Government of IndiaMinistry of Culture

ANNUAL REPORT2012-2013

1. Ministry of Culture : An Overview 1-3

2. Tangible Cultural Heritage 5

2.1 Archaeological Survey of India 6-112.2 Museums 13

2.2.1 National Museum 14-152.2.2 National Gallery of Modern Art 16-172.2.3 Indian Museum 18-202.2.4 Victoria Memorial Hall 20-222.2.5 Salarjung Museum 23-242.2.6 Allahabad Museum 25-262.2.7 National Council of Science Museums 27-29

2.3 Capacity Building in Museum related activities 302.3.1 National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and museology 312.3.2 National Research laboratory for conservation of Cultural Property 32

2.4 National Culture Fund 33-352.5 International Cultural Relations 36-372.6 UNESCO Matters 38-392.7 National Missions 40

2.7.1 National Mission for Monument and Antiquities 412.7.2 National Mission for Manuscripts 422.7.3 National Mission on Libraries 43

3. Intangible Cultural Heritage 44

3.1 National School of Drama 45-463.2 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 46-483.3 Akademies 49

3.3.1 Sahitya Akademi 50-513.3.2 Lalit Kala Akademi 52-543.3.3 Sangeet Natak Akademi 55-58

3.4 The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training 59-603.5 Kalakshetra Foundation 61-623.6 Zonal Cultural Centres 63

3.6.1 West Zone Cultural Centre 64-653.6.2 North Zone Cultural Centre 66-673.6.3 South Zone Cultural Centre 683.6.4 Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre 69-703.6.5 North East Zone Cultural Centre 70-723.6.6 South Central Zone Cultural Centre 72-733.6.7 North Central Zone Cultural Centre 74-75

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4. Knowledge Resource Heritage 77

4.1 Institutions 78

4.1.1 National Archives of India 79-814.1.2 Anthropological Survey of India 82-844.1.3 Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti 85-864.1.4 Nehru Memorial Museum and Library 87-884.1.5 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 89-914.1.6 Asiatic Society 92-934.1.7 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies 93-954.1.8 Central Institute of Buddhist Studies 95-964.1.9 Central University of Higher Tibetan Studies 97-984.1.10Nava Nalanda Maha Vihara 99-1004.1.11Central Instt. of Himalayan Cultural Studies (CIHCS) 101

4.2 Libraries 102

4.2.1 National Library 103-1054.2.2 Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation 106-1074.2.3 Delhi Public Library 107-1084.2.4 Rampur Raza Library 108-1104.2.5 Central Reference Library 110-1114.2.6 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library 111-1134.2.7 Central Secretariat Library 113-115

5. Others 116

5.1 Centenaries and Anniversaries 117-1215.2 Grants from the Ministries 122-134

5.2.1 Statement showing BE, RE and Actual Expenditure 135-136

5.3 Miscellaneous 137

5.3.1 Initiatives in NE Regions 138-1405.3.2 Right to Information Act 140-1425.3.3 Vigilance 1435.3.4 Pending Audit Para 144-1455.3.5 Progressive use of Hindi 146-1475.3.6 Persons with disabilities 1485.3.7 Citizen Charter 149-1695.3.8 Departmental Accounting Organisation 170-1735.3.9 RFD 174

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Culture plays an important role in thedevelopment agenda of any nation. It representsa set of shared attitudes, values, goals andpractices. Culture and creativity manifestthemselves in almost all economic, social andother activities. A country as diverse as India issymbolized by the plurality of its culture.

The mandate of the Ministry of Culture revolvesaround the functions like preservation andconservation of our cultural heritage andpromotion of all forms of art and culture, bothtangible and intangible. The Ministry’s task isto develop and sustain ways and meansthrough which the creative and aestheticsensibilities of the people remain active anddynamic. The functional spectrum of thisMinistry is wide, ranging from generatingcultural awareness at grassroots level topromoting cultural exchanges at internationallevel. In order to achieve these objectives, theMinistry undertakes various activities that flowfrom subjects allocated under the Govt. of India’sAllocation of Business Rules.

While many of the multifaceted tasks of theMinistry are undertaken by it directly, it issupported by a network of its attached, sub-ordinate and autonomous organizations.Through its activities and that of its institutions,the Ministry aims at the protection, developmentand promotion of Tangible Heritage, IntangibleHeritage and Knowledge Resource Heritage. Inaddition, the Ministry harbours the responsibilityof Gandhian Heritage and commemoration ofimportant historical events and centenaries ofgreat personalities.

Through the Archaeological Survey of India,the Ministry is engaged in the protection of

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monuments of national importance as also theconduct of excavation and explorationprogramme. Similarly, the Ministry is alsopromoting the Museum movement in thecountry. Two of India’s finest museums, namelythe National Museum and the National Galleryof Modern Art are directly under the purviewof the Ministry. In addition, the Ministrypromotes regional and local museums by wayof providing financial support through grants-in-aid.

India has one of the world’s largest collectionsof songs, music, dance, theatre, folk traditions,performing arts, rites and rituals, paintings andwritings that are known, as the ‘IntangibleCultural Heritage’ (ICH) of humanity. In orderto preserve these elements, the Ministryimplements a number of schemes andprogrammes aimed at providing financialsupport to individuals, groups and culturalorganizations engaged in performing, visual andliterary arts etc. This endeavour is supportedby the three National Akademies - SahityaAkademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and LalitKala Akademi, as well as the National Schoolof Drama, which represents the confluence ofthe finest creative minds in the literary,performing and visual arts. The Ministry aimsto recognize excellence achieved in these fieldsthrough the institution of prestigious awardssuch as those bestowed by the Academies. Theseven Zonal Cultural Centres under the Ministryinvolve themselves in activities focused on thefolk and traditional arts of the country.

The National Library, Kolkata, has, as one of itsimportant functions, the acquisition andconservation of all significant books andpublications in the country. The Ministry

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endeavours to promote Library development andextends grants-in-aid through Raja RammohunRoy Library Foundation, Kolkata to achieve thisobjective. The maintenance of all archival recordsof the country is the responsibility of the NationalArchives of India. The Ministry is also involvedin protection and promotion of Buddhist andTibetan Culture and is doing this through severalinstitutions located at Sarnath, Varanasi, Lehand Dahung (Arunachal Pradesh).

Research into the socio-cultural and biologicalaspects of India’s population is carried out bythe Anthropological Survey of India.

The Ministry is marking its internationalpresence by way of organizing variousactivities abroad, such as exhibitions andperformances. It is also responsible forimplementation of various UNESCOConventions in the field of Culture and hasentered into bilateral Cultural Agreementswith 126 countries and Cultural ExchangeProgrammes with 55 countries.

This annual report attempts to highlight in detailthe activities and achievements of this Ministryin fulfilling its objectives during the year 2012-13.

Opening Ceremony of Silver Jubilee Celebration of ZCCs at Punchkula (Haryana)

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Lodhi Tomb, New Delhi

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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), isthe premier organization for archaeologicalresearch and protection of the cultural heritageof India. Maintenance of ancient monuments,archaeological sites and remains of nationalimportance are among the prime concerns ofthe ASI.

Major activities during 2012

Comprehensive conservation, scientificpreservation and overall environmentaldevelopment of Ajanta, Ellora, Pitalkhora andAurangabad Caves, Daulatabad Fort, Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Patnadevi temple and Lonar Groupof temples were undertaken.

International Projects

• Cambodia - Conservation and restoration ofthe Ta Prohm temple.

• Lao PDR - Conservation work of the VatPhou Temple and the Northern Quadrangleof the temple complex are in progress.

• Myanmar - Conservation work of AnandaTemple in Bagan was initiated.

Archaeological Excavations

ASI continued several excavations throughoutthe year. Some of the articles found andrecovered include terracotta objects, humanfigurines, pendants, gold objects, iron objects,and copper antimony rods in Raja-Vishal-ka-Garh, Bihar, numerous fragmentary pieces ofstupas, structures, Buddhist and Brahmanicalsculptures, sandstone panels, terracotta objectslike beads, hopscotch, hukka-chillam and animalfigurines have been found at Jharkhand.

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Antiquities

Over 1,700 antiquities have been registeredunder the AAT, Act, 1972 during 2012-13.

Epigraphy Branch

The Epigraphy Branch at Nagpur explored 120villages in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, TamilNadu and Maharashtra, and discovered 88Arabic and Persian inscriptions.

Horticulture Division I, Agra undertookgarden conservation work at the ArcheologicalMuseum in Chanderi, Ellora Caves Garden, inEllora and at Hemadpanti Temple Garden inAhmednagar.

Horticulture Division II, New Delhi undertookgarden conservation work at the LuthianCemetery Garden, Red Fort , and Siri Fort SportsComplex Garden in Delhi along with theAdibadri Garden in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana.

Horticulture Division III, Mysore undertookgarden conservation work at Upper Katta,Golgumbad Garden in Bijapur, Palakkad Fort

Minister of Culture’s visit to Taj Mahal Agra

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Garden in Palakkad and the VenkataramanaSwamy Temple Garden, Gingee Fort in Gingee,Tamil Nadu

Horticulture Division IV, Bhubaneswarundertook garden conservation work at ShivTemple, Sirpur, and Ratanpur Fort GardeninChhattisgarh alongwith the Uttaryan ComplexGarden in Santiniketan.

Publications

The following reports were published:

1. Excavation at Bharadvaja Asrama

2. Excavation at Siruthavur

3. Further Excavation at Udaygiri-2

4. Catalogue of Terracotta Figurines fromRajghat Excavations

5. South Indian Inscriptions (Volume XXX andXXXII)

6. EpigraphiaIndica, (Volume XLIII, Part 1)

7. EpigraphiaIndica, Arabic and PersianSupplement

The following informative publications were alsobrought out:

1. Ancient India, New Series, No. 1

2. Guide Books on Sibsagar and Kumbhalgarh(in Hindi and English)

3. The Story of Indian Archaeology (revisededition)

4. To Cherish and Conserve: The Early years ofthe ASI

5. Let’s Explore Humayun’s Tomb (in Hindu andEnglish)

6. Custodian of the Past – 150 Years of theArchaeological Survey of India

The following publications were reprinted:

1. Indian Archaeology - A Review (1998-99)

2. Indian Archaeology - A Review (1999-2000)

3. Guide Book on Sarnath (Deluxe Edition)

Science Branch

The Science Branch of the ASI is mainlyresponsible for the activities in the fields ofscientific conservation and preservation ofcentrally - protected monuments, archaeologicalsites, excavated objects, museum collections andwall paintings. The Science Branch commencedthe following projects during the year:

Conservation of monuments

Andhra Pradesh Sri V Veerbhadra Temple (Anantpur); metallic objects of GolcondaFort (Hyderabad); Abdul Wahab khan’s tomb, (District Karnool)Sri Chennakesava Swamy Temple, Pushpagiri district Kadapa;(Hyderabad); Gaur Brahma and Kumara Brahma Temple (Mahboobnagar)

Assam Rangghar, Vishnudol Temple, (Sibsagar); Sibdol and GhanshyamHouse, (Joyasagar), Devidol Temple and Golaghar (Joyasagar)

Bihar Monastry Complex No 11, Nalanda

Daman and Diu Saint Paul Church (Diu)

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Delhi Paintings of Naubat khana, Red Fort; Humayun’s Tomb, Lal Gumbadand unknown tombs, Malviya Nagar; Moti Masjid, Red Fort, Rampartof Wall Red Fort; Jamali Kamali Tomb and pillared Chhatter, nearQutub Minar, Mehrauli

Gujarat Rudabai Stepwell (Gandhinagar); Jain Temples, Vadodara

Haryana Sheikh Chilli’s Tomb, District (Kurukshetra); Baoli Ghavs Ali Shah(Farukhanagar)

Himachal Pradesh Ruined forts in District Kangra; Wall painting of Sher Khan Monastery(Tabo), paintings of Lakhang Monastery (Tabo); Old Brijray SwamiTemple and Nurpur Fort (Kangra)

Karnataka Virupaksha Temple (Bellary); Cheluvaray Swamy Temple (Melukote),Someswara Temple, District Kolar; Lakshmi Devi Temple(Doddagaddavalli), Amriteswara Temple, District Chick Manglure; SriKanteswara Temple, District Nanjangud; summer palace, Dariya DaulatBaugh, District Srirangapatna, Ishwara Temple (Arasikere);Kedareswara Temple (Halebidu)

Madhya Pradesh Bijamandal Mosque, Bhilsa, DistrictVidisha; Dharmrajeswar Temple,District Mandsuar; BeersinghDeo palace District Datia; Shikhara andMandapa Chitragupta Temple, Khajuraho District Chhatarpur;Matengeswar Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho; Kandaria TempleKhajuraho; Dariya Khan Tomb, Mandu; Bajbahdur palace, Mandu;Dharam Rajeswar Temple, Mandasore

Maharashtra Cave No 22 and 25, Ajanta; Cave No 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, and 16 Ellora;Panvnar Ashram, District Vardha; Cave No 1, 11, ,17 and 26 Ajanta;Cave No 9, 10, 26 Ajanta, Cave No 11 and 16 Ajanta; Cave No 4,14, 19 Ajanta; Sangemeswar Temple, District Jalgoan; ChangdeoTemple, District Jalgoan; Triambkeswar Temple, Nashik; Bibi-ka-Maqabara, Aurangabad; Cave No-6, Aurangabad; Salabatkhan TombMehekar, District Ahmednagar; Pitalkhora caves

Odisha Rani Gumpha and Hathi Gumpha, Kandagiri-Udaigiri Cave,Bhubaneswar; Monastries of Execavated Buddhist Site, Lalitgiri; LordJagannath Temple, Puri; Dakshya Prajapati Temple, District Banpur

Punjab Mosque and Lells of Dakhni Sarai, District Jalandhar; Shamsher Khan’sTomb Batala, District Gurudaspur

Rajasthan Tomb of Abdulla and his wife, Ajmer; Kalika Mata TempleChittaurgarh Fort; Shri Nagar Chouri Temple, Chittaurgarh Fort;

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Kumbha palace, Kumbalgarh Fort; Mahakal Temple, Bijolia, DistrictBhilwara; Jawahar Burj, Bharatpur Fort, Bharatpur; Sasbahu TempleNagda; Hanuman Palace, Kumbhalgarh Fort

Tamil Nadu Munkudmiswara Temple, District Kanchipuram; Narasimhaswamy andSri Ranganatha Swamy Temple, District Namakkal; SribrihedeswaraTemple, District Thanjaur; Siva Temple, Chandramouleswara DistrictThiruvannamalai; Temples at Kanchipuram, District Kanchipuram;Vishnu Temple, Perumal; Temples and Caves Mahabalipuram, DistrictKanchipuram; Shore Temple, District Kanchipuram; Jain Temple,Trimalai, District Tiruvannamalli

Uttar Pradesh Fort Wall, metal sheet over Khasmahel and wall facing Jahangirimahal,Agra Fort, Agra; Tomb of Nawab Islam Khan, Fatehpur Sikri; Gatewayof Itmad-ud-Duallah, Agra; Tomb of Sadiq and Salabat Khan, Agra;Akbar’s tomb, Sikandra, Agra; Govind Dev Temple, Vrindavan,Mathura; Victoria Memorial, Begum Hazrat Park, Lucknow, DistrictLucknow; Rani Mahal, Jhansi; Prithvinath Temple, Khargupur, Gonda;Gate of Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow; Shuja-ud-Daula Tomb, Faizabad

Uttarakhand Rakshas Deval Temple, Tallihat, Baijnath, District Bageshwar;Jagannath Temple and Pyramidical Shrines, Jageswar, District Almora

Adhinath Jain Temple, Pavagadh

Treatment of Excavated Objects and MuseumExhibits

Antiquities received from Excavation branch,Nagpur and 37 Fort Museum, Chennai weretreated and preserved in the Zonal Laboratory,Chennai.

Air quality monitoring was carried out at theTaj Mahal, Agra, Bibi-ka-Maqbara inAurangabad and Charminar in Hydrabad toassess the impact of changing environmentalconditions on the structure and buildingmaterials of ancient monuments and historicalbuildings.

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Laboratory Analysis and ResearchActivities Laboratory of office of the Director (Science)Dehradun

• A project was initiated to ascertain the exactand detailed nature and composition ofAshokan Pillars.

• Research Project “Conservation of AncientLime Mortar” is in progress.

• Research and Development of natural resinproduct Vajralepa, an ancient coating materialfor stone conservation is in progress.

• Chemical analysis of Mortar samples receivedfrom Delhi zone and excavated site Dholavirawas completed.

• Evaluation studies of two chemical productsreceived from Zycosil and Dow Corning arein progress.

