French Institute in India

Noir in Mumbai - The Mystery of the Hidden Bird
2023-10-29 10:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Kolkata)

Urban agriculture
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-21
Today, India has about 30 % of people living in urban areas. The urban population is likely to increase to 50% by 2050. Such an explosion in urban population raises questions of food security and economic issues hastened by other issues such as climate change.
Urban agriculture is one of the sustainable tools which can help in solving this issue, becoming the “savior of rapid urbanization”. Not very widespread in India, research on urban agriculture has been growing steadily in France in the past ten years. It has been more and more recognized as an efficient tool for creating more resilient cities, help fight climate change by creating cooling areas, help retain water in soils, create biodiversity spots within the cities and create bio-waste that can be reused as natural fertilizers. On top of all, it is a very powerful tool to create social bonds within the inhabitants of a neighborhood.
There are several forms of urban agriculture. Some are geared towards producing sufficient amounts of food to feed a population in need (subsistence agriculture). Others are more geared towards creating social bonds. The other forms are hybrid, oscillating between these two primary objectives.
In this series of conferences, we wish to discuss the benefits as well as shortfalls of urban agriculture in various contexts, keeping in mind that this practice cannot be applied in a uniformed manner across different territories.
This series of conference will take place in the presence of two representatives of the French Association for Urban Agriculture, created in 2016, that will be invited to come from France for a week-long stay:
Flore-Anaïs Brunet is the Urban Agriculture Project Manager at the “Le Mouvement des Régies,” a national network of 130 social inclusion and community development associations operating in underprivileged areas in France. With a background in horticulture and landscape engineering, along with numerous study trips to Latin America and Europe, she specializes in socially-oriented urban agriculture after working in a botanical garden and landscape design offices in Paris and Berlin.
She possesses strong skills in network facilitation, event organization, and project support for multifunctional urban agriculture initiatives in low-income neighborhoods. She is also certified in permaculture. As the vice-president of AFAUP since 2019, she has a national understanding of the urban agriculture sector in France and represents socially-oriented urban agriculture projects, associations, and inclusion organizations.
She particularly enjoys forging connections at various levels, fostering collective thinking, and facilitating professional networks to contribute to more fertile and peaceful communities.
Marie Fiers is an agricultural engineer specialized in microbial ecology research. She has founded a counseling and engineering bureau in urban agriculture in France and specializes in hydroponics. A member of the French Association for Urban Agriculture since its creation, she has been a board member before becoming a full-time employee. Marie is fascinated by the interactions between two worlds that we tend to oppose rather than connect – the rural and the urban worlds. She works out of Burgundy in France and her mission is to develop evaluation tools for assessing the benefits of urban agriculture as well as create synergies with European networks of urban agriculture.
Programme2023

Date
Time
Venue
Programme

15 October 2023

Delhi
Workshop: Beginner’s Guide to Urban Farming Sow some seeds!

16 October 2023
4 pm
Delhi
Discussion: Urban agriculture: a tool for more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities? Indo-French perspectives

18 October 2023

Trivandrum
TBA

18 October 2023

Hyderabad
TBA

20 October 2023
TBA
TBA
TBA

Wall Art Festival #3
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-22
A story of colourful adventureIndia has a variety of unique places: green cities, economically fast-growing cities, heritage sites, and a network of a vast and magical park or natural sites…A comfortable public space makes the main cities of the country, unique places among all the others, where citizens enjoy spending time.
India’s painting scene, over the history, is also a major aspect of Indian culture, with worldwide known artists such as Sayed RAZA and a variety of pictorial traditions that remain part of contemporary Indian society. Its artists are recognized through their originality, the respect of tradition and its unique identity for the storytelling, painting, and colourful aspects.
The previous editios of Wall Art Festival mobilized hundreds of people in each of the 12 cities where it took place. A varied, eclectic (students, families, curious, passionate…), mixed and intergenerational public. From small children, through teenagers to grandparents, everyone gathered and enjoyed a moment of exchange and sharing. While travelling through the country, new experiences and collaborations will be created, inspired by each meeting. They will contribute, with Indian artists and students, to make India always more shiny !
Each city preserves the traces of the passage of the Wall Art festival, redrawing the cities, by its colours and its stories.

We have developed local and national media coverage, contributing to the success of the influence of the cities, the artists, and bringing pride to the inhabitants!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alliance Française Chandigarh (@alliancefrancaisechandigarh) A third edition full of promise!The 4 wall-artists Sandre, Super Bab, Jace & Millerink will be crossing the country to look for fresh paintings!
New this year, Sri Lanka joins the adventure for a festival beyond borders! Also new this year, artist Kneethi, present at last year’s event, joins the Graffiti Réunion Festival (Réunion Island, French overseas territory) for a new collaboration. 14 cities where our Indo-French teams will become the actors of a new urban storytelling ! Join them on their journey all over the country and get ready with your colours & spray cans.
This adventure is made possible thanks to the support of the Institut Français, France Volontaire Réunion and JSW paint.
A far-reaching tourFor the third edition of the Wall Art festival, no less than 14 cities will been invested by artists!
Ahmedabad • Bangalore • Bhopal • Chandigarh • Chennai • Colombo • Hyderabad • Udaipur • Kolkata • Lucknow • Mumbai • Pondicherry • Pune • Trivandrum
Caution Wet Paint !About our ArtistsSandre is a Breton artist based in Paris, France, whose work lies at the intersection of urban and technological practices. After studying animation, she ventured off the beaten path and sought to showcase her art for all to see by creating murals in the streets of Paris as well as in numerous countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, and Belgium.
She also creates mappings for events and animations on immersive devices, such as at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris.
Her style is situated on the border between naive, surreal, and ironic narration, composed of cartoonish characters that are highly colorful and nuanced. Working on large-scale curves allows her the freedom to fully express her movements while bringing her various characters to life.
Super Bab, born in 1993, he created his first graffiti at the age of 13. In the following years, he honed his graffiti techniques and explored other avenues such as painting, drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ceramics.
While studying at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he learned better academic techniques and developed his drawing skills as well as his personal style.
Starting with a conventional drawing, he adds an abstract touch, particularly influenced by famous surrealist paintings such as those by Miró and Picasso. He also incorporates elements from outsider art and tribal art.
Aashti Miller is an architect, illustrator and graphic designer. She was born and raised in Mumbai, and studied Architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
She is the sole force behind MillerInk, an illustration and graphic design studio. She constructs her drawings in an attempt to make sense of the unexpected collision of her two seemingly disparate worlds.
As a result, her aesthetic and style have evolved into detailed drawings that tread the fine line between constructed and painted, digital and analog, two and three dimensional. Her work is heavily inspired by and explores spaces, places, and faces.
Jace started out as a street painter. For years, after starting at the age of eleven by repainting his bike in shimmering vermillion red, he traveled around the island of La Réunion and put his name up everywhere, influenced by the hip-hop movement and lowbrow art, although he considers himself free from any particular influence.
As a street artist, he was critical of his own work, feeling that it was not personal or identifiable enough. So he created a partner, a teammate who became a legend before his creator: the Gouzou.

TOYO ! by Les Colporteurs
2023-09-28 - 2023-11-04
Alliances Françaises in India presents TOYO ! ; an artistic & cultural education programme for younglings.
Toyo is a funny encounter between an acrobat and a construction pipe sets the bar for creative storytelling.
Gillou hears a mysterious voice, leading him to a captivating discovery. With determination, he embarks on a challenging journey to befriend Toyo, a formidable and colossal hollow pipe. Alongside the musical companion, Coline, Gillou’s creative antics transformes Toyo into an airplane, a suit, a telescope, or even a house, with occasional mishaps and laughter-filled moments. Through this vibrant interplay, an enduring and unforgettable friendship blossomes.
Gilles Charles-Messance, a seasoned acrobat with roots in traditional circuses is set to mesmerizs audiences with his remarkable performance. His masterpiece, ‘Toyo,’ gurantees not only to sparks the imaginations of children but also keeps them thoroughly entertained.
India Tour2023Note: Shows indicated in Green color are open to public

Date
Time
Event
Venue
City

28 September
12 pm
Private show
Birla Academy Of Art And Culture
Kolkata

29 September
10:30 am
6:30 pm
Private show
Public show
The Future Foundation School
GD Birla Sabhaghar
Kolkata

3 October
10 am
11 am
Private shows
Kunskapsskolan School
Lucknow

5 October
10 am
11:30 am
Private shows
Alliance Française de Chandigarh
Chandigarh

6 October
10 am
11:30 am
Private shows
Alliance Française de Chandigarh
Chandigarh

9 October
10 am – 11 am
Private show
Lycée Français International de Delhi
New Delhi

10 October
3 pm – 4 pm
Private show
Lycée Français International de Delhi
New Delhi

12 October
10 am – 12 pm
5 pm – 6 pm
Private shows
Maharana Mewar Public School, Moti Mahal
Juvenile correction home
Udaipur

