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 Jammu and Kashmir | |
Official patch of the AMK | |
Abbreviation | AMK |
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Founder | Rashid Nazki |
Type | Nonprofit cultural and literary organization |
Legal status | Foundation |
Purpose | Activism |
Headquarters | Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir |
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Origins | Kashmir |
Region served | Jammu and Kashmir |
Fields | Art, Culture, Literature, Languages |
Official languages | Kashmiri, Urdu, English |
President | Mohmmad Amin Bhat |
Secretary | Shabnum Tailgami |
Treasurer | Abdul Ahad Hajini |
Media Secretary | Aadil Ismail |
Affiliations | Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages |
Website | www |
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).