LALIT KALA AKADEMI;
- It was established on August 5, 1954.
- The Akademi has regional centres called Rashtriya Lalit kala kendras.
- Since its inception, the Akademi has been organising national exhibition of contemporary Indian art.
- It accords recognition to art institutions / associations and extends financial assistance to these bodies as well as state academies.
- The Akademi brings out bi-annual art journals, Lalit kala contemporary (English), Lalit kala Ancient (English) and Samkaleen kala ( Hindi).
SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI:
- The National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music, named Sangeet Natak Akademi, was the first of these entities to be established by a resolution of the ministry of education, headed by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, signed on 31 May 1952.
- On 28 January 1953, Sangeet Natak Akademi was inaugurated by the then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
- The Akademi established the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipuri Dance academy in Imphal in the year 1954.
- The Akademi also established the National School of Drama in the year 1959.
SAHITYA AKADEMI:
- It is the Indian National Academy of letters meant to promote the cause of Indian Literature through publications, translations, seminars, workshops and literary meets all over the country.
- It was established in March 1954 as an autonomous body fully funded by the department of Culture.
- The Akademi has two translation centres at Bangalore and Kolkatta.
- It maintains a unique multilingual library in New Delhi.
- The three fellowships by sahitya Akademi are:
1. Sahitya Akademi Honorary Fellowship
2. Anand Fellowship
3. Premchand Fellowship
- Sahitya Akademi Honorary fellowship is the highest honour conferred by the akademi on a writer.
- Anand fellowship instituted in 1996 in the name of great scholar and aesthete Dr, Ananda coomaraswamy is offered to scholars from Asian countries to pursue literary projects of their choice.
- It has three journals, Indian Literature (bi-monthly in English), Samkaleen Bharatiya sahitya (bi-monthly in Hindi) and Samskrita Pratibha (half yearly journal in sanskrit).
- The Akademi holds an annual week long Festival of Letters.