13 October
6 pm
Public show
The Third Space
Udaipur

16 October
2 pm
3:30 pm
Private shows
Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad

17 October
11:30 pm
1 pm
Private shows
Divine Child International School
Ahmedabad

19 October
11 am
Private show
Deccan Education Society School
Pune

20 October
11 am
12 pm
Private shows
Indus International School
Pune

22 October
11 am
Public show
Alliance Française of Hyderabad
Hyderabad

29 October
4 pm
Private show
PAVO Orphanage
Pondichéry

30 November
10:30 am
Private show
St. Patrick School
Pondichéry

2 November
TBC
Private show
Alliance Française of Madras
Chennai

3 November
TBC
Private show
Alliance Française of Madras
Chennai

Toyo !A French Entertainer for Kids and Familiesby Gilles Charles-Messance and alternatelyColine Ellouz or Coline Rigot
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About Les Colporteurs
Founded by tight-rope walkers Antoine Rigot and Agathe Olivier, the company Les Colporteurs created its first show Filao in 1996 ; on tour for four years, it will be represented more than 250 times in France and abroad. In 1999, the team of Les Colporteurs teamed up with that of the Les Nouveaux Nez to imagine, in Ardèche, what became La Cascade, National Circus Pole of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, of which they are since partners. In 2000, after a serious accident, Antoine Rigot must abandon wire-dancing, but resumes work as an actor, and engages in writing and stage direction. He conceives and directs the shows of Les Colporteurs : Diabolus in Musica (2003), Le Fil sous la Neige (2006), Hautes Pointures and Tarina (2007), Sur la Route… (2009), Le Bal des Intouchables (2012) , Le Chas du Violon (2014), Evohé (2015), Sous la toile de Jheronimus (2017) and Le retour des papillons, an exit show for Fratellini Academy students (2017). In 2018, following the creation, Méandres, shared with Agathe, Antoine Rigot directed, along with Alice Ronfard, the show F(r)iction for the 30th graduating class of CNAC. In 2019, Antoine directed with Julien Lambert the show TOYO!, a musical and acrobatic duo for young audiences. In 2022, Antoine Rigot and Agathe Olivier create a new show under the big top with ten circus artists and musicians , Coeurs Sauvages, actually on tour in France and Europe.
The company Les Colporteurs produces and performs these shows under its big top, indoors and in the public space, in France and abroad.
The company Les Colporteurs is supported by the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, Department of Ardeche and the City of Le Teil d’Ardèche.
Gilles Charles-Messance – tight-rope artist contorsionist
It all started for Gilles in 1977 when he walked into Annie Fratellini and Pierre Étaix’s circus. He was new to this world, as they say. He started off being an acrobat, then he created a circus act on a trampoline as well as a fixed trapeze act thanks to which he worked at Arlette Gruss’s circus, then in several traditional circuses, including Monti in Switzerland, or Alexis Gruss. Later on, he performed a flying trapeze act thanks to which he joined the Arts Sauts, and a Washington trapeze act with which he began a long collaboration with the company Les Colporteurs. Gilles hates to say he works, he’d rather say he has fun while making the audience happy.
Coline Rigot – musician
As the daughter of tightrope artists, Agathe Olivier and Antoine Rigot, Coline has always known the tricks of the trade… of contemporary Circus. During Volière Dromesko tour that Coline first walked on a rope and she started learning the violin with Hungarian Gypsy musicians of the company. Later on, Coline alternated between learning the violin at the classical music academy, and improvisation workshops with Carl Shlosser, a saxophone player – jazz composer of the first show of Les Colporteurs, Filao. Gradually she developed a poetic language combining rope and violin.
After receiving the classical gold medal at the music Avignon academy and after learning jazz, in Didier Lockwood’s class, Coline led her life, sometimes with circus, including three creations with Les Colporteurs as musician or tightrope artist, sometimes as theatre musician with FootsBar, or even as violinist with collectives of travelling musicians, such as Tchabadjo and Les Poissons Voyageurs.
About Aaron Fernandes Entertainement
Aaron Fernandes is working as a producer on the tour of “Our Daily Performance” in India. He is an astute and well-traveled professional, his expertise lies in building long term relationships with partners as well as finding immediate solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems. He founded Aaron Fernandes Entertainment (AFE) in Mumbai, India in March 2020. AFE offers a wide array of services from international representation, consulting, production, individual artist management, tour production and management and logistical expertise. Aaron Fernandes specializes in contemporary dance but also works with companies and artists from across all genres and throughout the globe. He is currently the Project Manager for CINARS in India and an ISPA Global Fellow for 2022.

Long Night of Literatures - 2023
2023-09-22 - 2023-09-26
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.Experience the return of The Long Night of LiteratureS!
Come and join us for an enchanting evening of literary magic with 13 authors from Europe and UK. 🌍📖
It’s also your chance to meet and listen to the work of the French author – Clarence Boulay 🇫🇷 who will be representing French literature at the event. 🎙️
In Delhi📅 Date: 22 September, 2023 at 5.00 PM
🏛️ Venue: The Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi
Register hereIn Kolkata📅 Date: 25 September, 2023 at 5.00 PM
🏛️ Venue: Alliance française du Bengale, Goethe Institut / Max Muller Bhavan
Register here

Our Daily Performance - India Tour
2023-08-29 18:00 - 2023-09-05 20:00
Alliances Françaises in India bring you “Our Daily Performance” – A hit of the Avignon 2022 festival – taking its inspiration from a diverse range of YouTube tutorials, featuring everyone from newbie musicians to fitness buffs and self-defense pros.
Led by Giuseppe Chico and Barbara Matijević, along with a talented crew of five, including actors, dancers, acrobats, and musicians, the show taps into hundreds of videos to bring you lively and fresh insights into thriving in today’s world.
Through a playful twist and some humor, these tutorials are transformed into a guide for gradually improving our lives.
India Tour2023

Date
Time
City
Venue

29 August 2023
7 pm
Pune
Namdev Sabhagruha, Pune University

2 September 2023
7 pm
Puducherry
Alliance Française de Pondichéry

5 September 2023
6 pm
Chennai
Alliance Française de Madras

Our Daily PerformanceThe hit of the Avignon 2022 festivalby Giuseppe Chico and Barbara Matijević With Camila Hernandez, Nicolas Maloufi, Thibault Mullot, Marie Nédélec, Shihya Peng
By Libération
Very clever, jesting, delightfully pop, yet with subtly dark humor, that prevails.
By Télérama
Our top pick from the Avignon 2022 festival.
By La Provence
Our Daily Performance, brilliant UFO
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By Libération
Very clever, jesting, delightfully pop, yet with subtly dark humor, that prevails.
By Télérama
Our top pick from the Avignon 2022 festival.
By La Provence
Our Daily Performance, brilliant UFO
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About Barbara Matijevic
Barbara Matijevic studied languages and literature in parallel with dance and acting in Zagreb (Croatia). With Giuseppe Chico, she is the founder and artistic co-director of the theatre company Premier Stratageme based in Paris.
In her work, she explores the impact of digital culture on storytelling through the forms of auto-fictional performances, lecture performances, radio plays, group choreographies, photo exhibitions and installations. Her work has been presented in over 30 countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America, in theatre and dance venues, film festivals, art galleries and museums.
As a dancer and actress she has worked with a number of choreographers and theatre directors in France, Croatia, Slovenia and Belgium (Boris Charmatz, Joris Lacoste, Bojan Jablanovac). She has taught at Osijek Art Academy, Zagreb Dance Academy, Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts and Lasalle College in Singapore. She is based in Paris and works internationally.
About Giuseppe Chico
Born in Bari (Italy) in 1974. He was introduced to theater as a child, first by watching operettas and then, at the age of 10 years, by taking classes at the theater Abeliano Tina Tempesta and Antonella Porfido in Bari. After a several years interruption of professional basketball playing, he pursued his theatre practice with Robert McNeer at the theater Kismet. He also worked on several occasions with the set designer Paolo Baroni. In 2000 he moved to Paris and began studying dance and composition with Joao Fiadeiro, Vera Montero, Julyen Hamilton, Mark Tompkins, Vera Orlock, Pooh Kaye, KJ Holmes, Olivier Besson. For several years he performed with the company Mille Plateaux Associés. He also collaborated with George Appaix, Anja Hempel, Magali Desbazeille. In 2007 he performed in Purgatory, written and directed by Joris Lacoste . In 2007 he started a collaboration with Barbara Matjevic. He lives in Paris.
About Aaron Fernandes Entertainement
Aaron Fernandes is working as a producer on the tour of “Our Daily Performance” in India. He is an astute and well-traveled professional, his expertise lies in building long term relationships with partners as well as finding immediate solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems. He founded Aaron Fernandes Entertainment (AFE) in Mumbai, India in March 2020. AFE offers a wide array of services from international representation, consulting, production, individual artist management, tour production and management and logistical expertise. Aaron Fernandes specializes in contemporary dance but also works with companies and artists from across all genres and throughout the globe. He is currently the Project Manager for CINARS in India and an ISPA Global Fellow for 2022.

