January 30, 2018 at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of al-Farabi Kazakh National University the grand opening of the center of Mahatma Gandhi was held. This event was attended by rector of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University Mr. Mutanov Galymkair Mutanovich, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Consul of the Representation of India in Almaty Mr. Martin Searias Clemens, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Eskendirovich, dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Mr. Yktiyar Paltore.

The rector of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University Mr. Mutanov Galymkair Mutanovich, as well as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Prabhat Kumar solemnly held the opening of the Mahatma Gandhi center.

During the program, the word was given to the rector of al-Farabi Kazakh National University Mr. Mutanov Galymkayr Mutanovich, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Eskendirovich.

It should also be noted that Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of India Mr. Sarsenbayev Bulat Sergazievich sent his warm wishes and congratulations in the video format.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of India in the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Prabhat Kumar honored all who wished to attend the lecture "The Hour of the Ambassador" in which he was very interesting to talk about how Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in the most difficult times for India called upon all the people to peacefully fight colonialists, and this call united India and gave strength to a huge leap in development.

Another important event in the course of this event was the presentation of the Hindi-Kazakh, Kazakh-Hindi vocabulary which was prepared by the teachers of the Department of Indology of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of al-Farabi Kazakh National University. This dictionary is one of the first dictionaries in the Kazakh language since 1992 since the Department of Indology of the Faculty of Oriental Studies was established.