OCD SECTION IMPLEMENTATION CHART FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2014 TO MARCH 2015 S.NO. COUNTRIES NAME OF THE GROUP DATE PURPOSE OF VISIT Remarks VISITED 1 Egypt, Israel 06-member Kathak Dance 5 to 17 April, To participate at the “India by the Nile” Palestine group led by Ms. Marami 2014 Festival in Egypt and to give cultural UAE Medhi performances in Israel, Palestine and UAE (Assam) 2 Cambodia 10-member Manipuri Folk 6 to 25 April, To participate in the Hue Festival in Vietnam dance group led by Ms. 2014 Vietnam and to participate at the Food Malaysia Suman Sarawgi Festival and inauguration of MGC Textile Museum in Cambodia and to give cultural (West Bengal) performances in Malaysia 3 South Africa 05-member Bharatnatyam 8 to 18 April, To participate in the Tamil New Year Mauritius dance group led by Ms. Purva 2014 celebrations Dhanashree (Andhra Pradesh) 4 Thailand 12-member Bhangra and 20 to 28 April, To participate at the 232nd Year of Giddha Dance group led by 2014 Rattanakos in City Royal Benevolence and Shri Harinder Pal also to perform at the Fun Fair organized by the Ministry of Culture, Thailand (Punjab) 5 Malawi 10-member Rajasthani folk 24 April to 9 To participate at the Harare International Zimbabwe dance group led by Ms. Moru May, 2014 Festival of Arts (HIFA) in Zimbabwe and to Mauritius Sapera give cultural performances in the region (Rajasthan) 6 Switzerland, 06-member Kathak Dance 12 May to 9 To participate at the Trade Fair in Germany group led by Ms. Rujuta June, 2014 Belgrade and to give cultural Serbia, Soman performances in the region Montenegro Austria, Croatia (Maharashtra) Spain 7 Japan 08-member Kathakali dance 15 May to 1st To participate at the Commemorative China group led by Shri M. June, 2014 Lecture and music concert on Budhisena, Gopalakishnan the first Indian monk who spread Buddhism in Japan and to give cultural (Kerala) performances in China 8 Nepal 05-members Manipuri Dance 20 to 27 May, To participate at “Mini Festival of Indian Bhutan group led by Ms. Baishali 2014 Culture” in Nepal and to give cultural Basu Sarkar performances in Bhutan (West Bengal) 9 Nepal 04-member Sarod group led 19 to `23 May, To participate at “Mini Festival of Indian by Pt. Debjyoti Bose 2014 Culture” in Nepal (West Bengal) 10 Suriname 06-member Bhojpuri music 20 to 31 May To participate at the Indian Arrival Day Guyana group led by Ms. Kalpana 2014 celebrations Trinidad & Tobago Patowari (Maharashtra) 11 Romania, Hungary 10-member Rajasthani Folk 20 May to 18 To give cultural performances Spain, Portugal dance group led by Shri June, 2014 Fakira Khan Bishala (Rajasthan) 12 Japan Financial Support to June, 2014 The Council granted Yen 3,00,000/- as Japanese local artists for performance fees to the Japanese artists celebrations of Kala Utsav – for Indian Classical Dance performances 2014 being organized by the in Japan Embassy of India in Japan 13 Australia, 12-member ‘Dance Era’ 19 to 30 June, To perform at the “India@Mindi” Festival in Indonesia Bollywood group led by Shri 2014 Darwin, Northern Territory (Australia) and Vietnam Manik Batheja to give cultural performances in the region (New Delhi) 14 Latvia, Sweden 10-member Gujarati Folk 20 June to 16 To perform in the Festival in Russia, and Finland, group “Saptak” led by Shri July, 2014 Milan Festival in Netherlands and to give Netherlands Chetan Chandrakant Jethava cultural performances in other countries Russia (Gujarat) 15 South Korea 06-member Manipuri dance 18 to 27 July, To give cultural performances at the group led by Ms. Debanjana 2014 Unveiling of Gandhi Bust at ICC Busan, Roy Korea (West Bengal) 16 Bulgaria 10-member Manipuri Folk 18 July to 03 To participate in the Chelopech group led by Shri Raj Kumar August, 2014 International Folklore Festival, Veliko Ratan Singh Tarnove International Folklore Festival and Varna International Folklore Festival (Manipur) 17 Hong Kong 05-member Bharatnatyam 27 July to 04 To participate in the Annual Bharatnatyam Malaysia Dance group led by Ms. August, 2014 Dance Festival in Malaysia and to give Kavita Ramu cultural performance in Hong Kong (Tamilnadu) 18 South Africa 05-member Odissi Dance 9 to 23 August, To perform at the Independence Day Lesotho group led by Ms. Vani 2014 Celebrations Tanzania Madhav Kenya (Haryana) 19 Bhutan 05-member Odissi Dance 14 to 19 To perform at the Independence Day group led by Ms. Pompi Paul August, 2014 Celebrations (West Bengal) 20 Fiji 12-member Bollywood Dance 19 August to 13 To participate at the Hibiscus Festival and China and Music group led by Ms. September, Friendly North Festival in Fiji and Parminder Kaur 2014 to perform at the Independence Day Celebrations and participate at the (Maharashtra) Glimpses of India Festival, China to mark a India – China Friendly Exchange Year 21-22 Sri Lanka (i) 05-member Carnatic 24-27 August, To perform at the Independence