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[[File:British Council Delhi Headquarters, launch of Mix The City, 6 April 2017.jpg|thumb|British Council Delhi Headquarters, launch of Mix The City, 6 April 2017]]
The headquarters of the '''British Council in India''' are in [[New Delhi]] in a 1992 building designed by Indian architect [[Charles Correa]]. The front of the building includes a mural by British artist [[Howard Hodgkin]].

The [[British Council]] was first established in India in 1948.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Raqib|title=Enacting English across Borders: Critical Studies in the Asia Pacific|date=2014|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|page=258|edition=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDsyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=British+Council+established+in+India+in+1948&source=bl&ots=MeBY0PsUQx&sig=jI-0Uay1GaM46iweFzMRZSdD-xo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi15MCejrvTAhUjS48KHVMvASEQ6AEIVTAI#v=onepage&q=British%20Council%201948&f=false|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> Today it has offices in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Chennai]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]] as well as its headquarters in Delhi. The Director of the British Council in India is [[Barbara Wickham (diplomat)|Barbara Wickham OBE]]

== British Council Delhi Building ==
[[File:British Council Delhi Launch of Mix The City Delhi, 6 April 2017.jpg|thumb|British Council Delhi Launch of Mix The City Delhi, 6 April 2017]]

=== Charles Correa's design ===

Correa's design includes a library, auditorium, art gallery and the headquarters of the British Council. Correa arranged these elements over a series of floors in layers that recall the interfaces between India and Britain over 300 years. With employee strength of 800 across 11 locations,s<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Correa Associates - British Council|url=https://ebuild.in/british-council-charles-correa-associates|website=ebuild.in|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> Correa's design references [[Hinduism]], Islam and the [[European Enlightenment]] as well as the importance of cosmic and [[religious symbolism]] to his work. He traces a route through the building from a spiral symbolising [[Bindu (symbol)|Bindu]] - the energy centre of the Cosmos through the traditional Islamic [[Char Bagh]] to a European icon, inlaid in marble and granite, used to represent the [[Age of Enlightenment|Age of Reason]].

The British Council Delhi building was a five-year project for Charles Correa (1987 - 1992). During this time Correa completed the Vidhan Bhavan ([[Madhya Pradesh Parliament]]), [[Bhopal]] (1987); a house at [[Koramangala]], Bangalore (1985–88); the [[Jawahar Kala Kendra]], [[Jaipur]] (1986–92); and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, [[University of Pune]] (1988–92).<ref>{{cite web|title=CORREA'S WORK IN CONTEXT|url=https://www.architecture.com/001Oldfolders/WhatsOn/RIBAPublicProgramme/CharlesCorreaandOutofIndiaseason/Biographyandtimeline/Correasworkincontext.aspx|website=Royal Institute of British Architects|accessdate=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174459/https://www.architecture.com/001Oldfolders/WhatsOn/RIBAPublicProgramme/CharlesCorreaandOutofIndiaseason/Biographyandtimeline/Correasworkincontext.aspx|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Howard Hodgkin's Mural ===

Hodgkin’s mural on the front of the building is in black Kadappa stone and Makrana marble and of a banyan tree spreading its branches across the walls. It is a symbol of the British Council's work rooted in the Indian cultural scene. Hodgkin said of Correa: "Charles Correa is the most perfect architect you could imagine. He first suggested that I think about the mural as an Indian flag turning into a Union Jack. I said no. Instead, I did a mural of a banyan tree. He was totally cooperative and loyal. We are great friends."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Niesewand|first1=Nonie|title=Howard Hodgkin: 1932-2017|journal=Architectural Digest|date=10 March 2017|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/howard-hodgkin-1932-2017/#s-cust0|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in New Delhi]]
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