Launch of Pardon my French!
2023-08-12 11:00 - 18:00
“A good book is an event in my life.” – Stendhal (Red and Black, 1830)
Many such events stay restricted to a limited number of people, due to non-accessibility of books or absence of translation.
The French Institute in India, in its mission to make French literature more accessible to people in India, has decided to launch French corners in bookshops all around the subcontinent.
Join Us for the Grand Unveiling | August 12 at Kunzum, Vasant Vihar
Mark your calendars for the grand launch of our inaugural “Pardon my French!” corner on August 12, 2023, 11 am at Kunzum Bookstore, Vasant Vihar. 👉 Don’t miss out on experiencing the exhilarating reading session with Indian authors at the French corner.
Discover a Treasure Trove of Translated French Literature
Prepare to embark on a literary journey like no other! These French corners will showcase a diverse array of translated French literature, spanning Indian languages and encompassing classic and contemporary works. Delve into the profound words of literary luminaries such as Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Voltaire, Emile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, Marcel Proust, and Annie Ernaux. This extensive collection captures the essence of History and has left an enduring impact on people worldwide, all conveniently curated under one roof.
Click here to see the collectionWhy should you visit the French Literature Corner at Kunzum ?

You couldn’t go to the movies because you spent all your money on imported books. Visit Pardon my French! corner to get French literature in translation at Indian prices.
Paris is love, air tickets are expensive and you want to travel. Get a book from the Paris section.
Impatient to learn French and cite Camus, Rousseau and Sartre in intellectual discussions. Get a book from the Philosophy section.
Asterix & Obelix and Tintin are your childhood buddies and you’re searching for some more interesting friends. Get a book from the Comics section.
You don’t want to miss a Nobel laureate’s writing, especially the latest one, Annie Ernaux. Get a book from the Laureate section.
You’re romantic and still don’t know who Emma is. Meet Flaubert in the Classic Fiction section.
Ever wonder what is the link between Pondichéry, Chandernagore and Yanam? Get a book from the Indo-French section.

Beaux Arts : Fine Arts in France
2023-06-15 18:00 - 19:00
✨ Fulfill your dreams of studying and living in the artistic hub of France!
Join us for an exclusive webinar and get all the details you need to make your dream a reality! –
Beaux-Arts Nantes representatives will be there to guide you through their incredible programs, entry requirements, and application process.
– Discover the vibrant art scene in France and immerse yourself in its cultural richness.
– Explore the diverse programs offered by Beaux-Arts Nantes and find your artistic niche.
– Learn about the application process and get valuable insights from the experts.
– Connect with like-minded individuals and fellow art enthusiasts.
– Get all your questions answered by the representatives of Beaux-Arts Nantes.
Don’t miss this chance to take a step closer to your artistic aspirations! ✨
Register nowPanelists:
Mr. Teresa BOGADO
International relation officer of Beaux Arts Nantes
Mr. Sourav Bhowmik
Manager, Campus France in India – Kolkata

Level-up Music Competition
2023-06-12 - 2023-07-06
🎵 Calling all music enthusiasts! 🌍🎶
Get ready to celebrate the incredible diversity of music on Fête de la Musique or World Music Day! 🌟 This annual global event is back, and we have an exciting announcement for you. The French Institute in India, in collaboration with the network of Alliances Françaises in India, is bringing you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of this musical extravaganza by participating in our “Level-up” contest! 🎉
Here’s how you can join the fun: 🎤🎸
1️⃣ Send your nearest Alliance Française (AF) a video of you singing and/or playing a musical instrument.
2️⃣ Make sure your performance follows the rules and regulations highlighted below.
3️⃣ Stand a chance to win incredible prizes like complimentary French lessons and delightful French gift baskets! 🏆🎁
So, warm up those vocal cords, tune those instruments, and get ready to showcase your talent to the world. We can’t wait to be amazed by your musical skills! 🎵💫
For more information and to submit your entry, contact your nearest AF. Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity!
Rules of participation:

The competition is open to all Indian citizens who are at least 18 years of age or eligible to be students of AFs (minor’s with consent of their parents) and physically reside in the region of the nearest Alliance Française (AF).

Submissions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis via email ID provided on nearest AF’s website.
The deadline for submissions is 6 pm on July 5, 2023 (Thursday). Any entries received after the deadline will be disqualified.
Only solo performances are allowed; duo and/or group performances will be automatically disqualified.
Each participant is allowed to submit only once.
The video should be in portrait/vertical mode, MP4 format, and have a maximum duration of 2 minutes.
The video must clearly show the face of the singer/performer and any musical instrument being played.
Each submission should include the participant’s full name, age, contact number (preferably WhatsApp), and email address.
Submissions can be a cappella (vocals only), vocals with a musical instrument, or solely a musical instrument. Karaoke covers will not be accepted.
Participants are allowed to sing in any language or play any musical instrument of their choice.
Submissions can be original compositions or covers. In the case of covers, it is mandatory to provide the name of the original song, artist, and record label.
The French Institute in India and the network of Alliances Françaises in India reserve the right to use all submissions at their discretion.
The prizes are non-transferable and will only be awarded to the singer/musician featured in the original submission.
The selection of the winners will be final and binding, and no queries regarding the selection process will be entertained under any circumstances.
The winning video from your nearest AF will automatically qualify for the national-level competition and compete with the winners from other Alliances Françaises in the India network.
Winning Prize for the national winner will be vouchers worth INR 50,000/-

PhD Tour 2023
2023-05-22 18:00 - 2023-05-25 19:00
The French Embassy in India is organizing a virtual PhD Tour, a series of thematic webinars on doctoral programs. The four thematic webinars will equip students with the necessary information to answer the question of why they should pursue their PhD in France.
Know more about PhD in FranceSession 122nd MayWhy do my PhD in France? Finding and funding my PhD.
22nd May : 6 pm to 6:45 pm
Moderator: Sourav Bhowmik, Manager in Kolkata, Campus France India
Panelists:

François PRADAL, Head of the Research Department, Campus France
A PhD Alumni

About the session
Did you know that the largest publicly funded research institute in the world, CNRS, is based in France? Or that a third of all Fields medal recipients have come from French laboratories? It’s no coincidence when research is a national priority and you too can benefit from the extensive education and research infrastructure in France.
Join us on a special Campus France webinar on Finding and Funding a PhD in France to find out how. Broadcast as part of the virtual Phd Tour at 6 Pm Monday, 22nd May.
On this session we will cover:

Tools to find and Fund doctoral programmes
Structure of doctorates and post doctorate projects in France
Scholarships from the French Government and public research institutes

The virtual PhD tour 2023 is open to all master students and budding researchers in India.
Be one of the 74000 researchers and counting that join us every year. Choose France Excellence!
Session 223rd MayDoctoral studies in France : Life sciences
23rd May : 6 pm to 6:45 pm
Moderator: Dr Fabien Chareix, Attaché for Scientific and Academic Cooperation, French Embassy in India
Panelists:

Nathalie DOSTATNI, Sorbonne Université, Professor, Cancerology, Genetics and Epigenetics, Group leader in the UMR3664 – CNRS & Institut Curie
Laurent COUNILLON, Université de Nice Côte-d’Azur, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis since 2003 and group leader in the Research Unit UMR7370 (CNRS)
Christian LEFEBVRE d’HELLENCOURT, Université de La Réunion, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMR U1188, Université de La Réunion- INSERM

About the session
French and Indian researchers have published 9 546 co-authored papers between 2019 and 2022, involving 13 929 co-authors in India and 14 789 co-authors in France. France is therefore ranked as the 11th partner of India in the world, and there is a real tradition of scientific cooperation that bonds the two countries. All combined (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics), Life sciences represent, by far, the biggest volume of publications and co-authored publications in France and in India (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology alone are ranked 8th in India with more than 80 000 publications, and 4th in France with around 65 000 publications between 2019 and 2022).

Choosing France to pursue doctoral studies is therefore, for an Indian graduate student, the opportunity to be integrated in a huge and dynamic network of institutions, labs and research leaders with a proven record of ties with Indian researchers and institutes.

