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Lalit Kala Academy

@ The Akademi was inaugurated on August 5, 1954, by the then Honourable Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
@ It is headquartered in New Delhi.
@ The Akademi was given statutory authority in 1957, under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
@ It has been serving the entire country by promoting the creative endeavours of Indian artists and bringing their arts to bear upon a large number of people, thereby playing an important role in defining and redefining the sensibility of an entire culture, falling under the visual arts spectrum.

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