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click. play. discover the Kids' Corner

On May 10, 2013, the German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner, together with 100 students from the German School as well as PASCH schools and KV schools from Delhi, launched the “Kids’ Corner” – an...

Kids from PASCH and KV School, along with kids from German School participated at the launch of the Kids' Corner

Kids' Corner is an innovative, new interactive programme on our website, especially designed for school students

For the first time an Embassy in India sets up an entire interactive segment for kids and students on its website

The Kids’ Corner is about learning as you go: about Germany and its vibrant capital Berlin

Ambassador Michael Steiner and the kids at the launch

Ambassador Michael Steiner speaks at the launch of the Kids' Corner

The illustrations for the Kids' Corner have been done by Priya Kurien, a Delhi-based artist

German Ambassador Michael Steiner and the school kids at the launch

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner at the launch

Kids browse through the Kids' Corner section on the website

click. play. discover at the Kids' Corner

German Ambassador Michael Steiner and the kids explore Kids' Corner

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India, Germany strengthen bilateral cooperation

On April 11, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and a five-member Ministerial delegation held the second round of Intergovernmental consultations with Germany. The consultations focused on coope...

Geman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh in Berlin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inspect the Guard of Honour in Berlin

Chancellor Merkel and PM Singh meet students of Kendriya Vidyalaya school AFS Tughlakabad, who won a trip to Berlin in a competition

Chancellor Merkel and PM Singh address a press conference after the second Indo-German Inter-governmental consultations

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives a ceremonial welcome at the Chancellery in Berlin

Chancellor Merkel and PM Singh interact with the KV kids who won the competition 'Germany in my Mind'

Chancellor Merkel and PM Singh with the KV school kids

The KV school is one amongst the 300 schools of the network across India that is part of the project ‘Deutsch an 1000 Schulen’

German Minister of Economics & Technology Dr. Philipp Rösler and Indian Minister for Commerce & Industry Anand Sharma at a bilateral meeting in Berlin

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in Berlin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the press conference in Berlin

Chancellor Merkel and PM Singh at the second Indo-German Inter-governmental consultations in Berlin

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KV kids off to explore Berlin

German Ambassador Michael Steiner hosted the 30 children of the prize-winning Kendriya Vidyalaya school on 5 April at his residence. He bid them farewell prior to their seven-day trip to Berlin.

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner greets students of Kendriya Vidyalaya school AFS Tughlakabad Second Shift at his residence

The children bagged the first prize of a seven-day trip to Berlin in the competition 'Germany in my mind', organised jointly by the German Embassy and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi

The 30 children from the winning KV school were at the Ambassador's residence on 5 April before they left for Berlin

The prize-winning KV school is one amongst the 300 schools of the network across India that is part of the project ‘Deutsch an 1000 Schulen’ (German in 1,000 Schools) initiated by the Goethe-Institute / Max Mueller Bhavan

Ambassador Steiner receives a special thank-you card prepared by the children

The ambassador and his wife Eliese Steiner admiring the children's creativity

The children, along with Ambassador Steiner, showing off their language skills

The key sponsors of the first prize are Lufthansa, Max Mueller Bhavan and the German National Tourism Board (DZT)

Ambassador Steiner interacts with the German language teachers of the KV school at his residence

The children eagerly listen to the Ambassador as he describes what their programme in Berlin would include

The children were looking forward to the site-seeing programme

The 30 KV schoolkids and their teachers pose with the Berlin Buddy Bear, along with Ambassador Steiner and partners from Max Mueller Bhavan, DZT and Lufthansa

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German Ambassador visits KV Powai

As part of his third official trip to Mumbai, German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner visited the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) school in Powai. KV Powai is part of the milestone project “German in 1,000...

Students from KV School Powai perform during Ambassador Michael Steiner's visit

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner being welcomed to the KV School in Powai

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner at KV School Powai

KV students performed during Ambassador Steiner's visit

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner at the KV School in Powai

Students of KV Powai show off their German language skills in the presence of Ambassador Steiner

German Ambassador Michael Steiner and Mumbai Consul General Michael Siebert at the KV School in Powai

KV Powai is part of the milestone project “German in 1,000 schools”

KV School Powai students perform during Ambassador Michael Steiner's visit

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner at KV Powai

KV students perform during Ambassador Steiner's visit

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner and Mumbai Consul General Michael Siebert at the KV School in Powai

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Women's Day at German Ambassador's Residence

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner hosted more than 600 women from all walks of life, Indian and international, at his residence on 8 March, the International Women’s Day. Actress and social w...

German Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner welcomes women to their residence on International Women's Day

Women from Indian NGOs – the Centre for Social Research (CSR), the Hope Project and the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) came for the event

More than 600 women from all walks of life were hosted by German Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner

Students from various Universities in Delhi were also invited to the event

Women from all walks of life got a chance to have a dialogue with each other

German Ambassador Michael Steiner interacts with the guests

Ambassador's wife Eliese Steiner during the event

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner addresses the gathering at his Residence

The gathering listens to the speeches during the event

Women from all walks of life were present during the evening

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner felicitated women on the special occasion

Women from CSR, Hope Project and SEWA attended the evening

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German Residence infected by Thukral & Tagra

To inaugurate a series of exhibition programs at the German Residence, Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese have invited Jiten Thukral & Sumir Tagra (T&T) to exhibit their new works created ...

Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese invited Jiten Thukral & Sumir Tagra (T&T) to exhibit their new works created at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, near Dresden

Guests at the residence on the inaugral event

As part of the ‘Art Campus’ programme initiated by Meissen Porcelain Manufactury, T&T have been working on unique porcelain creations

Thukral & Tagra’s work features frenetic mixture of high and low styles in paintings, sculptures and decorative accoutrements

Collaborating together since 2004, T&T shot to fame in the international art scene in the past ten years

Ambassador Steiner and his wife with a guest at the inaugration of the exhibition at the residence

Ambassador and his wife (center) pose with artists T&T in front of an art installation

Justice Markandey Katju and Mrs. Steiner

Fashion designer JJ Vallaya with Sunil Sethi of the FDCI

T&T's art appeals to a global audience addressing universal themes of identity, consumerism and change.

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#k GERmany takes off at India Gate

600 students, teachers, school principals, German Ambassador Michael Steiner, Lt. Governor of Delhi Tejendra Khanna and celebrity Gul Panag came together in an event to launch the new campaign of the ...

Children of Kendriya Vidyalaya schools assembled at India Gate lawns to celebrate the new campaign #k GERmany

Nearly 600 students from 20 KV schools and 8 PASCH schools of Delhi - NCR participated in the event

A student shows off his 'Germany + India: Infinite Opportunities' tattoo

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner inaugurates the event together with Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna and former Miss India Gul Panag

Gul Panag lights the ceremonial lamp to launch the event

Students, German language teachers and Principals from KV schools participated in the event

Moderator Sunit Tandon kicks off the main event

Gul Panag shared her experiences as a KV alumni

The school students were delighted to have their very own celebrity alumni amidst them

Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna speaks on the valuable partnership between India and Germany to the students

Eliese Steiner, wife of the German Ambassador (far right) and guests at the India Gate event

The Ambassador felicitated all 20 Principals of the Kendriya Vidyalaya schools that participated in the contest 'Germany in my mind'

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First Indo-German Media Dialogue hosted at German Embassy

German Embassy New Delhi hosted the first Indo-German Media Dialogue on Thursday, February 21 - the last day of the German Year in India.

German Embassy New Delhi hosted the first Indo-German Media Dialogue on February 21

From the Indian side, the panelists were Siddharth Vardarajan and MJ Akbar, while from the German side, Diana Zimmermann and Dr. Martin Doerry participated.

The topic of discussion for the dialogue was "Germany United, Europe growing together - How stable is Asia?"

India journalist MJ Akbar in discussion with Ambassador Steiner and Martin Doerry

The Media Dialogue initiated a debate on “model Europe” and “model Asia”

Audience listening to the debate at the Indo-German Media Dialogue

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The Art of DER SPIEGEL opens at the German Embassy New Delhi

'The Art of DER SPIEGEL' is an exhibition to honour the artists who have created these covers and present a selection of the original illustrations dating back to 1956. The German Embassy in New Delhi...

