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More multi-cultural hubs to come up in NCR soon

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“Will promote expression of creativity among citizens”

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Administration is considering creating more multi-cultural hubs like India International Centre (IIC) and India Habitat Centre (IHC) in different parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) to showcase the cultural diversity of the country, Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna said over the weekend addressing members of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.

Mr. Khanna said the Delhi Administration had received a number of requests from civil society for setting up such hubs and the Government was considering giving land for creating such institutions that promote expression of creativity among the citizens. He said such hubs would be run by boards of trustees as in the case of IIC or IHC and would nurture the artistic diversity of India.

Maintaining that organisations like the Delhi Development Authority would not be able to meet the challenges involved in running and maintaining such centres, Mr. Khanna called upon the PHD Chamber to draw up a Master Plan to replicate the cultural hubs with the help of the civil society.

He concurred with suggestions from the panellists and the floor that there should be a strong synergy among art, culture and business to help the new generation imbibe the cultural ethos of the country.

Mr. Khanna also observed that Delhi, being the hub for many institutions of excellence and higher learning, should take the lead in heralding the much needed knowledge revolution in the country. “We have to create resources and capabilities in institutions that can beckon and nurture new talents. For this, we have to bring about attitudinal changes among the cross section of the society, particularly the young people to pursue careers in which they can excel and necessarily the one that can earn them higher monetary return,” he said.

Sanskriti founder chairman O.P. Jain and IHC director R.M.S. Liberhan suggested that various community centres could be re-developed as cultural hubs to overcome the shortage of infrastructure in this regard.

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