But how can one find opportunities in France? Is it complicated? What are the mechanisms, processes and regulations to go through before making it happen?
This webinar is all about opening a window into the landscape of Life sciences research in France, with the help of 3 prominent actors who will introduce their craft and institutions to the audience.

Do not miss it if you want to know more about studying and researching in France.
Session 324th MayComputer sciences at PhD level in France
24th May : 6 pm to 6:45 pm
Moderator: Dr Meenakshi Singh, Scientific Coordinator, French Institute in India
Panelists:

Stéphane Roy, Director of International Affairs and Academic Partnerships, IMT Atlantique
Cécile Vigouroux, Director of International Relations, INRIA

About the session
French research is at the forefront of the world for its researchers in the fields of computer sciences and in mathematics.
French universities and institutes offer a large range of specialized areas that students can choose to carry out their thesis including theoretical computer science, cybersecurity, data science, IoT and artificial intelligence (AI).
France also has a national programme on AI to promote attractiveness and talent support programs and develop AI training at all levels (initial training, continual education, and top-notch training at Master and Doctorate levels) and to boost private-public partnerships and increase the impact of research in AI.
Some of the best represented French institutions in computer sciences are PSL University, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Paris-Saclay University, Sorbonne University, University of Grenoble Alpes, University of Bordeaux etc.
Join us for a webinar to know more about the research topics and trends to be discussed in computer science on Wednesday, 24th May 2023.
Session 425th MayEngineering sciences at PhD level in France
25th May : 6 pm to 6:45 pm
Moderator: Dr Francois-Xavier Mortreuil, Attaché for Scientific and Academic Cooperation, French Embassy in India
Panelists:

Prof. Sylvie Pommier, Deputy vice President for doctoral research at Université Paris-Saclay
Dr. Xavier Roboam, Deputy Director of the Laplace Lab in Toulouse (SW)
Dr. Elena Ceccarelli, Head of SFRES : Training by Research and Placement Department CEA – INSTN (P-SE – S)
Dr. Prajwal Sabnis, Cofounder of Orza Energies

About the session
France is one of the highest scientific and technologic ranked country with tenth of Nobel Prize Laureates, 13 Medal Field holders and numerous patents. France industry is also present in India in the aerospace, automotive, software, computing, food industry sectors and many others.
How important is it to do a PhD in Engineering sciences in France? What background should have the applicants? The specific “employee-student” status of PhD students in France. The Financing and duration of a PhD in France. The International atmosphere among PhD students in France. The interactions with industry… All these points and many others will be explained and discussed with representatives of French Tier 1 institutions who will also answer your questions.
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Université d’été - Goa 2023
2023-05-22 - 2023-05-27
Call for Applications
The French Institute in India is pleased to launch its International Training for Teachers of French 2023
This one week training in Goa will offer a choice of multiple modules for the participants from India and its neighboring countries. The expert trainers from & will share their expertise in this intensive programme organized in collaboration with Goa University.
🗓️ From 22 to 26 May 2023
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Sports Studies in France
2023-05-18 18:00 - 19:00
The world of sports has always been viewed as an extracurricular activity or hobby, but it has evolved into a lucrative career option for those with a passion for sports. France is renowned for its high-quality sports programs, and with Paris hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics for the third time, the sports industry is set to grow by an impressive 5.40% by 2027.
If you’re interested in pursuing a career in sports, then attending a webinar that explores key sports programs offered by well-accredited French institutions is an excellent opportunity. The webinar will cover various aspects of sports studies, including admissions, scholarships, job prospects, and more.
You’ll also get to meet alumni who have studied sports management in France and hear about their experiences. These individuals will offer valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in the sports industry and the different career paths available.
Attending this webinar will provide you with a unique opportunity to explore the different sports programs available in France and learn about the various career options available. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to pursue a career in sports.

Register nowPanelists
Mr. Lionel MALTESE
Associate Professor, KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Mr. Prayag TRIPATHI
Country Manager – South Asia, KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Ms. Maud LE BARS
South Asia Area Manager, RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Alumni
Mr. Rithik SINHA
A 23-year-old sports enthusiast who is massively passionate about Football and Motorsports. Over the years, his passion grew from playing into working in the sports industry and he seeks to make a change in the sports industry in our country.

Formation: Intégrez les chansons francophones dans vos classes !
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-28
Inspire your French language learners with contemporary songs from Francophone artists!
Join us for a 3-day online workshop organized in collaboration with the Institut de Touraine.
Last date for registration: 13th April
Conducted by:
Amanda Castillo, French Language Trainer, Institut de Touraine
Public: French language teachers (B1 minimum)
When: 5 to 7 pm on 25th, 26th and 27th of April 2023
Where: Online
Participation fees: INR 1,200/-
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Study Aerospatial and Space Telecommunications in France
2023-04-20 18:00 - 19:00
Did you know that France provides some of the top-notch specialized courses related to Aerospace and Telecommunications?
This webinar is an excellent opportunity for you to gather information about various programs offered by French institutions in this field, including admission requirements, job prospects, and more.
Additionally, you can listen to the experience of an alumni who studied Aerospace in France!
Register nowPanelists:
Damien ROQUE
Professor at ISAE-SUPAERO – department of Electronics, Optronics and Signal Processing (DEOS)
Justine DE PERRY
Admission Advisor & international promotion, ISAE-SUPAERO
Stephane ROY
Head of International Relations and Academic Partnerships, IMT Atlantique
Alumni
Nikhitha C
Co-Founder & CEO | Society for Space Education, Research and Development

Habitat International Film Festival
2023-03-17 - 2023-03-27

Webinar: Humanities and social sciences
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:00
A chance to know more about the English language taught programs in the field of humanities and social sciences in two of the best institutes in France. Meet and directly interact with representatives from Sciences Po and Université de Lille to learn about the course structure, application process, etc. You will also have a chance to interact with an alumni of Sciences Po, to get your queries answered about student life in France.
Meet the institute representatives:

Alexis Boulet, International Promotion Manager, Université de Lille
Neha Khanna, representative to India, Sciences Po

Alumni present:
Akshaya José Davasia, Master in International Security from Sciences Po, Paris.
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A Night of Chefs & Ideas
2023-03-01 18:00 - 21:30
Debate and dialogue are the bloodstream of open, democratic, robust societies. Shared ideas and diverse viewpoints can invigorate, transform, build bridges. Find solutions to the most intractable problems.
Committed to this ideal, the Night of Ideas is a unique platform that was initiated in 2016 during an exceptional evening in Paris, when foremost French and international thinkers were invited to come together to discuss the major issues of our time. Since then, the Night of Ideas has grown to become a prestigious fixture on the international calendar.
Hosted across 200 cities, 100 countries, and 5 continents. From Paris to New York. Fiji Islands to New Zealand. Seoul to Shanghai. New Delhi to New Mexico. The Night of Ideas brings together front-line minds interconnected by a common purpose — on one day, to celebrate the power of thought.
This year, the theme is intriguingly titled More? and the Indian edition of the Night of Ideas will be focusing on the crucial, fundamental, and fascinating world of food in all its dimensions: the pleasure, the politics, people, palates, plurality. And the all-important questions of equity, sustainability, and security.
A few facts to indicate the scale of what’s at stake: India is the second largest food producer in the world. Almost half of India’s 130 billion people, that’s close to 700 million people, are engaged in farming. 67% of which are women. Yet, while they feed the country and keep us safe, they add only 18% to the GDP, and 76% of farmers want to give up farming. Women — the spine of all of this — own only 2% of the land.
So how can these inequities be corrected? Are GM crops the route? Or are organics the answer? How can we, as consumers of food, make the food chain more robust? How can Indian agriculture become India’s greatest success story?
And what of its rich and diverse cuisines. The exhilarating stories, spices, and history of food in India?
A Night of Chefs & Ideas will bring together the kaleidoscopic story of food in India – with French accents.
Chefs. Experts. Policy makers. Historians. Economists. And practitioners. Come together for a night of creative thinking.
Exciting. Riveting. Thought-provoking..
Join us …

For more debate. More diversity. More proximity.
More solutions. More bridges. More stories.
And a delicious, specially curated, dinner by a French chef from the Indian countryside.

