Indian Cultural Center Embassy of India
3rd Floor, Beit B.S., 24, Seadya Gaon, Tel Aviv 6713519-Israel
Phone: +972-3-7407018 , +972-3-7437853
Mobile: +972542640072
Email:- diricc[dot]telaviv[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
cul[dot]telaviv[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]telaviv[dot]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Sydney, Australia
Director Ms. Niyati Sunil Mehta (Second Secretary)
Address - Level- 1, 265,Castlerage Street, Sydney,
NEW 2000, Australia,
Tel--(02)92232702
Email : cul[dot]sydney[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
icc[dot]sydney[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]sydney[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre,
Embassy of India [Kathmandu],
Kapurdhara Marg 336, Lainchaur, Kathmandu 44600,
Bagmati Province, Nepal
Email - icc[dot]kathmandu[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]kathmandu[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
The Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India was established in September 2016 Hanoi The centre was inaugurated on 20th April 2017 by MoS for External Affairs, Gen. V.K. Singh and the Deputy/Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien. The cultural centre was renamed by MEA as Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center (SVCC) in August 2018, to mark the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous Chicago speech in 1893.
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) is the Indian Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Georgetown. It is the oldest among all the cultural centre’s established by ICCR. The Centre was established in 1972 with the aim of strengthening cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and Guyana and their people. The Centre is conducting regular classes in Yoga, instrumental (Harmonium, Tabla & Dholak), Vocal, and Dance (Kathak).
The Indian Cultural Centre in Uzbekistan was established in 1995 and renamed as the Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture (LBSCIC) in March 2005. The Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture organizes major cultural programmes in Tashkent during Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations of India. As part of our outreach activities, the Centre regularly organizes visits of its Kathak Dance and Yoga Students to different provinces (viloyats) to organize joint cultural programmes. The Centre also organizes regular Dance (Kathak) Yoga and Tabla classes in its premises.
The Nehru Centre at 8, South Audley Street, London, W1K 1HF is the cultural centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
The Centre promotes bilateral cultural/academic linkages between India and UK The Centre is the cultural outreach of The High Commission of India in UK. It is among the most active of India’s cultural centres abroad and has, over the years, emerged as a premier institution engaged in India’s cultural interface with U.K.
The Indian Cultural Center in Bangkok was formally inaugurated in September 2009 by Dr. Karan Singh, President of the ICCR, and Mr. Teera Salukpetch, the Minister for Culture in the Royal Thai Government. The Center, located on the same street as the Embassy of India, is in the city Centrum, in Prasarnmitr, on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok.
The Center has a library and a multi-purpose hall, exhibition facilities and an auditorium for screening of films, etc.
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) Dar es Salaam of Indian Council of Cultural Relations(ICCR) under the aegis of High Commission of India, It was established in 2010. SVCC is located at 225, Toure Drive, Oyster, Dar es Salaam with facilities for classes, public performance.
The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre at Paramaribo is oldest Indian Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in South America. It was established in 1978, just two years after India established its bilateral relations with Suriname in 1976. The Centre is based in a country where there is a large concentration of people of Indian Origin as such the activities of the centre are quite popular and much in demand.
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre Embassy of India
Director Dr. Ashish Kumar (Second Secretary)
545-547, Merchant Street, Post Box No 751,
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: +95 9261176652, +95-1-382652
Email: diricc[dot]yangon[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]yangon[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Director Ms. Ramya Ajay (Second Secretary)
Mahatma Gandhi Indian Cultural Co-operation,
Max Richards Drive, Uriah Butler Highway North West, Mt. Hope
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Contacts - General: (868) 226-7413,
Director's Office: (868) 226-7411/ 225-4540 ext. 103
Email: ttc[dot]berlin[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
icc[dot]pospain[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]pospain[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Director Sh. Krish Gupta(Second Secretary)
The Gandhi Centre Embassy of India
Parkstraat 99, 1st Floor, 2514JH, The Hague, Netherlands
Tel No. +31-70- 354 1029, Gandhi Centre: +31-70 322 9576
Mobile: 0618844827,
Email: culture[dot]thehague[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]thehague[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
fspic[dot]thehague[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
The phenomenal success of the Festival of India in the USSR held in 1988 led to the idea of the opening of a full-fledged Indian cultural Center in Moscow. The Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center was opened in 1989 and since then has played a central role in the propagation of Indian culture in Russia.
Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre Indian Cultural Centre Embassy of India
45, Bukhoro Street 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel: +992 (37) 2217172, Mobile: +992 935556092
E-mail: svcc[dot]dushanbe[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]dushanbe[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) at Seoul, Hannam-dong, Korea is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India. It was established on 1st July 2011.
The Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre (GTICC) at Mexico, is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India. The Centre was established in Mexico City in 2010.
The Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture (IGCIC) at Kuala Lumpur is the Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It was formally inaugurated on 10th February 2010 by His Excellency Dr. Karan Singh, then Hon’ble President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, along with Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, Minister of Human Resources, and Malaysia. The Indian Cultural Centre has now renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre (NSCBICC).
The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo, is an Indian Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It was established in 1998 under the aegis of High Commission of India with the aim of building bridges of cultural exchange, to revive and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and Sri Lanka. It seeks to promote India-Sri Lanka cultural co-operation by building on cultural commonalities, people to people contact and creating an awareness of Indian culture in all facets.
