Ministry of Culture (India)

Republic of India
Ministry of Culture
Agency overview
Emblem of India
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
Agency executive	Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister for Culture
Website	indiaculture.nic.in

The Ministry of Culture (Hindi: संस्कृति मंत्रालय) is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture.

The Minister of Culture holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. Shri. Shripad Yesso Naik is currently the Minister of Culture. Recently government has started National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.^[1]

Organization

Attached offices
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Central Secretariat Library
- National Archives of India

Subordinate offices
- Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata
- Central Reference Library, Kolkata
- National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
- National Library of India, Kolkata
- National Museum, New Delhi

Autonomous organizations
- National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi
- Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
- Asiatic Society, Kolkata
- Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Jammu and Kashmir
- Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS)
- Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi
- Delhi Public Library, Delhi
- Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi
- Indian Museum, Kolkata
- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
- Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmayur, Chennai
- Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna
- Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata
- National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
- National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM), Delhi
- National School of Drama, New Delhi
- Nav Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda, Bihar
- Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Teen Murti Bhavan)
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961^[2]
- Raza Library, Rampur
- Sahitya Akademi (SA), New Delhi
- Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
- Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), New Delhi
- Saraswathi Mahal Library, Tanjore
- Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Zonal Cultural Centers (based on Cultural Zones of India)
- Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
- North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad
- North East Zone Cultural Centre
- North Zone Cultural Centre
- South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
- South Zone Culture Centre, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- West Zone Cultural Centre

References

^ "About : NML". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
^ "About RRRLF". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

External links

Official website

Categories

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