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Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাংলা আকাদেমি), or West Bengal Bangla Academy, established on 20 May 1986, is the main academy for promoting Bangla language in West Bengal. The main office of the organization is located at the campus of the Nandan on AJC Bose Road, beside Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata.

Scholars at the Bangla Akademi work to promote the Bangla language in various ways. They are doing research on spelling, grammar and the origin and development of Bangla. They are publishing works by prominent writers in the language. They have built a large library to preserve original manuscripts. The government of Japan has donated Rs. 500000 for research in the Academy. The government of West Bengal has also given a lump some amount of money. The Academy is spending the money on the Indo-Japan Cultural Center in Bidhannagar.

Various festivals are being conducted nowadays by Bangla Akademi, e.g., Kabita Utsab (Poetry Festival), Little Magazine Mela (Little Magazine Fair), Kathasahitya Utsab (Fiction Festival), Chhara Utsab (Rhyme Festival) etc.

Rabindra Puraskar (Tagore Prize) Anita-Sunil Basu Smriti Puraskar for poets under the age of 45 years.The award was started in the year 1997. It has a cash prize of Rs 12500 . Recipients are : Joy Goswami, Nirmal Haldar, Mridul Dasgupta, Subodh Sarkar, Sanjukta Bandopadhyay, Mallika Sengupta(2004), Prabal kumar Basu, Ishita Bhabudri(2005), Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri( 2006).

Currently Bangla Akademi is working under the guidance of eminent poet and writer Nirendranath Chakrabarty.

• Manik Bandopadhyayer Rachanabali – Complete Works of Manik Bandopadhyay (10 Vols.)
• Kazi Nazrul Islamer Rachanabali - Complete Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam (5 Vols.)
• Sanchayita 2, Rabindranath Tagore
• Academy Banan Abhidhan
• Aalor Fulki
• Selected Haraprasad Shashtri