The Nehru Centre, London is a cultural centre located at the

South Audley Street South Audley Street is a major shopping street in Mayfair, London.'South Audley Street: Introduction', in Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1980), pp. 290–291. Br ...

, London. Its goal is to promote cultural exchange between India and the United Kingdom. The Nehru Centre was founded in 1992. Since its inception it has striven to facilitate and deepen cultural dialogue between India and UK by encouraging visits of prominent Indian artists to UK and prominent artists from UK to India. The Nehru Centre is headed by a director, who is also a ranking diplomat at the High Commission of India, London. Many illustrious Indians have headed the Nehru Centre as directors.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former ...

was its first director. Indian playwright

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...

, writer-diplomat

Pavan Varma Pavan K. Varma (born 5 November 1953) is an Indian diplomat, politician, and author who served as an ambassador to Bhutan and Cyprus. Early life and education Varma was born in Nagpur. He earned a degree in history from St. Stephen's Colle ...

once headed the Nehru Centre, London as directors. Poet-diplomat

Abhay K Abhay Kumar en Name Abhay K.(born 1980) is an Indian poet-diplomat and currently serves as the Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi. He served as India's 21st Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros fr ...

has d been appointed as the director of the Nehru Centre. From October 2019, bestselling award-winning author,

Amish Tripathi Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974) is an Indian author. He is known best for hiShiva Trilogyand Ram Chandra Series. Amish's books have sold over 6 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010. Early life and education Amish Tripa ...

, has taken over as Director. Amish has been ranked among the top 100 celebrities in India by Forbes magazine consistently, and has also been ranked among the most powerful Indians by India Today magazine in 2019. It is regarded as a flagship cultural centre of the

Indian Council for Cultural Relations The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 Apri ...

(ICCR) abroad.

Directors

(1992–1997) *I.N. Chaudhary (1997–1999) *

(2000–2003) *

(2004–2005) *

Atul Khare Atul Khare (born in 1959) is a career international diplomat and civil servant who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in UN Department of Operational Support and previously as Under Secretary General in United Natio ...

(2005–2006) *

Monika Kapil Mohta Monika Kapil Mohta (Hindi: मोनिका कपिल मोहता, born 19 January 1962) is a diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service, who served as the Ambassador of India to Switzerland from August 2020 to 31 January 2022. She holds ...

(2006–2011) *Sangeeta Bahadur (2011–2015) *Srinivas Gotru (2015-2019) *

(2019)

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/index.html 1992 establishments in the United Kingdom Art galleries established in 1992 Cultural promotion organizations Cultural centers Event venues established in 1992 Cultural organisations based in London Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom India friendship associations United Kingdom friendship associations