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Grand finale to Sangeet Akademi Golden Jubilee New Delhi, January 24 Mr Jagmohan, Minister of Tourism and Culture and the recently appointed Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Mrs Sonal Mansingh, will also be present on the occasion. An audio-visual presentation incorporating rare glimpses from Akademi archives will be screened. Sangeet Natak Akademi, Indian National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, completed 50 years of its existence on January 28, 2003. The Akademi was inaugurated on January 28, 1953 by the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad. Coming as it did only days after the inauguration of India’s new Parliament,
the Lok Sabha, the inauguration of Sangeet Natak Akademi signalled a new era in the nurturing and development of the performing
arts of the nation. |
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