Helmut Schippert (IN)

Helmut Schippert, Director of Goethe-Institut Chennai, studied linguistics and literature (German and English) at Heidelberg university, the oldest one in Germany, founded in 1386. For the last 29 years he has been working for the Goethe-Institut, the German cultural institute worldwide, in Germany, Chile, France, Mexico and India.

The Goethe-Institut is Germany's cultural institute, 160 institutes worldwide.