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Organizations like Global Scholastics are a great option for students who want to pursue education in the US: American Center Kolkata Director

Nov 14, 2024, at 08:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: "Organizations like Global Scholastics are a great option for students who want to pursue education in the United States," said American Center Kolkata Director Elizabeth Lee.

Indian child sex trafficking documentary ‘From the Shadows’ screened in Kolkata

May 16, 2023, at 10:07 pm

Kolkata: Filmmaker Miriam Chandy Menacherry's documentary 'From the Shadows', a film that deals with the survivors of a powerful criminal racket that trafficks minor girls for sex work, was screened in Kolkata's American Center on Monday.

Fulbright-Nehru scholars prepare for the US

May 12, 2023, at 09:51 pm

Kolkata: The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) hosted a two-day pre-departure orientation in Kolkata for the new batch of Indian Fulbright-Nehru, Fulbright-Kalam and other Fulbright Fellows.

Education USA hosts Annual Alumni Fair at American Center, Kolkata

Jan 28, 2023, at 06:50 am

Kolkata/IBNS: U.S. Consulate Kolkata and the United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF) hosted the 2023 Education USA Alumni Fair on Friday at the American Center.

Ecocinema: Film and art festival at Kolkata's American Center brings environmental awareness

Nov 29, 2019, at 09:52 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The U.S. Consulate General Kolkata and NGO South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE) in partnership with Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), Education and Multimedia Resource Center (EMRC), and Bengal Photography Institute (BPI) organized a day-long film and art festival titled “EcoCinema: A Greener World through Art,” at the American Center Kolkata, recently, to create awareness on building sustainable environment and environmental practices in Kolkata and East India.

Ari Roland Jazz Quartet of the US and folk musicians of Bengal create magic through music

Dec 12, 2017, at 04:40 pm

Kolkata, Dec 12 (IBNS): As the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet’s music fused with the soulful Baul songs of Bengal, the audience was practically ready to do a 'Dumbledore' (headmaster of Hogwarts in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series), ready to repeat his famous comment, “Ah, music, ... A magic beyond all we do here!”

Indian and US artists come together for performative story telling project in Kolkata

Feb 28, 2017, at 10:28 pm

Kolkata, Feb 28 (IBNS): Performing artists from India and the United States (US) came together to raise awareness about gender issues at a programme at the American Centre in Kolkata recently.