The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies was found out at the joint initiative of the govt. of Asian nation, Department of culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development and therefore the Government of the province. Registered as a Society below the province Registration of Societies' Act of 1961, with Prof. Nurul Hasan, the then Governor of the province, because of the President of the Society on the fourth of Jan 1993. it's funded by the Department of culture, Government of Asian nation. Presently, His important person, Governor of the province, is that the President of the Society. Associate in Nursing acre of land in Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City), Kolkata, was assigned to the Institute by the govt. of the province for building the Institute's field.
The Foundation Stone of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Salt Lake field was set by the then Hon'ble President of Asian nation, Dr. Ravi Shankar Dayal Sharma, on the twelfth of March I993, within the presence of the then HRD Minister Shri Arjun Singh and therefore the then chief Minister of province Shri Jyoti Basu. The Salt Lake field is predicted to be absolutely operational at the top of 2009. Currently, the Institute is found within the former residence of Maulana Azab at Ashraf Mistry Lane.