Day Vocal group led Shri T.V. 2014 Celebrations Ramprasad (Tamilnadu) (ii) 05-member 23-26 August, Bharatnatyam Dance 2014 group led by Ms. Lavanya Ananth (Tamilnadu) 23 France 04-member Puppet group led 05 to 26 To participate at the DIG Chain Tour in Germany by Shri Vinod Bhatt September, Germany and to give performances in the Belgrade 2014 region (Rajasthan) 24 USA 05-member Kathak Dance 11-20 To participate at the 3rd International Canada group led by Ms. Richa Jain September, Kathak dance festival in Chicago, USA 2014 and to give cultural performances in (New Delhi) Canada 25 Oman, Kuwait 08-member Fusion group 12 September, To participate at the SAMAA Festival in Egypt, Tunisia “The Sufi Gospel Project” led to 08 October Egypt and to give cultural performances in Lebanon, by Ms. Sonam Kalra 2014 the region Mauritius (New Delhi) 26 Germany 07 travel grants to Dr. Mohan 17 to 30 To participate at a Theater collaboration Agashe (Theater), September, between Grips Theatre, Berlin and 2014 Maharashtra Culture Centre, Pune (Maharashtra) 27 Japan 08-member Rajasthani Folk 19 September To participate at the Namaste India Cambodia dance group led by Shri Hanif – 06 October Festival, Japan, to perform during the Singapore Khan Langa 2014 Board of Governors meeting of India MGCTTM and to participate at the Mela (Rajasthan) organized by SUNTEC in Cambodia and to give cultural performances in Singapore 28 USA 04 Travel grants to 23 September To give cultural performances “Samarthanam” The to 12 November differently abled group 2014 (Karnataka) 29 UK 02 Travel grants to Ms. 24 September To give cultural performances Sharbani Mitra (Odissi), to 14 October 2014 (Odissa) 30 Sweden & Latvia 05-member Ghatam group 26 September To participate in the Indian Classical Music Belarus led by Shri Somnath Roy to 3 October, Conference on Scandinavia. 2014 (West Bengal) 31 USA 05-member Bharatnatyam 1 to 10 October, To participate in the festival “Heritage of Belize dance group led by Shri 2014 India” and to give cultural performances on Shijith Nambiar the Birth Anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi in USA and to give cultural performances (Tamilnadu) in Belize 32 Malawi, Tanzania 08-member Fusion group 1 to 20 October, To participate in the Blantyre Arts Festival Uganda, Zambia ‘Soul Samvaad’ led by Shri 2014 in Malawi and to give cultural South Africa Murad Ali Khan performances in the region (New Delhi) 33 South Korea 08-memebr Rajasthani dance 3 – 11 October To participate in the Jenjou Sori Festival & & music group led by Shri 2014 International Folk Art Festival Apa Nath (Rajasthan) 34 New Zealand 05-member Sattriya dance 10 to 26 To participate in the Diwali Celebrations in Australia group led by Ms. Menaka PP October,2014 New Zealand and Swan Festival of Lights Borah in Australia (Assam) 35 Suriname 05-member Light Classical 14 to 31 To perform on the occasion of Diwali Trinidad & Tobago Vocal group led by Ms. Indira October, 2014 Celebrations St. Vincent & Naik Grenandines Barbados (Maharashtra) Guyana 36 Vietnam 06-member Fusion Band 17 to 24 To participate in the Diwali Celebrations Thailand group ‘Girish and the October, 2014 Chronicles’ led by Shri Girish Pradhan, (Karnataka) 37 Australia, Thailand 06-member Odissi dance 17 October – 01 To participate in The Parramasala Festival Vietnam group led by Ms. Raminder November, in Australia, to perform on the 50th Khurana 2014 Anniversary of Chiang Mai University, Thailand and to give cultural performances (Maharashtra) in Vietnam 38 South Africa 04-member Kathak Dance 17 October to To participate in the Diwali Celebrations Reunion Island group led by Ms. Prerana 09 November, Ethiopia and Deshpande 2014 Djibouti Kenya (Maharashtra) 39 Kyrgyzstan 10-member Bhangra & Gidda 17 to 26 To participate in the Russian Drama Russia group “Bhola Panchhi” led by October 2014 Threatre event in Kyrghyzstan and to give Shri Parvinder Singh cultural performances in Russia (Rajasthan) 40 Netherlands 08-member Fusion Band 28 October to To give performances at the Holland India Serbia group ‘East India Company’ 06 November, Festival 2014 in Netherlands and to give led by Shri Angaraag Papon 2014. cultural performances in Serbia Mahanta (Assam) 41 USA 03 Travel grants to Ms. Rita 29 October to To give cultural performances on the UK Ganguly, (Hindustani Vocal), 23 November occasion of Begum Akhtar’s centenary 2014 year in UK (New Delhi) 42-43 Mauritius (i) 09-member Bhojpuri 31 October – 17 To participate at the 180th Anniversary of South Africa Dance and Music group November 2014 arrival of Indentured Labour in Mauritius led by Dr. Pushpa Prasad (Bihar) 31 October – 09 (ii) Food Festival (02 Chefs) November 2014 (New Delhi) 44 Maldives 10-member Goan group 31 October to To perform on the occasion of 50th “Goenchim Noketram” led by 03 November, Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Ms.