Embassy of Nepal in collaboration with the SAARC Cultural Centre Presents Public Lecture Topic : Interpersonal Networks and the Making of Regional Buddhist Histories India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in the 20th Century Speaker: Dr. Alaka Chudal Senior Lecturer Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies The University of Vienna, Austria Venue: Sapiri Piyasa, […]
SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Seventh Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 on 29th December 2025 (Monday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe, Professor Emeritus, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe will deliver his lecture […]
SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Sixth Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 on 12th November 2025 (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Intsab Sahi, Assistant Editor, The News on Sunday,Pakistan. Intsab Sahi will deliver his lecture on the topic “Oral Storytelling as a […]
A public lecture by Dr. Alaka Chudal, organised by the Embassy of Nepal in collaboration with the SAARC Cultural Centre, was successfully held on 18th January 2026 from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at the Municipal Council Auditorium. The lecture, titled “Interpersonal Networks and the Making of Regional Buddhist Histories of India, Nepal and Sri […]
The seventh session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 (Virtual Mode) was held on 29th December (Monday) 2025, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker was Emeritus Professor Jagath Weerasinghe of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The lecture titled […]
Applications are invited from the Sri Lankan nationals for the following post at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Colombo, Sri Lanka. i. Age : Not more than 45 years of age on the closing date of application ii. Job Station : Colombo, Sri Lanka iii. Job Type : This job is a contractual position with […]
The SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) recently organised a heart-warming series of film screenings and entertainment programmes at Flood relief centres in Passara, Badulla District, Sri Lanka, with the aim of offering emotional relief, recreation, and psychosocial support to displaced families. Over three memorable days, from 16th to 18th December 2025, residents at Flood relief Centres […]
The sixth session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 (Virtual Mode) was held on 12th November 2025 (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the sixth SAARC Talk Series 2025 was Intsab Sahi, Assistant Editor, The News on Sunday, Pakistan. The lecture titled […]
The SAARC Energy Centre (SEC) is organizing four Knowledge Sharing Webinars in the months of November and December 2025. The Webinars will feature presentations and interactive discussion sessions led by renowned regional/international experts related to the title of the Webinar. The titles of the Webinars along with their scheduled date/time and registration link are given […]
Doha, 06 November 2025 – On the sidelines of the World Social Summit, Mr. Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director UNICEF met with Ambassador Md. Golam Sarwar, Secretary General of SAARC. The Secretary General and the Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF reaffirmed the longstanding and robust collaboration between SAARC and UNICEF. They engaged in constructive dialogue on […]
The SAARC Festival of Rice Culinary Arts and Spice Exhibition 2025 was held from 14-17 October 2025 at Kaja Throm, Paro, with a concluding cultural visit to Thimphu, Bhutan. This initiative was proposed at the 14th Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 22–23 October 2024, and was […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) organised the first SAARC Heritage Forum 2025 under the approved programme “SAARC Promoting Regional Art, Culture, Heritage Sites, Museums, and Archives”. This important regional initiative aims to bring together distinguished experts, professionals, and scholars in the field of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Museums to foster dialogue, share knowledge, and explore innovative […]
The SAARC Cultural Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the Regional Centre for Art and Culture established by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) with the mandate to promote regional unity through cultural integration, inter-cultural dialogue, contribute towards preservation, conservation and protection of South Asia’s cultural heritage within the framework of the SAARC […]