UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay on Tuesday kicked off her three-day tour of India seeking to bolster "strategic partnership" with the country focusing on areas of heritage and education, officials said.
This is her first official visit to India after she took charge as the DG of the world body, they said.
The DG after arriving in Delhi, visited the Raj Ghat to pay her respects to Mahatma Gandhi who has had a profound influence on UNESCO, officials said.
She also meet Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and the Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel, a UNESCO India official said.
UNESCO New Delhi tweeted pictures of her activities during the India visit
"#Humayun's tomb is the first garden tomb on Indian subcontinent The necropolis of the #Mughal dynasty inspired several major architectural innovations @UNESCO DG
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