{"id":22071,"date":"2026-08-06T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22071"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:15:19","slug":"lalit-kala-akademi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lalit-kala-akademi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalit Kala Akademi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lalit Kala Akademi Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Lalit Kala Akademi celebrated its 72nd Foundation Day\u00a0 at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lalit Kala Akademi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was inaugurated <\/span><b>on 5th August 1954<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the then <\/span><b>Minister for Education, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/abul-kalam-azad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Akademi was given the <\/span><b>status of statutory authority in 1957<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>under the Societies Registration Act 1860.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Regional Centres:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has regional centres situated at Chennai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Garhi. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It functions through its General Council, Executive Board, and other Committees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Culture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of Lalit Kala Akademi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been at the <\/span><b>forefront of promoting and nurturing visual arts in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through national and international exhibitions, artists&#8217; camps, workshops, scholarships, publications, documentation, research initiatives and collaborative cultural programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has preserved and documented a permanent collection of the highest order that reflects the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of contemporary, modern, folk, and tribal art in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>promotes the Visual Art of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in various countries of the world through Cultural Agreements and Cultural Exchange Programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>National Exhibition of Art<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the most prestigious annual event of the Lalit Kala Akademi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It continues to provide an important platform for artists and remains committed to strengthening India&#8217;s visual arts ecosystem.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2295182&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lalit Kala Akademi was inaugurated on 5th August 1954 by the then Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. 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