Programme:
6 pm – 6.30 pm: Welcome drinks and Night of Ideas Mela
6.30 pm – 6.35 pm: Welcome Address by French Ambassador H.E. Emmanuel Lenain
SESSION 1: Diversity | 6:35 pm – 7.10 pm
Eat, Pray, Love: My discovery of India
Diaries of 2 super chefs

Radhika Khandelwal I Chef owner, Fig & Maple, Ivy & Bean
Saransh Goila I Chef-owner, Golia Butter Chicken

SESSION 2: Security | 7:10 pm – 7.50 pm
The State, the Farmer, and the Plate
The holes in our food systems. And how to fix them

Ajay Jakhar I Farmer, Policy expert
Mekhala Krishnamurthy I Farm markets expert, Ashoka University, CPR
Rajeswari Raina I Agriculture policy expert, Shiv Nadar University

SESSION 3: Culture | 7:50 pm – 8.15 pm
Indian Roots 1: History, harmony and the politics of food

Pushpesh Pant I Food historian

DINNER | 8.15 – 9 pm
French Chef from an Indian Countryside
SESSION 4: Sustainability | 9 pm – 9.30 pm
Food transformers: Meet the people changing their country’s guts. For good

Corinne Morel-Darleux I Eco-socialist
Swati Renduchintala I Natural farming strategist

SESSION 5: Conscious Living | 9:30 pm – 10 pm
Indian Roots 2: The intelligent art of eating well — for self & society

Rujuta Diwekar I Nutritionist & fitness expert
Prachi Prabhat Pandit I Nutritionist

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March 1 | 6 PM

Debate & Ideas

Amphitheater @ Sunder Nursery, Delhi

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Happening – Film screening and Q&A
2023-02-27 18:30 - 20:30
As part of the New Delhi World Book Fair, the Embassy of France in India and French Institute in India in collaboration with Alliance Française de Delhi invite you for the screening of French film – Happening followed by Q&A session with the Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux.
Synopsis: France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so…
Annie Ernaux is the author of twenty books with Éditions Gallimard, including La Place/A Man’s Place (Prix Renaudot 1984), Passion simple/Simple Passion (1991), L’Événement/Happening (2000, made into film by Audrey Diwan in 2021), Les Années/The Years (2008, nominated for the Man Booker International Prize 2019) and Mémoire de fille/A Girl’s Story (2016). Her books have been gathered in a collection entitled Écrire la vie (2011).
Her writing, heavily influenced by autobiography, has strong connections to sociology. “Ernaux’s work is uncompromising and written in plain language, scraped clean. And when she with great courage and clinical acuity reveals the agony of the experience of class, describing shame, humiliation, jealousy or inability to see who you are, she has achieved something admirable and enduring” says the Swedish Academy.
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February 27 | 6:30 PM

Film Screening | Q&A

Alliance Française de Delhi

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Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis.
The venue and organizers reserve the right to deny entry in the case of overcapacity or any misbehavior.”

Happening / L’Événement (2021)

An evening with Annie Ernaux
2023-02-26 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for an evening of literary conversation led by author Nilanjana Roy, where you will be able to gain insights into the work and life of one of the greatest living authors. A dedicated time will be secured for questions from the audience, including journalists. A book signing session will follow the event.
Considered by many to be France’s most important writer, Annie Ernaux was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2022 for her life’s work.
Annie Ernaux is the author of twenty books with Éditions Gallimard, including La Place/A Man’s Place (Prix Renaudot 1984), Passion simple/Simple Passion (1991), L’Événement/Happening (2000, made into film by Audrey Diwan in 2021), Les Années/The Years (2008, nominated for the Man Booker International Prize 2019) and Mémoire de fille/A Girl’s Story (2016). Her books have been gathered in a collection entitled Écrire la vie (2011).
Her writing, heavily influenced by autobiography, has strong connections to sociology. “Ernaux’s work is uncompromising and written in plain language, scraped clean. And when she with great courage and clinical acuity reveals the agony of the experience of class, describing shame, humiliation, jealousy or inability to see who you are, she has achieved something admirable and enduring” says the Swedish Academy.
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February 26 | 6PM

Literature

Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, Delhi

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Please bring a digital copy of the confirmation email from the French Institute in India at the time of the event.
The venue and organizers reserve the right to deny entry in the case of overcapacity or any misbehavior.”

Nobel Prize lecture: Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize in Literature 2022

New Delhi World Book Fair
2023-02-25 - 2023-03-06
France, the Guest of Honour at the New Delhi World Book FairVisit a beautifully-designed French Pavilion in the newly-designed state-of-the-art Hall. Participate in exclusive literary programmes, workshops, book releases, seminars, and a lot more …
See the ProgrammeAfter India being country of honor at the Festival du Livre de Paris in France in April 2022, it is now France’s turn to be guest of honour at the New Delhi World Book Fair, which is opening its doors at Pragati Maidan on 25 February 2023.
Program of the French presence at the NDWBFConferences and round-tables
Saturday, February 25

Time
Event

1 pm
Writing through illustrations! Round-table with French graphic novelists Zeina Abirached, Simon Lamouret, Lisa Mandel and Mathieu Bertrand at International Pavilion

2 pm
An hour with star children’s book writer Susie Morgenster at International Pavilion

4:30 pm
Inaugural session with Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux at International Pavilion

Sunday, February 26

Time
Event

9 am
Presentation of the French publishing market at Ashok Hotel

2 pm
Fascinating world of children’s books – Round-table with renowned French children’s book writers Susie Morgenstern, Benjamin Chaud, and Laura Nsafou at International Pavilion

4 pm
The stories that never leave us! Round-table with award-winning French fiction writers Camille Laurens, Olivia Ruiz, and François-Henri Désérable at International Pavilion

6 pm
A Writer’s Place – An evening with Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux at Shri Ram Centre

Monday, February 27

Time
Event

6:30 pm
Happening – movie screening and Q&A with Annie Ernaux at Alliance française de Delhi

Workshops and other activities
Saturday, February 25

Time
Event

11 am
Performance-reading of A Nestful of Light by Karthika Nair and Joëlle Jollivet at Children’s Pavilion

Sunday, February 26

Time
Event

11 am
Be your own hero – workshop by Laura Nsafou at Children Pavilion

11 am
Drawing workshop by Benjamin Chaud at Eureka Bookstore

4 pm
Live drawing concert and workshop by Karthika Nair and Joëlle Jollivet at National Crafts Museum

Animations
February 25, 26, 27, 28

Time
Event

3 pm
Live drawing battles with graphic novelists at French Pavilion

4 pm
Get yourself clicked in a French café photo booth at French Pavilion

February 28

Time
Event

Café des poètes – Poetry readings at French Pavilion

Discover the 🇫🇷 French authors visiting NDWBFKey points about the French publishing market

A market of over €4 billion, one of the most dynamic in the Eurozone;
After a record year in 2021, the market is stabilising, but book sales in 2022 are still up significantly vs. 2019 (+11%), as in all European countries;
The number of bookshops is very high, thanks in particular to the law on the fixed prices of books;
20,000 to 25,000 book outlets (bookshops, cultural superstores, hypermarkets, supermarkets) including 3,500 independent bookshops. It is one of the densest networks in the world;
67,646 new titles and new editions published;
Literature, as well as comics (including Manga) and children’s books are the driving forces of the market, even if all sectors are performing very well;
Nearly 10,000 publishing structures in France;
After two historically strong years, digital book sales are down by 4% vs. 2021, but up by 11% compared to 2019;
Overall digital book sales in publishing are lower than in other markets, mainly because it is so easy to buy a printed copy;
Strong evolution of the “audio” market with the emergence of platforms in France;
20% of films released in France are book adaptations;
France is a very “open” market (more than 18% of new releases are books translated from a foreign language);
French is the second most-translated language in the world after English (17,000 titles translated in 2021)

Celebrating 50 years of NDWBF!
The 31st edition of New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), held for the past 50 years, is a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2023 is scheduled from 25 February to 5 March 2023 in newly constructed Halls 2-5 GF at the centrally located Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Fair is organized by National Book Trust, India, an autonomous organization of the Government of India under the Ministry of Education in collaboration with India Trade Promotion Organization. Today, Indian publishing stands poised at significant crossroads towards the path of growth. NDWBF offers the exhibitors a unique opportunity for business with this growing book industry. It is also an ideal venue for promoting titles, co-publication arrangements and trade. Besides the many literary and publishing conferences and programmes that are organized during the Fair, it also opens up a gateway to the publishing and intellectual world of South Asia. The Fair attracts participation from major publishing houses across the globe. In 2021, the Fair was organized virtually and the platform had more than 2.8 million hits, visitors from 70 countries across the world, 150 Indian Exhibitors and about 15 Foreign Exhibitors.

Choose France Tour
2023-02-21 - 2023-03-14

Webinar: Study Cinema, Image and Sound in France
2023-02-16 18:00 - 19:00
Did you know that France is renowned for offering some of the most outstanding specialized programs in the field of cinema?
This presents an opportunity for you to learn about the various courses offered by French educational establishments, the necessary admission criteria, potential career opportunities, and more.
Furthermore, you can gain insights from a former student about their educational journey in studying cinema in France.