• Microscopic, Metallographic and analyticalstudies for metal samples received fromAurangabad Zone and metal coins fromAlmora, Uttrakhand have been completed.

Stone Conservation Laboratory, Agra

Petrological study of fresh stone samples fromthe Chunar quarries and Itmad-ud-daulah, Agrawas carried out to determine the texture, grainsize, distribution pattern, binding medium andmineral composition.

Field Laboratory, Ajanta

Diurnal recording of temperature and relativehumidity was carried out to study their impacton the painted surfaces of caves. In order toplan necessary measures for the protection andpreservation of wall paintings.

Field Laboratory, Aurangabad

Instruments like Raman spectra meter, FTIR

with microscope and environmental testchamber etc were installed at the AurangabadLaboratory and training for analysis of varioussamples was imparted to the scientific staffunder the JICA project.

Other Important Activities of Science Branch

• The monitoring of Environmental parametersat world Heritage sites such as Ajanta CavesAjanta; Se-cathedral church, Velha Goa;Ellora caves, Ellora; Elephanta caves, Mumbai;Fatehpur Sikri, Agra; Brihadeswara temple,Thanjavur; Red Fort, New Delhi; KevdamasgedPavagarh; Khajuraho group of temple,Khajuraho; Sanchi Stupa, Sanchi and BhimBetaka was being carried out with the helpof Automatic weather stations with satellitelinks installed to these monuments incollaboration with ISRO, Bangalore.

• One day Indo US workshop on “study ofImpacts of atmospheric haze on Taj Mahalmonuments” Orgainsed by IIT Kanpur wasorganized for the officers and technical staffsof Science Branch of ASI on 17 December2012.

• Three months training Course on“Archaeological Science and Conservation”(16 April to 16 July 2012) for AssistantChemists was organized.

• A short-term training course on “Chemicalpreservation of monuments and antiquities”for PGDA students was organized.

Word Heritage Wing

• Archeological Survey of India is the nodalagency on behalf of the Ministry of Culture,Government of India to implement the 1972World Heritage Convention in the country.The following were some noteworthyactivities:

• The nomination dossiers of Hill Forts ofRajasthan as a Cultural Site and the WesternGhats as a Natural Site were submitted to

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the World Heritage Centre for consideration. The Western Ghats was inscribed as WorldHeritage site in 2012.

• The Archaeological Survey of India and theMinistry of Environment and Forests jointlyorganized a workshop in New Delhi on 28and 29 September 2012 for the establishmentof UNESCO’s Regional Category-II Centre inIndia.

Institute of Archaeology

The Institute of Archaeology functions as anacademic wing of the Archaeological Survey ofIndia. Apart from running the two-year PGDAcourse, the Institute introduced short termcourses in Museology, Conservation, ArtHistory, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Ceramics andother related subjects of Archaeology. Otherimportant activities undertaken by the Instituteare as follows:

• During 2012 the students of Semester I (2011-13) underwent excavation training at Ropar,Punjab.

• A refresher Course cum Training Workshopon Ceramics was organized in Delhi from 21to 26 August, 2012 for ASI officers andPGDA students

The following special lectures were organized:

• By Prof. K. Paddayya, Emeritus Professor andFormer Director, Deccan College, Pune on“Some Topical Issues in ContemporaryArchaeology in India”.

• By Mr William Dalrymple on “Princes andPainters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857” on 15October 2012;

• By Dr Anne Casile on “The Archaeology ofBadoh-Pathari in Central India: The makingof an agro-urban centre during the earlymiddle period”, on 19 December 2012.

150th Anniversary Celebrations

To mark the 150th anniversary of ASI, a largenumber of activities such as photo exhibitions,workshops and seminars were conductedthroughout the country to promote IndianCultural Heritage.

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inaugurated by the Director General ofNational Museum on 27th January 2013.

Talks and Lectures

• Curator (Decorative Arts) delivered alecture on ‘Indian Decorative Arts’ on14 June 2012.

• Deputy Curator (Arms) delivered a talkon ‘Swords and Shields’ on 13 July2012.

• Curator (Lecturing and Education) andMuseum Education Officer, NationalMuseum was invited to give a lectureto school students sponsored by CCRT.

• Gallery delivered a lecture to studentsof World Council of Learning on 25September 2012.

• Chemist, National Museum gave a talkon ‘Care of Museum Objects’ on 28September 2012.

Educational activities

• Several free guided tours of the galleries, filmshows and special educational tours werearranged for school and college students.

Conservation Work

• Treatment and preservation of about 700objects in the laboratory, galleries, reservestores and rotunda of the National Museum.

• Preventive conservation of 522 objects instorage and reserve collections.

Set up in 1949, the National Museum functionsas a subordinate office under the Ministry ofCulture. It houses more than 2.06 lakh artefactsincluding pieces of prehistoric origin.

Activities during 2012

Reopening of Galleries

Secretary, Ministry of Culture, inaugurated theWood Carving, Northeastern Tribal lifestyle andMusical Instrument galleries on 5 July 2012.

Expositions/Exhibitions

• The Kapilavastu relic housed in the NationalMuseum was sent for an exposition toSri Lanka from 19 August to 12 September2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Akbar: The GreatEmperor of India’ was organized in Romefrom 22 October 2012 to 3 February 2013.

• The National Museum provided institutionalsupport to ASI in organizing its exhibition‘Rediscovering India 1961-2011’ in theNational Museum premises.

Summer Holiday Programme

The Museum organized a workshop for childrenon Arts and Crafts ‘Know your Museum’ from11 June to 28 June 2012. More than 1,000school -children participated in the programmeincluding 100 underprivileged children.

Volunteer Guide Training Programme

• A Volunteer Guide Training Programme was

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• Cleaning and preservation of mural paintingsat Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi.

• Conducted Workshops in collaboration withNMI and Lady Irwin College, New Delhi on“Conservation of Textiles”.

• Conservation of boat, bench, convoy (Jeep)and the ‘Charkha’ used by Mahatma Gandhiat Rajghat Complex, New Delhi

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The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)founded in 1954, is a unique institution thatrepresents the evolution and transformation ofpictorial arts in India during the last century.

The main objectives of the NGMA are to createan understanding and sensitivity amongthe Indian public towards the visual andplastic arts in general, and to promote thedevelopment of contemporary Indian art inparticular.

The collection at NGMA, built up primarilythrough purchase and gifts, comprises 17815paintings, sculptures, graphics and photographsby artists from India and abroad.

Major Activities During 2012

Restoration of Art Objects

The Restoration Laboratory of NGMA restored86 works of art, including a number of NationalTreasures. Cleaning was done of 2256 art objects,condition reports of 1349 works of art wereprepared and 1455 work of art of incoming andoutgoing exhibitions were examined.

Educational Activities

In order to educate the public in artappreciation, films were screened in the NGMAauditorium twice daily. More than 750 filmswere screened during the year for the generalpublic, students and teachers.

An Art Sketch Club for students was organisedevery Sunday in the Gallery. Other activitiesincluded a Summer Painting workshop, schooltours, lectures and seminars on art and artpractices.

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Exhibitions• An exhibition entitled Open Mumbai was held

at NGMA, Mumbai in collaboration withMumbai Waterfronts Centre, from 15 March2012 to 7 April 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Rebecca Horn’: PassageThrough Light was organized in collaborationthe Institute fur AuslandsbeziehungenandGermany and India 2011-2012: InfiniteOpportunities, from 7 April to 20 May 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Kalighat Paintings’ washeld at NGMA, Delhi in collaboration withVictoria and Albert Museum, London from17 April 2012 to 25 May 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Project Cinema City’ washeld by NGMA in collaboration with Majlisfrom 19 May to 29 June 2012 at Mumbai.

• A photographic exhibition entitled ‘ASIOutside India’ was held at NGMA, Mumbaifrom 18 July to 1 August 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Project Cinema City’was held at NGMA, Delhi in collaboration withMajlis, from 17th August to 23 September, 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Dawn Upon Delhi:Rise of a Capital’ was held at NGMA,Mumbai in collaboration with AlkaziFoundation for the Arts from 8 September to7 October 2012

• An exhibition entitled ‘Ramkinkar Baij ARetrospective’ curated by K.S. Radhakrishnanwas held at NGMA, Mumbai, from 30October to 16 December 2012

• An exhibition entitled ‘Project Cinema City’was held at NGMA, Bangalore, incollaboration with Majlis, from 3 Novemberto 3 December 2012

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Delhi from 14 November to 16 December2012

• An exhibition entitled ‘The Last Harvest –Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore’ was heldat NGMA, New Delhi from 19 December2012 to 13 January 2013

• An exhibition entitled ‘Gopal Ghose: AJubilant Quest for the Chromatic’ was heldat NGMA, New Delhi in collaboration withAkar Prakar, Kolkata from 22 December2012to 20th January 2013

Other events• Lecture by Rebecca Horn in conjunction with

the exhibition on 6 April 2012 at NGMA,New Delhi.

• Lecture and slide show presentation onKalighat Painting: Images from a ChangingWorld by Prof. Jyotindra Jain on 9th May2012 at NGMA, New Delhi.

• Gallery Walk by Ms. Ella Datta Face to facewith Kalighat Paintings on 14th May 2012 atNGMA, New Delhi.

• Lecture by Shri Sumanta Banerjee on KalighatPaintings as a Form of Urban Folk Cultureof 19th Century Calcutta on 15 May 2012 atNGMA, New Delhi.

• Gallery walk by Madhushree Dutta on 26August 2012 in conjunction with theexhibition ‘Project Cinema City’.

• Gallery walk by Gulammohammed Sheikhand Kaushik Bhoumick on 2nd September 2012in conjunction with the exhibition ‘ProjectCinema City’.

• Gallery walk by Pushpamala on 8 September2012 in conjunction with the exhibition‘Project Cinema City’.

• Gallery walk by Madhushree Dutta on 15 thSeptember 2012 and 16 September 2012 inconjunction with the exhibition ‘ProjectCinema City’ at New Delhi.

• A memorial meeting in honour of eminentphotographer Prabudha Dasgupta wasorganized on 25 September 2012.

Publications• Portfolios of selected art works by several

eminent artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil,Upendra Maharathi, Jamini Roy, M.A.R.Chugh Gopal Ghose and RabindranathTagore were published.

• Three sets of 6 reproductions each werepublished in conjunction with the exhibition‘Cinema City’ held at NGMA,

• A Catalogue entitled ‘Visual Archives ofKulwant Rai’ was released in conjunction withthe photographic exhibition Kulwant Rai – ARetrospective.’

Art Reference Library

The Art Reference Library of NGMA has acollection nearly 23,000 books on painting,sculpture, graphics, architecture, and otherseveral Art forms. The library subscribes to 32important art magazines and journals fromIndia.

Amrita Sher-Gill Birth Centenary Celebrations

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The Indian Museum, Kolkata was establishedin 1814 at the Asiatic Society building and wasthen known as the Asiatic Museum. Later itwas renamed Imperial Museum. In 1866, itsgovernance was transferred to Trustees of theIndian Museum. Foundation of the presentVictorian edifice of the Indian Museum waslaid in 1867 and completed in 1875, with W. L.Granville as its architect. On 1 April 1878, theMuseum was opened to the public.

Activities During 2012

Exhibitions

• To pay tribute to late Raghunath Goswami,the Indian Museum organised an exhibitionentitled ‘Puppets from the collection of the lateRaghunath Goswami’ between 6th and 12th

January 2012. The exhibition was inauguratedby Sri Subhaprasanna Bhattacharya.

• On the occasion of its 198th Anniversary,the Indian Museum organized an exhibitionentitled ‘Ancient Indian Terracottas’ from 2ndFebruary to 12th February 2012. HisExcellency Mr M. K. Narayanan, Hon’bleGovernor of West Bengal and Chairman,Board of Trustees, Indian Museum,inaugurated the exhibition.

• The Museum organised an exhibition entitled‘A tribute to Abanindra Nath Tagore, 141st

Birth Anniversary’ from 7 to 10 August 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Kalighat PataPainting’ was organized from 19 to 23September 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Buddhist Art andCrafts of South Asia’ was organized at RajBhavan, Darjeeling from 5 October to 11October 2012.

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• A solo exhibition displaying Jadu Bhatter’stanpura was held from 13 to 17 December2012.

• On the occasion of its 198th Anniversary,the Indian Museum organized a two-dayworkshop on ‘Continuity of Terracotta, Art’from 3 February to 4 February 2012.

• The Indian Museum organized a workshopon ‘Buddhist Art and Crafts of South Asia:Interpretation of Exhibits’ at Raj Bhavan,Darjeeling on 4th October 2012.

• Indian Museum organized a workshop on‘Cultural Heritage of Nagas’ from 26November to 27 November 2012.

Seminars

• On the occasion of its 198th anniversary atwo-day the Indian Museum internationalseminar on ‘Ancient Indian Terracottas’ wasorganized from 3 February to 4 February 2012

• A National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends inHeritage Conservation’ was organized from28 to 29 March 2012

• The Indian Museum in collaboration withthe National Institute of Open Schoolingorganized an international seminar on ‘TheImportance of Early Indian Cultural Heritagein the Making of a Better World’ from May22 and 25, 2012

Training Programmes / Organised

• A 6 month training course on ‘CulturalHeritage and Museum Studies’ was organizedfrom 22 May to 24 November 2012

• A ‘Short Museum Training Course’ forstudents of the Museology Department of the

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University of Calcutta, Kolkata was organizedfrom 6 to 22 September 2012

• A 3 month training programme on ‘IndianArchitecture through the Ages’ wasconducted from 19 November 2012

• A 3 month training programme on ‘IndianEpigraphy and Palaeography’ was conductedfrom 20 November, 2012

Special Lectures

• ‘Panchatathagatas: Illustration in EasternIndia Art’ by Dr Gauriswar Bhattacharya,eminent Art Historian on 16th January, 2012

• ‘The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore’by Shri Debashish Banerji, of the Universityof Philosophical Research, Los Angeles andthe great-grandson of Abanindranath Tagoreon 31 January, 2012

• Prof. K. Paddayya, Emeritus Professor, DeccanCollege Pune delivered the Nathaniel WallichLecture on Cultural heritage in India: ItsPreservation and Relevance

• Lecture on ‘How I Approach the CuratorialProcess and Its Results in My Museum’ byDr Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator,American University Museum, Washingtonon 22 February 2012

• Lecture on ‘Indo-Pakistan ca.67 Million YearsAgo: When Snakes Ate Dinosaurs’ by Prof.Jeffrey A. Wilson, Associate Curator, Museumof Paleontology, University of Michigan, USAon 29 February 2012

• Lecture on ‘Nathaniel Wallich – TheExtraordinary Career of the Founder of theIndian Museum’ by Prof. Martin Krieger,Dept. of Northern European History,University of Kiel, Germany on 9 March 2012

• Lecture on ‘The Magic Painters of Bihar(Jadupatuas): Case studies of a GermanCollection’ by Dr Wolfram Froeb,Independent Researcher, Germany on 26March 2012

• Lecture on ‘Masterpieces of Mughal Paintings’from the Indian Museum by Prof. AsokKumar Das, National Tagore Fellow, IndianMuseum on 27 March 2012

• Lecture on ‘Valabhi and Nalanda - Two EarlyMedieval Centres of Buddhist learning’ byDr Annette Schmiedchen, Dept. of Asian andAfrican Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin,on 4 April 2012

• ‘Adhir Chakrabarty Memorial Lecture’ byDr Suchandra Ghosh, Department of AIHC,University of Calcutta, Kolkata on 24 April2012

• Lecture on ‘Stonehenge before Stonehenge’delivered by Prof. Julian Thomas, ManchesterUniversity, UK on 18 November 2012

Multi-cultural activities

• A programme entitled ‘An InstrumentalJourney with Sitar’ by Manju Meheta,eminent Indian Sitarist on 15 January 2012

• Shahnai recital by Ustad Ali Ahmad HussainKhan at the courtyard of Indian Museum on2 February 2012

• Santoor Vadana by Suddhasil Chatterjee atthe courtyard of Indian Museum on 3February 2012

• Classical Hindustani Vocal by AnindyaBhattacharya at the courtyard of IndianMuseum on 4 February 2012

• Sitar recital by Mita Nag Bhattacharya at thecourtyard of Indian Museum on 4 February2012

• A Drawing competition was organizedat the premises of the Museum on 17 July2012

• A cultural event was organized at AsutoshBirth Centenary Hall, Kolkata on 13 July2012. Shri Amar Pal and Shri Tapan Roysang folk songs

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• A Dhrupad recital by Arun Bhattacharya of(Khandarbani Gharana) was organized on13 December 2012.

