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Vigyan Bhawan : Venue Name
Category: Venue
Location: Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110003 India
Phone: 011 – 21410607
Email: vishalmathur[at]itdc.co.in
www: https://itdc.co.in/
Timings: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM
Vigyan Bhawan: New Delhi Premiere Conference Centre
The majestic capital city of India is blessed with a great art and architecture. Vigyan Bhavan, India’s premiere Conference Centre is a great example. Located at the Maulana Azad Road, it has been the venue for many historically noteworthy conferences and summits attended by distinguished world leaders and dignitaries. Built in 1956, it has a splendid ambience and an astounding art.
Vigyan Bhawan has been the venue of various Head-of-State level meets such as CHOGM, NAM and the Seven-Nation Summit. It has caucus facilities, which include computer controlled conference systems with concurrent interpretation system up to eight languages. An awesome in-house TV linked with satellite; communication facilities of E-mail, Fax are the key highlights of this great structure. Local Area Network with P.C.s, Video recording and large screen video projections are also other facilities available for day-to-day conferences.
Several other halls provide the requisite seating for parallel sessions, workshops and discussion forums. With an absolutely gripping environment, it has amazing lobbies and a huge seating capacity in each conference hall. Subtlety and vibrancy, both shades can be seen inside Vigyan Bhavan.
It is strategically located in one of the most beautiful locations in Delhi near the President’s Estate and India Gate. Overlooking lush green lawns, it is in the walking environs of Gallery of Modern Art, the National Museum and other sites of tourist interest. A journey past the Vigyan Bhavan can be very intriguing and eventful and who knows you might see some known personality there?
It only holds National-level functions and conferences, and functions by the Government of India, State Governments, PSUs and Autonomous Bodies order by priority given. It is allotted to NGOs / Private Enterprises where either the President, Vice President or the Prime Minister of India are present. It also holds various award ceremonies, including the annual National Film Awards.
Architecture:
The main building was designed in 1955 by R.P. Gehlote of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) belonging to Jaipur, incorporating elements of British Raj architecture, evident in the nearby buildings of the Secretariat Building and of Lutyens’ Delhi along with Hindu and Mughal architecture, as well as ancient Buddhist architecture, especially the chaitya arches of Ajanta Caves. The overall style of the building remains modernistic with revivalist elements.
Overview:
The main feature of the complex is the Plenary hall, with a seating capacity of over 1200 (922+326+37) delegates, besides it has six smaller halls with capacities ranging from over 65 delegates to over 375 delegates. The building also has a VIP Lounge, the Office block for on-site offices, secretariat and a documentation centre, a Studio, a Business centre and an Exhibition hall. The adjacent building is called the Vigyan Bhavan Annexe added later on with four Committee Rooms and a separate Media centre. The annexe also houses the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) of Government of India and INVEST INDIA, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency. The Vigyan Bhawan Annexe stands adjacent to the Vice President House.
F&B services at ‘The Atrium’ at the centre are managed by the Ashok Group of the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
As a part of Central Vista Redevelopment Project, Vigyan Bhavan will be demolished and a new Central Conference Center will be built besides National Archives.
