Biswa Bangla Convention Centre

Biswa Bangla Convention Centre is a convention centre in New Town, West Bengal, India. It was built by West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) and opened in the year 2017. It was built to attract meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism in the city.[1][2][3]

Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
Logo of Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
AddressBiswa Bangla Sarani, Block-DG, New Town, 700156
LocationKolkata, West Bengal, India
Coordinates22°34′57.9″N 88°28′26.6″E
OwnerHIDCO
OperatorHIDCO
ArchitectDulal Mukherjee & Associates
Inaugurated13 October 2007 (2007-10-13)
Construction cost
₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹701 crore or US$88 million in 2023)
Banquet/ballroomVaries from 72 to 270
Theatre seating
Varies from 400 to 3200
Enclosed space
 • Total space40,470 square metres (435,600 sq ft)
 • Exhibit hall floor1,580 square metres (17,000 sq ft)
 • Breakout/meeting1,161 square metres (12,500 sq ft)
Parking822 spaces
Public transit access Biswa Bangla Convention Centre metro station (under construction)
Website
www.wbhidcoltd.com/projects/convention-centre

Location
Under construction Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in 2017

It is located on Biswa Bangla Sarani, Action Area I of New Town, near Biswa Bangla Gate.[4][2] Other nearby notable structures include Rabindra Tirtha, Naval Aircraft Museum and Presidency University New Town Campus. The under construction Biswa Bangla Convention Centre metro station (previously CBD 1 metro station) of Kolkata Metro Line 6 will serve this area. The earlier named Convention Centre metro station was renamed to be the Eco Park metro station.[5][6] It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Bidhannagar Road railway station.[7]

Details

It is a ten-storeyed building which houses a convention hall, two auditoriums and four banquet cum exhibition halls, with each having 3200 seats, 400 seats and 270–72 seats respectively. There are 822 parking spaces, executive lounges, swimming pool, gymnasiums etc. It also has a hotel behind the main building, with 100 rooms, which is operated on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The convention centre is spread over a 40,470 square metres (435,600 sq ft) area, with total built up area of 56,932 square metres (612,810 sq ft) which includes parking spaces, roads and service areas.[7] The total cost of construction was ₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹701 crore or US$88 million in 2023).[8] Larsen & Toubro was the contractor and Dulal Mukherjee & Associates was the architecture firm behind this project.[9] The basic idea was taken from Vigyan Bhavan, a convention centre in Delhi.[10] It is one of the largest convention centre in India and South Asia. With this Kolkata became a meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) destination in the country.[1][11] The convention centre was also used for COVID-19 vaccination drive.[12]

See also

References
  1. Chakraborti, Suman (January 13, 2018). "New Town coming up as MICE destination of South Asia". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. "Incredible India | Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata". www.incredibleindia.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. "Welcome to TENSYMP 2019". ewh.ieee.org. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  4. "HIDCO Bhawan | Biswa Bangla Convention Centre". www.wbhidcoltd.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  5. "Name change proposal for Metro stations". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. Chakraborti, Suman (January 4, 2021). "West Bengal govt renames nine New Town Metro stations". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  7. "Brief Summary of the Project "Biswa Bangle Convention Centre"" (PDF). environmentclearance.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021.
  8. "See Pics: Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Biswa Bangla Convention Centre; calls it 'biggest in Eastern India'". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  9. "HIDCO – Biswa Bangla Convention Centre – Kolkata - Project Profile". www.marketresearch.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  10. Chakraborti, Suman (October 16, 2016). "Post-Puja push for Biswa Bangla centre | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  11. "Under single roof seats for 3,200". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  12. Chakraborti, Suman (June 11, 2021). "New Town Kolkata Development Authority lets out centres for private vaccination camps". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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