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| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1981}}
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
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| key_people = [[Manish Sisodia]] (President)<br>Surendra Sharma (Vice-President)
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| affiliations = Art, Culture and Language Department of the [[Government of Delhi]]
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| website = {{URL|http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/|Official Website}}
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'''Hindi Academy''' ({{langx|hi|हिन्दी अकादमी}}) is an autonomous organisation in [[Delhi]], [[India]], set up by the [[Government of Delhi]] in 1981. The organisation was founded to try to promote [[Hindi language]], [[Hindi literature|literature]] and culture.<ref name="gov">{{cite news |title=लक्ष्य एवं उद्देश्य |trans-title=Aims and Objectives |url=http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_hindi/hindiacademy/Home+Page/Goals+and+Objectives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530022352/http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_hindi/hindiacademy/Home+Page/Goals+and+Objectives |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2019 |publisher=Government of Delhi}}</ref> The [[Chief minister (India)|deputy CM]] of Delhi, [[Manish Sisodia]], is the president of the academy, and poet Surendra Sharma is serving as the vice-president.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 September 2019 |title=संचालन समिति के सदस्यों की सूची |trans-title=List of Steering Committee Members |url=http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DOIT_Hindi/hindiacademy/whats+new/sadsayalist |publisher=Government of Delhi}}</ref> The organisation works under the direction of the [[Government of Delhi|Delhi government]]'s Art, Culture and Language Department.<ref name="gov" />

The Hindi Academy honors litterateurs, journalists, writers and poets for their contributions to Hindi literature.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindi Academy Delhi honors Salil Chaturvedi with Hindi Seva Samman |url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/hindi-academy-delhi-honors-salil-chaturvedi-with-hindi-seva-samman/ |publisher=India Education Diary |date=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Javed Akhtar bestowed with Shalaka Samman, highest honour of Hindi Sahitya Academy |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/javed-akhtar-bestowed-with-shalaka-samman-highest-honour-of-hindi-sahitya-academy-4875041.html |publisher=Firstpost |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The academy honors writers and litterateurs.<ref>{{cite news |title=सम्मान व पुरस्कार |trans-title=Honours and Awards |url=http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_hindi/hindiacademy/Home+Page/Honors+and+awards+system |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230073848/http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_hindi/hindiacademy/Home+Page/Honors+and+awards+system |archive-date=30 December 2019 |access-date=8 March 2020 |publisher=Government of Delhi}}</ref> After the death of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] leader Santosh Koli in 2013, the Hindi Academy announced another award of {{Currency|200,000|INR|passthrough=yes}} titled Hindi Akademi Shikhar Samman.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi government announces Rs 2 lakh award in memory of Santosh Koli |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-government-announces-rs-2-lakh-award-in-memory-of-santosh-koli/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=14 October 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Central Institute of Hindi]]
* [[Sahitya Akademi]]
* [[Urdu Academy, New Delhi]]
* [[World Hindi Secretariat]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219210036/http://hindiacademy.delhi.gov.in/ |date=19 February 2020 }}
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[[Category:Language advocacy organizations]]
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