Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was inaugurated on 19 November 1985 by then the Prime Minister of India, Late Rajiv Gandhi. It was established realizing the need to 'encompass the study and experience of all the arts- each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology'.

At present IGNCA serves as a major resource centre for the arts as it has tried over the years to preserve the distributed fragments of Indian art and culture. For this IGNCA has also collaborated with UNDP to use technology for preservation as well as easy dissemination of cultural informations. The centre has five main divisions namely Kala Darsana, Sutradhara, Kalakosa, Janapada Sampada and Kala Nidhi for smooth and effective functioning. Kala Nidhi is an extensive developing data bank on arts, humanities, and cultural heritage. The not-to-miss feature of this division is the large reference library, which is open on all the Saturdays. IGNCA also coordinates various programmes of research, creative activities, training and performance through put the year.