A press note from the French Consulate said Mr. Chantrel, accompanied by Etienne Rolland-Piegue, Consul General of France in Puducherry and Chennai, focused on building educational, cultural, and ...

this period saw the creation of the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) in 1955, and the French archaeological mission in Ethiopia (1955); with the break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of ...