Adbi Markaz Kamraz

Adbi Markaz Kamraz (AMK), sometimes referred to as Adbee Markaz Kamraz Jammu and Kashmir (AMKJK), is the oldest and the largest cultural and literary organisation of the Jammu Jammu and Kashmir union territory focused on promoting and preserving Kashmiri culture, literature, art and Kashmiri language in particular.

Adbi Markaz Kamraz
Adbi Markaz Kamraz Jammu and Kashmir
AbbreviationAMK
FounderRashid Nazki
TypeNonprofit cultural and literary organization
Legal statusFoundation
PurposeActivism
HeadquartersBaramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
Location
Locations
OriginsKashmir
Region served
Jammu and Kashmir
FieldsArt, Culture, Literature, Languages
Official languages
Kashmiri, Urdu, English
President
Mohmmad Amin Bhat
Secretary
Shabnum Tailgami
Treasurer
Abdul Ahad Hajini
Media Secretary
Aadil Ismail
AffiliationsJammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages
Websitewww.adbimarkazkamraz.org

Sponsored by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, it is headquartered in Baramullah district of the Kashmir Valley. It consisting a group with centralized control of 22 to 24 registered literary and cultural organizations of the valley, responsible for literary activities such as promote research, organise meetings and publish books that originally belongs to Kashmiri writers.

In 2012, it organised Kashmir Literature Festival, a first-ever writers' festival in the history of Jammu and Kashmir focused on internationalize the Kashmiri language and addressing the issues responsible for its decline in the region. The festival is based on the Jaipur Literature Festival and Karachi Literature Festival to showcase the writers' work on international-level. In 2012, it established one of its branch offices for literary activities in Delhi aimed at to highlight and promote Kashmiri language for Kashmiri speaking people in the National Capital Region (NCR).

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