Prabha Khaitan Foundation-British Council collaboration

With British Council team of Debanjan Chakraborty, Alan Gemmel, Christopher Rodrigues and Mr Hari Mohan Bangur

14 October, 2018: Today, on behalf of Prabha Khaitan Foundation I signed a formal agreement with the British Council to collaborate and work together to promote art and culture of the two countries in India and United Kingdom. 

Formal signing of collaboration between Prabha Khaitan
Foundation and the British Council at the Taj Bengal Hotel

Mr Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman and global head of British Council, came down to Kolkata from London to formalize the agreement.

With Mr Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman
and Global head of the British Council

With the onset of Puja festivities, it was a good time for Mr Rodrigues and his wife to be in the city.

The agreement was signed by Mr Alan Gemmel, Director of British Council in India, in the presence of dignitaries including industrialist Hari Mohan Bangur, danseuse Tanusree Shankar, Dona Ganguly, litterateur Anjum Katyal, Ms Tiphaine Mayran, Dy Director, Alliance Francaise, Debanjan Chakrabarti, Director British Council (East and North East), Ms Gouri Basu, Director, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director, National Library and others.

With Dona Ganguly, Anjum Katyal and Tanushree Shankar

Prabha Khaitan Foundation has been carrying out various cultural and literary events across India covering 25 cities and has also started doing events in London. The plan is to try for Singapore, Dubai, USA and other cities of Europe. 

With Tiphaine Mayran, Deputy Director,
Alliance Francaise du Bengalie

The tie-up with the British Council would be a force multiplier and together we would do many events in India and the United Kingdom.

Prabha Khaitan Foundation has been promoting art, culture and literature for over two decades and has successfully started events like An Author’s Afternoon, Write Circle, Kalam, Lafz, Desert Soul etc.

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