MAULANA AZAD MEMORIAL ACADEMY
Maulana Azad Memorial Academy, Lucknow was established in September, 1975 with a mission to promote Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s unfalling ideals of patriotism, secularism, national integration and Communal Harmony among the Indians and to contribute positively towards the strengthening of the fabric of Indian society.
The academy strives to introduce this towering figure of Indian political scenario afresh to the modern generation by actively holding seminars for discussions and debates, organizing educational contests in schools and colleges and publishing books and the monthly journal,
The Academy has been organizing seminars and symposia from time to time on subjects related to national integration, communal harmony and secularism graced with the presence of noted intellectuals and scholars.
Azad Academy Journal, a monthly journal is published by the academy in the English, Hindi and Urdu languages aimed to further Azad’s ideals, sacrifices and contributions through academic research to a wider public in India and abroad.
From a broader perspective, Maulana Azad Memorial Academy endeavors to realize a society and nation of secular and scientific temperament as envisioned by Azad decades ago.
The Academy has been registered under Section 21 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The current head office is located in Aurangabad Khalsa, Lucknow with Shariq Alavi as the president.
The Academy has been publishing a peer reviewed monthly magazine, Azad Academy Journal (ISSN2248-9835), regularly since 1986 to further Azad’s ideals, sacrifices and contributions through academic research to a wider public in India and abroad and to highlight the different social and political issues of the country.
The journal has been warmly welcomed in educated circles all over India and has been able to elicit cooperation of a number of university professors and other eminent writers. From the year 2015 onwards the journal has started being published in Hindi and Urdu besides English. The journal is edited by Shariq Alavi who is also the president of the academy.
The Academy has been organizing seminars and symposia from time to time on subjects related to national integration, communal harmony, secularism.
Beside the seminars on 11th of November and 22nd of February every year as mark of the birth and death anniversary of Maulana Azad respectively, the academy actively organizes , symposium, debates, educational contests all round the year. The events are graced with the presence of noted intellectuals, scholars and political figures like Maulana Rabey Hasni Nadvi, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Ahmed Hasan, Health Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Justice Hyder Abbas Raza, Mr. Rai Singh, Dr. Lalit Verma, Dr. Anis Ansari IAS, Senior Advocate Zafaryab Jilani, VC B. Hanumayya, Netram IAS, Padam Shri Prakash Singh,former DGP, Uttar Pradesh, Sri Ram Arun, former DGP, Uttar Pradesh, filmmaker Muzaffar Ali among many others.