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French Live
2023-02-10 17:30 - 19:30
Debashish PaulDebashish is a 1994-born sculptor and performance artist who explores queer identity and the societal norms surrounding it. He studied at the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship and later pursued a master’s degree from Banaras Hindu University. He uses sculptural dresses to reveal his emotions and desires. His work has been recognized in several exhibitions and has won various awards, including the Allegro Main Prize and lnlaks Fine Art Award. His work is showcased as part of the Artist-in-Residence program at the India Art Fair 2023.
ME WITH MY PETPerformance“Metaphorically a pet or imaginary friend is my memory whom I am always carrying with me. In my lonely fantastic world, I am continually having conversations with them. In a way, pets are my other internal self. This idea arises from the distance that is created in personal relationships. In this work, I want to understand how someone’s memories internally create a form and love it like a pet, and a new story of life is created.
In this project, the sculptural dresses as well as freestanding sculptures represent my internal body and various imagined non-human forms. The dresses were made in Varanasi and the first durational live performance was executed in Khanta village in Sonbhadra district, and Jargo village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.”
FIRE IN THE BELLYLaunch of the PosterzineFeaturing 8 trailblazing women artists and creative powerhouses – Anikesa Dhing, Aqui Thami, Aravani Art Project, Dhruvi Acharya, Meena Kandasamy, Rithika Pandey, Shilpa Gupta, and Zeenat Kulavoor – this posterzine is a call to action, a celebration of female strength, and an invitation to join the movement for equality.
Each poster is a unique expression of the artist’s vision, a tearable and pastable piece of art that can be used in small acts of celebration and protest. From enormous issues of sexuality, class, caste and ecology to innermost pains and pleasures, these I posters explore the complexities of the world, and invite you to engage in the power of DIY and surprise yourself with your own inner fire.
FRANCE EU GENDER CHAMPIONThe choice of such programming is also deeply linked to our vision of art as an inclusive creative practice which should provide everyone with the opportunity to express themselves on subjects such as gender, empowerment, and many others.
The Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India, along with the network of Alliances Françaises in India, are committed to promoting equality and inclusivity through all their programs. 2023 marks the year of “France EU Gender Champion” and we will be organizing, along with our partners, a series of events promoting leading voices in the field of gender equality. We invite everyone to join us!
More upcoming French Live event

18 April – Sufi Night

5 October – Music Sundowner

2 November – Fashion Show

Convergence
2023-02-07 - 2023-02-28
Xavier Zimbardo, Les moineaux du Lake Palace Hôtel, 1982 © Collection Musée Niépce NicéphoreMarc Riboud, India, 1956 © Fonds Marc Riboud – Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – GuimetMarc Riboud, Darjeeling, Inde, 1956 © Fonds Marc Riboud – Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – GuimetLouis-Théophile Marie Rousselet, Tombeau de Brising Deo sur le bord de la Betwa, 1867 © Musée Goupil, Ville de Bordeaux .jpgBernard Pierre Wolff, Ellorâ, Inde, 1975How did French as well as Indian photographers perceive India over two & a half centuries of its history? In this exhibition, different visions of French as well as Indian artists who travelled or lived in India from the mid-19th century to the 1970s will be showcased through the medium of photography.
Among all these intrepid travellers, writers, journalists, photographers and artists, discover the works of notable French photographers such as Louis Rousselet (who came to India in the mid-nineteenth-century), Marc Riboud (a celebrated French photojournalist who travelled all around Asia in the 50s), and many other works of modern European Masters such as Denis Brihat, Paul Almasy, Michel Séméniako, who took exploratory trips to India from the 1950s onwards until the 1970s like the French-born American photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff.
Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes. - Marc Riboud, French photographer (1923-2016) A selection of 19th-century prints and negatives from the most prestigious French institutions (The National Museum for Asiatic Arts – Guimet, Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Musée Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Maison Européenne de la Photographie and Musée Goupil – Ville de Bordeaux) will be showcased for the very first time in India.
Event CalendarClick on your city to see the details
Ahmedabad | 24 March - 2 April
Time: 4 pm – 8 pm
Venue: Amdavad ni Gufa

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Bengaluru | 12 April - 23 April
Time: 12 pm to 7 pm (all days)
Venue: Bangalore International Centre (BIC)

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Chennai | 11 May - 23 May
Inauguration: 11 May at 6 pm
Exhibition on view: 12 – 23 May | 9:30 am – 6 pm
Venue: Government Museum Egmore, Chennai

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Delhi | 28 April - 30 June
Opening ceremony: 27 April | 6 pm, open to all
Exhibition on view until 30 June
View timing: 11 am to 6:30 pm
Venue: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, No. 145, DLF South Court Mall, Saket, New Delhi – 110017

How to join?
◉ Free event, open to all
◉ The museum is closed on Monday and on all public holidays.
◉ Covid-19 protocol

Venue Map
Kolkata | 15 Nov - 7 Dec
Exhibition Opening: 15 November at 6 pm
On view: 15 November – 7 December 2022
Time: 10 am to 6 pm
Venue: Indian Museum, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Fire Brigade Head Quarter, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Taltala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700016

How to join?
◉ Click the link to buy tickets: https://indianmuseumkolkata.org/ticket-booking

Mumbai | 22 Dec - 12 Jan
Exhibition Opening: 22 December at 5:30 pm
On view: 22 December – 12 January
Time: 10 am to 6 pm
Venue: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai

How to join?
◉ Click here: https://csmvs.in/visit-us
Delhi | 7 Feb - 27 Feb
On view: 7 February – 27 February
Time: 8 am to 10 pm
Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003

How to join?
◉ Free Entry, Open to all
The original photographs will be on view at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi, the reproductions will travel across 5 different cities in India and will be on display in the form of outdoor exhibitions.‘By researching archives in France as well as India, this project hopes to think about geography, identity and ‘place-making’ as part of a larger cultural exchange wherein we may question belonging, origins and the interdependence between people from across the world’ Rahaab Allana, Curator, Alkazi Foundation for the ArtsAbout the curatorRahaab Allana
Rahaab Allana is Curator, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts; Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (London) and was previously, Honorary Research Associate at University College, London. He is on the board of the Trans-Asia Photography (TAP) Review; Founding Editor of PIX; Founder of the ASAP/art app; and has recently guest-edited Aperture Magazine’s 2021 summer issue on Delhi.
AboutPartnersThe Alkazi Foundation for the Arts
The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is a registered charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the cultural history of India through extensive research on photography. Housed in the foundation is the private collection of Ebrahim Alkazi, known as the Alkazi Collection of Photography, which comprises works in the form of photographic albums, single prints, paper negatives and glass-plate negatives, painted photographs, and photo postcards. The collection is particularly strong in areas such as archaeology, architectural history, the urban development of colonial cities, military studies, anthropological studies and topography.
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Established at the initiative of the avid art collector Kiran Nadar, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) opened its doors to the public in January 2010 as the first private museum of art exhibiting modern and contemporary works from India and the sub-continent. Located in the heart of New Delhi, India’s capital city, KNMA is a non-commercial/not-for-profit organization that intends to exemplify the dynamic relationship between art and culture through its exhibitions, publications, educational and public programs.
India Art Fair
Taking place annually in India’s capital, New Delhi, the India Art Fair celebrates modern-day South Asia, combining cutting-edge contemporary visual art with modern masters and vernacular artistic traditions. Positioning art and the artist’s voice at its core, the fair’s programme draws together galleries and institutions, private foundations and arts charities, artists’ collectives and national museums, cultural events and festivals, enabling local and international audiences to engage in innovative ways with the cultural history and development of the region. In addition, the fair is committed to supporting arts education and professional development opportunities and aims to increase audiences for the arts within India. India Art Fair is owned by Angus Montgomery Arts, a division of Angus Montgomery Ltd.
Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts
Presenting 5,000 years of Asian art, the Musée Guimet is the largest European museum devoted to Asian art. Its collections are of unparalleled richness and diversity outside of Asia. From the Buddhas of Afghanistan to the Zen monks of Japan, from Indian fabrics to Samurai armor, and from Khmer treasures to Chinese fine art, the Musée Guimet presents all the civilizations of the Asian continent.
Les amis de Marc Riboud
The association Les amis de Marc Riboud was created in 2002 in order to expand the public’s awareness of the photographs by Marc Riboud. It relies on its members to encourage exhibitions, books, films and all projects that could help reach this goal.
After Marc Riboud’s archives have been donated to the National Asian arts Museum – Guimet in Paris, the association is hosted there to prepare exhibitions, books and all projects keeping his legacy alive.
Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Simultaneously a museum, a cultural centre, and a place for research and teaching, the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac was born from the political desire to highlight non-European cultures, in the heart of Paris. Located on the banks of the River Seine, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the collection housed by the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is extremely diverse, both in terms of its regions (Africa, Asia, Oceania, Americas) and its contents (photographs, textiles, sculptures, masks, etc.). The museum gathers a collection of 370 000 objects, a considerable collection of graphic art and a collection composed of more than 710 000 ancient and contemporary photographic pieces. The photography collection covers the whole geographic area represented by the museum, as well as the entire historical field of the medium, from 1842 to today.
Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône
Located in Chalon-sur-Saône, the ambition of the musée Nicéphore Niépce is to explain the basics of photography from its invention by Niépce up to today’s digital imagery. Its collections bring together almost three million photographs and objects that provide the possibility of a constantly renewed experience visit after visit. The use of interactive terminals and increasingly sophisticated technology provides a deeper understanding of the photographic world.
The museum is planned as an initiation to the broad principles of photography. Professional prints are displayed side by side with amateur efforts. The illustrated press has an important place as an essential support to the worldwide spread of the medium.
Musée Goupil - Ville de Bordeaux
Created in 1991 by the Town of Bordeaux, the Goupil Museum is dedicated to the image, its techniques and its uses in the 19th century. It contains the collections of the House of Goupil, a dynasty of art publishers and international gallery owners based in Paris who were active from 1827 to 1920.
The Goupil collections consist of 70,000 photographs, 46,000 stamps, 7,200 matrices (engraved coppers, stone lithographs, typogravure and chromotypogravure blocks, glass negatives) and one thousand books and illustrated reviews.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Since opening in 1996, the MEP remains the primary French institution dedicated to photography in all its forms. Our exhibition programme includes both internationally recognised and emerging photographers and filmmakers, highlighting the diversity of artistic approaches to contemporary lens-based practices. Including a world-class collection of photographic prints and artists’ films from the post-war period and one of the largest specialised research libraries in Europe, the MEP is without equal in Paris.
For French language teachers: organize an outing for your students

