NEW DELHI
September 5
TASS correspondent Evgeny Pahomov
"Russian-Indian cultural and educational centre of Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy" will be created in India this year, according to the president of the regional public organization “BRICS. World of Traditions”, manager of the program "BRICS People Choosing Life" Lyudmila Sekacheva.
"We are planning to create such a centre on the grounds of one of the Indian schools, and surely this project implies establishing friendly and educational ties between the Indian and Russian schools. This includes common work for the centre’s development, opinion exchange, the realization of joint projects, promotion of the Russian language in India and so on", - Lyudmila Sekacheva told TASS.
She emphasized that the Indian part of the program is implemented as part of the international and interregional social and cultural program "BRICS People Choosing Life" taking place in the "FIVE" countries from 2022 to 2025 under the motto “From the ecology of soul and body to the ecology of the world".
"The famous Delhi Public School Dwarka has been chosen from the Indian part. The school takes a deep interest in Russia, the Russian language and the work of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, as well as his union with the famous Indian philosopher Mahatma Gandhi. The Russian partner is the Moscow school No.1409 planning to create on its premises the museum "Great BRICS Teacher", being its central figures Tolstoy and Gandhi", - the manager of the program told TASS.
Lyudmila Leonidovna added that signing the agreement of cooperation between the two schools is planned for December 13, 2022, as part of the events of the program "BRICS People Choosing Life".
"BRICS People Choosing Life"
This international project contributes to the further rapprochement of the “FIVE” people. The program starts with the Indian phase taking place December 12–21, 2022, in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune and is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and India, the 75th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India, and the 550th anniversary of the journey of Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin to India.
According to Lyudmila Sekacheva, the program envisages developing contacts between people, cities, and educational institutions through the realization of projects in the spheres of culture, art, enlightenment, education, setting twin-city relations, charity, business cooperation, preserving and popularizing cultural, historical and spiritual heritage of the two countries people.
"The business track organized by the Union “Chamber of Trade and Industry of the Samara Region" will also be part of the program", - she added. Young people and students of Moscow State University of International Relations, Russian Peoples Friendship University, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune Universities will be the main partners and participants of the projects and events in India.
"The presentation of the Indian program will be held in both countries. In Russia, it will take place on November 3, 2022, during the international meeting "BRICS Youth Unity Day" at MGIMO-university.
In New Delhi the program will be made public during the expanded press conference on December 12, 2022, organized together with the Confederation of Young Leaders of India", - Lyudmila Sekacheva explained.