Founded in May 1985, The Tagore Centre UK is the country’s number one institution dedicated to promoting the work and life of Rabindranath Tagore. The main centre is based in London but we also have a branch in Glasgow. We are a voluntary organisation that relies on donations, membership fees, ticket sales, funding and publication sales.

Our biggest achievement to date has been to secure Rabindranath Tagore’s work in the National Curriculum for schools in England and Wales, ensuring that children of all cultures are able to enjoy Tagore’s work and life. 

Library
The Centre is primarily a substantial lending library consisting of books, journals, photographs, CDs and videos of Tagore and his work. The majority of these are in English and available to all our members. As a publishing house, we have produced books aimed at children, students, scholars and the general public - many of these are translations of Tagore’s actual stories as well as information about the man himself. All of our publications, which we commission and produce, are in English.

Performances and exhibitions
In addition to our publishing work, we organise theatre productions, dance performances and visual arts exhibitions by renowned artists from overseas, as well as homegrown talent from the UK. Many of these are based on Tagore’s work and to ensure we reach all audiences many of these events are held in venues ranging from local schools and theatres to more established ones such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Lectures, seminars and workshops
The Tagore Centre regularly runs seminars, workshops and classes based on Tagore’s work as well as holding lectures given by distinguished scholars in their specialist fields with topics based on Tagore and his work. These are held at the Centre as well as other venues and all members are welcome to attend. 

Contact details

Main Centre and Lending Library:
Alexandra Park Library,
Alexandra Park Road,
London N22 7UJ

Telephone 020 8444 6751 | Fax 020 8909 2933

Glasgow Branch
The Mitchell Library,
North Street
Glasgow G3 7DN

Telephone 0147 572 7138 | 0150 570 3252

Opening hours

Monday - Friday: 11am - 3pm (through appointments only
e-mail: info@tagorecentre.org.uk)

Saturday and Sunday: 12 - 4pm (without any appointments)

Closed Bank Holidays For more details please contact: info@tagorecentre.org.uk

Staff
The Rt Hon Baroness S Flather JP DL FRSA
Chief Patron

Kalyan Kundu
Chairperson

Arundhati Biswas
Devi Kundu
Vice-Chairpersons

Modhusree Dey Ghatak
Secretary

Elizabeth Fiest
Administrator

Sunit Lahiri
Treasurer

Committee Members:
(alphabetical order)
Susmita Bhattacharya 
Amalendu Biswas 
Rubi Bunker 
Anuradha Choudhury
Ujjwal Das 
Sanjay Dasgupta 
Sunanda Dutt 
Gulnaher Khan 
John Kundu 
Soma Mitra 
Raka Mukhopadhyay 

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