The Indian Council of World Affairs was established in 1943 by a group of Indian intellectuals as a think tank. It was registered as a non-official, non-political and non-profit organisation under the Registration of Societies Act 1860. By an Act of Parliament in 2001, the Indian Council of World Affairs has been declared an institution of national importance. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio President of ICWA. It is devoted exclusively for the study of international relations and foreign affairs. Historic international conferences like 'Asian Relations Conference' in 1947... Read More
India Quarterly
The flagship publication of the Council
is ‘India Quarterly’ (A Journal of
International Affairs). It was launched
in 1945 and entered its 66th year
of publication in 2010. The responsibility
of the publication has now been given
to M/s SAGE Publications.
"Heritage
of Diplomacy"
is a bouquet of books written by
ambassadors and senior diplomats.
This special collection
is available in the Indian Council
of World Affairs library. Anecdotes,
memoirs, short stories, autobiographical
accounts and relations of India
with other countries looked through
the prism of our Ambassadors are
some of the highlights of this collection.
One of India's finest and most coveted research libraries, the Indian Council of World Affairs' Library is located in the heart of New Delhi. It is well equipped on international affairs and allied streams including political history and developments in India.
The Library is a treasure trove of
more than 1,25,000 volumes of books,
some of them rare, bound periodicals,
rare maps, microfiches and about 7
lac clippings with special reference
to international relations, international
law and international economy. It
offers a congenial atmosphere with
a reader- cultured approach in a serene
and calm environment to more than
150 readers at any given time of the
day. It subscribes to about 384 research
journals of repute from National and
International leading journal publications
and houses 28 thousand periodicals
in bound form. Newspaper files of
the Hindu (Madras) from 1933
to 1979, the Times of India
(Bombay) from 1945 to1975 and
the Times of India (New Delhi)
from 1969 to 2004 are also preserved
beside stray volumes of The Asian
Age, The Economic Times,The Financial Times (London),The International Herald Tribune,
The Nation (Lahore), The
Pakistan Times and The Japan
Times (Tokyo) News.
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January 2012 Release of the book “Journeys Diplomatic &
Artistic” [Written by Smt. Neena Sahai and published by
India Empire Publication] By Hon’ble Shri K. Natwar Singh,
Former Minister of External Affairs
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January 2012 Launch of: “Diplomacy: Indian Style”
[Written by Ambassador K.P. Fabian] by
Shri Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary of India
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January 2012 Talk on "Water Issues in South Asia: A Multiple-Scale
Comparative Approach" by Prof. James L. Wescoat Jr., Aga
Khan Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge,
USA
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January 2012
Lecture by His Excellency Mr. Rauff Hakeem,
Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka and President of AALCO
on “Responsibility to Protect: Asian-African
Perspectives”
Previous Events
5 December 2011 Roundtable Discussion with a delegation of scholars
from Japan led by Prof. Masayuki Tadokoro on "The Evolving
Geo-politics in Asia and the Pacific: The Role of India
and Japan"