• Bishnupur Gharana, a film directed byAshoke Vishwanathan and produced by

Eastern Zonal Culture Centre was screenedon 13 December 2012.

• Dhrupad recital by Sudip Pal on 15 December2012.

History

Victoria Memorial museum is the repository ofnearly 30,000 artifacts, which encapsulate thehistory of our nation extending over threecenturies. The collection includes visuals in oiland water colours, sketches and drawings,aquatints, lithographs, stamps and postalstationary, coins and medals, arms andarmour, books and manuscripts, sculptures,costumes, personal relics and archivaldocuments.

Victoria Memorial has a unique collection ofpaintings of European artists of the 18th – 19th

century such as Johann Zoffany, Reynolds,William Hodges, George Chinnery, RobertHolmes, Thomas Hickey, Tilly Kettle, BaltazarSolvyns, Charles D’oyly, Emily Eden, SamuelDavis. The collection includes VassiliVerestchagin’s “The State procession of thePrince of Wales into Jaipur in 1876”, whichholds the record for being the third largestpainting on a single canvas.

The other important and interesting artifactsin the collection of the Memorial includeillustrated Persian manuscripts, the MughalEmperor Aurangzeb’s hand written Quran, thePersian translation of the Nala Damayanti by

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Abul Faiz Faizi, Dara Shikoh’s translation ofthe Upanishads, Kalighat Paintings and Qajarpaintings.

The collection is further enriched with theacquisition of Bengal School Paintings – notablythe artwork of Abanindranath, Atul Bose andJamini Roy.

Activities during 2012

The important activities of the Memorial duringthe year under review were as follows:

• The Ministry of Culture, Government of India,in collaboration with National Culture Fund,New Delhi and British Museum, Londonorganized an Leadership Training Programme(LTP) for the senior level museumprofessionals working in the leading NationalLevel Museums of Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India. The training programme wasconducted by British Museum, London.

• On the occasion of World Music DayProgramme on 21 June 2012 the formalunveiling of Queen Victoria’s Piano wasorganized at the Queen’s Hall of the VictoriaMemorial Hall, Kolkata.

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• The “Writing Table” of BankimchandraChattopadhyay was restored and formallyunveiled as a part of the 174th birthanniversary celebration of BankimchandraChattopadhyay’ on 30 June 2012.

• The Upper Circular Gallery of the Queen’sHall was opened for visitors by HisExcellency the Governor of West Bengal,Shri M. K. Narayanan on Tuesday, 11September 2012.

• Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) introduceda “Knowledge Enhancement TrainingProgramme” for the in-house staff of VMH.Professor Barun De, Tagore National Fellowat VMH gave an overview of the first 100years of British Rule in India from the year1757 to 1856 which reflects in a major wayin the collections of holdings of VMH. Thesesessions were conducted on a periodic basisfor supplementing knowledge-base, skilldevelopment and capacity building of theVictoria Memorial Hall personnel.

• Victoria Memorial Hall organized a speciallecture on The Museum of Tomorrow –Developing a New Vision delivered byShri Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General,Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj VastuSangrahalaya, Mumbai on 01 October 2012.

• VMH in collaboration with Apeejay KolkataLiterary Festival jointly organized theinaugural ceremony of Apeejay KolkataLiterary Festival 2013 on 09 January 2013.The theme was “A Century of Indian Cinema”and the festival was inaugurated by H.E.The Governor of West Bengal, Shri M.K.Narayanan. Eminent filmmaker Shri ShyamBenegal delivered the keynote address.

• Victoria Memorial observed and celebratedWorld Tourism Day on Thursday, 27September, 2012.

• A special lecture was organized on Tourismand Sustainable Energy: Powering SustainableDevelopment delivered by Dr Asish K Ghosh,Director, Centre for Environment andDevelopment on World Tourism Day.

• On the occasion of Children’s Day, the entryto the galleries as well as to the garden ofthe Victoria Memorial Hall was made freefor children below 12 years on 14 November2012. The Activity Club of VMH organized a“Puppet Show” conducted by Shri SureshDutta of Calcutta Puppet Theater Group forthe school children and members of VMH.

• A heritage art workshop on “TraditionalShola Pith” was conducted by Ms. NanditaPalchoudhuri on Saturday, 24 November2012, at VMH. The workshop was held withparticipation of the members of the ActivityClub of VMH from Modern High School,Apeejay School, Chowringhee High School,Kolkata and other School Children.

• On the occasion of World Disability Day,the Activity Club of VMH organized a Sitand Draw competition involving around 100differently abled children. A mime show alsoorganized and conducted by differently abledartistes of the Swarup Mime Academy.

• Victoria Memorial Hall observed the HumanRights Day with the support of the

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Directorate of Correctional Services,Government of West Bengal and Flight toHarmony Foundation with a two-day ArtCamp on 10 and 11 December 2012 withthe participation of 18 artists from the AliporeCentral Correctional Home and AliporeWomen’s Correctional Home, along with 15other mainstream artists. The First Lady,Smt. Padmini Narayanan inaugurated theArt Camp.

• On the occasion of Foundation Day of theMemorial a lecture was organized onArchival Vision and Historical Imagination:Indian Experiences delivered byProf. Gautam Bhadra, Former TagoreNational Fellow at National Library, Kolkataand Former Professor Centre for Studies inSocial Sciences, Kolkata on 4 January 2013at Victoria Memorial Hall.

• Victoria Memorial Hall organized aretrospective exhibition on “The Wonder ofIt All” by eminent artist Shri Sakti Burman.The exhibition was inaugurated by HisExcellency the Governor of West BengalShri M.K. Narayanan on Monday, 2 April2012. Art critic Shri Manasij Majumder spokeabout the artist and his work.

• Victoria Memorial Hall in collaboration withLalit Kala Akademi presented an Exhibitionof Sculptures by Shri Prodosh Das Guptacelebrating his birth centenary year (1912-1991).

• Raj Bhavan, Kolkata and Victoria MemorialHall organized Glimpses of Regal Bengal:The Government Houses and Estates, aphotographic exhibition of a visual narrativeby Anirban Mitra. The exhibition wasinaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister ofWest Bengal, Smt. Mamata Banerjee inpresence of H.E. the Governor of West Bengal,Shri M.K. Narayanan on 15 August 2012 atRaj Bhavan, Kolkata.

• Victoria Memorial Hall organized anexhibition entitled “Art across Asia:Renewed Encounters” in collaboration withAsian Artists’ Exchange Planning Committeeon 24 August 2012. The exhibition featured60 contemporary works by 26 artists from 5Asian countries including India.

• The then Union Culture Minister, Smt KumariSelja inaugurated an exhibition of aquatintsby Thomas and William Daniell titled“Magnificent Heritage of India” on 10October 2012.

Ms Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, U.S.A visited the VMH on 06 May 2012

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The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad is arepository of the artistic achievements of variousEuropean, Asian and Far Eastern countries. Themajor portion of this collection was acquiredby Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, popularlyknown as Salar Jung III, who was the PrimeMinister of Nizam VII.

The precious and rare art objects collected byhim over a period of over 40 years find placein the portals of the Salar Jung Museumdonated to the Government of India.

There are 38 galleries in the Museum in threeblocks i.e. the Indian Block (25 galleries), theWestern Block (7 galleries) and the Eastern Block(6 galleries) displaying 13,404 objects.

The Salar Jung Museum Library includes a vastcollection of manuscripts and books in English,Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Persian, Arabic andTurkish. There are approximately 1450calligraphic panels in the collection.

Visitors

The Museum was visited by 10,21,107 domesticand 7,172 foreign tourist from April toDecember 2012.

Major Events During 2012

• Summer Art Camp: The Museum organizeda Summer Art Camp for children from1 to15 May 2012.

• The 123rd Birth Anniversary of Salar Jung –III) was celebrated from 14 _ 23 June 2012.During the week-long celebration, the

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Museum organized ghazals, mushairas andtwo memorial lectures.

• Children’s Week was celebrated on theoccasion of Pt Nehru’s Birth Anniversary from14 to 20 November 2012. Competitions wereorganized for Children on “Bio-Diversity”.

Exhibitions

• A Photographic exhibition ‘Bharat RatnaDr. B.R. Ambedkar’ was organized from 12to 14 April’ 2012.

• A special exhibition entitled “Art inSantiniketan To-day” was held incollaboration with Pegasus Art Gallery &Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad on the occasionof Heritage from 19 to 24 April 2012.

• An exhibition on “Architectural Drawings ofFamous Buildings of India” was organizedby the Museum from 19 to 24 April 2012.

• A special photo exhibition on “Portrait andPortraiture of Salar Jung Bahadur” markingthe 123rd Birth Celebrations of Salar Jung III,on 14 June 2012.

• An exhibition “New Olds” was organizedby Salar Jung Museum and Goethe-Zentrumand was inaugurated by Prof. Volker Albus,Curator, Karlsruhe University of Arts andDesign at the Museum on 7th July 2012.

• During the Bonalu Festival in Hyderabad,a special photo exhibition “BonaluFestival” (Lal Darwaza, Sri MahankaliBonala Jatheara) was inaugurated on 12July 2012.

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• A Special Exhibition on “Anugunj” was heldon 28th July 2012.

• A special exhibition on “Illuminated Qurans”on the occasion of the month of Ramzanwas inaugurated by Mr. Mehmoud SafariFarkhud, Consul General of Iran on 11th

August 2012.

• A special exhibition entitaled was inauguratedon 3rd September’ 2012 “Kerala TempleMural Paintings” on the occasion of theOnam Festival.

• A Special Exhibition on “The Mahatma’s Life”,depicting in drawings by Late VenkateswaraRaju Palala was organized on the GandhiJayanthi Celebration and International Day ofNon Violence on 1 October 2012.

• Two exhibitions related to the theme ofBiodiversity were organized on 9th October2012.

• A photo exhibition “Durga - The Goddess”was inaugurated on 20th October 2012 onthe occasion of Dusshera Festival. 49 Indianminiatures from the Salarjung collection wereexhibited.

• A special painting exhibition “Spring ofColours”, paintings by Sri Salvya S. Raj washeld on 14 November 2012.

• On the occasion of Muharram an exhibition“Relics of Masoomeen” was held from 6 to10 December 2012.

• On the occasion of Salar Jung MuseumFoundation Day, (15th December 2012), aspecial photo exhibition “61 Years of SalarJung Museum (1951-2012)” was organized.

• On 30 December 2012, to mark the 150th yearof Archaeological Survey of India, anExhibition “Calligraphy through the Ages”was held.

Workshops and Conferences

• A Workshop on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar andThe Indian Constitution” was organized on16 April 2012.

• The Salar Jung Museum in association withVictoria and Albert Museum, Londonorganized a five-day workshop on “Paper-Conservation—Preventive Measures”, from5 to 9 November 2012. Participants fromAllahabad Museum, NRLC, NCSM andIGRMS took part in the workshop.

• On 4 October 2012 an InternationalConference on “Natural History of IndianBiodiversity” was organized in associationwith National Museum of Natural History.

Lectures

The Museum organized following six lecturesin collaboration with Historical Society ofHyderabad.

1. “Women in the Arthashastra of Kautilya”on 12 May 2012.

2. “Architectural Glory of the Asaf JahiDynasty” on 9 June 2012.

3. “Cultural Informatics and Folklore” on 14July 2012.

4. “Impact of British rule on Berar in 19th

Century” on 11August 2012.

5. “Social and Moral Philosophy of AcharyaNagarjuna and Relevance to ContemporarySociety” on 13 October 2012.

6. “Evolution of Andhra Natyam” on 10November 2012.

Chemical Conservation Wing

The Conservation Laboratory restored 930museum objects/artifacts and 165 non-museumobjects.

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Allahabad Museum, founded in 1931 underthe aegis of the Allahabad Municipal Boardwas formally inaugurated in 1947 by India’sfirst Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Itwas declared an Institution of NationalImportance by the Government of India in 1985.Over the years the Museum has enriched itscollection, improved its visitor experience andorganised various educational and culturalactivities to make it an important research centreas well as a living institution active indisseminating the heritage of India.

The Museum has an impressive collection ofarchaeological artefacts from the prehistorictimes to the Harappan period, and antiquitiesfrom the copper hoard and late Harappan toLate Medieval period. Collection highlights atthe Museum include pieces of rare BharhutArt, terracotta objects, paintings of theRussian painter Nicholas Roerich, a rarecollection of the Tibetan Tankha paintings ofAsit Kumar Haldar and the pistol belongingto Chandrashekhar Azad.

Activities During 2012

Photographic Laboratory

Besides photo documenting antiquities and artobjects, the laboratory covered activities likeseminars, lectures and workshops. The sectionalso undertook the documentation of localhistorical monuments, churches and flora andfauna.

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curators upon requirement. Conservation of atotal of 1,743 objects comprising stone sculptures,paintings, manuscripts, textiles, Archivalmaterials, books, metal objects, coins and anatural history specimen were undertaken.

Publication

• Proceedings of the National Seminarorganised on the occasion of the 150th BirthAnniversary of Gurudev RabindranathTagore.

• Various folders in connection with exhibitionsspace/seminar and lectures

Educational Activities

A two-day National Seminar (29-30 September2012) entitled ‘Harappan-Gangetic Connection:Recent Archaeological Perspective’ inau-gurated by H.E. the Governor of UP on 29September 2012. Eminent archaeologists andscholars of India participated.

A three- day National Seminar on ‘Retreat onIndian Culture’ was organised in collaborationwith the Department of Psychology, Universityof Allahabad Museum from 17-19 August 2012.

Lectures/Memorial Lectures

A lecture on Swami Vivekanand and YouthPower was delivered by Dr. GangeyaMukherjee, on 12 January 2012.

Sh. Javed Akhtar, eminent poet and lyricist,delivered a lecture on ‘100 year of the art ofIndian Cinema’ under the Dr. Ananda KentishCoomaraswamy lecture series.

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A lecture on ‘India as I See It’ was deliveredon 17th December 2012 by author RoderickMatthews of UK under the Recalling AllahabadLecture Series.

Prof. Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya, HarishchandraResearch Institute (HRI), Allahabad delivered alecture on ‘Higgs–Boson Saga: A mile in theHeritage of Science’.

Workshops

• A workshop on ‘Library Management andConservation of Rare Manuscripts’ wasorganized (20 June 21 July 2012).

• A three-week Course on Art Appreciationwas organized from 18thAugust 2012 atAllahabad.

• To commemorate the 123rd Birth Anniversaryof Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Museumorganized ‘Bal Mahotsav’ from 10-30Novermber 2012. Children from various schoolsand colleges of Allahabad participated in severalcompetitions such as guizes and debates.

On the 150th Anniversay of the ArcheologicalSurvey of India, the Museum organized a“Leadership Training Programme” for theCurators of the Site Museums of ASI andMuseums of National Importance incollaboration with the ASI, Bhopal, on 5th and6th October 2012.

Exhibitions

• An exhibition of photographs of India’s firstwoman press photographer late Ms. HomaiVyarawala Manekshaw was organised on 18th

April 2012.

• A poster workshop on ‘Museum andChanging World’ was organised on theoccasion of International Museum Day (18th

May 2012).

• An exhibition and talk on GurudevRabindernath Tagore’s teachings and workswas organised on 8th May 2012.

• A photographic exhibition on ‘Churches ofAllahabad’ was organised from 22nd

December 2011 to 2nd January 2012.

Hon’ble Governor presented the “Golen Miyan” to the Museum

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National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)is primarily engaged in popularizing scienceand technology through a network of sciencemuseums/centres, units and a plethora ofengaging activities for students.

Presently, NCSM manages 25 science museums/centres across the country. In addition NCSMhas developed 17 centres managedindependently by different states and UnionTerritory Authorities. 15 further centres are atvarius stages of development.

Events and Activities during 2012

• Two New Science Centres at Raipur andJaipur were completed and handed over tothe respective State Governments.

• Two Regional Science Centres (RSC) atCoimbatore and Pune and a Sub-RegionalScience Centre (SRSC) in Jorhat werecompleted.

• Development of Science Centres at Dehradun,Jodhpur and Puducherry continued during2012.

• Four new exhibition galleries, namely,‘Popular Science’ at DSC, Gulbarga, ‘ClimateChange’ at NSC, Mumbai, ‘Mirror Magic’ atDSC, Tirunelveli and ‘Water: Our Life’ atRegional Science City, Lucknow werelaunched.

• Two new travelling exhibitions, ‘Disaster:Preparing for the Worst’ and ‘SrinivasaRamanujan: The Man who Knew Infinity,’were opened at BITM, Kolkata on 2 May2012 and at VITM, Bangalore on 21December 2012.

