Sangeet Natak Akademi And Lalit Kala Akademi

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Context: 12th Vice President conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi to eminent artists.

About Sangeet Natak Akademi:

• It is the apex body in the field of performing arts in the country.
• It was set up in 1953 for the preservation and promotion of the vast intangible heritage of India’s diverse culture expressed in forms of music, dance and drama.
• The management of the Akademi vests in its General Council. The Chairman of the Akademi is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years.
• The functions of the Akademi are set down in the Akademi’s Memorandum of Association, adopted at its registration as a society on 11 September 1961.
• The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards are the highest national recognition conferred on practising artists.
• The Akademi also confers Fellowships on eminent artists and scholars of music, dance and drama; and has in 2006 instituted annual awards to young artists – the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.

Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art (LKA)

• It is India's national academy of fine arts.
• It is an autonomous organisation, established in New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, in and outside the country.
• LKA provides scholarships and a fellow program, and sponsors and organises exhibitions in India and overseas.
• It publishes a bilingual journal. It is funded by the Union Ministry of Culture.

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