On the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of India’s Independence a Flag Hoisting Ceremony will be held at the High Commission of India, 3 Moonah Place Yarralumla on Friday the 15th August, 2014 at 9.00AM. All members of the Indian community are cordially invited to attend and are requested to be at the site by 8.45am. […]
Dear Community Leaders,
The sister cities or twin towns are local school and/or chamber of commerce programs designed to foster international communication and cooperation. Like the city version of a “pen pal”, a city is assigned one or more similarly sized and situated international cities. Sisters cities usually share characteristics, such as both being coastal cities or island-cities. The programs include exchange students or economic programs. […]
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has been organising the Know India Program (earlier Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth (IPDY)) to create awareness about the phenomenal transformation taking place in India and the country’s progress from just a destination for culture, heritage and art to an emerging powerhouse in the global economic system. Twenty seven such programmes have been organised up till now in partnership with different states. Following the success of the programmes and based on the positive feedback received from the interns, the next Know India Programmes (KIP) are proposed to be organised for 40 participants to be selected from countries all over the world. The KIP in the nature of an Orientation Programme is expected to provide the participants exposure to various facets of the Indian way of life, culture, spirituality, adventure and sports, creativity and composite character of India and interaction with youth from different parts of the country.
Central Hindi Directorate is one of the premier government body working in the field of Hindi Language Teaching since its inception. The directorate is running several courses i.e Certificate and diploma courses in Hindi and Advance Diploma through correspondence mode as per the need of different level of students. The duration of each course is one year.
The details regarding these courses along with the format of application are attached herewith for your kind reference.
Dear All,
Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi, one of India’s foremost historians, will be at the ANU between 9th March and 15thMarch as CAP Distinguished Visitor.
Prof. Gandhi is a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. His other grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari, the first and only Indian Governor General of India. […]
Dear FINACT members
On Tuesday 26/2/13, I had written to you about the up coming FINACT General Council (GC) meeting on 14 March 2013 to be hosted by Senator the Honourable Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, and Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation.
I thank those who have already sent their RSVP.
Namaste
As the President of FINACT for the term 2012- 2013, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the Executive team to all of you.
As you know, I was the Vice President of FINACT for the term 2011 – 2012 and prior to that I was the Co-Chair of the Interim Committee. I represent Integrated Cultures ACT Inc, which also has the Integrated Women’s Network under its banner. This Network was officially launched a few months ago by the ACT Minister for Women Joy Burch MLA. […]
Dear all,
After the successful FINACT T-20 Cricket Tournament, and the inaugural Tendulkar- Akram shield match between India and Pakistan, I would like to share another good news with you that the Assamese community in Canberra have expressed their interest in joining with FINACT as a member organisation and be part of our activities.