India to host Second BRICS Culture Working Group Meeting in Varanasi

India will host the Second BRICS Culture Working Group Meeting in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, from the 4th to the 5th of this month. The announcement was made by the Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal at a press conference in New Delhi.

The two-day meeting will facilitate structured multilateral dialogue on cultural cooperation in keeping with India’s BRICS 2026 theme: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. Mr Aggarwal said that the 2026 BRICS Culture Working Group deliberations are structured around three major thematic priorities, including creative economy and AI, Heritage Protection, Culture and Sustainable Development.