© Sonja Tobias / Goethe-Institut e.V.

DTO
German Training Online is now in India!

Learn German at your own speed and convenience using appealing exercises designed specifically by our experts to enable successful, self-guided learning on your smart phone, tablet or computer. German Training Online gives you - beginners, intermediate and advanced learners - the opportunity to thoroughly practice and strengthen your German language skills.
© Berliner Philharmoniker, Digital Concert Hall.

14.05.2021
Digital Concert Hall

In this concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor Daniel Barenboim and pianist Yefim Bronfman present an all-Brahms programme. In addition to the First Symphony, they also perform the Piano Concerto in D minor, the first orchestral work that the composer presented to the public.
© Goethe-Institut Kolkata/Design:Sharanya Chattopadhyay

15.05. & 22.05.2021
Arts for Juniors

This month, we continue with the fourth edition of Arts For Juniors. In a series of different and exciting activities, children and teenagers (9-12 as well as 13+ years old) can get in touch with, discover and explore the world of art, music and books.
Manisha Malhotra

NEW!! Young Learner’s Courses May 2021

Learning German can be fun! Want to learn a foreign language and get to know a new culture? Plan to pursue higher studies in Germany? Want to learn German as a hobby? We are happy to announce a German language course in online format* for youngsters.
Online registration: 21.04. (4 pm onwards) - 11.05. (till 4 pm)
Click here for details

We are there for you!

We are in the worst phase of the pandemic so far. We at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata would like to express our solidarity with all of you - our partners, students of German language and friends.

We are connected with you in the fight against this pandemic. We wish you much strength and energy and hope that together we will soon overcome this difficult time.

Stay healthy, protect yourself and your surroundings, take care of yourself and others!

We are there for you, even though the institute remains closed for visitors due to the COVID 19 situation. You can:

book an online course (Language department will be available on mobile numbers 9836183480 and 9836022993, Monday to Friday, 10 am - 6 pm)
borrow and return media only with prior appointment with our library (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
attend multifaceted cultural programmes in online-format

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About us

We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.

Current Projects

German List
'How can you hear...'

A new series of online live streamings that will allow people of intellectual rigour to engage with each other in the real world and create a corpus of contemporary political, philosophical, literary and socially concerned conversations.

International food festival
crEATe together

Through this project, we aim to embark on a journey that will probe into the intercultural aspects of food, explore how food brings us together socially and how it can be grown and distributed sustainably.

Forgotten and Recalled
Inherited Memories

As the debates on the refugee crisis continue, we look back into one of the biggest refugee crises and human migration in recent history. The discussion mostly revolves around the broad issue of what the long-term impact would be if refugees were allowed to settle in a particular society.