IntroductionThe SAARC Film Day was initiated in 2014 in collaboration with the National Film Corporation to promote the award-winning movies of the SAARC Region to the film enthusiasts in Sri Lanka. SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) as the custodian of the SAARC Film Festival movies initiated this effort to provide a glimpse of SAARC Countries through […]
Ms. Renuka Ekanayake, Director and Dr Bina Gandhi Deori, Deputy Director-Research SAARC Cultural Centre attended the film screening of Sir Richard Attenborough’s cinematic masterpiece “GANDHI” at Tharanganee, Colombo on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day of India. It was organized by the Ministry of Higher Education of Sri Lanka in Collaboration with Swami Vivekananda […]
Dr Bina Gandhi Deori, Deputy Director Research, SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo attended the 77th Independence Day of India at India House, High Commission of India. High Commissioner Gopal Bagley hoisted India’s National Flag and read excerpts of the address by Hon’ble President of India to the nation on the eve of the 77th Independence Day.
Ms. Renuka Ekanayake, Director and Dr. Bina Gandhi Deori, Deputy Director-Research SAARC Cultural Centre attended the inauguration of the exhibition at Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
SAARC Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya concluded a lecture by Professor Osmund Bopearachchi, Emeritus Director of Research, French National Centre for Scientific Research (C.N.R.S.-E.N.S. Paris) on Friday, 28th July 2023 at 10:30 am. In his lecture titled “Contradictions in the texts and confusions in the iconography: Revisiting the […]
In continuation of the SAARC Talk Series 2023 (Virtual Mode) organized by the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Colombo, the Third SAARC Talk Series was scheduled on Tuesday, 18th July 2023, 15:00 pm (Sri Lankan Standard Time). The speaker of the Talk Series was Mr. Iyaz J. Naseem, Executive Board Member of National Language Academy of […]
Third lecture of the SAARC Talk Series 2023 (Virtual Mode) Tuesday, 18th July 2023 at 15:00 pm (Sri Lankan Standard Time) Topic: Etymological Connection of Maldivian Language to Other Indian Languages Speaker: Iyaz J. NaseemExecutive Board Member, Divehi Language Academy, Maldives Please follow the link to Register All are cordially invited. Please do spread the […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology organized a lecture on Monday, 26th June at 2 pm onwards by Prof. (Dr.) Anand Singh at the Department of Archaeology, Sir Marcus Fernando, Mawatha, Colombo. Prof. Singh is affiliated with the Department of History, Babasaheb Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. The lecture was attended […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) initiated the SAARC Talk Series 2023 (Virtual Mode) in the month of May 2023 with the objectives to provides opportunities for knowledge exchange across multiple disciplines allowing academics, researchers, educators and students not only from the SAARC region but across the world to initiate discussions and build professional networks and to […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) successfully concluded the First SAARC Talk Series 2023 (Virtual Mode) scheduled on Tuesday, 30th May 2023. The First Speaker of the Talk Series was Dr. Monalisa Maharjan, Research Fellow, Social Science Baha (Heritage as Placemaking), Kathmandu, Nepal. She delivered a lecture on the topic “Water System of Kathmandu Valley: Hiti system […]