Sangeet Natak Akademi is an autonomous body of the Indian
Ministry of Culture. The academy functions as the apex body of the performing arts in the country to preserve and promote the vast cultural heritage of India expressed in music, dance and drama. It also works with governments and art academies in states and territories of the country. ;Its main functions are- • Subsidizes the work of institutions engaged in teaching, performing or promoting music, dance, or theatre • Gives grants to aid research, documentation and publishing in the performing arts • Organises and subsidises seminars and conferences of subject specialists • Documents and records the performing arts for its audio-visual archive • Renders advice and assistance to the government of India in the task of formulating and implementing policies and programmes in the field • Carries a part of the responsibilities of the state for fostering cultural contacts between regions in the country, as well as between India and the world • Organises its annual festival of music, dance and theatre in NCT Delhi.
Institutions and centres SNA established several institutions over the years: • Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra,
Hyderabad The Sangeet Natak Akademi's South India Cultural Centre, or Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra, is located in Hyderabad. It was inaugurated on 12 February 2024 by former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister Kishan Reddy. • Manipur Dance Academy,
Imphal • Sattriya Centre •
Kathak Kendra (
National Institute of Kathak Dance),
New Delhi in 1964 • Ravindra Rangshala Centers: • Centre for Kutiyattam,
Thiruvananthapuram, a national projects in the support of
Koodiyattam (the age-old
Sanskrit theatre of
Kerala) • Chhau Centre,
Baripada/
Jamshedpur • Northeast Centre ==Facilities==