The Vivekananda Cultural Centre (VCC) located within the premises of the Embassy of India in Tokyo is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India.
Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre in Durban, South Africa is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India (ICCR). It started its activities in 1996 as a part of Consulate General of India, Durban.
The Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) at Bali, Indonesia, is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India. It was renamed to Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre. The Centre promotes bilateral cultural linkages between India and Indonesia by organizing cultural programmes, cultural seminars, workshops and trainings engaging India based Gurus professionals and trainers for Yoga, Indian Classical Dances.
The Indian Cultural Centre in Male is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) of India. It was formally inaugurated on 28th July’ 2011. Since its inception, the Centre has won the hearts of many Maldivians, by delivering the substance in a unique style. The Cultural Centre is undertaking all efforts to sustain the tempo of its regular activities for the benefit of Maldivians.
Amrita Sher-Gil Cultural Centre Embassy of India
Director Dr. Mukesh Kumar Srivastava (Second Secretary)
Buzavirag 14, District 2, Budapest, 1025
Tel- +3613256436, Mobile- +36301722829
Email: diricc[dot]budapest[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]budapest[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
The Tagore Centre, a hub for Indian culture in the heart of Berlin, has completed its 20 years of journey in showcasing the cultural heritage of India in Germany. Named after Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the Centre is committed to propound his task of inspiring Germany through invaluable treasures of Indian culture.
The Centre was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao on February 5, 1994, with a mandate to foster and strengthen cultural relations between India and Germany.
The Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture (IGCIC) at Phoenix is Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It is also the Cultural Wing of the High Commission of India in Mauritius. The Centre was established in 1987 in Quatre Bornes and has now been shifted at Phoenix. The IGCIC at Phoenix was inaugurated on March 11, 2000 by Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India and Dr Navin Chandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius.
Director Shri Sanjay Vedi (SPD, ICCR), First Secretary
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre(SVCC),
House No. 2, Zhyly Oi Street, Karaotkel Microdistrict No.
2, Yesil Area, Nur-Sultan PIN -Z05F7E1. Kazakhstan
Telephone: +7-7172-449884 (Office) +7-701-487-6430 (mobile)
Email: diricc[dot]astana[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]astana[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Director Dr. Balram Shukla (First Secretary)
Swami Vivekanada Cultural Centre Near Embassy of India
22, Mir Emad Street, (Corner of 9th Alley),
Dr. Beheshti Avenue, Tehran
Tel: 0098-21-88755103-5 (General)
Email : cul[dot]tehran[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]tehran[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
iccr[dot]tehran[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre (JNICC) Jakarta is an Indian Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It was established in 1989. It is the largest ICC in the South East Asia Religion. Since then, it is active in creating a cultural confluence between India and Indonesia. Through its outreach, collaborative events, presentations and in house training activities of Yoga, Dance and Music, JNICC thrives to bring creative minds and extraordinary talents of two culturally awakened nations together.
Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture is the Indian Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR).
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India
5, Liangmaqiao Beijie, Beijing 100600
Tel: (86-10) 85312500(Ext- 263, 390), Fax: (86-10) 85312574
Email: fscul[dot]beijing[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
cul[dot]beijing[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]beijing[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
The Nehru-Wangchuck Cultural Centre at Thimphu, Bhutan, is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India. It was inaugurated on 21st September 2010 by Dr. Karan Singh, the then President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations and His Excellency Lyonpo Minjur Dorji, the then Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan.
The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Kabul is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) of India. It was inaugurated in September 2007 by the Afghan Minister of Culture and Information, Mr. Abdul Karim Khurram and, Mr. Sayed Shahid, then Vice-President of ICCR. The Centre is located in the Embassy premises.
The Centre promotes bilateral cultural linkages between India and Bangladesh by organizing cultural programmes, cultural seminars, workshops and trainings engaging India based Gurus professionals and trainers for Yoga, Indian Classical Music.
India and Republic of Fiji share historical and cultural linkages. On 14 May 1879, "Leonidas", the ship with the first indentured workers from India, reached the shores of Fiji. Their numbers subsequently increased with the arrival of more ships from India. The descendants of these workers, now in their fifth generation, form nearly 38% of the population and are part of the economic, political and social fabric of the country. They have maintained their traditional Indian cultural links.
Ambassador, Embassy of India, Prague
Milady Horákové 60/93, 170 00 Praha 7
Tel No.: (00-420) 257 533 490
Email: amb[dot]prague[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in,
hoc[dot]prague[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre at Sao Paulo, Brazil is a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India established on 25th May 2011. The Centre promotes bilateral cultural linkages between India and Brazil by organizing cultural programmes, cultural seminars, workshops and trainings engaging India based Gurus professionals and trainers for Yoga, Hindi & Sanskrit, Hindustani Classical Vocal Music and Indian Dances viz; Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Odissi. It places special emphasis on working with local cultural organizations promoting Indian culture.
ICCR has been operating in Bangladesh since 2010. The Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) HCI, Dhaka was inaugurated by Dr. S. Jaishankar, the Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, on March 4, 2021. This Centre serves as a hub for fostering deeper cultural ties and exchanges between India and Bangladesh. The inauguration was an important milestone, symbolizing the strengthening of cultural diplomacy between the two countries.
