Ghalib Academy, New Delhi

Ghalib Academy (Urdu: غالب اکادمی ) is an educational and cultural institution of national importance in India.

It was founded in 1969 by Hakeem Abdul Hameed and inaugurated by the former president of India Dr. Zakir Hussain in Nizamuddin West area, Delhi.

The Academy consist of a museum in memory of the poet, a research library, an art gallery, an auditorium and a computerized calligraphy training centre in collaboration with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language .

It organizes literary and cultural programs on famous Urdu Poets like Ghalib and Allama Iqbal, etc.

It was formally declared open by the then President of India Dr Zakir Hussain on the occasion of the Ghalib Centenary on 22 February 1969.

An inscription done in front of the Ghalib Academy building
An inscription done in front of the Ghalib Academy building
Building of Ghalib Academy