Events at New York

The Institute in New York also organized numerous other exhibitions at the Church Center of the United Nations on May 27th, Jaipur Indian Restaurant in Manhattan in June, among others.  

The Institute presented New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a selection of Indian Handicrafts gift items in July 2005. The Mayor appreciated the gesture and the exquisite nature of the items through a letter on a later date.

The Institute organized a side event during the on-going ECOSOC High-Level Segment Meeting on ‘Working the Millennium Development Goals at the Local Level and in the Family’ at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 1. The event presented Indian Classical Dance performance by Vaishali Chaudhuri, Director, […]

Distribution of Handicraft gift items to the High-Level Officials at the Round Table of Ministerial Breakfast on July 1, 2005 ensured the Institute’s endeavor to promote Indian traditional handicrafts at the high-level global community and reach the heads of national policy-making more personally.

An exhibition of Indian Handicrafts was on display on January 7, 2006 at the Onishi Gallery, a Japanese gallery in Chelsea in Manhattan, New York. It was organized by the Additional UN Representative, Sharon Hamilton in association with Nana Onishi, Director of the gallery.

An exhibition was organized by Sharon Hamilton and Nana Onishi with sample sale at the famous Sushiden Restaurant in Manhattan from February 17 to March 20, 2006. The exhibition showcased hand-woven pashmina shawls and silk scarves from India. The exhibition received wide publicity among the Indian American and Japanese media.

Vaishali Chaudhuri, the Additional UN Representative of IISD, and the Director, Arts & Culture of New York branch, presented Indian Classical Dance at the historic temple of ISKCON in Manhattan.

A Flower Festival was organized at the UN Secretariat South Lobby from March 20 to 23, 2006 by the U.N.S.R.C. Friendship Club with the support of Consulate General Japan in New York, Institute of International Social Development, Institute for the Development of Education, Arts & Leisure; United Nations Committee for Spirituality, Values & Global Concerns […]

The Institute organized an exhibition of Indian Handicrafts entitled ‘Path to Attaining the MDG’s through Handicraft’ at the South Lobby of the UN Secretariat in association with UNSRC Friendship Club from March 27 to April 7, 2006. This showcased Indian Handicrafts among all the UN diplomats and eminent visitors to the UN during this period.

Mr. Shomik Chaudhuri, UN Representative, presented the institute’s paper on the theme of the forum “Creating an environment at the national and international levels, conducive to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development”. The recommendations were taken as part of the draft output of the session.