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Miss Ankita compeering at the Bharatanatyam concert led by Ms Geeta Chandran & her troupe in Edinburgh on 10th February 2010 to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Indian Republic.

 

 

Hon’ble Minister for Culture, Europe & External Affairs Fiona Hyslop lighting the traditional lamp along with other high dignitaries, High Commissioner Nalin Surie, Mrs. Poonam Surie and Consul General Anil Anand at the Bharatanatyam dance performance by Ms Geeta Chandran & her troupe in Edinburgh on 10th February 2010.

 

    Hon’ble Lord Arthur Hamilton, Lord Justice General of Scotland lighting the traditional lamp at the Bharatanatyam dance performance.

 

 

               Hon’ble Jim Murphy, Secretary of State for Scotland lighting the traditional lamp at the Bharatanatyam dance performance.

 

 

Hon’ble Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Minister lighting the traditional lamp at the Bharatanatyam dance performance.

 

 

Mrs. Poonam Surie wife of High Commissioner of India Mr. Nalin Surie lighting the traditional lamp at the Bharatanatyam dance performance by Ms Geeta Chandran & her troupe in Edinburgh on 10th February 2010.

 

Ms Geeta Chandran performing a Bharatanatyam dance sequence at the George Square Theatre in Edinburgh on 10th February 2010. 

 

Ms Geeta Chandran and her dance troupe giving a performance in Edinburgh. 

 

 

Bharatanatyam dance troupe of Ms Geeta Chandran giving a performance at George Square Theatre in Edinburgh.

 

Distinguished hon'ble guests with Ms Geeta Chandran and her dance troupe members at the concert in Edinburgh.

 

Consul General & Mrs. Anil Anand with Provost Fergus Wood and local Indian community members at the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of Indian Republic in Stirling on 31st January 2010. 

 

 

Consul General & Mrs. Anil Anand with Provost Fergus Wood and members of Stirling Council at the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of Indian Republic in Stirling on 31st January 2010. 

 

Local artists Bhangra ensemble at the function in Stirling. 

 

Bharatanatyam dance performance by local artists in Stirling.

 

Consul General Anil K. Anand addressing the gathering at the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of Indian Republic in Stirling on 31st January 2010. 

 

Consul General & Mrs. Anil K. Anand with The Rt Hon The Lord Provost Robert (Bob) Winter and Lady at the Charity Burns Supper Reception hosted by the Lord Provost in Glasgow on 29th January 2010.

 

Consul General and Mrs. Anu Anand with Donald Martin, Editor-in-Chief, Herald & Times Group, Glasgow and his wife Mrs. Janie Martin at Burns Supper in Glasgow.

 

                     Consul General and Mrs. Anu Anand with US Consul General Ms Dana Linnet at Burns Supper in Glasgow.
 

 

Consul General with Commodore Charles Stevenson, Naval Regional Commander for Scotland & Northern Ireland and Mr. Martin Hunt, MD, Tartan Silk.

 

Consulate ladies singing National Anthem at the celebrations of 60th Anniversary of India's Republic Day organized by the Consulate General of India on 26th January 2010 at the Consulate premises.

 

Invited guests at the Republic Day Reception on 26 January 2010. 

 

Consul General Anil K. Anand addressing the gathering at the Reception organized on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of India's Republic Day celebrations by the Consulate General of India on 26th January 2010 at the Consulate premises.

 

 

Consul General Anil K. Anand spoke about India's major achievements since Independence.

 

 

Consul General and his wife Mrs. Anu Anand with Rt Hon'ble Bruce Crawford MSP, Scottish Minister for Parliamentary Business at the Republic Day Reception on 26th January 2010. 

 

 

    Consul General Anil Anand launches Dr. Bashabi Fraser’s book “From the Ganga to the Tay ” in the Consulate premises on 3rd December, 2009.

 

Dr. Bashabi Fraser spoke about the book.

 

Mr. Kenny Munro, artist & photographer shares his experiences. 

 

A few invited guests at the book launch.

 

      Other invited guests at the book launch function.

 

Bagpiper and Dhol artists preparing to welcome dignitaries at the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay arrival at the Consulate on 30th November, 2009.

 

 

         Deputy First Minister, Hon’ble Nicola Sturgeon with the Queen’s Baton.

 

             First Minister, Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond with the Queen’s Baton.

 

                   First Minister, Deputy First Minister, Mr. Michael Cavanagh, Chairman, Commonwealth Games Scotland with Mr. & Mrs Anand. 

 

First Minister lighting the traditional lamp.

 

    Consul General Anil Anand welcoming the distinguished guests.

 

First Minister addressing the invitees.

 

                Mr. Michael Cavanagh, Chairman, Commonwealth Games Scotland speaking at the function.

 

First Minister with Shri Seva Singh Kohli.

 

Deputy First Minister with members of the Indian community.

 

Hon’ble Fergus Wood, Provost of Stirling holding the Queen’s Baton with Chief Inspector Thomas McLoughlin.

 

               Mr. Donald Martin, Editor-in-Chief, Herald & Times Group & Mrs. Janie Martin, Mr. Michael Cavanagh, Chairman and Mr. John Doig, CEO, Commonwealth Games Scotland with Consul General Anil Anand and Consul S.N. Srinivasan.

     

 

Consul General Anil Anand with Indian students at Ayr College graduation ceremony on 30th October, 2009.