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Training, Workshops, Seminars andConferences

• 17 workshops on themes such as‘Mathematics and Fun’, ‘Science Sparkle’,‘Transit of Venus’, ‘Strategies to EngageMuseum Visitors’,’ Laboratory Instru-mentation’, ‘Clinical Education Programme’,‘Interactive Classroom Teaching’ etc. wereorganized in several centres of NCSM.

• 22 capacity and building training programmeswere conducted for teachers, museumprofessionals and post-graduate students ofmass-communication, in various NCSM units.Some of the key programmes were ‘Nationalworkshops, on Evaluation and Museum visitorResearch’ and ‘Museum Exhibition Design’.

• 10 seminars on topics such as ‘EnergyConservation and Savings’, ‘Role of Moraland Ethics in Science’, ‘Managing Academicand Behavioural Disorders in Children’,‘Ayurveda’, ‘Biodiversity’, ‘Biotechnology’,‘Adolescence and Mental Health: Problemsand Remedies’ and ‘Drugs: its use and abuses’were organized at various units of NCSM.

• The 12th Heads of the Museum Conferenceon ‘Networking Strategies for Success’ was heldat Birla Museum, Pilani from 7 to 9 December2012.

International Programmes

• An exhibition ‘India: A Culture of Science’developed by NCSM was held at the NationalInstitute of Higher Education, Research,Science and Technology, Port of Spain from

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21 May to 20 July 2012. After the exhibitionat Port of Spain it was on display atGeorgetown, Guyana from 20 August to 30September 2012.

• Indian students participated in theInternational Astronomy Olympiad 2012 atGwangju in Korea from 16 to 25 October2012, winning three medals including onegold and two silver.

• An exhibition on ‘The History of SpacePhotography’ by Jay Belloli, Guest ExhibitionCurator at the California International ArtsFoundation, was opened at BITM, Kolkataon 10 November 2012.

Research and Development

• A 3D movie entitled ‘Nepal: A glimpse ofthe Himalayan Kingdom’ was produced.

• Various interactive multimedia exhibits like‘Gesture controlled Moving Images’, ‘ZoomTable’, ‘Scanimation’, ‘Virtual PhysicsExperiments on Inclined Plane’, ‘ScatteredView multi-touch multimedia’, and ‘Map-Browser,’ were developed for exhibitinterfaces.

Major Educational Programmes

• A National Seminar on ‘Mathematics in India:Past, Present and Future’ was organized on5 October 2012 at BITM, Kolkata.

• Zonal Science Drama Festivals were organizedat NSC, Delhi, VITM, Bangalore and NSC,Mumbai during December 2012.

• An observation of the Transit of Venuswas arranged on 6 June 2012 at all NCSMunits.

• Science fairs were organized in the variouscentres of NCSM during 2012-13.

• ‘National Year of Mathematics 2012’, wascelebrated by organizing various activities atall NCSM centres during the year 2012.

• NCSM centres participated in ‘Planet underPressure’ a Global effort to create awarenesson climate change by organizing severalactivities throughout the country.

• Various innovative programmes includingscience demonstration lectures, popularlectures, astronomy related programmes,science quiz, vacation hobby camps, sciencefilm shows, fairs, seminars, computer fairs,dramas, creative ability activities, workshops,and community programmes were organizedthroughout the year by the different centresof NCSM.

Support extended to other Organizations

• A new Fun Science Gallery, ‘Wealth ofTripura’ along with facilities such as 3Dtheatre, eco garden and a section of SciencePark developed at Sukanta Academy,Agartala was inaugurated on 31 August2012.

• ‘Vivekanand Museum’ developed by NCSMfor Ram Krishna Mission; Delhi wasinaugurated by the Dalai Lama and formerPresident of India, Hon’ble Shri APJ AbdulKalam on 12 September 2012.

• Science Park exhibits for Tripura Tribal AreasAutonomous District Council (TTAADC)were completed and installed during theperiod.

• Work for establishment National Museum ofIndian Cinema at Mumbai and a ‘BuddhistInterpretation Centre’ for Kandy Museum inSri Lanka, along with upgradation of theArunachal Pradesh and Shillong ScienceCentres are in progress.

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Publications

• Activity Report for the year 2011-2012.

• A book titled ‘India – A Culture of Science’based on the exhibition displayed at Trinidadand Tobago and Georgetown, Guyana

• Sixth issue of ‘Propagation’ (Vol 3. No. 2),journal of science communication.

Academic Course

The Master in Science Communication (MS)Course in collaboration with Birla Institute ofTechnology and Science (BITS), Pilani and withfaculty support of Smithsonian Institution,Washington D.C. for the 4th batch is nowcomplete. The programme for the 5th batch is inprogress. Fellows of 6th batch for the coursewere inducted in December 2012.

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The National Museum Institute of History ofArt, Conservation and Museology (NMI), wasestablished as a Society in January 1989 anddeclared a Deemed University in April 1989. Itis the only university in India, exclusivelydevoted to subjects related to museums. Itpresently functions in the premises of theNational Museum.

NMI offers M.A. and Ph. D courses in Historyof Art, Conservation and Museology; andconducts certificate courses namely ‘India: Artand Culture and Art Appreciation’ in Englishand ‘Bhartiya Kalanidhi’ in Hindi. Number ofstudents at present are 383.

Major Activities during 2012

• Special lecture by Prof. Adam Hardy,Professor at the Asian Architecture at theWelsh School of Architecture at CardiffUniversity

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• A two-day working seminar on “IntangibleCultural Heritage” by Museology departmenton 4 - 5 May 2012

• A Children’s workshop on 26 May 2012 bythe Department of Museology

• Special lecture on 19 June 2012 by Dr. SandraDudluy of Leicester University, U.K

• Workshop on “Peace Across Border” from28 July to 1st August 2012 conducted by theDepartment of Museology

• “Vivekananda Memorial Progamme forMuseum Excellence” in collaboration withthe Art Institute of Chicago, USA and theMinistry of Culture, from 30 August 2012 to1 September 2012

• Exhibition and International Conferenceorganized in Leh from 28 August to 10September 2012

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National Research Laboratory for Conservationof Cultural Property (NRLC) was establishedin 1976 with the aim to develop, promote andadvance conservation of cultural property. Sinceits inception, the Laboratory has engaged in avariety of programmes in scientific research,training activities, documentation, anddissemination of information throughpublications, conferences and workshops. Inaddition, the laboratory has carried out manynational and international field projects, toadvance conservation practices.

Over the years, the staff of NRLC has developedexpertise in a number of areas including;methodologies for the analysis of materials andtheir deterioration, conservation of wallpaintings, biodeterioration and control, stoneand building materials conservation and metaland paper conservation.

Activities during 2012

In vitro and in-situ laboratory trials of a naturalplant extract of metha species (peppermint)found effective against museum fungi andinsects, were conducted and the results weresatisfactory.

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• A state of the art table top x-ray diffractionspectrophotometer procured last year wascommissioned and standardized for analyzingpainting pigments. During the year, 50 suchanalyses were added to database.

• New field projects were initiated at at CentralMuseum, Nagpur, Sri Mallya Museum onTheatre Crafts, New Delhi, Tagore Library,University of Lucknow, Manjusha Museum,Dharamsthala (North Karnataka) and SriChitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram.

• 25 students of Museology, Conservation andHeritage Management from SampoornanandSanskrit University, Banaras Hindu University,Rabindra Bharati University, Delhi Instituteof Heritage Management and Research andNational Museum Institute were providedassistance in their dissertations for partialfulfilment of their post-graduate degree.

• Workshops on “Preventive Conservation”were organized in Kolkata, Goa, Assam andSikkim.

• The Director, NRLC, presented a key-noteaddress on preventive conservation at theNational Conservation Conference.

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Introduction

The National Culture Fund (NCF) was createdwith the aim of mobilizing resources for thepromotion, protection and preservation ofIndia’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage.The NCF foster the participation of stategovernments, corporate Sector, NGOs, theprivate and the public sector in this task.

The National Culture Fund is managed andadministered by a Council with the Hon’bleMinister of Culture as Chairman. The Councilconsists of 17 non-official members and 5 ex-officio members. The non-official members areeminent persons representing various fields likethe corporate sector, private foundations andprofessionals. The administration of day to dayworking of the Fund is by an ExecutiveCommittee of which the Secretary,Ministry ofCulture is the President.

Projects for preservation, protection andconservation of cultural heritage areimplemented by a Project ImplementationCommittee constituted for each project. Thesecommittees have representation of the NationalCulture Fund, the donors, the ArchaeologicalSurvey of India and the civic authorities,wherever required.

To encourage donations and partnerships withthe Public and Private sector in protectingIndia’s rich heritage, donations to the NationalCulture Fund are eligible for 100% taxexemption under Section-80G(2) of the IncomeTax Act, 1961.

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Important Activities During 2012

NCF constituted a high level Museum ExpertCommittee chaired by Additional Secretary,Ministry of Culture and co-chaired by DirectorGeneral, ASI and other expert members, tooversee the upgrading of 5 ASI site museumsin Sarnath, Taj Museum, Nagarjunakonda,Amaravati and Swatantrata SangramSangrahalaya, Red Fort.

• Three meetings of the RestructuringCommittee, constituted by the ExecutiveCommittee of NCF were held for preparingproposal for Phase I of the RestructuringProcess of NCF. The Committee will overseethe preparation of Terms and Conditions forContract Staff of NCF, creation ofdepartments and determine new posts andpositions.

• The 16th Executive Committee of the NCFwas held under the Chairmanship of itsPresident, the Secretary (Culture) on 13September 2012. The Annual Reportalong with the audited accounts of NCF 2010-11 was approved by the ExecutiveCommittee.

• The 8th meeting of the Council of the NationalCulture Fund was held on 26 December,2012 under the Chairpersonship of theHon’ble Minister of Culture. Three newmembers were added to the NCF Councilbringing the total number of non-officialmembers to 17.

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List of ongoing NCF projects:

Tangible Projects Funding Agency

Jantar Mantar, New Delhi M/s Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd.

Restoration and Development of Monuments Indian Oil Foundation

Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan World Monument Fund

Lodhi Tomb Project, New Delhi Steel Authority of India

Lauriya Nandangarh, Bihar M/s Bokaro Steel Plant

Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur, Karnataka M/s State Trading Corporation Ltd.

Tomb of Yusuf Qattal, New Delhi M/s PEC Ltd.

Krishna Temple, Hampi, Karnataka Hampi Foundation and WMF

Hidimba Devi Temple, Himachal Pradesh UCO Bank, Chandigarh

Alambazar Math Project, Kolkata, West Bengal NCF-Alambazar Math

Tughlaqabad Fort, New Delhi GAIL India Ltd.

Gardens of Ibrahim Rauza and Gol Gumbaz, Naurus TrustBijapur, Karnataka

Conservation of National Monuments. MP, M/s NTPC Ltd.Bihar

Shiv Mandir, Ambernath, Maharashtra M/s Nagrik Sewa Mandal

Ahom Monuments, Assam ONGC

Hazarduari Palace, District Murshidabad, State Bank of India, KolkataWest Bengal

Preparation of a Detailed Project Report for Venugopal Mandir and NCFVenugopal Mandir, Pushkar, Rajasthan

Conservation of All India Radio Building Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information(Broadcasting House) and Broadcasting

Intangible Projects

Children’s Academy of Durgapur, West Bengal Children’s Academy of Durgapur

Socio Economic development of Anegundi Kishkinda TrustVillage Karnataka

Film on Mrinalini Sarabhai, Gujarat M/s Darpana Academy

Museums and Archives

Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune, Raja Dinkar Kelkar MuseumMaharashtra

India Photo Archives Foundation, Haryana NCF/India Photo Archives

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New Projects

An MOU forging the partnership betweenNCF and HUDCO for heritage initiatives was

signed in the presence of the Kumari Selja,Honorable Minister of Culture and Housingand Urban Poverty Alleviation on 18 October2012.

The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with NCF and British Museum, UK organized Training Programme in Delhi, Mumbai and London

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Ministry of Culture aims at disseminatingIndian culture in new territories and furtherdevelop the cultural relations between Indiaand various countries of the world throughCultural Agreements and Cultural ExchangeProgrammes.

Cultural Agreements and ExchangeProgrammes

Cultural Agreement is a one-time legal documentsigned by the Government of India with theGovernment of any other country. This formsthe basis for strategic approaches throughspecific sectoral interventions in the form ofCultural Exchange Programmes (CEP).

At present there are 126 Agreements/Memorandum of Understanding which includethe latest Cultural Agreement/Memorandum ofUnderstanding with Qatar and DominicanRepublic.

Presently there are 58 CEPs in place. Duringthe year CEPs have been signed with Trinidadand Tobago, Thailand, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil,Mexico, Myanmar, Tajikistan and Russia.

Grant–in-Aid to Friendship / CulturalSocieties

Indian culture is also promoted andstrengthened in foreign countries through theScheme of Grant-in-aid to Indo-ForeignFriendship Cultural Societies. This Scheme wasinitially launched in the year 1981. From 2011-12 onwards the funding under the scheme isby way of authorization being issued to IndianEmbassies to allocate funds upto a maximum

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of Rs.3.00 lakhs per Friendship Society forpromotion of India culture abroad.

During current financial year, a budgetallocation of Rs.3 crore under Plan andRs.1 lakh under Non- Plan has been madeavailable for the Scheme. An amount ofRs.291.50 lakhs under Plan has been disbursedto 45 Indian Missions through MEA so far.

Indian Literature Abroad (ILA)

The Ministry of Culture had launched a pilotproject on the Indian Literature Abroad (ILA)in April 2011 through which the operationalmodality for translating and promoting literaryheritage and contemporary literature fromvarious Indian languages in to major foreignlanguages (especially those recognized byUNESCO) would be undertaken and supportedat the government level.

A Project Advisory Committee has suggestedto set up 5 language specific nodal centresfor translation of Indian Literature from 22recognized Indian languages to the 5UNESCO languages. An amount of Rs. 100lakhs has been allocated under BE (Plan) forthe year.

Multilateral Forums

Besides the Bilateral exchanges on cultural issueswith various countries, India also activelyparticipating in various multilateral Fora in thefield of culture such as ASEM, ASEAN,BIMSTEC, SAARC etc. Some important activitiesundertaken during the current year are asfollows:

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• Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)

The Asia Cooperation Dialogue, started in 2002,is envisaged as a forum for exchange of ideasand to provide on overarching framework forcooperation among countries in the Asiancontinent. There are 31 member countries of ACD.

The 2nd Senior Official Meeting (SOM) onCultural Cooperation of Asia CooperationDialogue (ACD) was held in New Delhi on 19and 20 April 2012. Ministry of Culture,Government of India hosted the Conference.37 Representatives from 21 ACD MemberCountries attended the meeting.

� Artists Camp and Exhibition held atColombo, Sri Lanka in June 2012.

� SAARC International Conference on‘Archaeology of Buddhism Recent Discoveriesin South Asia, Colombo from 22-24 August2012.

� Ministry of Culture assisted the SAARCCultural Centre to organize SAARCExhibition and Workshop on “TraditionalHandloom on South Asia” – Titled “TheWheel of Life” in Delhi form 1-6 November2012 in collaboration with Ministry of Textileand DC Handloom.

• Asian Europe Meet (ASEM)

The 5th Asia Europe Meet (ASEM) inYogyakarta on 18-19 September 2012 and theSOM on 17 September 2012 was attended byHCM. This meeting provide a forum for ASEMPartners to discuss and design a plan of actionaimed at identifying and solving various existingproblems, and identifying the management ofhistoric urban landscape with sustainablemanagement. India co-chaired the firstworkshop session titled ‘Strengthening goodgovernance of historic city’.

• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-SectoralTechnical and Economic Cooperation(BIMSTEC)

The Cabinet approval for signing ofMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) on theEstablishment of the BIMSTEC Cultural IndustriesCommission (BCIC) and BIMSTEC CulturalIndustries Observatories (BCIO) was obtained.

• International Federation Of Arts Councilsand Culture Agencies (IFACCA)

India became a member of IFACCA from the year2010-2011. Ministry of Culture, India is on theBoard of IFACCA for four years beginning from2011. Joint Secretary attended the Meeting of theIFACCA held in U.K. from 5-6 November 2012.

2nd ACD Senior Officials Meeting on Cultural Cooperation

• South East Asian Association of RegionalCooperation (SAARC)

India is an active member of SAARC and hasbeen participating in SAARC seminars andconferences related to culture. India attendedthe 4th meeting of the Governing Board of SAARCCultural Centre (SCC), Colombo, Sri Lanka inOctober, 2012 as Chairperson of the GoverningBoard of SAARC Cultural Centre (SSC).