Step out of the classroom: A pedagogical kit (in French) to explore Convergence exhibition

Download the pedagogical kitOrganized with the collaboration of:Title Image: Bernard Pierre Wolff, Chiites, Festival du Muharram, Lucknow, Inde, 1975 © Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris

Webinar: Bachelor of Science
2023-01-19 18:00 - 19:00
Registrations are now closed for this webinar!From its long history in science, literature, art, and history, France has plenty of exciting options for international students. As we know French education is about innovation. Let’s discover English-taught Bachelor’s degrees related to, Science and Technology.

The Bachelor of Global Engineering is a hybrid undergraduate program that takes elements from the best of both European and North-American engineering. The four-year program takes place in France for the first two years at Centrale Supelec and then 2 years at McGILL University in Canada.

Founded in 1794, École Polytechnique is France’s leading institution in science and technology. The Bachelor of Science is a highly selective three-year program, taught entirely in English and tailored to academically inclined students with a very strong interest in mathematics and science. École Polytechnique’s well-rounded approach to learning allows students to develop a solid academic background in science, while exploring topics unrelated to pure sciences.

University of Technology of Troyes, a top-end French engineering school, is offering a new bachelor’s degree in Data and Sustainability. This 3-year program fully taught in English is meant for students who are fond of data science and concerned about the future of our planet. At the end of the program, the successful students will have all the required knowledge and tools to guide decisions concerning industrial production while ensuring sustainable development.

Come & Explore more about the programs through first-hand information shared by institutional representatives.

Women Directors from France
2023-01-09 19:00 - 2023-01-23 21:00
Celebrating “Women Directors from France”Enjoy 5 films made by female French filmmakers from 9th to 23rd January 2023 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Free Entry, Open to all
ProgrammeReal Love🇫🇷 C'est ça l'amourby Claire Burger
Jan 9 at 7 pm | Free Entry, Open to allDrama / French with English subtitles / 98 mins
Forbach, Eastern France. Present day. Since his wife walked out on the family, Mario has raised their two daughters on his own. Frida, 14, blames him for her mother leaving. Niki, 17, dreams of independence. Meanwhile, Mario waits for his wife to come home.
Atlantics🇫🇷 Atlantiqueby Mati Diop
Jan 11 at 7 pm | Free Entry, Open to allDrama / French with English subtitles / 104 mins
Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future.
A Radiant Girl🇫🇷 Une Jeune Fille Qui Va Bien by Sandrine Kiberlain
Jan 17 at 7 pm | Free Entry, Open to allDrama / French with English subtitles / 98 mins
Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a young, bubbly, 19-year-old Jewish girl. Her family watches her discover the world, friends, new love and a passion for the theatre. The aspiring actress is living her youthful life without a care in the world, but she does not know that time may be running out.
The Crossing🇫🇷 La Traverséeby Florence Miailhe
Jan 18 at 7 pm | Free Entry, Open to allAnimation / French with English Subtitles / 84 mins
A small village looted in darkness, a family forced to flee… The two oldest children, Kyona and Adriel are quickly separated from their parents facing the road of exile alone. They embark on a heroic journey which takes them from childhood to adolescence in search of shelter, peace and the hope of finding refuge and their family.
Skies of Lebanon🇫🇷 Sous le ciel d'Aliceby Chloé Mazlo
Jan 23 at 7 pm | Free Entry, Open to allDrama / French with English Subtitles / 90 mins
In the 1950s, the young Alice leaves Switzerland for Lebanon, a sunny and exuberant country. There, she falls in love with Joseph, a mischievous astrophysicist who dreams of sending the first Lebanese into space. Alice quickly finds her place in his family. But after a few years of dolce vita, the civil war interferes in their paradise…

Webinar: The digital, a vector of equality?
2022-11-14 18:30 - 20:00
The French digital designer Isabelle Arvers and the Indian artist Gayatri Kodikal in conversation on the theme – The digital, a vector of equality?
Machines and software, in their design and usage, reflect the inequalities that run through the societies that develop them. Sometimes guaranteeing renewed access to education and culture, these technologies can also consolidate power relationships and raise several questions. Does digital technology worsen inequality of opportunity? What is the relationship between art and digital technology? Is the design of video games neutral and does it promote inclusion? In what ways can video games be seen as a new language and medium for artists? How can we ensure that the information available on the Internet, the digital world as a whole, allows for a fair representation of the existing cultural diversity and does not leave out certain minorities?
Watch the sessionAbout the panelists
Isabelle Arvers
Isabelle Arvers, PHD Candidate, LARSyS, Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI), FBAUL, is a French artist and curator whose research focuses on the interaction between art and video games. For the past twenty years, she has been investigating the artistic, ethical, and critical implications of digital gaming.
Her work explores the creative potential of hacking video games through machinima. As a curator, she focuses on video games as a new language for artists. She curated several shows and festivals around the world, including Jibambe na Tec (Nairobi, AF, 2020), Tecnofeminismo (Bogota, AF, 2019), Art Games World Tour exhibit (Buenos Aires, 2019), Interspecies Imaginaries (Overkill, 2019), Machinima in Mash Up (Vancouver Art Gallery, 2016), UCLA Gamelab Festival (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 2015, 2017), Evolution of Gaming (Vancouver, 2014), Game Heroes (Alcazar, Marseille, 2011), Playing Real (Gamerz, 2007), Mind Control (Banana RAM Ancona, Italy, 2004), Node Runner (Paris, 2004) Playtime (Villette Numérique, 2002) .
From 2013 to 2016, she worked on art and research projects and curated and produced six antiAtlas of Borders exhibitions around the mutations of the borders in the 21st century, including The Art of Bordering at MAXXI in Roma and Coding and decoding borders in Brussels. She was also in charge of the End of the Map exhibition in the fall 2015 in Paris about alternative, subversive and emotional cartography.
As a tribute to Nathalie Magnan, her association Kareron produced in 2018 TRANS//BORDER, Nathalie Magnan’s teachings, a series of events about ecosexuality, cyber feminism, alternative media and situated knowledge. Kareron is actually producing UKI a Sci-fi Alt reality cinema by Shu Lea Cheang.
In 2019, she embarked on an Art and Games World Tour in non western countries to promote the notion of diversity of gender, sexuality and geographic origin, focusing on queer, feminist, and decolonial practices. In 2020, Arvers started a PHD on Art & Games decolonization.
Gayatri Kodikal
Gayatri Kodikal is an artist and writer, who has worked with moving image, sound and esoteric game worlds. She indulges in the speculative, the historical, science fiction and feminist narratives.
Psychology, cinema, game design and oral storytelling informs her research and inquiry that lead her to play with concepts of time, memory, decay, traces and narrative forms. Game and ludic forms become a fertile space for conceptual art and thought. She writes to manifest and develop an ideology from a relationship with the ecological subject and the people, plants and beings who inhabit it in the age of climate change and the modulating body in migrational movement. The work has often combined specific historical instances with her interests in ghost stories, animism, magic and spatial memories. The investigative quality of such instances, missing information and wrong trails inspire fictional reconstructions and speculative situations that appear in most of the works. She is interested in how technology performs the haunting dance of absence and presence, investigating the material and immaterial as collage, assemblage, where in she tries to maintain the illusive physicality of the digital and instability of the analogue. She also explores film material as a historical artifact, by observing decay and preservation as documentation.
The archive is a key site of inquiry, where she unfolds a counter-archive and decolonised method and form. Her anarchival practices bring a heterogeneity and different media and materials into archives along with performance tactics that emerge from collaborative processes.
She has taught at The National Institute of Design, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, and KRV Institute of Architecture.Currently her research explores haunting, encounter, disappearance and camouflage as a speculative strategy for the modulating body. Her Masters thesis investigated the concept of ‘shapeshifting’ as a narrative trope that could lend itself to contemporary political strategies of embodiment; liminality and being in the void, the anarchitectural practice of trans* bodies, the fluidity and camouflage of protest spaces and the protester, the abjection of statelessness, the metaphor of the mangrove game world. She was guided by the mentorship of Hypatia Vourloumis and Anselm Franke at the Dutch Art Institute Roaming Academy, The Netherlands.

