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Ambassador Manchanda and the Chairman
of the Municipal Council of Pravetz attended the
festival dedicated to road, fire, and emergencies
safety, organized annually by the Indira Gandhi
Kindergarten in Pravetz on May 31st on the eve of
the International Day of the Child.
On June 6th Ambassador Manchanda attended
a presentation on India by students of Geography
of Tourism, Faculty of Geology and Geography of
Sofia University. The event was held at the Alma
Alter Theatre of the Sofia University. The Dean
of the Faculty and senior TV journalist Daniela
Kaneva addressed the gathering.
The Embassy celebrated the 67th
Independence Day on August 15th with flag-
hoisting and screening of the President‘s
Independence-eve message to the nation in the companies to do business in Bulgaria. Ambassador
morning and a reception co-hosted with the Manchanda attended the inaugural function.
Association of Indians in Bulgaria in the evening. On October 7th Ambassador Manchanda
Ambassador Manchanda was a keynote inaugurated an exhibition of photographs by
speaker at the inauguration of the Indology Amit Pasricha at the Sofia University Alma
Conference “From India, to India: Perceptions and Mater Gallery, organized in cooperation with the
Perspectives” on September 9th, 2013 organised Cultural Centre of SU and the Friends of India
by Sofia University as part of the celebrations Club. It was shown in Varna too from October
of 30 years of the establishment of its Indology 30th. The exhibition included the collections
Department. At the conclusion of the Conference “Sacred India” and “Historical Landscapes from
on September 10th, the Ambassador hosted a India” and was met with exceptionally high
reception for the Conference participants. interest.
India participated for the first time in the In December Indian Embassy along with the
International Technical Fair in Plovdiv – in its East-West Indological Foundation hosted a Kathak
69th edition (30 September – 5 October 2013), Dance Troupe led by Abhimanyu Lal and Vidha
with 19 companies which received good Lal for two performances on the 5th and 6th at the
response and some have already registered local Theatre of the Army in Sofia.