Ministry of Culture nominated experts for

� SAARC Regional “Conference titled“Circulation of Cultures and Culture ofCirculation : Diasporic Cultures of South Asiaduring 18-20 Century at Galle, Sri Lankafrom 15-17 March 2012.

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The Ministry of Culture deals with threeUNESCO Conventions, which have been ratifiedby India.

1. World Heritage Convention

This Convention links the concepts of natureconservation and the preservation of culturalproperties. The Convention recognizes the wayin which people interact with nature, and thefundamental need to preserve its balance withcultural sites.

In November, 2011, India was elected as amember of the World Heritage Committee for afour year term (2011-15).

The Archaeological Survey of India, an attachedOffice of the Ministry of Culture coordinatesthe submission of dossiers for inscription on theWorld Heritage List as well as other mattersrelated to the Convention.

India has 29 sites on the World Heritage List

i) Agra Fortii) Ajanta Cavesiii) Buddisht Monuments at Sanchiiv) Champaner-Pavagadh

Archaeological Parkv) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminusvi) Churches and Convents of Goavii) Elephanta Cavesviii) Ellora Cavesix) Fatehpur Sikrx) Great Living Chola Templesxi) Group of Monuments at Hampixii) Group of Monuments at Mahabali-

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xiii) Group of Monuments at Pattadkalxiv) Humayun’s Tomb, Delhixv) Kaziranga National Parkxvi) Keoladeo National Parkxvii) Khajuraho Group of Monumentsxviii) Mahabodhi Temple Complex at

Bodh Gayaxix) Manas Wildlife Sanctuaryxx) Mountain Railways of Indiaxxi) Nanda Devi and Valleys of Flowers

National Parksxxii) Qutub Minar and its Monuments,

Delhixxiii) Red Fort Complexxiv) Rock Shelters of Bhimkbetkaxxv) Sun Temple, Konarkxxvi) Sunder bans National Parkxxvii) Taj Mahalxxviii) Jantar Mantar, Jaipurxxix) Western Ghats

2. Promotion and Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage

This Convention seeks to safeguard and ensurerespect for the Intangible Cultural Heritage ofcommunities, groups and individuals and toraise awareness towards the importance of theseitems of heritage. Convention relates to drawingup of a Representative List of ICH. So far,India has nine items on listed in the convention.

i) The tradition of Vedic Chanting

ii) Kutiyattam: Sanskrit Theatre

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iv) Ramman: Religious Festival andritual theatre of the Garhwal

v) Novrouzvi) Kalbelia: folk songs and dances,

Rajasthanvii) Mudiyettyu: Ritual Theatre and

Dance, Keralaviii) Chhau danceix) Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh

Recitation of the sacred Buddhist texts in thetrans–Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu andKashmir, has been included recently during the7th Session of the IGC December 2012 forinscription on the Representative List ofIntangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.

3. Protection and Promtion of the Diversity ofCultural Expressions

The objectives of the Convention are to protectand promote the diversity of culturalexpressions, to encourage dialogue amongcultures, to foster interculturality, to promoterespect for the diversity of cultural expressions,and to reaffirm importance of the link betweenculture and development. Other importantobjectives of the Convention are to giverecognition to the distinctive nature of culturalactivities, and to reaffirm the sovereign rightsof States to maintain, adopt and implementpolicies for the protection and promotion of thediversity of cultural expressions.

Other UNESCO activities

UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programmeaims at preserving and disseminating valuablearchival holdings and library collections worldwide. The Programme was established in 1992

on account of the awareness of the precariousstate of preservation and access to documentaryheritage in various parts of the world. Theobjectives of the Memory of the Worldprogramme are:

• To facilitate preservation of the world’sdocumentary heritage by the mostappropriate techniques.

• To assist universal access to documentaryheritage.

• To increase awareness worldwide of theexistence and the significance of documentaryheritage.

The Memory of the World Register is acompendium of documents, manuscripts, oraltraditions, audio-visual materials, library, andarchive holdings of universal value. Inscriptionon the Register leads to better conservation ofthe documentary heritage, by tapping on theprogramme’s networks of experts to exchangeinformation and raise resources for thepreservation, digitization and dissemination ofthe material. India has 6 items on the MoWregister, these are the I.A.S. Tamil MedicalManuscript Collection, Archives of the DutchEast India Company, Saiva Manuscripts inPuducherry, Rigveda manuscripts, Tarikh-e-khandan-e-Timuriyah and laghukalacakrata-ntrarajatika (Vimalprabha).

The Ministry has submitted two nominationdossiers to the UNESCO Secretariat namelySirat-e Firoz Shahi prepared in association withKhuda Baksh Oriental Library, Patna andShantinatha Charitra, prepared in associationwith National Mission for Manuscript forinscription on the UNESCO Memory of theWorld Register 2012.

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The NMMA was approved for a period of 5years from 2007 to 2012 with the objective toprepare a national database on built heritagesites for secondary sources, and a nationaldatabase on Antiquities from different sourcesand museums.

During the mission period, about 75,000 builtheritage and sites (excluding state and centrallyprotected monuments) and about 8,00,000antiquities including registered antiquities wereverified by collating data from various sources

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in a prescribed format. Under a publicationand publicity programme, NMMA has broughtout a guide book on monuments of Haryana, athematic calendar on Rajasthan, posters, videoclips etc.

NMMA is also proposed to be continued as acentral scheme with certain modifications(introduction of primary survey of built heritageand site, strengthening infrastructure etc.) underXII five year plan (2012-2017) with a budgetaryoutlay of Rs. 99.20 crore.

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India can rightfully claim to be the largestrepository of manuscripts in the world. It is alsothe forerunner in conservation efforts. NationalMission for Manuscripts (NMM) is first suchnational level comprehensive initiative in the worldcatering to the need of conserving manuscriptsand disseminating knowledge contained therein.NMM has covered a long distance since itsinception in 2003 towards fulfilling its motto,‘conserving the past for the future’. It worksthrough more than 100 centres and nearly 350sub-centres, spread all over the country.

Objectives

The objectives for launching a National Missionfor Manuscripts are principally to locate,enumerate, preserve and describe all the Indianmanuscripts, in India and abroad. The objectivefor undertaking these tasks is also to enhancetheir access, improve awareness about culturalinheritance and encourage their use foreducational and research purposes.• The Mission facilitates conservation and

preservation of manuscripts through training,awareness and financial support.

• It documents and catalogues Indianmanuscripts, from India and abroad be,maintains accurate and updated informationabout them and monitors conditions underwhich they may be consulted.

• The Mission’s aim is to promote ready accessto these manuscripts through publication,both in book and electronic form.

• It focuses on boosting scholarship andresearch in the study of Indian language andManuscriptology.

• The primary concern of the Mission is tobuild up a National Manuscript Library

Achievements made during 2012-13• Post- survey is continuing in Andhra Pradesh,

Gujarat and Tripura.• Information on 1,62,450 manuscripts was

collected.• 14 workshops on conservation of manuscripts

were conducted.• Digitization of 50,00,000 pages was

completed. In total digitization of 1,02,000manuscripts (1,05,00,000 pages) have beencompleted so far.

• 16 public lectures were organized under theTattvabodha series.

• 9 national seminars on different topics wereorganized.

• 10 (8 Basic Level and 2 Advance Level)workshops on manuscriptology andpaleography were organized.

• Tattvabodha IV, Prakashika III, IV, VI (TwoVolumes), VII, VIII, IX (two volumes) andKritibodha III were published.

Workshop on manuscript-ology and Paleography

House to house survey bystaff MRC Manipur StateArchives, Imphal

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1. National Knowledge Commission (NKC)recommended that a National Mission onLibraries should be set up leading to formationof a permanent National Commission onLibraries with the objective of improving theLibrary and Information Service sector in India.The proposal was considered by COS on28.10.2010 and it was decided that to achievethis objective, a new Mission may be required.Constitution of National Commission onLibraries does not appear to be necessary atthis stage. In this background, a NationalMission on Libraries (NML) has been constitutedand notified on 4th may 2012 under theChairmanship of Prof. Deepak Pental. Secretary(Culture) is the Convener for the Mission andthe Mission has a tenure of three years.

2. Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation(RRRLF), an autonomous body under theMinistry of Culture has been designated thenodal agency for the National Mission onLibraries for administrative, logistic, planningand budgeting purpose. Ministry has made abudget provision of Rs. 6.00 crore during 2012-13 for NML. So far the Ministry has releaseda sum of Rs. 3.00 crore to RRRLF for fundingof various activities of the Mission. Secretariatfor NML will be set up at Janpath. Acommittee has already been constituted for itsestablishment.

3. Four meetings of the National Mission onLibrary have been held till date, the latest onebeing on February 15th 2013. The EFC documentin respect of the NML is under finalization,and there are four key areas which are beingprioritized in this document i.e.

(i) Creation of National Virtual Libraries,

(ii) Creation of model libraries which willinclude 35 States Central Libraries andone District Library in its data, as also oneschool library in each State, as modellibrary,

(iii) Survey of public libraries by way of aquestionnaire, data of which will be usedtoredesign the future shape of publiclibraries in India, and

(iv) Training / skill development programs tofulfill the objectives of the mission.

A stake holder meeting is being organized tohold discussion on these priority areas i.e. WithState Governments, NGOs, library associations,Disability groups (with respect to the visuallydisabled).

4. It is further proposed to set up a CentralLibrary Fund in which assistance ofphilanthropic organizations for content creationis being sought.

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The National School of Drama(NSD) situatedin New Delhi is one of the foremost theatretraining institutes in the world. It was set upby the Sangeet Natak Academy in 1959 as oneof its constituent units and later became anindependent entity in 1975. The School aims attraining students in the field of acting, directionand stagecraft and awards a three – year postgraduate diploma which is recognized by theAssociation of Indian Universities as equivalentto Post-graduate Degree.

Academic Activities

Theatre Technique and Design students of 3rd

year also presented “Camino Real”, theirGraduation Show at Delhi.

During 2012, several plays were staged by thestudents of 2nd year and third year.

Repertory Company

The Repertory Company of NSD was set upwith the aim of providing performingopportunities to graduates, initially on anexperimental and later on a professional basis.During 2012, it participated in the 14th BharatRang Mahotsav, staging four of its productions,and also organized the summer Theatre Festivalfrom 31 May to 22 June 2012. Two new plays,“old Town Nautanki” and “Laila Majnu” werepremiered on 25 May and 26 December 2012respectively.

Theatre-in-Education (TIE) Company

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with the objective of promoting theatreamongst children. As in the previous years,TIE organized Summer Theatre Workshops withchildren at eight different centres of Delhi from18 May to 17 June 2012 and Sunday ClubFestival from 1 January to 6 January 2012.The Company also staged 19 shows of “AdalBadal” and “Kitabon Mein Hulchul” in variousschools of Delhi. In August-September 2012,TIE performed three plays in Agartala. InOctober and November, 16 shows of ‘Acrossthe Sea’ were held in different schools of Delhi.Another notable activity was Jashne Bachpanheld from 18 to 28 November 2012 in whichdifferent theatre groups participated andperformed 17 plays.

Extension Programme

To take the theatre to grassroot level in thecountry, 33 production oriented theatreworkshops and 6 Children Theatre Workshopswere organized in various parts of the country.

North East Region Activities

For promotion of theatre in North East States,NSD organized 18 production oriented theatreworkshops in collaboration with StateGovernments/local theatre groups.

Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012

The 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav wasorganized from 8 to 22 January 2012. 98plays were performed including 16 fromabroad. The focus of the festival wasRabindranath Tagore and 17 productions ofhis plays were performed.

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The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) was established in 1987 in New Delhias an autonomous institution under the Ministryof Culture to act as a centre for research,academic pursuit and dissemination in the fieldof arts.

The IGNCA has six functional units – KalaNidhi, the multi-form library,Kalakosa, devotedmainly to the study and publication offundamental texts in Indian languages,Janapada Sampada the division engaged inlifestyle studies, Kaladarsana, the executive unitwhich transforms research and studies intovisible forms, Cultural Informatics Lab, whichapplies technology tools for cultural preservationand propagation; and Sutradhara, theadministrative section that acts as a spinesupporting and coordinating all the activities.

The IGNCA has a Southern Regional Centre(SRC) headquartered in Bangluru. Itsestablishment in 2001 was aimed at intensifying

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the Centre’s studies on the southern region’sart and cultural heritage. The Eastern RegionalCentre is located in Varanasi. This office givesacademic input and support of Indological andSanskrit studies of Kalakosa. The North EastRegional centre is based in Guwahati. Its maintask is to collaborate in programmes relating tothe culture-rich communities in the north easternregion.

The Centre publishes a bi-monthly newsletterVihangama and a bi-annual journal Kalakalpa

Major events during 2012

• The IGNCA is currently celebrating its SilverJubilee. The year-long celebrations wereinaugurated on 19 November 2012 by the H.E. the President of India at RashtrapatiBhawan. Two major concerts, Dhrupad Gayanby Gundecha brothers and violin jugalbandiby Prof T N Krishnan and Dr N Rajam wereorganised on the occasion.

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A seminar on “The multi-disciplinary approachof Tagore’s performance language” 5photographic exhibitions and interactive sessionswith the Director’s were also held.

NSD Bengaluru Chapter

Regional Resource Centre Bengaluru wasupgraded to a full-fledged Regional Drama School.

Camp Office of Theatre TrainingWorkshops at Sikkim

During 2012, the Camp Office at Sikkim

selected 19 students and a nine monthintensive training programme in theatre. Thestudents travelled with their shows to variousparts of Sikkim during April 2012. The CampOffice also organized one month theatreworkshops in all four districts of Sikkim. Theparticipants of the east district workshop ofSikkim also participated with their productionin the North East Children’s Theatre Festivalorganized by NSD in Mumbai on 17 April2012.

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Inauguration of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the IGNCA by Hon’ble President of India

• The Centre hosted an international conferenceon Rock Art (7-14 December 2012), whichwas inaugurated by the H. E. the VicePresident of India. The academic sessions,attended by scholars from 17 countries,complemented by an exhibition on Rock Art.

• A two-day memorial programme in honourof Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagarwas held in July 2012, in which several seniorartists, including disciples of the maestroparticipated.

• An exhibition “Bharatpur– Unsung IngenuityValour and Splendour’’held in February 2012explored the hitherto unexplored culturalheritage of Bharatpur, the well-known birdsanctuary.

Publications

The IGNCA brought out several publicationsduring the year, including the following:

1. Global Rock Art Edited by B.L. Malla andV.H. Sonawane.

2. Rock Art of Andhra Pradesh: A New SynthesisDr. N. Chandramouli.

3. The World of Rock Art: An Overview of FiveContinents, edited by B.L. Malla.

4. Kalamukha Temples of Karnataka byVasundhara Filliozat and Perre-SylvainFilliozat.

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Women’s Day Exhibition at IGNCA

5. Recent Studies in Indonesian Archaeology editedby Edi Sedyawati and I. Wayan Ardika

6. IGNCA – A Retrospective.

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Sahitya Akademi, established in 1954, is thecentral institution for literary dialogue,publication and promotion of literature in thecountry and the only institution that undertakesliterary activities in 24 Indian languagesincluding English and Rajasthani. Since itsinception in 1954, it has ceaselessly endeavoredto promote good taste and healthy readinghabits, to keep alive the intimate dialoguebetween the various linguistic and literary zonesand groups of India, through seminars,symposia, lectures, discussions, readings andperformances including folk arts to increase thepace of mutual translations through workshopsand individual assignments and to develop aserious literary culture through the publicationof journals, monographs, individual, creativeworks of every genre, anthologies, encyclopedias,dictionaries, bibliographies, directories andhistories of literature.

Publications

During the year 430 books in 24 Indianlanguages were brought out (including reprints).Issues of its bimonthly journals Indian Literatureand Samkaleena Bharti were regularly broughtout.

Work on the National Bibliography of Indianlanguages, to be published in 16 volumes,continued during the year.

Library

Online Public Access Catalogue (Web OPAC)was made available for languages such as,English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Odia,Punjabi, Kashmiri, Rajasthani, Maithili,

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Manipuri, Bodo, Santali, etc. The Akademi’sLibrary has more than 10,000 registeredmembers. 800 titles were added to the RegionalOffice Library at Bengaluru, 2500 titles wereadded to the Regional Office Library, Kolkataand 1000 titles were added to the RegionalOffice, Mumbai.

