Had the opportunity to meet @PratikMathur1 India’s Consular General @IndiaInShanghai over a cup of black coffee and much needed vada sambhar breakfast. This is not to discount riveting conversation on India China relationship. It is always a delight to listen to him.

Celebrating Customs & Traditions in the Festive Season 💫🌅💥 #VasudhaivaKutumbakam 🪷 #FestivalsAbroad Heralding the onset of the festive season, Consul General was happy to meet Mr. Zhao Yong, CPC Party Secretary of Shanghai’s premier business hub Changning District, and represent the Shanghai Consular Corps as International Guests of Honour at the #Mid-Autumn Festival gala celebrations this evening. Consul General conveyed our best wishes to Party Secretary Zhao and also thanked Shanghai Municipality for facilitating forthcoming Dussehera & Durga Puja celebrations planned by the #IndianDiaspora across the region. An #IncredibleIndia travel & tourism video played on the occasion was deeply appreciated by the #full-house gathering. 欢度佳节，共叙民俗传统 💫🌅💥 #世界为一家 🪷#海外节庆 总领事今晚作为国际荣誉嘉宾，出席中秋联欢晚会，并会见上海市文化和旅游局党组书记、局长赵勇先生。 总领事向赵勇局长致以美好祝愿，同时感谢上海市对印度侨民即将举办的十胜节与杜尔迦女神节庆祝活动所给予的支持。 活动现场播放的“不可思议的印度”旅游宣传片，获得全场来宾的高度好评。 CG @PratikMathur1 @EOIBeijing @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats @diaspora_india

🌿 A month of Ayurveda in Shanghai! CGI Shanghai celebrated Ayurveda over the past month with a series of activities : CG Pratik Mathur connected with doctors at Shanghai United Family Hospital, engaged with SISU students, and hosted Dr Dhanwantari Jha’s lecture on “Ayurveda & Mental Wellbeing”. Many engagements, one message : India’s timeless knowledge traditions continue to enrich our understanding on holistic wellbeing. Wishing everyone good health! 🇮🇳 🌿 阿育吠陀之月，落地上海！ 印度驻沪总领事馆于上月举办一系列活动，以推广阿育吠陀文化：总领事普拉提克・马图尔与上海和睦家医院医生交流、和上海外国语大学师生互动，并主办了贾博士题为《阿育吠陀与心理健康》的讲座。 多场交流活动，传递同一个理念：印度源远流长的传统知识，持续丰富我们对整体健康的认知。 祝愿大家身体健康！🇮🇳 # 阿育吠陀，共创健康明天 #AyurvedaForAHealthierTomorrow #SewaPakhwada2026 #SevaSankalpMahotsav CG @PratikMathur1 @EOIBeijing @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @MIB_India @PIB_India @mygovindia @YASMinistry @prasarbharati @DDNational @AkashvaniAIR

Productive discussions on smart, sustainable and future-ready urbanization. Consul General of India in Shanghai receives Kiwi Indian Sakthi Ranganathan CEO of JIX Reality.

Talking Smart Urbanization 🏠 🚗 🌱 Building Future-Ready, Sustainable Cities for New India ✨ Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was pleased to welcome Thiru Sakthi Ranganathan, Founder & CEO, JIX Reality, and Mr. Tim McInnes, Creative Director Ruffles PR in Shanghai. 🤝 CG appreciated their efforts to build platforms connecting city leaders, policymakers & innovators to advance sustainable urban transformation. 🌅🌏 Discussions focused on India’s experience in Smart Cities and Digital Public Infrastructure, sustainable urban development under #ViksitBharat2047, and opportunities for greater Indian participation in global smart-city platforms, including future editions of @SmartCityexpo World Congress. 🏗️💡 共话智慧城镇化 🏠 🚗 🌱 为新印度打造面向未来的可持续城市 ✨ 总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生在上海会见了 JIX 现实实验室创始人兼首席执行官萨克蒂・兰加纳坦先生，以及拉弗尔斯公关公司创意总监蒂姆・麦金尼斯先生 🤝 总领事赞赏他们为建立连接城市领导者、政策制定者和创新者的平台以推进可持续城市转型所做的努力。 🌅🌏 双方重点探讨了印度在智慧城市、数字公共基础设施领域的实践经验，以及#2047发达印度愿景 框架下的可持续城市发展；同时交流了印度进一步参与全球智慧城市平台的机遇，包括后续各届全球智慧城市大会的相关合作 🏗️💡 CG @PratikMathur1 @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats @EOIBeijing @IndiainNZ @diaspora_india @jixreality @MoHUA_India

🇮🇳 on the move! कौशल भारत, कुशल भारत 🤝 Happy to see our largest ever Team India @WorldSkillsInd stride in @WorldSkills2026 reflecting the vibrancy of #ViksitBharat Thanks to CEO David Hoey @WorldSkills for working with @IndiaInShanghai for all facilitation & support. Jai Hind

