Indian Institute of World Culture is in cultural space and hosts a wide range of activities pertaining to art, philosophy and culture. Our objective is to offer world-class quality experience for people who wants to learn and enhance their lifestyle.
For the achieving of these ideals, public lectures are regularly organized on relevant and contemporary topics. These are blended with programs of music and dance to enrich the cultural life. On an average, one hundred and fifty programs are organized yearly, with not less than two programme each week. Among the many distinguished scholars who have honoured the Institute by their visits, special mention could be made of Sir C P Ramaswamy Ayiar, Prof. Julian Huxley, Prof. Arnold Toynbee, Shri C Rajagopalachari, Lord Boyd Orr, H H the Panchen Lama, Dr. J V Narlikar, Dr. K G Saiyidain, Dr. Karan Singh,H. H. Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar and Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr, and many other world renowned persons. Some of the lectures have been reprinted as “Transactions of the Institute” for wider dissemination. Ninety three such Transactions have been issued so far. Each month’s programme is given advance publicity in the monthly Bulletin of the Institute. All programs are conducted punctuality. The institute maintains a General Library of over 40,000 volumes, to satisfy one of the needs of the community. A separate Children’s Library has been established for the younger generation. Both these have become very popular and useful over the years. Its Magazine Section regularly receives over 400 periodicals.
Torch bearers of the Institute
Advisory Committee Chair
Justice T Singaravelu Mudaliar
(1945-1949)
Sri D V Gundappa
(1949-1955)
Presidents
Sri B P Wadia
(1945-1958)
Smt Sophia Wadia
(1958-1986)
Sri M V Venkataramaiah
(1986-1992)
Sri K R Ramachandran
(1992-2003)
 Justice M N Venkatachalaiah (2003-2018) |  Sri V J Prasad (2018-2022) |  Dr. T. S. Satyavathi (2023 – Till Date) |
Vice Presidents
 Smt Sophia Wadia (1958-1986) |  Dr. L S Doraiswamy (1945-1951) |  Mr. Jacques Dedeyn (1958-1966) |  Dr. M N Mahadevan (1958-1973) |
 Sri M V Venkataramaiah (1986-1992) |  Sri K R Ramachandran (1992-2003) |  Ms. Sophia Tenbroeck (1991-1996) |  Prof. V K Doraswamy (1997-2008) |
 Dr. R N Nagaraj (2009-2016) |  Sri D N Munikrishna (2016-2018) |  Dr. Vijayalakshmi Balekundri (2019-2022) |  Sri C. S. Aravinda (2023 – Till Date) |
Honorary Secretaries
 Smt Mirabai Doraiswamy (1945-1950) | Mr. Jacques Dedeyn (1958-1966) | Sri M V Venkataramaiah (1986-1992) |  Sri Anand Kundaji (1974-1990) |
 Sri M S S Murthy (1990-1992) |  Sri YM Balakrishna (1992-2014) |  Mr. T K Thimmaraja Setty (2015-2016) |
Dr. R N Nagaraj (2009-2016) |  Sri Arakali Venkatesh Prasad (2019-Till date) |
Major Gen. S.L. Bhatia
Mrs. Doraiswamy
Sri K.Guru Dutt
Sri.B.V.Narayana Reddy
Sri V.P.Menon
Sri.M.A.Sreenivasan
Sri Mahmood Shariff
Sri B.Vasudevamurthy
Sri C.J.Revel
Sri.V.S.Natarajan
Prof. L.S.S.Kumar
HH. Sri Marthanda Varma
Sri Krishnaswamy S
Sri Ananthakrishnan A
Sri Jahangir Tijoriwala
Miss C.N.Mangala
Dr. M.N.Dasanna
Sri Y.M.Balakrishna
Dr.K.Muddanna
Sri.Haneef Jawaid
Sri. C.Suryanarayana Rao
Sri M.L.Ramprakash
Sri.D Murali Varadan
Sri.K.Thimmappiah
Sri.V.Srinivasan
Sri.G.S.Balasundaram
Sri.V.N.S.Vasan
Prof.K.S.Lakshmana Rao
Prof.T.M.Ameer Ahmed
Sri.M.L.S.Rao
Sri.B.N.K.Sarathi
Prof.K.S.Lakshmana Rao
Sri.K.S.A.Padmanabhan
Sri.C.Muralidhara
Dr.Shakuntala Manay
Sri Renuk Aradhya
Dr. V.Ramamani
Prof.S.Ranganna
Smt.R.Vijayamma
Sri.L.Chandrashekar
Smt.Leena
S Dr.K.Hussain
Sri.H.Nanjundiah
Dr.Y.C.Kamala
Dr.B.Narsing Rao
Sri.B.M.Shankar
Smt.Munira Hussain
Sri.P.A.Nazareth
Sri.K.Jairaj
Sri.Prakash Kambathalli
Dr.K.Raghunatha Rao
Sri.T.S.Venugopal
Sri.P.C.Balaraj
Dr.Mallepuram Venkatesh
Prof.K.S.Kannan
Sri T S Nagabharana
Sri M R Prasanna Kumar
Sri N Venkatesh Hegde
Sri Ashish Krishnaswamy
Smt. Sarojini Bharadwaja
Dr. T S Satyavathi
Sri Ajith Kumar
Dr. T S Mohan
Sri Sathisha Kowshika
Sri Vishweshwara Sharma
Sri Amit Kumar