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'''The Nehru Centre, London''' is a cultural centre located at [[8 South Audley Street, Mayfair]], London. Its goal is to promote cultural exchange between [[India–United Kingdom relations|India and the United Kingdom]]. It is named after [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-17 |title=MERCHANDIZING GANDHI, Hindustan Times |url=https://ramachandraguha.in/archives/merchandizing-gandhithe-hindustan-times.html |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Ramachandra Guha.in}}</ref> Indian playwright [[Girish Karnad]], writer-diplomat [[Pavan Varma]] once headed the Nehru Centre, London as directors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-06 |title=Tug-of-war in the offing over Nehru Centre in London director post |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19700101-tug-of-war-in-the-offing-over-nehru-centre-in-london-director-post-787437-2005-06-20 |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=India Today}}</ref> Poet-diplomat [[Abhay K]] has<br />
d been appointed as the director of the Nehru Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-25 |title=Indian poet-diplomat new director of London's Nehru Centre |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/indian-poet-diplomat-new-director-of-london-s-nehru-centre-115032501144_1.html |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Business Standard News}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-16 |title=Amish Tripathi |url=http://forbesindia.com/celebprofile/amish-tripathi/188# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216045002/http://forbesindia.com/celebprofile/amish-tripathi/188# |archive-date=2013-12-16 |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Forbes India Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amish Tripathi - Forbes India Magazine |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/celebprofile2014/amish-tripathi/1489/191 |website=Forbes India Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-21 |title=Amish Tripathi |url=http://forbesindia.com/celebprofile2015/amish-tripathi/193# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121050451/http://forbesindia.com/celebprofile2015/amish-tripathi/193# |archive-date=2016-01-21 |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Forbes India Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 Celebrity 100 - Forbes India Magazine |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2017-celebrity-100/1665/1 |website=forbesindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Celebrity 100 - Forbes India Magazine |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/all |website=forbesindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The most powerful people of India 2019 &#124; Full list |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/the-most-powerful-people-of-india-2019-full-list-1574021-2019-07-26 |website=indiatoday}}</ref><br />
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It is regarded as a flagship cultural centre of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR) abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-26 |title=About Us {{!}} Nehru Centre |url=https://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/about-us/ |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Nehru Centre London}}</ref><br />
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==Directors==<br />
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*[[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]] (1992–1997)<br />
*I.N. Chaudhary (1997–1999)<br />
*[[Girish Karnad]] (2000–2003)<br />
*[[Pavan Varma]] (2004–2005)<br />
*[[Atul Khare]] (2005–2006)<br />
*[[Monika Kapil Mohta]] (2006–2011)<br />
*Sangeeta Bahadur (2011–2015)<br />
*Srinivas Gotru (2015-2019)<br />
*[[Amish Tripathi]] (2019-2023)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://www.nehrucentre.org.uk}}<br />
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