New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) The culture ministry on Saturday signed agreements with 17 institutions across the country to “speed up” work on the conservation and digitisation of the country’s manuscript heritage under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.

The MoUs were exchanged with these institutions in the presence of Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at a ceremony held at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here, according to an official statement.

Twelve of these institutions, including the Department of Persian Studies at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, and Asiatic Society, Kolkata, have joined under the category of ‘cluster’, while five others, including Nagari Pracharni Sabha, Varanasi, have signed pacts as ‘independent centres’, it said. Show Full Article

Shekhawat, i

See Full Page