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DR. Shashi Tharoor inaugurates KV Art Show at the Goethe-Zentrum Trivandrum
In cooperation with the Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Pattom, Trivandrum, the Goethe-Zentrum organized an art expo to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan. The art expo was inaugurated by the honorable minister of State for Human Resources Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor on Saturday, the 4th of May at a colorful function organized at the Goethe-Zentrum. The expo presented the creative visual images of 143 children from the KV, Pattom. In his inaugural speech and later while interacting with the students, Dr. Tharoor stressed on the need to learn a foreign language in today's changing global scenario and the benefit the students would get from learning a foreign language like German. He expressed his strong intention to support such projects and spent more than an hour at the Zentrum, showing a keen interest in closely studying and appreciating the works of the talented, young artists. Mr. Markus Biechele, Director - Language Department, Goethe-Insitut, South Asia Region - spoke about the significance of the German language project that the Goethe-Institut has initiated last year with the KVS and extended all his support to make this project a successful one. He was accompanied by Ms. Alicia Padros, Head of the School Partnership Projects. Mr. G. Vijaya Raghavan, Chairperson of the Goethe-Zentrum Trivandrum welcomed the gathering.
The Goethe-Institut is named after the renowned German scholar Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is a non-profit German cultural institution operational worldwide, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations. The Goethe-Institut also fosters knowledge about Germany by providing information on German culture, society and politics. This includes not only the exchange of films, music, theatre, literature, and the like, but also the values of civil society. Goethe cultural societies and language centers have played a central role in the cultural and educational policies of Germany for close to 60 years.
The Goethe-Institut draws its material from many sections of the cosmopolitan German society and culture, combining the experience and ideas of its partners with cross-cultural expertise, the principle of dialogue and partnership, offering support to all those actively involved with Germany and its language and culture. The Goethe-Institut e.V. is an autonomous body and politically independent.
Partners of the institute and its centers are public and private cultural institutions, the federal states, local authorities and the world of commerce. The Goethe-Institut carefully coordinates its activities with other mediators of cultural and educational foreign policy.
The Goethe-Institut has its headquarters in Munich. Its president is Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, the General Secretary Dr. Hans-Georg Knopp and the Financial Manager Mr. Jürgen Maier. The Goethe-Institut offers scholarships to students from foreign countries.
In India, the institutes are also known as Max Mueller Bhavans in honour of the famous German Indologist Friedrich Max Mueller. In order to expand the reach of the Goethe Institut, smaller centres named Goethe-Zentrum have been introduced a few years ago all around the world.
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