Indian President launches Tagore book
12 May 2013, 18:00 PM
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12 May 2013, 22:06 PM
President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, released the book, Contemporising Tagore and the World, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 8, 2013.
The book comprises a series of papers and articles that were written as part of the International Conference on Contemporarising Tagore and the World that was organised by the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Jamia Millia University and Viswa Bharati University under the sponsorship of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at the University of Dhaka from April 29-1 May, 2011. The International Seminar was organised in Dhaka as part of the joint celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore between India and Bangladesh. The conference had wide participation from scholars and Tagore researchers from across the world including from far off countries such as Japan, Russia, and Netherlands. There were about 31 international Tagore scholars who participated in the conference.
The book, Contemporarising Tagore and the World, has been published by UPL in Bangladesh. The first copy of the book was handed over to the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka, Prof. A.A.M.S. Arefin Siddique at the book launch ceremony specially organised by ICCR at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 8, 2013. Present on the occasion were Dr. Karan Singh, President, ICCR, Mr. Suresh K. Goel, Director General, ICCR, members of the Steering Committee of the International Conference—Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed, Prof. Anisuzzaman, Prof. Syed Shamsul Haque, Mr. Asaduzzaman Noor, Prof. A.A.M.S. Arefin Siddique, Mr. Muchkund Dubey and Mrs. Veena Sikri, besides several former High Commissioners of India to Bangladesh.
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