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𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚

- Under the Govt of India

- Preserve, propagate and conserve the Indian Culture

- Serve the purpose of conservation of our heritage

- Important tool for Soft power and Soft diplomacy

PC-AIR, DFF, ICCR

𝑳𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒂 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚

- 1954

- HQ: New Delhi

- Encouragement and understanding Fine Arts in India

- Organizing a national exhibition of contemporary Indian art

- Regional Centres: Chennai, Lucknow, Kolkata, and Bhubaneshwar

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𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒌 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚

- Jan 28, 1953

- HQ – New Delhi

- India’s National Academy for Music, Dance, & Drama first Academy of the Arts

- Offers Scholarships to Artists & Teachers of traditional arts and gives awards to outstanding Artists

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𝑺𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒚𝒂 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚

- March 1954

- HQ - New Delhi

- Indian National Academy of letters

- promote- Indian literature through publications, seminars, workshops, cultural exchange programs

- Recognized 24 languages

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𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂

- Set up by Sangeet Natak Academy in 1959,

- 1975 - Became an autonomous body financed by the Department of Culture

- To train students in all aspects of theatre

- Each year, 20 students are admitted to the course

PC- NSD

𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂

- ASI was established in 1861

- Functions under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958

- ASI has declared 3,612 monuments to be of national importance in the country.

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- Conservation, Maintenance, and preservation of centrally protected monuments/sites archaeological explorations and excavations

- Architectural survey of monuments

- Epigraphically research and publications

- Training in Archaeology

𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂

- Non-profit organization

- Promotes activities to preserve and develop handicraft industry

- Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay established in 1976

- HQ- Chennai

- Organizing All India Craft fair

PC- CCI

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐

- Under the ministry of Information and Broadcasting

- Bahujan Hiataya: Bahujan Sukhaya

- 414 stations covering 92% of India’s landmass

- 23 languages

- AIR governed by Prasar Bharati Act

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𝑵𝒆𝒉𝒓𝒖 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎 & 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚

- 1929-30 – Teen Murti House

- Collect & acquire historic material and papers related to Jawaharlal Nehru

- library to store the books, pamphlets, periodicals

- Organize monthly lectures, conferences

PC- The Hindu

𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 & 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈

- 1979

- HQ- New Delhi

- Under the ministry of culture – for linking education with culture

- 3 regional centers – Udaipur, Hyderabad, Guwahati

PC- CCRT, Justdial

𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒉𝒊 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒔

- Office - New Delhi

- established in 1985 in the memory of the late Prime Minister Smt to Indira Gandhi

- Nodal agency for setting up a National Data Bank on Arts, Humanities & Cultural Heritage

National Archives of India

- Custodian of the non-current records of the Government

- Attached Office of the Ministry of Culture

- March 1891- Transferred from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911

- Regional Office at Bhopal

- three record centers

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𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔

- DFF – Established in 1973

- Organizing National & International film festivals

- Additional change to organize the National Film Award Function

- Create a print centre and document centre for studying cinema

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𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

- ICCR – working under Ministry of culture

- Established in 1950

- Formulation and implementation of the programs

- Jazz festival in New Delhi, Northeast music festival in Guwahati

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- Promote international friendship

- Promote cultural exchange

- Generate healthy competition and exchange

- Blend new and old features of the Indian culture

- Engage Diaspora

𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉

- 1972

- Autonomous- draws funds from UGC

- Promote and preserve the history

- Journals- Indian Historical Review – English; Itihas – Hindi

- Two regional centers at Bangalore & Guwahati

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𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒔

- NMM - launched in February 2003 by the Ministry of Culture

- To unearth and preserve the vast manuscript wealth of India

- Digitize the rare and the most endangered manuscripts

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Reference:

-ccrtindia.gov.in
-iccr.gov.in
-sahitya-akademy.gov.in
-nsd.gov.in
-Indian Art & Culture by Nitin Singhania
-Indian Art & Culture by Gaurav Agarwal
- @LostTemple7

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