Noir in Mumbai
2022-11-13 10:00 - 18:00
NOIR IN MUMBAI premieres in India as part of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
Along with the presence of three rising stars of French crime fiction – Johana Gustawsson aka the Queen of French Noir, Sophie Hénaff with her Awkward Squad and Jérôme Loubry and his addictive thrillers – we are bringing in a unique event, The Kala Ghoda mystery, which will take the audience through the narrow streets of Mumbai’s Art District, to resolve the mystery of the theft of the Kala Ghoda!
Created by writer Kalpana Swaminathan, based on the great investigation organized every year at Quais du Polar festival in Lyon (France), this urban trail will require the participants’ entire attention to gather clues hidden on their way and get a chance to win two tickets to France!
How to Participate?Follow The Steps:

Register to secure your participation by sending an email to: info.culture.mumbai@afindia.org
Pick up your booklet at the Alliance Française de Bombay on Sunday, 13th November anytime from 10 am to 2 pm
Follow the steps in the booklet and answer the mystery
Deposit your answer sheet at the final stop at Kitab Khana before 4 pm
Join US for the closing ceremony and the lucky draw at NCPA at 5 pm

Follow The Steps:

Register to secure your participation by sending an email to: info.culture.mumbai@afindia.org
Pick up your booklet at the Alliance Française de Bombay on Sunday, 13th November anytime from 10 am to 2 pm
Follow the steps in the booklet and answer the mystery
Deposit your answer sheet at the final stop at Kitab Khana before 4 pm
Join US for the closing ceremony and the lucky draw at NCPA at 5 pm

The winner will get two round-trip tickets to Paris!

Authors on tourJérôme LoubryAuthor, France
Jérôme Loubry was born in Saint-Amand Montrond, famous for its book printing business, where his passion for writing was born. He now resides in the South of France. In five years and with five books he has received more than twelve prizes, in France and abroad, including the “Prix de cognac”, “Prix de Bruxelles” and ” Prix du livre de poche”. Two of his books The Refuge and The Final Chapter are available in English.
Sophie HénaffAuthor, France
French journalist and novelist, she writes in the French Cosmopolitan newspaper and has a humour column La Cosmoliste. She started out in a Lyon-based café-theatre before opening a card and board game bar, and then, finally, entering journalism. Poulets Grillés (The Awkward Squad) her first novel published in 2015 , about an investigation led by a brigade composed of undesirable elements of the police.
Johana GustawssonAuthor, France
Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science Johana Gustawsson writes books in the Nordic noir. She has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy & Castells series (Block 46, Keeper and Blood Song) has won the Plume d’Argent, Balai de la découverte, Balai d’Or and Prix Marseillais du Polar awards, and is now published in twenty-three countries.

Wall Art Festival #2
2022-11-07 - 2022-12-03
India has a variety of unique places: green cities, economically fast-growing cities, heritage sites, and a network of a vast and magical park or natural sites…A comfortable public space makes the main cities of the country, unique places among all the others, where citizens enjoy spending time.
India’s painting scene, over the history, is also a major aspect of Indian culture, with worldwide known artists such as Sayed RAZA and a variety of pictorial traditions that remain part of contemporary Indian society. Its artists are recognized through their originality, the respect of tradition and its unique identity for the storytelling, painting, and colourful aspects.
Considering and celebrating this incredible potential and the interest generated by this artistic practice, the French Institute in India, the network of Alliances Francaises in India, JSW Paints and their partners will pursue the development of a second edition of the WALL ART FESTIVAL. From the 7th of November until the 2nd of December 2022, all the invited artists will aim to make our cities and public space always more colourful and beautiful, through the vision of visual artists.
The 5 wall-artists Kid Kreol and Boogie, Olivia De Bona, Neethi and Mr. Poes will be crossing the country to look for fresh paintings!
From Jaipur to Pune passing by Delhi, Ahmedabad or Kolkata new inspirations and collaborations are waiting for them. From Chandigarh to Bhopal passing by Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, or Pune they will contribute, with Indian artists and students, to make India always more shiny! 13 cities where our Indo-French teams will become the actors of a new urban storytelling! Join them on their journey all over the country and prepare your pencils and spray cans.
! CAUTION WET PAINT !
Watch the AFTERMOVIE of the first edition of the Wall Art Fest. 1
WHERE?
Wall Art Festival is a national festival developed in many cities of the country. For the second edition of the Wall Art Festival, the artists will be releasing + 16 projects all over the country.

Workshop for the Franco-Indian Campus for Health
2022-06-27 - 2022-06-29
France is committed to establishing a Franco-Indian Campus centred around Health in the Indo-Pacific region. It is envisioned as a joint venture between the two nations to institute and promote excellence in education and research through teaching, training and research programmes delivered jointly by leading French and Indian Higher Education and Research Institutions. Considering the existing Franco-Indian scientific collaborations, the priority topics identified during bilateral dialogues, and the global challenges in health manifested by the pandemic, the focus of the proposed Franco-Indian Campus would be the health sector. The fields of teaching and research will span pure and applied sciences, social and human sciences, life sciences and technology, applied to One Health.
A Call to Gather Leading French and Indian Higher Education and Research Institutions
Bolstered by a long-standing and fruitful cooperation in education and research between India and France, the French Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) have jointly launched this initiative, to which € 900,000 (7.4 Crore INR) of public funding has been allocated. To establish a fair and transparent process for the selection of partners, be it standalone institutions or consortia, a Call for Projects, open to French Higher Education and Research Institutions, was launched on the 15th of April 2022. By the 1st of June 2022, the most promising project proposals were shortlisted by a jury from the two Ministries. These included both projects with Indian partners placed and those with Indian partners not yet identified.
About the Workshop:
The representatives of the shortlisted projects, put forth by 17 French Public Universities, have been invited to India for a Franco-Indian Higher Education and Research Workshop under the framework of the Franco-Indian Campus for Health initiative to be held from 27th – 28th June 2022 at The Claridges hotel. It will be attended by 22 French and 41 Indian Higher Education and Research Institutions, French and Indian research agencies, industry and government bodies concerned with this initiative. This workshop will serve as the preliminary interface for the various stakeholders of this initiative to meet, further develop their respective projects and explore new synergies both within and beyond the realm of this initiative. The University Grants Commission (UGC) will be represented at the workshop by its Chairman, Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar. The UGC’s new regulations for Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Educational Institutions to offer Twinning, Joint Degree and Dual Degree Programmes) Regulations resonate with this initiative in both spirit and in their call for action.
Way Forward:
By 30th September 2022, the final project proposals will be submitted. They will be subject to a rigorous selection process by a panel of experts, at the end of which, in October, three projects will be selected and awarded funding. The implementation of the selected projects must begin by the 31st of December.
At this preliminary stage, the Campus is proposed as a coalition of Franco-Indian academic partners in which each pair of institutions/consortia agrees on a syllabus for a programme awarding a dual degree (1 Indian degree + 1 French degree). The partners could be French and Indian institutions/consortia that already have an ongoing collaboration(s), but they could also be new stakeholders, provided there is an evidence of reciprocal commitment. The long-term aim of the campus is to confer degrees at Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral levels and facilitate high-end research and innovation projects. Ultimately, this joint undertaking would strengthen the academic and scientific cooperation between India and France by leveraging and emphasizing the respective strengths of the two nations in higher education and research for the strategic sector of Health.