Sahityostsav 2012 and Distribution ofSahitya Akademi Awards

Sahitya Akademi Awards for the year 2011were presented on 14 February 2012 to 23eminent writers across India. Prof. NamwarSingh was the chief guest on the occasion andSumathy Sivamohan, Sahitya AkademiPremchand Fellow, was the guest of honour. Itwas part of the weak long Festival of Letters2012 marked by an Exhibition of Akademyactivities in 2011 annual Pamvotsav Lecturesand a national seminar on “Short Stories”.

Translation Prize

Translation Prizes were presented to 24translators in 24 Indian languages in a functionheld on 24 August 2012 at Bhubaneswar. Itwas followed by a Translators’ Meet where theawarded translators spoke about their creativeexperience.

Yuva Puraskar

The Yuva Puraskar for the year 2011 was givento 22 young writers in different Indianlanguages at function in Jaydev Bhavan,Bhubaneswar on 25 August 2012.

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Bal Sahitya Puraskar

Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2011was presented on 20November 2012 at Pune to 24 children’s writers.The programme was followed by a Writers’Meet in which the award-winning writers spokeabout their work and their creative experience.

Activities

150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore

Various literary programmes on Tagorecontinued to be held throughout the country tocelebrate the 150th birth anniversary of GurudevTagore. The programmes which wereinaugurated at a colourful ceremony at VigyanBhawan on 7 May 2011 came to a close on 7May 2012. Tagore’s works were translated intoseveral Indian languages during the year.

A group of 30 authors from 24 Indian languagesvisited Vishva-Bharati in Santiniketan and thepoet’s home in Jorasanko in Kolkata, as a partof a Reading Programme held on the 15 and16 March 2012. The two-day programmeconcluded with readings (both in the originaland Hindi/English translations) at the SahityaAkademi auditorium in Kolkata.

Several translations of Tagore in different Indianlanguages were also published.

Seminars, Symposia and Workshops

The Sahitya Akademi organized a number ofnational seminars, symposia, translationworkshops on literature, in different parts ofthe country including remote corners like Leh,Sikkim, Andamans, Gulmarg, Patnitop etc.besides holding hundreds of literary forumprogrammes where important writers wereinvited and important books were released.

Workshops on translations were heldthroughout the year in various parts of India.

Sahitya Akademi participated in the FrankfurtBook Fair held from 10 – 14 October 2012 atFrankfurt. Writers’ delegation who went thereincluded Prof Bhalchandra Nemade, an eminentMarathi writer and Smt. Chitra Lahiri, notedBengali poet. The Akademi also participated inbook fairs throughout the country includingthe Kolkata Book Fair and the Delhi Book Fair.

A four-member cultural delegation visitedBangladesh on the occasion of the 90th

Anniversary of the publication of Kazi NazralIslam’s Vidrohi.

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Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art,New Delhi, was set up by the Government ofIndia as an autonomous body, on 5 August1954. It is the Indian Government’s apexcultural body in the field of visual arts in India.The structure of the Akademi consists of aGeneral Council that comprises artists, artcritics, architects, photographers, experts in folk,tribal and traditional arts, art administratorsand representatives of various governmentorganizations.

Some of the programmes of the Akademi are:

• Triennale India: The Akademi organised thefirst Triennale India in the year 1968. Morethan 50 countries have participated in thismega event. The Akademi has mounted 11Triennale exhibitions so far and has presented78 awards to national and internationalartists.

• Cultural Exchange Programme: The Akademiorganises major exhibitions of Indian modernand contemporary art under the provisionsof the Cultural Exchange Programme of theGovernment of India and jointly collaborateswith its international counterparts in variouscountries to promote Indian art and artists.

• National Exhibition of Art: The NationalExhibition of Art is a major annualprogramme of the Akademi. This prestigiousevent is organized at various venues in thecountry to encourage, support and build ameaningful involvement with artistes and artlovers. The Akademi has mounted shows atHyderabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Bhopal,Chandigarh, Goa and Chennai. Since 1955,the Akademi has organised 54 National

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Exhibitions of Art and has presented theNational Award to 565 artists andHonourable Mention to 87 artistes.

• National and International Camps andWorkshops: The Akademi organises Nationaland International Camps in various disciplinesof visual arts which have been immenselypopular among artistes and have helped toshape the artistic ability of the participants.

• Lectures, Seminars, Panel Discussions andFilm Shows: The Akademi invites eminentscholars and personalities from the field ofart and culture to participate in various paneldiscussions, seminars and conferencesorganised at the Kaustubh Auditorium of theAkademi. The Akademi also showcasesnational and international films on artistesand art, specifically for students andresearchers.

Activities during 2012

• The Akademi organised a talk titled ‘ArtsLaw’ by Ms. Barbara T. Hoffman at theKaustubh Auditorium on 30 January, 2012.

• The Akademi organised Artistes-on-Art byinviting Shri K.S. Radhakrishnan, eminentsculptor, at Sahitya Akademi Auditorium on21 March, 2012. He spoke about his art andexhibited slides of his works. Prof. R. SivaKumar was in dialogue with the artist.

• The Akademi organised a women’s exhibitiontitled ‘Shakti Matree’ from the PermanentCollection of the Akademi, at its galleries 12to 20 January, 2012. Ms. Anupam Sud,

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eminent painter and print maker inauguratedthe above exhibition.

• The Akademi organised an Indo-US PrintExhibition titled ‘Multiple Encounters, SecondEdition, 2012’ at its galleries from 23 Januaryto 6 February 2012. Kumari Selja, the thenHon’ble Minister for Culture, Government ofIndia inaugurated the exhibition.

• The Akademi in collaboration with NationalCrafts Council, Sri Lanka, organised anexhibition ‘Traditional Temple Paintings ofSri Lanka’, at the Lalit Kala Akademi Gallerieson 22 March 2012. H.E. PrasadKariyawasam, High Commissioner of SriLanka in India, inaugurated the exhibition.

• The Akademi in collaboration with TheEugeniusz Geppert, Academy of Art andDesign in Wroclaw, Poland, and the Embassyof the Republic of Poland, New Delhi,organised a ‘Contemporary Polish PrintmakingExhibition’ at the Galleries of the Akademi on2 May 2012. H.E. Prof. Piotr Klodkowski,Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Indiainaugurated the exhibition. Ms. Arpana Caur,eminent artist, was the Guest of Honour.

• The Akademi participated in the 5th BeijingBiennale held at the National Art Museumof China, Beijing from 28 September 2012.In the above Biennale, the Akademi presentedan exhibition entitled ‘Indian SpecialExhibition, 5th Beijing Biennale’, in which 26artworks of 11 eminent artists of India wereexhibited.

• The Akademi organised the 54th NationalExhibition of Art at the Nazrul KalakshetraGalleries, Agartala, on 17 December 2012.Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble Chief Minister ofTripura, inaugurated the exhibition.

• The National Academy Award of Rs. 1 lakhwas presented to ten artists namely Dharmvir,

Malleshi HV., Mrinal Kanti Gayen, NazimaRangwala Kalita, Pradip Mondal, PremKumar Singh, R.B. Holle, Raj Pritam More,Sidharth Madhu Pansari, Yuvraj Panwar.

• The Akademi organised the ‘9th NationalArt Festival’ at Durbar Hall, Hotel PoloTowers, Shillong on 20 March 2012.Dr. B.M. Lanong, Hon’ble Deputy ChiefMinister and Minister of Art and Culture,Government of Meghalaya, inaugurated theart festival.

• A seminar titled ‘Gurudev RabindranathTagore: A Global Pioneer’ was organizedto mark the closing event of the 150th BirthCentenary of Guru Rabindranath Tagore,at Kaustubh Auditorium on 7 May 2012.On this occasion, ‘Bangla-Tuli’ a portfoliorelease of the works of Bangladesh artistesexecuted under the Artist-in-Residencyprogramme organised by the Akademi wasdone.

The following publications were released bythe Akademi during the year 2012-13:

Books

• Artrends

• Aroop Aur Aakar (Hindi)

• Kala Aur Kavita (Hindi)

Catalogue

• 53rd National Exhibition of Art

• Moderns (Catalogue for exhibition to Canada)

• Catalogue for Venice Biennale

• Multiple Encounters II (International Exhibitionof Prints) etc.

Journals

• Lalit Kala Contemporary 52 (Special Issue onPhotography)

• Lalit Kala Contemporary 53 etc.

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Newsletter

• Kala Samvad (English-April 2011)

• Kala Samvad (Hindi–June 2011)

Booklets

• 53rd National Exhibition of Art, ProspectusBooklet

• Scholarship form, 2012-13 Booklet

Invitations / Posters / Hoardings

• Artist on Art – G.M. Sheikh

• Artist on Art – K.S. Radhakrishnan

• Book Release – Somnath Hore

• Lecture – Tarshito

Events and Exhibitions at the RegionalCentres of the Akademi

Regional Centre, Chennai

Screening of Art Films

The Regional Centre, Chennai, screened art filmsat the Government College of Fine Arts,Chennai from 4th to 6th January 2012 and 9th to11th January 2012.

The Regional Centre, Chennai, organized fourRegional Painters’ camp during the year underthe report.

The Regional Centre, Chennai, organised aRegional Printmaking Camp at its premises.Twelve artists participated in the above campfrom 7 to 14 March 2012.

Exhibitions

Japanese Design Today 100

• The Regional Centre, Chennai, incollaboration with Japan Foundation and ABKAOTS Dosokai, Tamil Nadu Centre jointlyorganised an exhibition titled ‘JapaneseDesign Today 100’ at the centre’s galleriesfrom 16 to 29 January 2012.

• The Regional Centre, Kolkata, in collaborationwith Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata,organised an exhibition of the sculptures byPradosh Das Gupta, celebrating his birthcentenary year at Kolkata on 25 July 2012.

• During the 16th National Exhibition, theCentre held an art exhibition from 7 to 11September 2012. Shri Prakash Jaiswal,Hon’ble Union Minister of Coal, inauguratedthe exhibition.

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Sangeet Natak Akademi, the apex body ofperforming arts and a national academy ofmusic, dance and drama, was established in1953 for the promotion, preservation andenrichment of the cultural heritage of India.

Major Events During 2012

Publication

The publication programme of the Akademiincludes books and monographs on theperforming arts and the quarterly journalSangeet Natak. Additionally, to promotepublishing on music, dance and drama, theAkademi helps authors and publishers withgrants for books and periodicals in English andIndian languages.

During the period under report the followingpublications were released:

~ The Winged Form by S.K. Saxena (Reprint)(New Edition) {English}

~ Natyadarshan by Sangeeta Gundecha

~ Bharat Aur Unka Natyasastra by BrajBallabh Mishra

Two issues of the quarterly journal SangeetNatak were published.

Documentation and Dissemination

212 hours 25 minutes of video recording and10 hours 43 minutes of audio recordings wereadded to the archives of the Akademi. Thetotal holding of archives stands at 8389 hrs ofvideo recording and 7929 hours of audiorecording, 10,370 photographs in colour and

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black/white were added to the archives of theAkademi.

Library

The Akademi Library, which caters chiefly tostudents and researchers in the performing arts,has acquired a specialized collection of bookson performing arts. The library receives 150Indian and foreign periodicals. The totalcollection of the Akademi Library is estimatedat 24,826 books, excluding 1257 books receivedas gifts. The Audio Visual collection presentlystands at 9,827 gramophone records (discs),761 pre-recorded cassettes, 92 video cassettes,1602 commercial audio cassettes, 165 giftedaudio cassettes, 1,129 commercial compact discs(CDs), 30 gifted cds, 51 VCD, 29 gifted VCDs,2 commercial DVDs and 32 gifted DVDs, onperforming arts.

Museum

Since its inception, the Akademi has beenacquiring objects and artifacts relating toperforming arts. The museum holds morethan 2300 objects comprising musicalinstruments, masks, puppets, headgear,costumes and other artifacts related to theperforming arts, along with instrumentsreceived as gifts from foreign countries.

A training centre for rare instruments makinghas been established under master craftsmanGuru Sri Dulal Kanji at Falta, Kolkata. Underhim, three trainees are being trained ininstrument- making, such as sarod, sitar,surbahar and sursingar. Digitalization of themuseum objects has been completed and givenaccess to students, scholars and researchers forwork pertaining to research.

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Festivals / Events held

• On the occasion of commemoration the 150th

birth anniversary of Gurudev RabindranathTagore, the Natyanjali event was held in NewDelhi, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Patna.

• Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2010was awarded to 33 young artistes on 7 March2012 at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi. Thepresentation ceremony was followed by aweek long festival of music, dance and theatrefeaturing some of the recipients, at KamaniAuditorium and Meghdoot Theatre Complex,Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.

• The first phase of the Tagore Samman washeld in Kolkata on 25 April 2012. HisExcellency Shri M.K. Narayanan, Hon’bleGovernor of West Bengal honoured 25 Fellowsand 27 Sangeet Natak Awardees fromeastern, north-eastern, central, northern andwestern regions of the country.

• The second phase of the Tagore Sammanwas held on 2 May 2012 at the MusicAcademy, Chennai. His Excellency Dr. K.Rosaiah, Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu,honoured 16 Fellows and 15 Awardees atthe ceremony.

• Sangeet Natak Akademi and Ministry ofCulture, Government of India in collaborationwith Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Governmentof People’s Republic of Bangladesh, presentedRabindra Sangeet by Shri AgnibhaBandyopadhyay of Kolkata on 6 May 2012at Bangladesh International Cultural Centre(BICC) and at Bangladesh Shilpkala Academi,Dacca, on 8 May 2012. Solo recitations,musical soirees and dance drama of Tagorewere presented.

• Chandalika, Akademi’s Sattriya Kendra, aCentre of Sattriya Dance, Music and Theatre,at Guwahati, presented a dance productionin Sattriya style on 7th May 2012.

• The Akademi celebrated the closing ceremonyof the 150th Birth Anniversary of GurudevRabindranath Tagore on 6 May 2012 atMeghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, NewDelhi.

• Seraikella, Purulia and Mayurbhanj Chhaudances by artists of Sangeet Natak Akademi’sChhau project were held on 23 June 2012.

• A lecture-demonstration by Shri ShashadharAcharya was held in Dharani Festival atChennai on 24 June 2012.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship andAwards Festival, 2011

• Akademi Fellowships and Awards for 2011were presented on 9 October 2012 atRashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The Hon’blePresident of India conferred the Fellowshipsto eleven eminent personalities and AkademiAwards to 36 practitioners of Music, Danceand Theatre. The ceremony was followed byan eight day festival of music, dance anddrama featuring Fellows and Awardees ofthe year.

Hon’ble President Conferring Fellowship Award to Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma

• The General Council of Sangeet NatakAkademi, in its meeting held on 21December 2012 elected three eminent

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personalities in the field of performing arts,as Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellows(Akademi Ratna) and 36 individuals fromthe fields of music, dance, theatre andpuppetry for the Sangeet Natak AkademiAwards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year2012, in addition to selecting 33 recipientsfor the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskarfor the year 2011.

Report on ICH

Sangeet Natak Akademi, as a Nodal Agencyof the Ministry of Culture, Government ofIndia, prepared its report on ‘Theimplementation of the Convention and on theStatus of Elements inscribed on theRepresentative List of the Intangible CulturalHeritage of the Humanity’ covering thefollowing eight elements, which wereinscribed as of 2010, and transmitted toUNESCO secretariat on 12th December 2012:

~ Kutiyattam, Sanskrit Theatre

~ The Tradition of Vedic Chanting

~ Ramlila – The Traditional Performance ofthe Ramayana

~ Novruz

~ Ramman: religious festival and ritualtheatre of the Garhwal

~ Chhau dance

~ Kalbelia folk songs and dances ofRajasthan

~ Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance-drama of Kerala

Kathak Kendra, New Delhi

Established in 1964, and a constituent unit ofSangeet Natak Akademi, Kathak Kendra is oneof the leading institutions in the country for

imparting training in Kathak dance. It also offerscourses in allied subjects like vocal music andPakhawaj. A refresher course of one year hasbeen introduced for dance teachers and studentsof the Kendra who have completed theDiploma and desire to take Kathak danceteaching as a career.

58th Foundation Day of Jawaharlal NehruManipur Dance Academy, Imphal

The Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur DanceAcademy, a constituent unit of Sangeet NatakAkademi, New Delhi and a premier institutionfor teaching of Manipuri dance, music, andallied subjects like Thang-ta celebrated its 58th

Foundation Day on 1 April 2012 at theAcademy Auditorium. Shri Lokeshwar Singh,Hon’ble Speaker Manipur Legislative Assemblyand Shri N. Tombi Singh, Vice-Chairman gracedthe function.

