In 1956, Khan established the Ali Akbar College of Music in Calcutta. In 1958, he established another institution with the same name in Berkeley, California. Later in 1985, he established a branch of Ali Akbar College of Music in Basel, Switzerland. He has been awarded the Padma Vibhusan in 1989, MacArthur Genius Grant in 1991 and the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship of National Endowment for the Arts in 1997. |