Cultural Immersions
We believe that cultural misunderstanding and barriers can only be resolved by truly immersing oneself into people’s culture. By bringing people to places and places to people, we try to bridge barriers and encourage dialogue cultures.
In December 2025, Think Culture Foundation organised an immersive cross-cultural journey through Beijing, titled Art and Humanity.
Over three days, participants experienced local community life at Si De Park, visited the Central Academy of Fine Arts, explored the Huairou District Weekend Market, and stood upon The Great Wall.
The journey included visits to the Longfor Group to understand corporate CSR and cultural space development, a Chinese Tea Art session at The PuXuan Hotel, a Traditional Chinese Medicine session, and a visit to Ruifuxiang — a century-old icon of silk craftsmanship.
The group also explored The Forbidden City (Palace Museum) and visited CiaiJia Senior Care Group’s Ginkgo Residence — a mission-driven social enterprise advocating Healthy Aging.
In 2024, Think Culture Foundation conducted a cultural exchange programme in Beijing, focusing on academic engagement and cross-cultural knowledge sharing.
The programme included a sharing session with ICN Business School MBA students in Beijing and a teaching session with Master and Doctoral students at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
These sessions provided a platform for dialogue on business, culture and international cooperation between India and China.
In 2023, Think Culture Foundation organised a cross-cultural journey to Chengdu, China — exploring the heart of Sichuan culture through local community life, traditional heritage and grassroots creativity.
The group experienced a traditional tea gathering at Ren Ming Park with local residents, observed the daily life of retired seniors, savoured authentic Chengdu hot pot, and witnessed a street artist demonstrating the intangible cultural heritage of sugar figurine blowing.
The journey also included a school team-building session at Ren Ming Square, a visit to the ancient Sanxingdui Ruins — a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age civilisation — and a junior volunteer programme at the Shu Brocade Museum.
2019: A culturally-rich, creative immersion into the architecture, design, arts and culture of India, this is a truly inspiring exploration of the soul of India. The delegation will cover 7 cities over a span of 13 days, interacting with famous Indian artists and experts.
2018: This comprised of the first Sino-India art design exchange project, a dialogue between two ancient civilizations of the world. A Chinese delegation of artists and entrepreneurs visited India for a week and interacted with several art experts to gain a wholesome understanding of Indian art.
With an aim to support knowledge institutions and cultural organizations, and encourage mutual understanding between China and India, the faculty members of MICA, Ahmedabad were set to write case-studies on Chinese Innovation and Business Model, as part of an International Immersion Program.
10 faculty members visited Beijing and Shanghai as a part of the programme. The visit strengthened MICA’s engagement with Chinese varsities in global and strategic management, digital engagement and creative communication.
The program intended to promote collaboration in place of competition. Building bridges across countries while balancing global and local development needs was an important area of discussion. With this immersion program, TCF laid a strong foundation, for dialogues on business, technology and academia.
Think Culture Conclave
Our annual forum to provide a platform to voice opinions and contemplate on cultural concepts. It’s an opportunity to acknowledge contributions in the field of culture and empower women and youth.
Empower Women Creations 2018 recognized sensitivities towards women,
inspiring creations in the Asian Economies across segments and opened a
platform for its sustenance.
The event had Padma Bhushan Sri Rajeev Sethi – Global artist, as the Keynote
Speaker. It hosted a number of panelists including Padma Bhushan Smt.
Mallika V Sarabhai-classical dancer and actress, Ms. Preeti Shoff- Dean MICA,
Mr. Jianguo Liang- Internationally awarded Interior Designer, Ms. Rushan HU-
Global Architect and Designer from Greater China, Ms. Sha Wang- Executive
Director at ADCC Life Art Academy, Mr. Nitesh Mohanty- renowned Designer,
Ms. Neena Parikh- Director at Uniglobe Perfect Connections.
The aim of EWC was to provide a platform to various voices and contemplate
on flourishing concepts created by Asian women.
Centered on the theme, ‘Culturally Conscious Leadership,’ the Think Culture Conclave, 2019 deliberated on the immediate need of including cultural sensitivity in the business environment.
The dignitaries who shared their focused insights were Keynote
Speaker Mr. SY Siddiqui, Chief Mentor (Maruti Suzuki India Ltd), Professor Pawan Kumar Singh, Director (MDI Gurgaon). As a special appearance, the talented Indian Chef and Food Stylist, Mr. Ranveer Brar shared his definition of culture.
The eminent panelists comprised Ms. Priyanka Agrawal, Regional Talent Manager (Reckitt Benckiser), Ms. Divya Jain, Founder & CEO (Safeducate), Dr. Tanuja Sharma, Professor and Area Chair, HRM (MDI), Ms. Srabani Dubey, Vice President (Great Place to Work) and Prof. Wenjuan Zhang, Director – Center for India-China Studies (O.P. Jindal Global University).
Among the resolutions shared, the common thought was to craft truly effective inclusivity and diversity strategy led by strong, sustained and inclusive leadership.
Modern Silk Route- Exchanging Ideas
A series of sessions titled “Modern Silk Route” to promote exchange of ideas between India and China – business and trade, art and design, food and technology.
Ms. Yan Han, our Chief Change Officer was the Keynote Speaker at the 1st India Tourism Mart, 2018, organized by the Tourism Ministry. She spoke about the untapped potential of Indian Tourism Industry in China. The main agenda of this 2-day conference was to present India as a preferred tourist destination to countries abroad specially to emerging tourism markets like China, Japan, Latin America, etc.
Having been a stakeholder in the Chinese tourism industry in her earlier experience as a senior manager with Air China, Yan has been instrumental in bringing about a positive change in the tourism industry in China.
Citing major reasons for the lack of Chinese willing to travel to India, it was stated that women safety and language barriers are the cause of concern. Ms. Yan quoted that the challenges actually present an opportunity for the Indian tourism sector.
We at TCF stand by the idea that strategies need to be devised, not only to attract China outbound tourists, but also give them a sense of belonging in terms of a cultural exchange, which would celebrate what can be best described as- Incredible India.
China-India Youth Talks 2019 was organized by China Media Group’s China Plus and Hindi Service in Beijing. Many speakers shared their experiences and insights on the theme of this year’s discussion: “China and India: What can we learn from each other?” Ms. Yan Han – Founder & Chairperson, Think Culture Foundation also shared her experience of living and working in India. She spoke about the “emotion-driven” culture in India and how easy it is to find one’s way to the heart of Indians.
Other Projects
Projects undertaken to empower women & youth and propagate meaningful cultural interactions. We truly believe that by nurturing the soil of today, we can expect blossoming flowers tomorrow.
An initiative (in association with Billion Broadcaster Media) to empower the Indian youth with soft skills training and workshops. With better people skills, communication, decision-making abilities, and confidence, they are more likely to succeed in their personal and professional lives.
As India plans to target $5 trillion economy by 2025, India’s unique talent pool – one billion people of working age by 2027 ‒ will need top-notch skills to match. Through Project Skill++, Think Culture Foundation plans to reach out to several universities and colleges across India in order to provide skill training and help prepare youth for the new job opportunities in the market.
The aim of Project Skill++ is to help youth develop those skills which are not usually taught in the traditional education system. This includes communication skills, people skills, confidence building, personality development, decision-making skills, teamwork and so on.
UPCOMING
A 5-day Indian Culture Carnival in China to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relationship between the two countries. The carnival is ones of the many attempts to build an emotional connection between the two cultures through a celebration of Indian festivals, clothes, movies, food, music, make-up and so on. This is organized is association with other partners