Sattriya Kendra, Guwahati

This centre organized various programmes onSattriya Dance at Guwahati and other nearbyareas in the North Eastern states. It alsoorganized programmes of Kutiyattam andNangiar Kuthu performances. Outreachprogrammes were held at different venues inKerala. Training programmes at differentGurukulams were regularly supported, alongwith skill development in the making ofKutiyattam costumes and ornaments.

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Bodo Music and Dance of Assam by BathauAfaat Krishti Sangha, Guwahati and MizoTraditional Music and Dance of Mizoram byMizo Cultural Club Vengthar, Mizoram werepresented on 28 March 2012 at Shahid Bhawan,Assam.

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Khongjom Parva of Manipur under Smt IbemniDevi, an Padmashree and Akademi Awardeeon 1 July 2012 at Imphal. The Centre also

presented a programme of classical and folkart forms on 23 December 2012 at theAkademi’s North East Centre in Guwahati.

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The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training(CCRT), located in Delhi, was set up in 1979as an autonomous organization in the serviceof education. Its main focus is on providing acultural component in education. The Centreorganizes various training programmes foradministrators, teacher educators, in-serviceteachers and students. The aim is to sensitizethe participants to the aesthetic and culturalnorms governing all creative expressions.

The Centre has three regional centres – Udaipur,Hyderabad and Guwahati.

Activities during 2012

Training to Teachers

• The ‘Orientation Course for in-service Teachers’is designed to provide school teachers from allover India with the knowledge about thefundamental principles underlying thedevelopment of Indian culture. During theyear, the CCRT organised 15 OrientationCourses in which 1124 teachers were trained.

• Four Workshops on ‘Cultural Inputs inCurriculum Teaching’ for Teacher Trainersand ‘Cultural Education in Schools’ for DistrictResource Persons were organised in which126 Teacher Trainers and District ResourcePersons were trained. 4723 teachers indifferent parts of the country were trainedby the Teacher Trainers by organizing 117short-term workshops in 23 different states.

• The CCRT organized 42 workshops forprimary and high school teachers in narrativeforms like theatre, puppetry, role of schoolsin conservation of the natural and culturalheritage and SUPW/Work Experience toprovide practical training in the arts to theparticipants. 3236 teachers participated.

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• Refresher Training Programmes are alsoconducted by CCRT and 5 Refresher Courseswere organised in which 173 teachers weretrained.

• On the request of Ministry of Overseas IndianAffairs, New Delhi the CCRT organisedacademic programmes at its premises forDiaspora Youth in the age group of 18 to 28years. In these programmes the participantswere exposed to various facets of Indiansociety, living cultural tradition and education.

Extension And Community FeedbackProgramme

• The CCRT organised various educational activitiesfor children belonging to government and non-government schools under its Extension andCommunity Feedback Programme.

• A Summer Workshop on “Creating anAwareness of Art and Culture” wasorganized at New Delhi from 11-21 June2012 in which 238 children participated.

Musical Presentations / Theatre / Folk Dances/Crafts Mela

• The CCRT collaborated with Pandit Maniram,Pandit Motiram Trust to celebrate 40thAnnual Function for creating awareness aboutliving Indian Performing Art Traditions atCCRT Regional Centre, Hyderabad from 29November -1 December 2012.

• Sham-e-Ghazal featuring a rendition of soulstirring music by Dr. Prem Bhandari wasorganised on 11 March 2012 in CCRTauditorium, New Delhi.

• A crafts mela, Basant Bazaar was organisedby CCRT and Dastkar from 10 - 18 March2012 in the CCRT campus.

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Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay MemorialLecture

• Prof. B.N. Goswamy, eminent art historiandelivered the III Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayMemorial Lecture on 10 March 2012Memorial Lecture prior to which he releaseda booklet on “Handicrafts and Education”based on the II Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayMemorial Lecture delivered by Prof. KrishnaKumar, ex-director of NCERT, earlier.

• A cultural festival, Virasat - Kamaladevi, wasalso held to further celebrate the legacy ofKamaladevi Chattopadhyay.

Collection of Resources

• The CCRT collected materials on arts andcrafts of the country through audiorecordings, slides, photographs, films andwritten texts in order to enrich the contentof the Educational Kit and to provide teachertrainees and other research students withmaterial on the cultural traditions of India.

Cultural Club Scheme

This scheme basically supports training in formsof dance, music, theatre, sculpture and visualarts in schools of remote areas of the country.Several cultural clubs have been set up invarious parts of the country.

Cultural Talent Search Scholarships

486 students were selected and offeredscholarships in the age group of 10-14with facilities to study performing andother arts.

Festivals For Scholarship Holders

Festivals are also organized forscholarship holders to create anunderstanding of the aesthetic andcultural values, to involve the youth incultural development and to inculcate

in them a spirit of harmony and togetherness.In 2012, a festival entitled ‘Unity in Diversity’was organized at Sikkim and Goa in which108 scholarship holders participated.

Initiatives in the North - East

• To build up a pervasive consciousness of therich natural and cultural heritage of the North-East region, including Sikkim, through theutilization of students in the conservation ofour heritage, the CCRT organized 10workshops in different North-Eastern Statesfor in-service teachers from various parts ofthe country in which 1027 teachers weretrained.The primary, middle, secondary andsenior secondary school teachers from all partsof the country were introduced to innovativemethods in classroom teaching using specificart forms and traditional crafts of this region.

• The “Centre of North Eastern Culture” wasinaugurated jointly by the former UnionMinister, Kumari Selja, and Sh. Paban SinghGhatowar, Minister of Development of NorthEastern Region on 25 January 2012 at CCRT,New Delhi. A Craft Exhibition tocommemorate the 25th Anniversary of theMizo Peace Accord was organized from 25-28 January 2012 marking the setting up ofthe “Centre of North Eastern Culture”.

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Kalakshetra is a cultural academy dedicated tothe preservation of traditional values in Indianart, especially in the field o Bharatanatya danceand Gandharvaveda music. The academy wasfounded in January 1936 by Rukmini DeviArundale, and is situated in Chennai, India.

Activities at Kalakshetra during 2012

• Between April 2012 and January 2013,Kalakshetra Foundation was involved in arange of activities in consonance with itsvision to promote India’s ancient culture andset a standard of true Art. Towards this, itfocused on festivals, workshops, lectures,enhancement of its repertoire, performances,field trips and research and documentationprojects alongwith hosting several high profilevisitors on its campus.

• The festivals included the 60th Annual ArtsFestival, which was inaugurated by theHonorable Vice President, Sri M. H. Ansariand featured two heritage dance dramasrevived for the festival, in addition toperformances in Bharatanatyam, Kathak,Carnatic and Hindustani music.

• The Foundation’s Annual Kathakali festival,Bhava Bhavanam was inaugurated byDr. Karan Singh, President, ICCR, whichpresented the entire narrative of the celebratedNala Charitam over five days and wassupplemented with lectures to enhancepeople’s understanding.

• Svanubhava, a three-day festival of music,dance and performing arts was organizedduring which students got an opportunity tointeract with artistes. Kumari Selja, the thenHonorable Minister of Culture, visited the

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campus during Svanubhava and witnessedthe proceedings before addressing thestudents and art lovers.

• As an educational institution Kalakshetra iscommitted to exploring opportunities toexpand its knowledge base and repertoire.Several events were organised which includeda workshop on Varnams, one of thecompositional pillars of Carnatic music, andtheir effective rendering. Noted guru andvocalist Sangita Kalanidhi, Dr R. Vedavalliand Sri D. Sesha Chary, were the anchors ofthe workshop. One of the highlights of theperiod was the teaching session organised forsenior faculty to learn from noted Nattuvanar,Pandanallur Sri Swaminatha Pillai, who hailsfrom a long line of illustrious gurus tracingtheir lineage back to the Tanjore Quartette.

• In addition, Kalakshetra has also played hostto a range of activities, which providedvaluable exposure on various art forms tostudents, scholars and art lovers. Theseincluded Hindustani music recitals; a filmfestival dedicated to women’s issues andlectures on various aspects of learning andsocial awareness by eminent scholars andsocial leaders such as Prof LakshmiSubramanian, Smt Aruna Roy and SriNarayan Desai. The Kalakshetra Repertoryhas been active over this period with variousperformances including one in Singapore.

• The foundation continues to be active withResearch and documentation, and isproceeding with digitization from variousaudio, video, photographic and textualsources. In this period, over 95 hours of audioresources, 95 hours of video content and 7,000photographs were digitized. The cataloguing

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of Smt. Rukmini Devi’s collections whichspan various categories of artifacts andtextiles, is also being undertaken byKalakshetra. Over 800 items were catalogued.

• The annual Convocation of another batch ofsuccessful students took place in the presenceof the legendary Carnatic musician andscholar Dr M. Balamuralikrishna.

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West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC) with itsheadquarters at Udaipur in Rajasthan is one ofthe seven zonal cultural centres set up inFebruary 1986 by the Government of India. Ithas in ambit the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Goa and Union Territories ofDaman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.WZCC, Udaipur works for the promotion offolk culture, documentation of rare art andcraft forms, and taking Indian composite cultureto the doorstep of the common man.

Major activities during 2012-13

Traditional Fairs and Festivals

• Siddheshwar Utsav was organized at Laturfrom 20 to 22 February 2012, in collaborationwith Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Govt. ofMaharashtra and District Administration,Latur.

• Dang Darbar was organized in Gujarat from4 to 5 March 2012 in collaboration withDistrict Administration, Dang.

• Nariyal Purnima was celebrated at Damanon 2nd and 3rd August 2012, and at Silvassa(DNH) on 4 August 2012.

Activities For Children

Udaan, a cultural festival dedicated to childrendifferently -able was organized at KalaAcademy Campus, Panaji on 8 October 2012on 9 October 2012 at Palanpur, and atRaikhad, Ahmedabad on 13thOctober 2012;Balotsav was celebrated in Goa from 17 to 21November 2012.

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Folk Art And Craft Festival

• A national level arts and crafts fair wasorganized at Panaji, Goa from 7th to 16th

January 2012. A contingent of 388performing artistes and 350 craftsmenfrom all over the country participated inthe festival.

• “LokTarang – Kala Ghoda Festival” wasorganized at Mumbai from 4 to 12February 2012. About 144 artistsparticipated in the festival.

• Vasantotsav was organized inGandhinagar from 23rd Feb. to 3rd March2012. The number of performing artists inthe festival was 181 and more than 100craftspersons.

• Shilpgram Utsav was organized atShilpgram, Udaipur from 21 to 30December 2012. As many as 600performing artists participated in thisfestival. The number of craftsmen whoparticipated in the festival was about 425.Cultural performances on all 10 days werethematically planned and presented.

Classical Dance Festival

The Centre organized classical dance festivals,at Sun Temple, Modhera, Mehsana District from15 to 16 January 12; at Latur from 20 to 22February 2012 and at Mahalasa Temple, Mardolfrom 16 to 18 March 2012.

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Wave”was held at Sindhudurg from 27 to 29January 2012. Artistes of coastal states, suchas Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka,Kerala, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and U.T. ofPondichery participated.

Painters Meet and Workshop

• Contemporary Painter’s Camp –Chitrankanat Panaji from 19 to 25 January2012;

• Print Making Workshop - “Pratyankan” atBaroda from 4 to 11 March 2012;

• Aakriti – Terracotta Mural SculptureWorkshop at Shilpgram, Udaipur from 22May to 11 June 2012;

• Chitrankan - a Contemporary Painters Campat Panaji from 7 to 14 September 2012

Yatra – Paschimalap

This is a grassroot level cultural programme

organised at tehsil/taluka headquarters. Thisyear Yatra programme was prgamosed at 9tehsil headquarters of Pali district of Rajasthanfrom 17 to 25 January 2012, and at 7 tehsilsof Tonk district of Rajasthan from 15th to 21st

November 2012.

Silver Jubilee Celebrations of ZCCs -“MAATI KE RANG”: Panchkula

To commemorate the 25 years cultural journeyof the Zonal Cultural Centres, a Grand fourday Silver Jubilee celebrations on the theme“Maati ke Rang” was inaugurated at Panchkulafrom 13th to 16th April 2012. In this festival, acontingent of 177 performing artists and 15craftsmen from the member States of the WZCCand two food craft persons participated.

Ongoing Activities

Regular programmes of WZCC like Dharoharand Utradhikar were held from time to timeduring the year.

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North Zone Cultural Centre is the first ZonalCultural Centre to be established in the country,inaugurated in November 1985 by the thenPrime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi.

Activities during 2012

In furtherance of its chief objective to preserve,innovate, promote and disseminate the arts ofthe zone comprising the states of Jammu andKashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,Rajasthan, Uttrakhand and the Union Territoryof Chandigarh, the NZCC organized thefollowing important cultural activities includingmega events and cultural spectacles during2012-13 impacting lakhs of people from allwalks of life in urban and rural areas.

• North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala incollaboration with Zonal Cultural Centresorganized Silver Jubilee Celebrations of ZonalCultural Centres – ‘Maati Ke Rang’ atPanchkula from 13-16 April 2012. TheFestival was inaugurated by Hon’ble PrimeMinister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, withSmt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of UPA andNAC as the Chief Guest in the presence ofKumari Selja, the then Union Minister ofCulture and many other importantdignitaries. About 2000 folk and tribal artists,artisans, craftsperson, and traditional paintersparticipated in the four-day celebrations.

• The Centre organized a three-day jointcultural spectacle on tribal and rural folk artand culture forms of various zones of Indiaat Kalagram and other places in March, 2012.

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‘Raagni Utsav’ (Folk Singing of Haryana) and‘Saang Utsav’ (Folk Theatre of Haryana) wereorganised in March 2012 at Chandigarh.

• A unique Silver Jubilee Sanskritik Yatra washeld from 13 August to 4 September 2012,inaugurated by His Excellency the Governorof Punjab and Chairman, NZCC, ShriShivraj V. Patil at Indo-Pak BOP inHussainiwala, Ferozepur. It comprised folkartists, singers and instrumentalistsrepresenting all the cultural regions of India.Presentations were made along theinternational border in Punjab and Jammuand Kashmir with the help of BSF, includingin Drass, Kargil, Leh-Ladakh and adjoiningareas of Himachal Pradesh. The 3,100 kmlong Yatra was a huge success.

• ‘The 4th Chandigarh National Crafts Mela’was organized at Kalagram, Chandigarh from30 November to 9 December 2012. The themewas ‘Tribes of India’ showcasing folktraditions, arts and crafts of the tribal regionsof India.

• The Centre organized ‘Kurukshetra Utsav-Geeta Jayanti Samaroh-2012’ from 19 - 28December 2012 in collaboration with HaryanaGovernment. The main attractions were fivemega cultural evenings at Brahmsarovar anda Crafts Fair, which was visited by lakhs ofpeople.

• Various workshops conducted include‘Rhythms of India’ - an InternationalWorkshop on Folk dances of India, incollaboration with CIPA, an NGO at

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Kalagram; Theatre Festival ‘Adakarian-2012’’at Chandigarh; ‘Summer Workshops forChildren’ at Kalagram, Chandigarh andVirsa Vihar Kendra, Patiala; ‘Workshop onCreative Activities’ in association with CCRT

for school students and ‘Sufi Aawaz, Naachaur Saaz’ at Kalagram on 18 November 2012where Smt Chandresh Kumari Katoch, UnionMinister of Culture, Government of India wasinvited as Chief Guest.

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The South Zone Cultural Centre at Thanjavurwas established as a Society on 31st January1986. The Centre covers the entire Southern regioncomprising Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and the UnionTerritories of Andaman and Nicobar Island andLakshdweep Islands. His Excellency, the Governorof Tamil Nadu is the Chairman of the Centre.

The important activities undertaken during 2012:

• Maati Ke Rang - Silver Jubilee celebration ofZonal Cultural Centres, under the aegis ofMinistry of Culture, Government of India,was held from 13th to 16th April, 2012 atParade ground, Panchkula, Haryana, India

• In association with the district administration,Ooty, SZCC conducted the Summer Festivalfrom 12th to 15th May 2012. Tangta troupefrom Manipur, Garba and Beda Raas fromGujarat and Dappu, Lambadi from AndhraPradesh were demonstrated.

• The South Zone Cultural Centre, in co-ordination with the district administration,conducted ‘Neithal’ Programme in Cuddalorefrom 23rd to 26th May 2012. Four folk troupes,Bhangra and Gidda(Punjab), Badai Nrithya

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(Madhya Pradesh), Kalbelia (Rajasthan) andPeriya Melam (Tamil Nadu) took part in thisfestival.

• During the Independence Day celebrations,the SZCC conducted Fete-De- Puducherryin Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam from15th to 20th August 2012. Dance forms suchas Bhangra, Kalbeliya, Periyamelam, Bihu,Badai Nritya, Kalaripayattu, Silambattam,Dollukunitha were presented.

