Bangalore, the ‘flower city’ of India has many art galleries and cultural centers to its credit. The presence of these cultural havens elevates the scholarly and educational ambience of Bangalore. The British Council Library is one of the major cultural centers of Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka.

Established in the year 1960, the British Council Library in Bangalore is at constant service to all the book lovers and enthusiasts of culture. Located at Prestige Takt 23 Kasturba Road Cross it is just opposite to the reputed Vishweshwarayya Technical and Industrial Museum. The library is open from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm and attracts book lovers, scholars and artists. This library has a vast collection of magazines, journals, books, including children’s books and DVD’s. Your interest in arts, culture, social sciences, history, language and literature is catered to by the British Council library at Bangalore. Books neatly arranged on the well-furnished racks or e-books are there with immense variety and scope. It can really boast of finest and world-class collection of books on Literature, language, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, Law, Management, Medicine and Science and Technology. Amongst its special collection feature books from India Collection, ITLRC (Information Technology Learning Resource Centre) and YLC (Young Learners Centre). Periodicals and journal from UK is the cherry on the top. ITLRC has benefited students, researchers and members alike.

The British Council Library at Bangalore is a treasure house of information and knowledge. Either for your recreation or reference or for your profession you can avail all the online and offline products. Some of the excellent online services catered to can be seen in Ashridge VLRC (Virtual Learning Resource Centre), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Infotrac, OED (Oxford English Dictionary) and Oxford Reference Online. The cultural side of Bangalore gets a boost because of the presence of this library which in the course of an annual year conducts several cultural events and workshops.

You can dial 91 80 22489220 or log onto http://library.britishcouncil.org.in to know more about the British Council Library in Bangalore. Sharing knowledge and spearheading culture is the aim of the British Council Network worldwide. The British Council Library at the IT and tech hub of India, Bangalore follows the same principle. It is the ideal representative of education and culture in Karnataka.