Indian Council of World Affairs

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Indian Council of World Affairs
Formation1943
TypePublic Policy, Think Tank
HeadquartersSapru House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi
Location
  • Venkaiah Naidu, President of the Council, Vice-President of India
  • S Jaishankar, Vice-President of the Council, Minister of External Affairs, GOI
  • Shashi Tharoor, Vice-President of the Council
Key people
Dr. T C A Raghavan (Director General since 2018)[1][2]
Staff
68
Websitehttp://www.icwa.in/

The Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) is a New Delhi based Indian think-tank. Established in 1943, it was India’s first independent international affairs think tank.[3] By an Act of Parliament, it has been declared an institution of national importance in 2001. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio President of ICWA, while the Minister of External Affairs is its Vice-President. It is housed in Sapru House, the name being derived from Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, who was also the founder President of the Council.[4] ICWA is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact.[5]

ICWA has been called by media as one of India's influential think-tanks, but is seen only as an extension of the Ministry of External Affairs.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ "About Us-Dr. T C A Raghavan, Director General, ICWA". Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Brief particulars of Dr. T C A Raghavan" (PDF). ICWA. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ Bayly, Martin J. (2021). "Lineages of Indian International Relations: The Indian Council on World Affairs, the League of Nations, and the Pedagogy of Internationalism". The International History Review: 1–17. doi:10.1080/07075332.2021.1900891. ISSN 0707-5332. S2CID 233595793.
  4. ^ "About Us- History of the Council". ICWA.
  5. ^ UN Academic Impact membership certificate -PDF
  6. ^ "India's most influential think-tanks". Hindustan Times. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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