 

           Deputy Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. Rob Munn welcoming invited guests at Diwali celebrations in City Hall, Edinburgh on 20th October, 2009.

 

   Consul General and Mrs. Anu Anand with Deputy Lord Provost.

 

                   Consul General Anil Anand lighting the traditional lamp at Diwali celebrations organized by Forth Valley Women’s Organization in Falkirk on 18th October 2009.  Provost Pat Reid of Falkirk and Mrs. Rana Dhillon are also seen. 

 

       Ramlila artists with members of the community at Falkirk Diwali function.

 

                 Ms Indrani Bhattacharya rendering Indian classical dance performance at Diwali celebrations in Falkirk . 

 

Consul General Anil Kumar Anand and Mr Paul Docherty, Director, British Council Scotland with invitees and members of the cultural troupe at the Satyajit Ray Films Retrospective in Dundee on 26 September 2009. 

 

 

Lord Provost of Dundee Rt Hon John R Letford garlanding the photo of Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti and the International Day of Non-Violence at Bharatiya Ashram in Dundee on 2 October 2009.  

 

 

Consul General Anil Kumar Anand paid a courtesy call on Lord Provost of Dundee Rt Hon John R Letford on 2 October 2009.  Mr. & Mrs Jyoti Hazra of the Bhartiya Ashram, Dundee are also seen in the picture. 

 

 

Local artists enacting the victory of good over evil at the Dussehra celebrations in Edinburgh on 4 October 2009 by the Scottish Indian Arts Forum. 

 

 

Swami Chidanand Saraswati, Suneeta Poddar, Swami Ramdev, Mohammad Sarwar (MP), Sohan Singh, T. S. Rawat, Minister of Agriculture of the State of Uttarakhand, Consul General Anil Kumar Anand and other dignitaries at  the inauguration of the International Patanjali Yog Peeth Centre at Cumbrae Islands on 27 September 2009. 

 

 

Rt Hon Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland along with awardees of the 3rd Annual Achievements Awards for their outstanding contribution to the Scottish society, at a ceremony hosted by 'Sikhs in Scotland' at the George Square, Glasgow on 1 October 2009.  Consul P.C. Biswas represented the Indian Consulate at the function. 

 

 

Consul General Anil Kumar Anand lighting the ceremonial lamp to inaugurate the Onam celebrations by Edinburgh Malayalee Samajam on 5th September 2009 where he was invited as the Chief Guest.

 

Cultural function at the Onam celebrations by Edinburgh Malayalee Samajam on 5th September 2009.

 

Ms. Ananda Shankar Jayant performing "Simhanandini" at the Edinburgh Mela on 8th August 2009.

 

Ms. Ananda Shankar Jayant with her group along with the Lord Provost of Edinburgh Rt. Hon. George Grubb, Lady Provost and the Acting Consul General S.N. Srinivasan at the Edinburgh Mela where Ananda performed on 8th August 2009.

 

 

Ms. Ananda Shankar Jayant, Kuchipudi dancer with the Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Mela where she performed on 8th August, 2009.

 

Prof. Barun De, Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission seen with Rt. Hon. Mike Russel, Scottish Government Minister for External Affairs, Culture and the Constitution, Lord Charles Bruce, Dr. Sengupta and Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan, during a call on the Minister at St. Andrews House in Edinburgh on 29th July, 2009.

 

Acting Consul General S.N. Srinivasan seen with Indian students working in Edinburgh Ankit Goyal, Nimita Randhawa and Sateesh Peri at the IAESTE summer reception organized by the British Council on 16.7.2009.

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan seen with the Hon. Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution at a Reception at the Edinburgh castle.

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan with Dr. C.S. Manohar, Professor of Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during his visit to Edinburgh on 15.7.2009 along with Prof Asif Usmani and Dr. Pankaj Pankaj from the University of Edinburgh.   

 

Mrs. Sharmila Tagore speaking to the audience at the Reception hosted in her honour by Mr. Michael Russel, Hon. Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution of the Scottish Government at the Edinburgh Castle on Sunday 20th June, 2009.

 

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan and Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan with Mrs. Sharmila Tagore, Mr. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sir Sean Connery, Mr. Mark Cousins, and Mr. Michael Russel, Hon. Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution of the Scottish Government at the Edinburgh Castle during a Reception hosted in honour of Ms. Sharmila Tagore by the Minister on Sunday 20th June, 2009.

 

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan handing over a set of books to Professor Chirstine Hallet, Principal of the University of Stirling on 18th June, 2009 , as donation for the University's Library.

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan with the Lord Provost of Stirling Rt. Hon. Fergus Wood during his courtesy call on the latter at Stirling on 18th June, 2009. 

 

Acting Consul General S.N.Srinivasan with the ICCR sponsored Gujarati Folk Dance troupe of Shri Kumar Pal Rana, at the Press launch of the Glasgow Mela on 16th June 2009.

 

S.N.Srinivasan, Acting Consul General with Mr. K. Ramadoss, Chief Executive European Branches, Bank of India and Mr. R.K. Srivastava, Manager, Glasgow Branch of Bank of India on 13th June 2009 at the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the reopening of the Glasgow Branch.

 

S.N.Srinivasan, Acting Consul General  with Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Chairperson & MD, Biocon Limited and Prof. Pamela Gillies, Principal, Glasgow Caledonian University at a function in Glasgow on 12 June 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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