Senior BJP leader Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe on Tuesday took charge as President of the prestigious Indian Council for Cultural Relations on Tuesday, saying he would lay emphasis on pursuing the agenda of creating greater understanding about India and its civilisation in the world.
In the changed global scenario, thanks to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, India was taken more seriously as an emerging global power, he stated. As a consequence, the role of ICCR also has become more important.
A press release quoted Sahasrabuddhe as saying that the institutional strength of ICCR needed to be consolidated through its more pronounced footprint all over the world, in a scientific manner through evolving a more result oriented work culture towards further translating popular global goodwill into a more vibrant diplomatic relationship.
The Indian traditions and social life of different types of Indian culture beyond music, dance, yoga, need to be showcased on an international level for which, he said, he and his team at the ICCR would ensure that the wider concept of culture and civilisation encompassing a wide range of subjects from food to fabric, handicrafts to folk-art and diversity of traditions to emerging varieties of tourism would be on his agenda.