India Foundation for the Arts

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an independent, nationwide, not-for-profit organisation that makes grants and implements projects across research, practice and education in the arts and culture across India, since 1995. We have supported over 600 projects disbursing over Rs 26.65 crore (USD 3.54 million) across the country. The outcomes of these projectsas books, films, performances, exhibitions and archival materialshave been circulating in the public domain through showcases, presentations, seminars, screenings, lecture demonstrations and festivals, helping widen access and encouraging broader participation in the arts. We believe that the arts and culture are essential to our individual and community lives, and for a more equitable and just world. It gives meaning to our existence and enables us to enquire into our past, critique our present and imagine collective futures. It connects us through shared experiencesto question, resist, and build. The arts makes us human, m...