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A presentation was made by the Board on the 11th of February 2005 to the Membership. Click here for a copy of the presentation. This document provides an insight in the background and future intentions of NIA, as proposed by the Board to the members.

Aims and objectives

The aims and objectives of the Association are:

To promote knowledge and understanding of the culture, history, philosophy, religions and social structure of India and the Netherlands among the peoples of both the countries.
To advance and promote friendly relations between the peoples of India and the Netherlands by widening and strengthening personal, cultural and social contacts.

Membership and structure

President: Drs. Badri Madan (raindrop@wanadoo.nl)
Treasurer: Drs. Marianne S. Oort
Secretary: Mr. Dave Gurnani (davegurnani@gmail.com)

Please click here for a short introduction of the Board members.

Any individual or family agreeing with the objectives of the Association can become its ordinary member by filling in the membership form and paying the annual subscription mentioned therein. Annual membership subscription of the Association effective 2007 is as follows:

NEW FEES
Family member :€ 30,00
Single member :€ 18,00
Student and 65+ :€ 13,00

Honorary membership of the Association may be conferred upon individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of Indo-Dutch cultural relations.

The Association functions under the general control and direction of the Executive Board, which is elected by and is answerable to the general body of the Association. The Executive Board elects the office bearers of the Association -president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. In their respective fields they are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Association.

The number of individual membership of the Netherlands-India Association at the end of January 2002 was 512.

Activities

The Association strives to achieve its objectives mainly by organizing socio-cultural events such as music and dance programmes, talks and symposia, social get-togethers, film shows and visual art exhibitions. In general, it organizes about eight to ten activities every year, occasionally in cooperation with other sister organizations. Platform of these activities serve as a meeting place for the local Dutch and the Indians living in the Netherlands.

The Association notes with gratitude and satisfaction that many prominent political, judicial and religious leaders of both the countries have addressed its meetings and also that a number of outstanding Indian artists have performed under its auspices.

The Cultural Fund

The Cultural Fund, an autonomous organ of the Association, was created in 1983 to underwrite those cultural programmes, which cannot be financed from the normal resources of the Association.

It is administered by a Board of three trustees appointed by the Executive Board of the Association. It invites people to contribute special financial resources from which the Association's activities can be supported.

Its income is raised from donations, subsidies, interest on capital, the surplus from various special programmes underwritten by it and fund raising campaigns organised within the framework of the objectives of the Association.