Jasper Wieck, German Ambassador to India. File
| Photo Credit: Johan Sathyadas J.
German Ambassador to India Jasper Wieck, accompanied by Michael Hasper, Consul General at the German Consulate General in Chennai, visited the international township of Auroville on Saturday (November 14, 2026).
The delegation was received by officials of the Auroville Foundation, including Officer on Special Duty G. Seetharaman, along with members of the Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) and the Working Committee.
According to a press note, the centrepiece of the visit was an interactive meeting with the ATDC and the Working Committee, addressed virtually by Jayanti S. Ravi, Secretary of the Auroville Foundation (Ministry of Education, Government of India) and Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat.
Foundation officials briefed the delegation on progress under the township’s Galaxy Master Plan, including the 98 per cent completion of the 4.4-km circular Crown Road, which links Auroville’s Residential, Industrial, Cultural and International zones, and upcoming projects such as youth housing, a Civic Anchor Town Hall, the Morning Star Women’s Wellness Center and CIRHU, the Centre for International Research on Human Unity.
They also presented Auroville’s economic life, comprising some 150 production and service units and 700 micro-enterprises, including solar energy initiatives such as Sunlit Future, the Solar Kitchen, and Svaram, its musical instrument research and production centre.
Highlighting the historical and intellectual affinities between India and Germany, particularly Germany’s tradition of Sanskrit and Vedic scholarship, Ms. Ravi proposed a roadmap for Indo-German engagement in Auroville.
The proposals include participation by German authors, poets and artists in the Auroville Literary Festival in December and events at the 12 cultural venues of Bharat Nivas, structured internships and exchange programmes linking German universities with Auroville’s youth and research units, German film screenings at Cinema Paradiso, and collaboration on sports culture and youth training.
The delegation later toured the Matrimandir and its gardens and the Amphitheatre. The Ambassador also expressed his interest in the founders’ spiritual vision and said he planned to return to Auroville in December.
Published – November 15, 2026 01:33 pm IST
