SAARC Cultural Centre presents the SAARC Special Lecture on “Is Puppetry Relevant in the 21st Century South Asia?” featuring Ms. Sulochana Dissanayake, Founder & Artistic Director, Power of Play (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka on 13th December 2024, 2:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). Here is the link to join https://meet.google.com/wxg-tgui-gsu
SAARC Cultural Centre presents the SAARC Special Lecture on “Digital Renaissance: How Technology is Reshaping Culture” featuring Ms. Ashwini Natesan, Legal Consultant and Researcher Tech, Media and Telecommunications Law, Sri Lanka on 9th December 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). Here is the link to join https://meet.google.com/ums-zcwi-kqs
Pakistani film “ Chalay Thay Saath”, directed by Mr. Umer Adil, is a film about relationships, not just between people but between countries as well. The protagonist visits the region with a tour guide exploring the beauty of the people and the nature. Upon his visit, he meets with Resham-the actress and he falls in […]
The newly appointed Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Dr. Kaushalya Kumarasinghe assumed duties during a brief ceremony at the SCC on 3rd February 2025. Addressing the staff following the assumption of duties, Dr. Kumarasinghe highlighted the importance of acknowledging the longstanding cultural encounters of the South Asian region and the SAARC Cultural Centre’s […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) on 31st January 2025 organized a farewell ceremony in honor of the outgoing Director of the SCC, Mrs. Renuka Ekanayake. With a distinguished career spanning over 34 years in the Sri Lanka Administrative Service as Additional Secretary and Permanent Secretary in various Ministries, she was instrumental in making significant strides in […]
Mr. Niluka Kadurugamuwa, Director General (South Asia & SAARC); Ms. Ruvini De Silva, Director (SAARC) and Ms. Diana Perera, Assistant Director (South Asia & SAARC) met with Mrs. Renuka Ekanayake, Director, SAARC Cultural Centre on 27th January 2025. Mr. Kadurugamuwa and Mrs. Ekanayake discussed SAARC Cultural Centre’s ongoing and future activities for 2025.
The Seventh Session of the SAARC Special Lecture (Virtual Mode) titled ‘Is Puppetry Relevant in 21st Century South Asia’ was held on (Friday), 13th December 2024, 2:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the SAARC Special Lecture Series was Ms. Sulochana Dissanayake founder and artistic director Power of […]
The Sixth Session of the SAARC Special Lecture (Virtual Mode) titled ‘Digital Renaissance: How Technology is Reshaping Culture’ was held on (Monday), 9th December 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the SAARC Special Lecture Series was Ms. Ashwini Natesan, Legal Consultant and Researcher […]
The Fifth Session of the SAARC Special Lecture (Virtual Mode) titled ‘Early Historic Urbanization and Urban-Rural Landscapes in South Asia’ was held on (Monday), 25th November 2024,3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the SAARC Special Lecture Series was Dr. Selvakumar Veerasamy, Department of Maritime History and […]
SAARC Cultural Centre held another successful Film Day as part of its quarterly Film Day programme featuring the renowned Pakistani movie, Chalay Thay Saath, directed by Mr. Umer Adil at the Kandy City Centre Multiplex on 4th December 2024. The Film Day was inaugurated by Mr. G.H.M.A. Premasinghe, Chief Secretary of the Central Province, Kandy, […]
Heads of State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka signed the SAARC Charter on 8th December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, establishing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Since then, each year, SAARC Charter Day is celebrated across all Member States, Regional Centres and Specialized Bodies of SAARC […]
SAARC Special Lecture (Virtual Mode) titled Hindu-Buddhist Influences on the Muslim Art and Architecture in Ancient Gandhara, Pakistan was held on (Monday), 11th November 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the SAARC Special Lecture Series was Prof Ghani-Ur-Rahman, Director of the Taxila Institute […]
SAARC Special Lecture (Virtual Mode) titled Understanding South Asia: The Impact of Culture on People-to-People Relations was held on (Tuesday), 29th October 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the SAARC Special Lecture Series was Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, Research Director at the Nepal Institute […]
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