Consulate General of India, Shanghai organized a book donation ceremony at the Songjiang campus of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) on December 3, 2013 on the occasion of launching of Hindi Department in SISU. The book were donated by Consul General Mr Naveen Srivastava to Vice President SISU Mr feng Qinghua. Incidentally, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) And SISU had signed an MoU last year under ICCR would provide a Hindi teacher to SISU for teaching the language.

An Indian music & dance event was also staged after the book donation by a troupe Ms Anuradha Sharma & Ms Veena Mardur, Indian artiste-in-residence at Culture Center at Embassy of Inida, Beijing. Other members of the troupe were Ayati Sharma, Tan Lingyan, Gui Xiaodan, Li Mengzhu & Li Chengxi.

While Ms Anuradha Sharma presented Bharatanatyam & Kathak dances, Veena Mardur gave a demonstration of various kinds of Indian music styles. The audience loved watching Chinese members of the troupe perform Indian dance forms including Santhal dance. In addition, students from Hindi department of SISU sang Hindi film songs as well as presented bollywood dance on the occasion.