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Founded in 2012, Chalchitra Academy is a unique registered non-profit cultural organization (Reg. no. S/1L ON 98305 of 2012-2013), with the vision to revive and nurture the dying art forms from rural Bengal. It brings in traditional artists, contemporary artists and professionals and amateurs from all walks of society on a common platform to create art as never before. Our vision is to create awareness on traditional and dying forms of arts, and help and empower marginalized societies, especially in Bengal. We conduct group workshops, sessions with artists and talk shows to disseminate traditional forms of artistic knowledge. We organize several outreach programmes to inspire people about their own cultural roots. Our mission is to inculcate a sense of aesthetics into the minds and hearts of our people especially the younger generation, who are the future keepers and torchbearers of our rich cultural heritage. We also work closely with several village communities, imparting vocational trainings and making them economically self reliant and confident. We at Chalchitra Academy believe in equal opportunity for all and green sustenance. We also collaborate with artists from around the world to bring them closer to the traditional artists of Bengal.