The Nehru Centre, London is a cultural centre located at the South Audley Street, London. Its goal is to promote cultural exchange between India and the United Kingdom. It is named after

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

. 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 was its first director. Indian playwright

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...

, writer-diplomat Pavan Varma once headed the Nehru Centre, London as directors. Poet-diplomat Abhay K has d been appointed as the director of the Nehru Centre. From October 2019, bestselling award-winning author,

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, 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

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(ICCR) abroad.

Directors

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

(2000–2003) * Pavan Varma (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 Nati ...

(2005–2006) * Monika Kapil Mohta (2006–2011) *Sangeeta Bahadur (2011–2015) *Srinivas Gotru (2015-2019) *

(2019)

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