Creative Convergence: Growth Reimagined is a flagship platform by the British Council that brings together creative leaders, policymakers, artists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry voices from India and the UK to explore the future of the creative economy.
Through conversations, collaborations, and knowledge exchange, the platform examines how creativity can drive innovation, inclusive growth, sustainability, and stronger cultural connections between the two countries.
About Creative Convergence
Rooted in the shared ambitions of the India–UK Vision 2035 and the Programme of Cultural Cooperation, Creative Convergence creates space for meaningful dialogue across sectors including media and entertainment, design, fashion, festivals, cultural policy, technology, and the arts.
At the heart of Creative Convergence is the British Council’s commitment to strengthening long-term people-to-people and institutional partnerships between India and the UK. The platform aims to support the growth of resilient and future-ready creative ecosystems by enabling international exchange, encouraging new collaborations, sharing research and insight, and opening pathways for innovation and market opportunities.
By convening diverse voices and perspectives, Creative Convergence seeks to position creativity as a catalyst for economic growth, social impact, and cultural leadership in both countries and beyond.
Upcoming Creative Convergence events 2026
In 2026, the programme will expand through Creative Convergence roundtables across Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. These regional convenings will create space for focused conversations, sectoral partnerships, and new opportunities for collaboration, while contributing insights and recommendations towards a larger national dialogue.
The 2026 programme is designed around key themes including: sustainability, film co-production, creative technology, skills development, publishing, fashion, music, and cultural infrastructure.
- Mumbai | 6 October 2026
Heritage and cultural destinations | Fashion and sustainability | India-UK film and screen collaboration - Kolkata | 15 December 2026
Museums, collections and knowledge | Heritage and cultural tourism | Creative economies of the East and Northeast - New Delhi | February 2027 (dates TBC)
Bringing together the themes explored in Mumbai and Kolkata
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Mumbai Edition: Creative Industries, Heritage and Global Collaboration
Tuesday 6 October 2026 I 10.30 a.m. onwards
Admission to Creative Convergence Mumbai is by invitation only. If interested, please write to us at artsindia1@BritishCouncil.Org.
The Mumbai edition, the first in the 2026 Creative Convergence series, will explore creative industries, heritage and global collaboration, with sessions spanning film and screen, fashion and sustainability, and heritage, cultural tourism and place-making. It will be followed by a series of dialogues in Kolkata and Bengaluru with the culmination in Delhi in Q4 in alignment with National Government and other State Government.
The Sessions
The Mumbai edition will explore three important areas withing the creative industries, relevant to Mumbai and Maharashtra around:
- Heritage Tourism and Cultural Destinations
- Fashion and Sustainability: Design, Innovation and the Circular Creative Economy
- Film and Screen: Co-creating a Globally Connected India–UK Screen Ecosystem
Admission to Creative Convergence Mumbai is by invitation only. If interested, please write to us at artsindia1@BritishCouncil.Org.