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner at the opening of the exhibition 'The Art of DER SPIEGEL' at the Embassy

German Ambassador Michael Steiner (L) and Art Director of DER SPIEGEL Stefan Kiefer with the catalogue of the exhibition

Visitors at the inauguration of the exhibition in New Delhi

A cover illustration with Albert Einstein is part of the exhibition

A cover from Indian weekly Open Magazine has been added to the exhibition for New Delhi

The exhibition has travelled from its hometown Hamburg to New York, Berlin, Vienna and Shanghai

Ambassador Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner at the exhibition

DER SPIEGEL's Deputy Editor in Chief Martin Doerry speaks at the inauguration in New Delhi

The exhibition at the German Embassy in New Delhi presents 15 of the total of 200 art pieces

This cover illustration deals with Germany's imminent demographic crisis

A jazz band was part of the inaugural event at the Embassy on 20 February, 2013

Ambassador Steiner and Martin Doerry enjoy a lighter moment

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German Ambassador hosts hockey players

On Wednesday, 6 February, German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner hosted three players of the capital’s best hockey team ‘Delhi Waveriders’: German national hockey players Nicolas Jacobi and Oskar ...

German Ambassador Michael Steiner hosted German national hockey players Nicolas Jacobi and Oskar Deecke and India's Rupinder Pal Singh

Ambassador Michael Steiner with German national players Nicolas Jacobi and Oskar Deecke and India's Rupinder Pal Singh

German Ambassador Michael Steiner hosted three members of the Delhi Waveriders at his residence

German Ambassador Michael Steiner gets a few tips from the hockey players

German Ambassador Michael Steiner shares a light moment with the hockey players

German national player Nicolas Jacobi and Indian national player Rupinder Pal Singh at the German Ambassador's residence

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Kicking it like Germany

On January 31st, German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner hosted Oceania’s footballer of the century and former Bundesliga champ Wynton Rufer on the lawns of the German Residence. Wynton Rufer was a...

German Ambassador Michael Steiner hosted footballer Wynton Rufer and kids from his football camp

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner with former Bundesliga champ Wynton Rufer and kids of his Delhi based YMCA football camp

A teenager from Wynton Rufer's Delhi based YMCA football camp tries his hand at the ball

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner with former Bundesliga champ Wynton Rufer and kids from his football camp

Ambassador Michael Steiner tries his hand at the football, as Wynton Rufer and the kids watch

Kids enjoy their moment with the special balls, designed for the Year of Germany in India

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German Ambassador visits Uttar Pradesh

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner visited Uttar Pradesh on 29 and 30 January 2013. It was his first official visit to the State. Ambassador Steiner held political talks with Chief Minister Ak...

German Ambassador Michael Steiner interacts with school students at a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Gomti Nagar during his visit to Uttar Pradesh

German Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his wife

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav greets German Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner in Lucknow

Ambassador Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner at the village of Baletha, near Kanpur

German Ambassador Michael Steiner at the village of Baletha, where he inaugurated the Solar Lantern charging station

Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner with the residents of Baletha village

A child's drawing depicts the happiness with which the Solar Lantern project has been received in the area

Ambassador Michael Steiner and his wife Eliese Steiner

The women of Baletha village gathered to welcome Ambassador Steiner and his wife

German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner inaugurating the Solar Lantern project

Ambassador Steiner also visited a Kendriya Vidayalaya School during his trip to Uttar Pradesh

The KV school is part of the 'German in 1000 Schools' initiative, where German is taught as a foreign language

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Berlin: The city of fashion

From January 15 to 20, all eyes are on Berlin as Germany's capital city takes the fashion world by storm. The event, which is held every six months, attracts celebrities, fashion experts and industry ...

Trends in fashion are on show at the Berlin Fashion Week

Model Franziska Knupp before the Sava Nald show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin

Designer Elisabeth Schwaiger presents the creations at the Laurel show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin

Models during a show at the Berlin Fashion Week

A model presents a creation at the Guido Maria Kretschmer show during the Fashion Week in Berlin

A model presents a creation at the Fashion Week in Berlin

Bonnie Strange presents a creation at the Berlin Fashion Week

A model presents a creation at the 'A Degree Fahrenheit' show during the Fashion Week in Berlin

Models display creations by Japanese designer Yu Amatsu for 'A Degree Fahrenheit'

Marcel Ostertag at his show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin

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Indo-German Urban Mela in Pune

The Indo-German Urban Mela, which started its journey in Mumbai and then toured Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi, is on its last leg in Pune from January 11 to 20, 2013. The 10-day unique exhibition at th...