शंघाई में आज भारत के महावाणिज्य दूत श्री प्रतीक माथुर से मुलाक़ात यादगार रही। पूर्वी चीन में भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व केवल औपचारिक कूटनीति नहीं है; व्यापार, तकनीक, संस्कृति और आपसी सहयोग के बीच भरोसे के नए रास्ते बनाना भी है। माथुर जी की समझ, ऊर्जा और भारत के प्रति प्रतिबद्धता प्रभावित करती है। विश्वास है कि उनके नेतृत्व में यह संवाद और सार्थक परिणाम देगा। उन्हें और उनकी पूरी टीम को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ।

#Skilling #Education #NewIndia #Shramdaan 🇮🇳 🌎 🤝 On the sidelines of the #WorldSkillsConference, as part of our #SevaPakhwada activities, Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur met Shri Raj Gilda and Smt. Sunanda Mane, Co-founders, Lend-A-Hand India, a Pune-based NGO working with state governments, for an engaging discussion on bringing skill education into Government secondary schools (Grades 9-12). Consul General was happy to note that under Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI, with NEP 2020 now mandating skill education for every secondary student in India, the academic-government-NGO partnership has grown to cover 24 States, with over 2 million new students each year, as India continues to #BuildAtScale a credible vocational pathway with strong school-industry linkages & well-equipped training facilities. 🌱🏫🏭 #技能培训 #教育 #新印度 #劳工奉献 🇮🇳 🌎 🤝 在 #世界技能大赛 期间，作为 #服务双周 系列活动的一环，总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生会见了浦那非营利组织 “援手印度（Lend-A-Hand India）” 联合创始人拉吉・吉尔达先生与苏南达・马内女士。该机构与各邦政府开展合作，双方围绕将技能教育引入公立中学（9 至 12 年级）展开深入交流。 总领事欣喜地了解到：依托《综合教育计划》与 PM SHRI 学校计划，加之《2020 年国家教育政策》现已要求印度所有中学生必须接受技能教育，这套 “学界 — 政府 — 非营利组织” 合作模式已拓展至 24 个邦，每年新增学员超 200 万名。印度正#规模化搭建 一套成熟职业发展通道，建立紧密的校企联动机制，配套设施完备的实训场地。🌱🏫🏭 CG @PratikMathur1 @ficci_india @IndianDiplomacy @EOIBeijing @indiandiplomats @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @MIB_India @PIB_India @mygovindia @YASMinistry @prasarbharati @DDNational @AkashvaniAIR

📍Shanghai, China #SwachhataHiSeva #SHS2026 #EkPedMaaKeNaam @PMOIndia | @YASMinistry | @PIB_India | @mygovindia | @DDNewslive | @airnewsalerts |

As part of the ongoing #SevaPakhwada activities in Shanghai, Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was happy to be joined by senior medical professionals at Shanghai United Family Hospital 🏥 as we continue our #EkPedMaaKeNaam campaign, and welcomed greater awareness of our cultural heritage by inaugurating a children's book corner stocked with fully translated Chinese versions of Amar Chitra Katha stories. CG also had an exploratory discussion on the growing global outreach of our traditional medicine practices in the lead-up to #AyurvedaDay. In response to practitioners and patients sharing their experiences, Consul General emphasized, in our #Shramdaan engagements, our guiding ethos of #VasudhaivaKutumbakam. 🙏🏽 🌎 🇮🇳 作为上海持续开展的 #清洁服务周系列活动的一环，总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生与上海和睦家医院的资深医疗专家共同参与活动🏥。活动同步推进 #献给母亲的一棵树（EkPedMaaKeNaam）公益植树项目；总领事还为儿童图书角举行揭幕，图书角配备了全套中文版《阿马尔・奇特拉・卡塔》（印度经典漫画故事集），以此推动大众进一步了解印度文化遗产。 在 #阿育吠陀日到来前夕，总领事还就印度传统医药日益扩大的全球影响力开展了交流探讨。 针对从业者与患者分享的亲身经历，总领事在 #无偿劳动，志愿服务活动中着重阐释了#天下一家的理念. 🙏🏽 🌎 🇮🇳 CG @pratikmathur1 @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @MIB_India @PIB_India @mygovindia @YASMinistry @prasarbharati @DDNational @AkashvaniAIR @EOIBeijing @diaspora_india @moayush

Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was happy to participate in the annual International Exchange conference of the China Alcoholic Drinks Association and highlight the basket of “diverse tastes and shared aromas” offered by Indian companies. CG highlighted that India remained the fastest growing whiskey-liquors market in the world and Indian companies were #GoingGlobal 🌏 through a varied range of products and services, showcasing the best of #MakeinIndia techniques and technology to the world. ✨ CADA annual meeting is the largest in East Asia and CG was happy to note the booming popularity of our products and offerings. 📈 总领事普拉提克.马图尔先生欣然出席中国酒业协会年度国际交流会，并着重推介印度企业所带来的“百味纷呈，醇香共赏”产品系列。总领事介绍，印度仍是全球增长最快的威士忌酒类市场；印度企业正凭借丰富多元的产品与服务走向全球🌏，向世界展示“印度制造”顶尖工艺与技术✨。中国酒业协会年会是东亚规模最大的行业盛会，总领事欣喜地看到印度各类产品与服务在这里日益受到欢迎📈。 CG @PratikMathur1 @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats @EOIBeijing @MEAIndia @DoC_GoI @APEDADOC @makeinindia

Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was happy to meet Prof. Yang Yao, Dean of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Prof. Guo Shuyong, Dean of School of Nanjing University of International Studies & renowned Chinese painter-designer Prof. Wallace Chan, conveying our best wishes for their new ventures to strengthen cultural exchanges and people ties. 🤝📚 总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生很高兴会见上海财经大学，滴水湖高级金融学院院长姚洋教授、南京大学国际关系学院院长郭树勇教授，以及知名华人画家、设计师陈世英教授，并向他们表达美好祝愿，期待双方新的合作项目能够增进文化交流与民间友好往来。🤝📚 CG @PratikMathur1 @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats @EOIBeijing

Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur led team CGI Shanghai in administering the #SwachtahiSeva pledge, planting saplings as part of #EkPedMaakeNaam near the historic Tagore bust at LuXun park heritage site and clearing up our visa operations across our #VisaFacilitationCenters in Eastern China Region at the launch of the #SwachhataHiSeva2026 campaign. #SHS2026 #SwachhataHiSeva2026 @SwachhBharatGov @swachhbharat @MoHUA_India @MoJSDDWS @PMOIndia @EOIBeijing @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats CG @PratikMathur1 @diaspora_india

Grateful to Consul General Shri @PratikMathur1 and the @IndiaInShanghai team for facilitating this insightful exchange. Nalanda University remains steadfast in its commitment to advancing academic excellence, cultural bridges, and global scholarly collaboration. @Sachin_Chat | @EOIBeijing | @mygovindia

Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was happy to welcome Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University Professor Sachin Chaturvedi for an engaging discussion with scholars from the region. #Nalanda as a center for excellence in education, remains a strong bridge for building mutual understanding and respect. 总领事普拉提克·马图尔先生欣然接待那烂陀大学副校长萨钦·查图维迪教授，双方与来自华东地区的学者开展了富有启发性的交流研讨。#那烂陀 作为卓越的教育中心，始终是促进相互理解与尊重的重要桥梁。 @nalanda_univ @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats @EOIBeijing @diaspora_india CG @PratikMathur1 VC @Sachin_Chat

Continuing the reflections shared at the special reception on Nalanda in Shanghai, another key video message featured thoughts from @AmbassadorAbhay, Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan and author of Nalanda: How It Changed the World. Drawing on Nalanda’s extraordinary legacy as an early global centre of learning, Amb. Abhay K. reflected on its historic links with China through the journeys of scholars such as Xuanzang, and its wider role in connecting ideas, cultures and intellectual traditions across Asia and beyond. The video message was shared on the occasion in the esteemed presence of Nalanda University Vice Chancellor, Professor @Sachin_Chat, whose visit further underscored the significance of this special engagement. Watch the message for reflections on Nalanda’s enduring legacy of knowledge, openness and dialogue. @IndiaInShanghai | @PratikMathur1 @MEAIndia | @IndianDiplomacy | @diaspora_india | @iccr_hq | @theabhayk | @mygovindia

Today, during his visit to Shanghai, Nalanda University Vice Chancellor Professor @Sachin_Chat was received at a special reception on Nalanda hosted by Consul General of India in Shanghai, Shri @PratikMathur1. On the occasion, a special video message from the Hon’ble Governor of Bihar, Lt. Gen. Syed @atahasnain53 (Retd.) Ji, highlighted Nalanda’s historic intellectual connections with China through Xuanzang and Yijing, and its enduring potential to advance dialogue, scholarship and academic exchanges between India, China and Asia. @GovernorBihar The message reaffirmed the vision of a new Nalanda University as a meeting place for ideas, knowledge and dialogue across borders. Watch the message for a glimpse into this shared civilisational heritage and its contemporary relevance. @PMOIndia | @MEAIndia | @IndiaInShanghai | @IccrPatna | @mygovindia

In an article published in @caixin, Consulate General Pratik Mathur shares views as how BRICS has now become a functioning platform for institution-building and South-South cooperation. Under its Chairship, India is promoting cooperation in the Global South to fulfill shared priorities and aspirations. @PMOIndia | @IndiaInShanghai | @PIB_India | @mygovindia | @DDNewslive | @airnewsalerts | Read more: 🔗 international.caixin.com/m/2…

