NORTH CENTRAL ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE

NORTH CENTRAL ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE

North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC) is one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres establishment in the country on the initiative of the then Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India when it first announced in 1985 to set up a zonal cultural centres for the Northern Zone at Patiala (Punjab) and thereafter another zonal cultural centre for the eastern region at Shantinekatan (West Bengal). In the same sequence, NCZCC was established as a Society registered under the Societies Registration -1860 on March 03,1986 with its registered office at Allahabad. Its motive to preserve, innovate and promote the projection and dissemination of the arts of the Zone comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttranchal and Delhi falling under the broad disciplines of sangeet, natak, lalit kala and ashitya. Its logo has seven round cornered overlapping squares symbolising seven states with black border of which, one in the centre is filled with orange. On top of this in Devanagari the word ‘Madhyotri’ meaning ‘Central’ is written in black.