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.[1] Indian playwright Girish Karnad, writer-diplomat Pavan Varma once headed the Nehru Centre, London as directors.[2] Poet-diplomat Abhay K has d been appointed as the director of the Nehru Centre.[3] From October 2019, bestselling award-winning author, Amish Tripathi , 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.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
nehru, centre, london, cultural, centre, located, south, audley, street, london, goal, promote, cultural, exchange, between, india, united, kingdom, nehru, centre, founded, 1992, since, inception, striven, facilitate, deepen, cultural, dialogue, between, india. 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 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 1 Indian playwright Girish Karnad writer diplomat Pavan Varma once headed the Nehru Centre London as directors 2 Poet diplomat Abhay K has d been appointed as the director of the Nehru Centre 3 From October 2019 bestselling award winning author Amish Tripathi 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 4 5 6 7 8 9 It is regarded as a flagship cultural centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR abroad 10 Directors editGopalkrishna Gandhi 1992 1997 I N Chaudhary 1997 1999 Girish Karnad 2000 2003 Pavan Varma 2004 2005 Atul Khare 2005 2006 Monika Kapil Mohta 2006 2011 Sangeeta Bahadur 2011 2015 Srinivas Gotru 2015 2019 Amish Tripathi 2019 References edit MERCHANDIZING GANDHI Hindustan Times Ramachandra Guha in 2011 11 17 Retrieved 2021 10 12 Tug of war in the offing over Nehru Centre in London director post India Today 2012 04 06 Retrieved 2021 10 12 Indian poet diplomat new director of London s Nehru Centre Business Standard News 2015 03 25 Retrieved 2021 10 12 Amish Tripathi Forbes India Magazine 2013 12 16 Archived from the original on 2013 12 16 Retrieved 2021 10 12 Amish Tripathi Forbes India Magazine Forbes India Magazine Amish Tripathi Forbes India Magazine 2016 01 21 Archived from the original on 2016 01 21 Retrieved 2021 10 12 2017 Celebrity 100 Forbes India Magazine forbesindia com 2018 Celebrity 100 Forbes India Magazine forbesindia com The most powerful people of India 2019 Full list indiatoday About Us Nehru Centre Nehru Centre London 2020 08 26 Retrieved 2021 10 12 External links editOfficial website 51 30 28 N 0 09 03 W 51 5077 N 0 1507 W 51 5077 0 1507 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nehru Centre London amp oldid 1205978848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
