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The Institute of Cultural Affairs : India is a voluntary organisation working for socio-economic renewal. It is one of 30 nationally autonomous affiliates in developed and developing countries.

The uniqueness of ICA ’s approached is its emphasis on human development-on creating the desire and methods, whereby local people themselves plan and bring about lasting development in their own communities.

The Institute of Cultural Affairs:India The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA ): India's programmes enable people to recognise and respond to the real opportunities for shaping their future. The ICA has been in the work of village development since 1975. Now it is designing and facilitating various programmes to motivates and equips individual’s, organizations and local communities. ICA is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation, registered under the Societies Act, 1860. The overall work is overseen by Board of Directors and the ongoing activities the planned by the staff in the various locations. The ICA : India is a registered member of the institute of Cultural Affairs International (ICA ) in Brussels, Belgiumand has consultative status Category with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The ICA : India has its offices at three places in India. Each office has been engaged in one or more activities, the ICA focuses on.

Sustainable Development: The ICA is assisting the local communities with income generation schemes, leadership development, and social services, as catalytic force towards the self development process. Lifelong Education: The ICA is engaged in new experiments and model building in order to provide services to the education system, which ephasizes human development as the key to the teaching-learning processes. Organizational Transformation: The ICA is working with corporations, public and private organisations in seeking ways enabling individuals within the organisation to more clearly act out their functions and to become facilitator of the transformation process. Planetary Ecology: The ICA is researching to discern new ways of caring for the environment. The trust is upon educating the people to establish a positive relationship with thee earth’s resources and integrating social and ecological development art grassroots level.

Address for Correspondence in Pune: The Institute of Cultural Affairs: India Mr Shankar Jadhav,Executive Director, Utkarsh, S. No. 46/6, Pawarbaug, B.T. Kawade Road, Pune 411 036. Phone: +91 20 20260101 Mobile: +91 9422502082 Email: icaiindia@vsnl.net

Address of Training Center : EEC - Environment Education Center S. No 405, Behind ABC Petrol Pump, Old Mumbai Pune Highway, Talegaon Dabhade Taluka Maval, Dist. Pune, Phone: Talegaon - 02114 287019 Mobile: +91 9422502082

ICA India Panvel Mr.Vijay Lokhande President ICA India Plot # 36, Panvel Industrial Co-operative Estate Panvel 410 206, India Phone: +91 22 7452504 Mobile: +91 9819356569