# CHHANDAM CENTRE OF INDIAN CULTURE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1080773
- **Other names:** CHHANDAM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 18, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1080773


## Contact

- **Address:** 89 KINGS ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
- **Postcode:** SS0 8PH
- **Phone:** 01702715843
- **Email:** bhaskar.dasgupta@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.chhandamuk.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO ASIAN CULTURE, MUSIC AND DANCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, AND BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

**Activities:** Chhandam promotes, educates and engages local communities in Indian music, culture, dance, poetry and dramatics. Lead a show in October 2024 with community participation. Also staged the show Rays of Light in Shaw Theatre in November 2024, and supported local talents to be aware, learn and perform Indian classical and semi classical music.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Barnet
- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6000 | £5500 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £2000 | £1500 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £1500 | £1400 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr BHASKAR DASGUPTA** (Chair)
- DALIA DASGUPTA
- Dr PRATYUSHA CHAUDHURI — appointed March 17, 2013
- MEKHOLA RAY — appointed March 1, 2015
- Sunith Lahiri — appointed March 1, 2015