Suman Kumar: 25th RUSSIAN - INDIAN PROTOCOL MEET : Vigyan Bhawan / International Cultural Relations /Ministry of Culture / Govt. of India

P R O G R A M M E

25 th Meeting of the Working Group on Culture

Intergovernmental Russian-Indian Commission on Trade, Economic,

Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation

11:30 AM

22.05.2023, Vigyan Bhavan, Maulana Azad Rd, Rajpath Area, New Delhi

11:30 – 11:40 1. Welcome address by co-chairs of the Working Group

– Welcome Address by the Indian Co-Chair –

Ms. Lily PANDEYA, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of India;

– Welcome Address by the Russian Co-Chair – Mr. Pavel KARTASHEV, Acting Director of the Department of State Support of Art, Ministry of Culture of the Russian

Federation.

11:40 – 13:00 2. Discussion on implementation of the Protocol of the 24th meeting of the Working Group held in digital format on 22.09.2020

and cultural activities realized in 2020-2023

3. Presentations by the Russian and Indian cultural institutions & organizations on cooperation in the field of:

Libraries:

1. Senior officer, the National Library;

2. Senior officer, the Sahitya Akademi;

3. Vadim DUDA, General Director, the Russian, State Library

Education in the sphere of culture:

4. Senior officer, the National School of Drama;

5. Senior officer, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance of Drama: SUMAN KUMAR, Deputy Secretary (Drama/Intangible Cultural Heritage)

6. Edita TIBILOVA, Vice-Rector, the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS)

Museums:

7. Senior officer, the National Gallery of Modern Arts;

8. Elizaveta LIKHACHEVA, Director, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts;

9. Senior officer, the National Museum;

10. Marina CHISTIAKOVA, Deputy Director, the State Historical Museum;

11. Senior officer, the Lalit Kala Akademi;

12. Vladimir AVETISIAN, Deputy Director, General,

the State Museum of Oriental Art;

13. Senior officer, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts;

14. Elizaveta BERKOVICH, Development Director,

the State Tretyakov Gallery;

15. Julia PECHNIKOVA, Director, the Lermontov State Museum-Reserve «Tarkhany»;

16. Olga ZHAMKOCHYAN, Head of General Director's Office, the State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO

Cinematography:

17. Representative, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Republic of India;

18. Rimma SACHUNOVA, the CEO’s councilor, ROSKINO organization

13:00 – 13:15 3. Conclusion - signing of the Protocol of the 25 th meeting of the Working Group on culture.

13:15 - onwards

Official Lunch hosted by the Indian Co-Chair – Ms. Lily Pandeya, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of India

RUSSIA AND INDIA are traditionally good friends and lot of cooperation and collaboration is awaiting. Today a PROTOCOL of cooperation on Culture and Tourism was signed between the Russian and Indian officials.