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Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, ex-officio President of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), addressed its 25th anniversary as an Institution of National Importance at Sapru House, New Delhi, on 15 September 2026.
ICWA was founded in 1943 by intellectuals led by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Dr. H.N. Kunzru as a think tank on international relations.
The Indian Council of World Affairs Act, 2001 declared it an Institution of National Importance; it is funded by the Ministry of External Affairs but is autonomous.
ICWA organised the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi (23 March–2 April 1947), hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru.
ICWA founded by intellectuals led by Tej Bahadur Sapru and H.N. Kunzru
ICWA organises the Asian Relations Conference, New Delhi, hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru
Sapru House inaugurated by Nehru
Indian Council of World Affairs Act declares ICWA an Institution of National Importance
Silver Jubilee as an INI, addressed by Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan
Act of Parliament declaring ICWA an Institution of National Importance — the status whose 25 years were marked in 2026.
The law under which ICWA was first registered as a non-official, non-political, non-profit body.
Think tank on international relations and foreign affairs: research, conferences, publications
Funds ICWA; the External Affairs Minister is the Council's Vice-President
GS Paper 2 > Statutory bodies; India and its foreign relations
Static GK > Institutions and their heads
A status conferred on an institution by an Act of Parliament.
ICWA's seat in New Delhi, named after founder President Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru.
1947 New Delhi meeting of Asian delegations organised by ICWA and hosted by Nehru.