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by Bharatnatyam dance and a Bansuri recital by
Bulgarian performers.
Other Events
On 21 November 2014 Ambassador Sachdeva
met Tourism Minister Angelkova and discussed
ways to enhance tourism from India to Bulgaria.
On 19 January 2015 Ambassador Sachdeva
met Tsetska Tsacheva, President of the National
Assembly of Bulgaria, discussed bilateral relations
and briefed her about the ITEC programme.
On 22 January Ambassador Sachdeva met
Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov and discussed
the avenues for increasing cultural cooperation
Important Events of the between the two countries.
On 26 January the ICCR-sponsored painting
Indian Embassy – 2015 exhibition “Kalpana” was inaugurated in Sofia as
part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between
International Day of Yoga Celebrations India and Bulgaria.
On 21 June 2015 the first International Day of On 20 February Ambassador Sachdeva
Yoga celebrations were organized in 9 Bulgarian hosted a function to celebrate ITEC Day 2015.
cities by the Indian Embassy in Sofia in coopera- On 23 March World Hindi Day 2015 was
tion with Yoga centres and various Indophile celebrated by the Embassy in cooperation with
organizations in Bulgaria. Approximately 9 000 the “East-West” Indological Foundation and the
people attended the events. Indology Department of Sofia University.
In Sofia the event was organized in the Ambassador Sachdeva inaugurated the function.
National Palace of Culture as a Day of Indian The programme comprised a dramatization titled
Culture with seminars on yoga and ayurveda, “A Love Story” which was based on motives from
practice sessions of yoga, an exhibition of chil- Indian movies and performed by Indology stu-
dren’s drawings on yoga themes, classical Indian dents of SU, and Indian dances by the Bulgarian
dance classes for children, stalls selling Indian performer Tereza Georgieva.
food and books on yoga and stalls promoting On 25 March a Road Show on “Make in India”
tourism to India. After the lighting of the lamp was organised in Sofia by the Embassy in coop-
at the opening ceremony, the video address of eration with the Department of Industrial Policy
PM Modi was screened followed by addresses and Promotion, India, and the Bulgarian Cham-
by Ambassador Sachdeva and Irena Georgieva, ber of Commerce and Industry .
Bulgarian Dy. Minister for Tourism, the Head On 30 April Ambassador Sachdeva met
of the Bulgarian Yoga Federation and the yoga Tourism Minister Angelkova and discussed ways
tutor Veselin Loutchanski. Messages from Irina to boost bilateral tourism, including easing the
Bokova, DG UNESCO, Kristalina Georgieva, visa regime and facilitating the shooting of Indian
Vice President, European Commission and movies in Bulgaria.
Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia, were read On 26 May the Indian-Bulgarian Business
out. Letters of appreciation signed by the Indian Chamber was formed upon the initiative of the
Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Indian Embassy and with the participation of
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy were presented reputed Bulgarian companies. Approval for the
to two eminent Bulgarian yoga tutors - Ventse- registration of the Chamber was received in
slav Evtimov and Vesselin Loutchanski. Books September.
on Ayurveda were presented to the Bulgarian On 4 September in New Delhi was signed the
Ayurveda Association. The closing ceremony fea- Programme for Cooperation in Science, Educa-
tured classical Kathak dance performance by the tion and Culture between India and Bulgaria for
ICCR sponsored troupe of Swati Tiwari preceded the period 2015-2017.