Jaffar Khan, Head of Cultural Activities & Education- Nayana Wagh, Cultural Coordinator - Nirmala Shanmugapandian, Head of In-house activities - Ramachandra Shetty, Head of Consular Services & External Events - Bhumeshwar Padala and  Head of Associate Organizations & Membership - Parambathkandi Mohsin.

ICC President explained about the History of the Indian Cultural Centre since its inception in 1991. Community supporting activities like Consular Services for the entire week and entire day, classes for classical & cinematic dance, Chess, Karate, Kalari music, Language etc were some of the activities highlighted by him. He also described the Centre’s Premises having various meeting and program halls mentioning the committee’s plan for expansion of the Ashoka Hall. The General Secretary mentioned about the over-150 strong ICC coordinated /led delegation for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 and 2019, with Qatar delegation to Bangalore PBD in 2017 being the highest ever on and before 2017. The Managing Committee members updated the Ambassador about the past, current and the planned future activities of the Indian Cultural Centre. The also explained about the benefits of ICC to the Indian Community in general and privileges provided its members.

Dr.Deepak Mittal thanked the Managing Committee for the hard work rendered toward the community during the difficult COVID19 times. He lauded the efforts of ICC MC and Staff in managing the sale of tickets for the Vande Bharat flights in ICC premises. The Ambassador confirmed maximum cooperation and support from the Embassy to the Centre in all their community activities.

Indian Cultural Centre is the Official Body of Indian expatriate community functioning under the patronage of the Embassy of India for the purpose of advancement of sports, social and cultural activities of the Indian community in Qatar. ICC is also the platform to serve the interest of Indians residing in Qatar. The proclaimed objective of ICC includes promoting the rich Indian culture among Qatari nationals and expatriates of all other nationalities living in Qatar. Further, ICC is committed to function as a body of Indian Embassy to strengthen the deep-rooted Indo-Qatar friendship and cultural relationship.