Academic Exchanges 📚 People ties 🤝 Consul General Shri Pratik Mathur was welcomed by the noted Nanjing University in Jiangsu today for an engaging discussion on the success of the 18th BRICS Summit with leading scholars from the region including Professor Guo Shuyong from the School of International Relations, Professor Luo Xiaoxiang from Department of History, Professor Zheng Anguang from the Institute of International Relations and Professor Hua Tao from Center for Sino-American Cultural Studies . Consul General underlined the significance of the growing understanding between the two countries and the role academic institutions have in further strengthening cooperation and exchanges, including through Track 1.5 and Track 2.0 dialogues between students, universities and think tanks. 学术交流 📚 人文纽带 🤝 今日，总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生到访江苏省知名高校南京大学，与该校多位资深学者就第十八届金砖国家峰会的成果开展富有成效的座谈。与会学者包括国际关系学院院长郭树勇教授、历史学院副院长罗晓翔教授、国际关系研究院郑安光教授以及中美文化研究中心华涛教授。 总领事强调，两国之间互信认知不断深化意义重大；高校科研机构可借助一轨半对话与二轨对话机制，推动学生、高校及智库层面的往来，进一步夯实双边合作与交流。 CG @PratikMathur1 @EOIBeijing @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats

समृद्ध भाषाई विरासत का उत्सव 🎉 — शंघाई अंतरराष्ट्रीय अध्ययन विश्वविद्यालय में हिंदी दिवस समारोह की गूँज। 🇮🇳📚🤝 महावाणिज्य दूत श्री प्रतीक माथुर का प्रतिष्ठित शंघाई अंतरराष्ट्रीय अध्ययन विश्वविद्यालय (@SISUShanghai ) में विश्वविद्यालय के उपाध्यक्ष एवं सीपीसी कमेटी ऑफ़ SISU की स्थायी समिति के सदस्य प्रो. यी योंगगांग ने आत्मीय स्वागत किया। दोनों पक्षों ने नई दिल्ली में सफलतापूर्वक आयोजित 18वें ब्रिक्स शिखर सम्मेलन तथा संस्कृति एवं भाषाओं के क्षेत्र में भारत-चीन के विद्वानों और विद्यार्थियों के बीच बढ़ते शैक्षणिक सहयोग पर सार्थक विचार-विमर्श किया। 🌏 महावाणिज्य दूत ने विश्वविद्यालय के प्रतिष्ठित हिंदी विभाग का भी दौरा किया, जिसकी स्थापना तत्कालीन राजदूत, विदेश मंत्री माननीय @DrSJaishankar जी के कर-कमलों द्वारा हुई थी। महावाणिज्य दूत श्री माथुर ने हर्षपूर्वक हिंदी के विद्यार्थियों और शिक्षकों से संवाद किया एवं हिंदी अध्ययन को आगे बढ़ाने के प्रति विद्यार्थियों और शिक्षकों के उत्साह एवं समर्पण को देखकर अत्यंत प्रसन्नता व्यक्त की। महावाणिज्य दूत ने केंद्रीय हिंदी संस्थान, आगरा की प्रतिष्ठित शिक्षिका श्रीमती शैली त्यागी जैसे शिक्षकों के भारत और चीन के बीच आपसी जन-संपर्क को और अधिक सुदृढ़ बनाने में दिए गए योगदान की भी सराहना की। #HindiDiwas #Hindi #हिंदीदिवस #हिंदी #EkBharatShresthaBharat 传承璀璨语言瑰宝🎉 —— 上海外国语大学印地语日活动掠影🇮🇳📚🤝 总领事普拉提克・马图尔先生到访知名高校上海外国语大学，受到校党委常委、副校长衣永刚教授的接待。双方围绕新德里圆满举办的第十八届金砖国家峰会，以及日益受到重视的双边学术合作（尤其在文化与语言领域）展开深入交流。 总领事随后参观了该校久负盛名的印地语系。该系依据印度文化关系委员会与上海外国语大学签署的谅解备忘录设立，这份备忘录由时任驻华大使、现任尊敬的外交部长苏杰生博士签署。总领事与青年学生及教职员工开展了气氛热烈的座谈交流。🌏 总领事欣喜地看到，师生对于进一步推广印地语学习抱有极高的热情与投入。来自阿格拉中央印地语学院的谢莉・蒂亚吉女士等教师为此作出宝贵贡献，助力增进印中两国之间的相互理解与交流。 #印地语日 #印地语 #统一印度，卓越印度 @MEAIndia @EOIBeijing @diaspora_india @IndianDiplomacy @indiandiplomats CG @PratikMathur1