The EuroIndia Centre is registered in France as a non-profit organisation. It was founded in 2001 with the former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre and the present Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its presidents. The EuroIndia Centre is a private institution, and is financed by individual, public and corporate donations and membership dues. It claims to function as a networking organisation aiming to bring together prominent personalities, businesses and other bodies from Europe and India, particularly in the fields of urban planning, civic management and heritage management.
The registered office and secretariat of the EIC are situated in La Rochelle (France), but it is also run from Mumbai (India).
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