• The Island tourism festival was conducted atPort Blair in collaboration with the AndamanNicobar Administration from 5th to 15th

January 2013. Art forms Badai Nritya(Madhya Pradesh), Oppana, Thiruvathirakali(Kerala), Maduri, Lambadi (Andhra Pradesh),Bharathanatyam (Tamil Nadu) and Mewasi(Gujarat) were presented. The festival wasarranged in five different venues in the MainIsland and Inner Islands. The Lt. Governorof Andaman and Nicobar Islands ShriBhopinder Singh inaugurated the Festival.

• On the occasion of the 144th birth day ofMahatma Gandhi, the South Zone CulturalCentre, Thanjavur, in association with theGovernment of Tamilnadu, organized a 3-day celebration at Gandhi MandapamChennai from 2nd to 4th October 2012.

• One month Residential Theatre Workshopwas conducted at SZCC Campus, Thanjavurfrom 28th October to 27th November 2012 incollaboration with National School of DramaRegional Resources Centre, Bangalore.Training was imparted in acting, stagecraft,make-up, voice modulation and traditionalfolk dance.South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur

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The Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC)was established in 1985 covering the states ofAssam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Orissa,Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and the UnionTerritory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Itis one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres setup by the Government of India with a view toculturally integrate the states and UnionTerritories as a part of the programme ofnational integration.

The cultural multiplexes, ‘Bharatiyam’ and‘Aikatan’ built with great aesthetic sense andethnic ambience of eastern region, regularlystage various programmes and festivals. Srijani,a national level crafts village complex situatedbetween Santiniketan and Sriniketan in theBirbhum District of West Bengal comprises hutsof member states incorporating their traditionalarchitectural features and designs. It isgradually becoming an important cultural hubwhere fairs and cultural festivals are regularlyheld.

EZCC also arranges programmes for childrenand youth to imbibe the spirit of oneness thatpervades the multiplicity of cultural forms inIndia. Due importance has also been given tothe Guru Shishya Parampara to ensure thecontinuity of the tradition of rare art forms.

Important Activities During 2012

• To commemorate the 25 years of its culturaljourney of Zonal Cutural Centres, Grand SilverJubilee celebration on the theme ‘Maati KeRang’ was organized at Panchkula inHarayana from 13th to 16th April, 2012. Over25 performing art forms of eastern Indiaincluding dances, songs, martial art forms and

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folk musical instruments were selected for thefour-day cultural extravaganza by the EZCC.

• ‘Maati Ke Rang’, the year-long celebrationsof 25 years of the journey of ZCCs began ineastern India and the first programme washeld at Gangtok, Sikkim in collaborationwith the Cultural Affairs HeritageDepartment of the Govt of Sikkim. Shri S.G.Lepcha, the Honorable Minister of theDepartment was the Chief Guest at theInaugural Ceremony.

• To commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversaryof Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a monthlong cultural programme was organisedbeginning from May 2012 featuring RabindraSangeet, Rabindra Nritya and Tagore’s playsinterspersed with his songs. The Ministry ofCulture, Government of India, presentedRabindranath Tagore’s play Muktadhara, aproduction by the “Theatre” group fromBangladesh.

• An Inter-state Cultural Exchange Programmewas organized in collaboration with theBodoland Territorial Council Kokrajhar,Assam. Several folk music and dancetraditions of Assam and West Bengal werepresented by dancers of the Rajbanshi tribeof North Bengal and the Bodo folk dancersof Assam.

• The Indian Mime Theatre in collaborationwith EZCC organized a Tagore NationalMime Theatre Festival. Mime artists fromAssam, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur,Madhya Pradesh, Goa and West Bengal, aswell as from neighboring Bangladesh,displayed their talents at the festival.

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• EZCC collaborated with Odisha Tourism andthe Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi to presentMegha Utsav, a celebration of Monsoon,through literature, painting, music and dance.

• EZCC conducted a Workshop on ChhauNritya with Chhau dancers from Puruliadistrict of West Bengal, to impart trainingon the rhythms of Indian classical music,which could be incorporated into their danceform. The workshop began on 29 October2012 at the village of the artists andcontinued at the Srijani Shilpagram,culminating in performances at the craftsvillage on 3 and 4 November 2012.

• EZCC were collaborators in with the Ganga-Jumna Theatre Festival held from 25th to 27th December 2012 at PurbashreeAuditorium, Kolkata. Eminent theatre groupsof Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura and WestBengal took part in the festival.

• EZCC presented “Music Room – Made inIndia” by Soumyojit Das on the Vocals andSourendro Mullick on the piano, at RajBhavan, Kolkata on 13 December 2012. H.E.the Governor of West Bengal ShriMayankote Kelath Narayan and Smt.Padmini Narayan graced the occasion andfelicitated the artists.

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The Zonal Cultural Centre of the North EastIndia, the North East Zone Cultural Centre(NEZCC), Dimapur, was established in 1986.All the eight North Eastern States are membersof NEZCC.

The NEZCC was established with the mainobjective of promoting and preserving the richcultural heritage of the Northeastern region. Toachieve these objectives, the NEZCC has beenregularly organizing various cultural activities.It is also involved in documentation, GuruShishya Parampara, theatre rejuvenation,recognizing young talents and giving awardsArtist Awards.

Major Activities During 2012

Silver Jubilee Celebration (Maati Ke Rang)of Zonal Cultural Centres

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eventful existence, Maati Ke Rang, wasinaugurated by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’blePrime Minister of India at Panchkula on 13April 2012 in the august presence of Smt. SoniaGandhi, and a host of other dignitaries. Nearly,235 artists from NEZCC participated in the eventshowcasing folk dance comprising chanting aBuddhist prayer by the monks of Sikkim, JujuJaja and Bro Zai dances of Arunachal Pradesh,Ka Shad Masteieh and Wangala dances fromMeghalaya, Solakia dance from Mizoram, Ngada(Rengma tribe) and Mungyanta (Lotha tribe)dances from Nagaland, Tamang Selo and SinghiChham dances of Sikkim and Hozagiri andSangrai Mog dances from Tripura.

National Cultural Exchange Programme(NCEP)

• Loko Ranjan Utsav was organized incollaboration with Department of Information

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and Cultural Affairs, Government of Tripuraat Kakrapan on 28 December 2011, Ambassaon 4 January 2012, Panisagar on 12 January2012; Mohanpur on 15 January 2012 and atTripura on 23rd and 24th January 2012. Nearly1400 artists participated.

• A “Traditional Painters Camp” was organizedon the theme “Gender Equality” incollaboration with the Department of Art andCulture, Government of Manipur from 11 to14 February 2012 at Andro Living Museum,in Imphal East.

• A Sikkimese Folk Instrument and DanceFestival was held in collaboration withCultural Affairs and Heritage Department,Government of Sikkim on 21 February 2012at Gangtok.

• A painting workshop was organized incollaboration with the Deptt. of CulturalAffairs, Government of Assam at Guwahatifrom 22 to 25 February 2012. Twenty-fiveartists from across the North East participatedin the workshop.

• A programme on “Promotion of GenderEquality through Folk Arts” was conductedin collaboration with the Deptt. of Art andCulture, Government of Nagaland, on 29February 2012 at Sekruzu Village, Nagaland.

• A Festival of Narrative Arts and Dance (WariLeeba) was held in Manipur in collaborationwith the Deptt. of Art and Culture,Government of Manipur on 29 February 2012.

• A North East Folk Dance Festival wasorganized at Basar, Arunachal Pradesh incollaboration with the Deptt. of Art andCulture, Government of Arunachal Pradesh,on 12 May 2012

• A street play on gender equality wasorganized performed in collaboration withthe Department of Art and Culture,Government of Meghalaya on 24 May 2012at Khliehriat, Meghalaya.

• A North East Music Festival was organizedto coincide with the World Music Day.

• As part of the ongoing Silver JubileeCelebrations of zonal cultural Centres theNEZCC organized a “Peace Concert”featuring music maestro Ustad Amjad AliKhan and the brothers Aman Ali Khan andAyan Ali Khan at Pragjyoti ITA Centre,Guwahati on 27 October 2012.

Collaborative Programmes

• NEZCC organized a workshop on “OurCultural Diversity” in collaboration withCCRT from 18 to 28 January 2012 at NEZCCComplex, Dimapur.

• A Children’s was held Film Festivalincollaboration with CFSI, Mumbai was on 16and 17 February 2012 at IMC Hall, Dimapur.

• NEZCC in collaboration with ICCR, RegionalOffice Guwahati organized 20 programmesunder ICCR’s “Horizon Series”.

Guru Shishya Parampara

Under the Guru Shishya Parampara Scheme,the NEZCC appointed 22 Gurus for the year2012 – 2013 from among its member States toimpart training in the field of folk songs, dance,crafts making, etc.

Documentation, Research and Publications

Documentation of vanishing contemporary artsand crafts of North East region have beenundertaken by way of grassroot level researchand collection of data, website, video filming, stillphotography, and publication of books/ bulletins.

Cultural Initiatives

• The Centre organized and sponsored aneleven-day Mime Workshop for schoolchildren from 6 to 16 February 2012 at theNEZCC Complex, Dimapur.

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South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpurwas established in 1986 for the promotion,preservation and dissemination of all disciplinesin Art and Culture in the region. The Centrecovers regions from the State of AndhraPradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra and Chhatisgarh for its activities.

The Centre has made some remarkablecontribution in the upliftment of dying andrare art forms of the region. The establishmentof Shilpgram in the year 1997 at Khajuraho isone of a significant achievement of the Centre.

Major Activities during 2012

• The silver jubilee celebration of the Centre

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Lokutsava

• A six-day Workshop cum Training Moduleunder the title “Reviving TraditionalPractices” was organised for economicallyweaker women in the backward areas atLekromi Village in Phek District of Nagalandfrom 1 to 6 October 2012.

Theatre Rejuvenation

NEZCC organized a Theatre Festival of theNorth East Region from 21 to 24 March 2012at Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance AkademiAuditorium, Imphal.

The Centre also organized and conducted eventssuch as the World Theatre Day–2012 at Agartalaon 27 and 28 March 2012, a street play on SocialEvils at Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills, Meghalayaon 11 May 2012 and another play “Needles andPins” on 18 May 2012 at Dimapur.

Umang

Umang Festival for differently able peopleare regularly organized by NEZCC under itsNational Cultural Exchange Programme. Thisyear a one-day Festival entitled “TalentPresentation” was held on 16 June 2012 atDeaf Biblical Ministry, Naharbari, Dimapurand a one-day Cultural Festival of differently-abled children at B.B Paul MentalDevelopment Home, Mongshangei, Imphal, on3 November 2012 were held under NEZCC’sUmang.

Shilpgram

Under the Shilpgram Activities the NEZCCorganized 12 programmes during the year.

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• “Lokutsava”, a folk, was held at Ramtek inMaharashtra on 22 April 2012 festival incollaboration with the local Authorities.

• In collaboration with Kalidas SanskritAcademy, Ujjain, the Centre organized theconcluding function for the SummerWorkshops, from 18 to 20 May 2012.

• Kathak Nritya and Jugalbandi presentation(Violin and Sitar) was organized on 15 June2012 at the Centre’s premises.

• A bell metal casting workshop was organizedat Mysore from 23 June to 3 July 2012.

• A doll-making workshop “Gudia Shilp” wasconducted for the promotion of handicraftand local talent from 12 to 23 July 2012 inMadhya Pradesh.

• The Centre organized “Pawas Prasang” atRaipur on 28 and 29 July 2012 incollaboration with State Cultural Affairs,Government of Chattisgarh.

• The 21st “Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande SmrutiSangeet Samaroha”, a prestigious musicalfestival of the Centre was organized from 28to 30 July 2012 at Nagpur, as a tribute toDr. Vasantrao Deshpande,the great vocalistfrom Maharashtra.

• 150th Birth Centenary Celebration of GurudevRavindranath Tagore”was held at Bilaspur.

• “Dandhar Mahotsava” was organized atParshioni in Nagpur from 11 to 13 August2012.

• “Rag Mahotsava”, a festival of music anddance, was organized in collaboration withDepartment of Culture, Government ofChhatisgarh at Bilaspur on 26 August 2012.

• “Bhakti Sampradaya Mahotsava” wasconducted on 10 and 11 September 2012.

• The Centre also participated in the renowned“Bastar Dashahara Mahotsava” atChhatisgarh from 16 to 25 October 2012.

• The centre sponsored a few groups toparticipate in the “Jamboswari DashaharaFestival” at Dharwad and Shrirangapattanmat Mandya in Karnataka.

• Young talented artists from Madhya Pradeshwere felicitated at Shilpgram in Khajurahoon 30 October 2012.

• The Centre participated in the “RajyotsavaFestival” for promotion of artists from theNorth East Region and from the participatingstates of the Centre, namely, Karnataka andMaharashtra. Traditional tribal and folkdances were the main attraction of the event.The programme was attended by the Hon’blePresident of India and other dignitaries.

• A workshop on Creative Activities wasorganized in collaboration with CCRT atShilpgram, Khajuraho from 11 to 15December 2012.

• A “Bal Natya Samaroha” was conductedfrom 14 to 16 December 2012 at ShilpgramKhajuraho.

• A dance fusion event, “Chicago to Nagpur”was organized on 30 December 2012 at theMuktangan theatre of the Centre.

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North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabadwas established in 1986 in the series of sevenzonal cultural centres that were established indifferent parts of India during 1985-1986.

The main objectives of this centre, is thepreservation, promotion and dissemination ofthe various art forms covering the broaddisciplines of music, dance, theatre, visual arts,literary activities and craft traditions with specialfocus on folk and dying art forms within theconstituent states of U.P., M.P., Bihar, Rajasthan,Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand.

In collaboration with the other zonal culturalcentres and the State and Central ArtAcademies, effort is made to organise culturalevents to showcase the composite culture ofour country with a view to reinforce the spiritof “unity in diversity” as the hallmarkcharacteristic of Indian culture. Publication anddocumentation of folk art forms and, inparticular, the dying traditions, is alsoundertaken by the centre. It has an auditorium,an Art Gallery and a Shilp to support itscultural activities.

Major Activities During 2012

Most of the programmes during this year wereconducted under Maati Ke Rang-the SilverJubilee celebration of the different ZonalCultural Centres.

“Suranjali”

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the same platform. Nearly, 247 artistsparticipated Suranjali during the year 2012-2013.

Maati Ke Rang-Lokutsav - 2012

A two-day cultural programme Lokutsav underwas organised on 25 and 26 August, 2012 atDilli Haat and Pitampura in New Delhi. Nearly95 folk artists from Haryana, U.P., M.P. Bihar,Rajasthan and Uttarakhand were invited toparticipate in this programme.

Lok Rang festival

“Lok Rang festival” in collaboration withJawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, NCZCCorganized from 5 to 9 November 2012 atJawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. Artists performed,Ghasiyari, Thadiya and Chaunfla folk dancesfrom Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, BaigaPardhauni, Ghoda Paithai and Holi dances fromDindori in Madhya Pradesh, Sohar, Panwariyaand Jhijhia folk dances from Patna, Gaur Mariafrom Chhattisgarh, Phoolon ki Holi fromMathura, U.P. and Chhatri dance from Ujjain,M.P.

A parallel program, the “ Prayas” was held inthe slum areas of Jaipur like Kathputali KachhiBasti, Bais Godam, Jawahar Nagar Kachhi Basti,Sanjai Nagar Kachhi Basti, Parvati NagarKachhi Basti and Jhalana Doongari, KachhiBasti.

Sponsored programmes

NCZCC helped to organize sponsoredprogrammes such as Ajgara Mahotsav inPratapgarh, Chholiya Mahotsav in Dehradun,

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Nalanda Srijan Divas Samaroh in Bihar,Hanumant Janmotsav and Kavi Sammelan inAllahabad, Dalmau Mahotsav in Raibareli,Ganga Mahotsav in Varanasi, among others.

On the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema,Lecture-cum-poetry recital was held atAllahabad . The programme was a collaborativeeffort of NCZCC and the Allahabad Museum.

Rashtriya Shilp Mela 2012

In order to promote and preserve the traditional

values of art, craft and cultural heritage ofIndia, a Rashtriya Shilp Mela is organized everyyear with a blend of handicrafts culture andtraditional cuisine among others. This year theShilp Mela was organized from 30 Novemberto 9 December 2012 for a period of ten days inAllahabad-Haat on the campus of NCZCC.Approximately, 260 folk artists from across thecountry and other Cultural Zones presentedvarious styles of folk and tribal dances of theirregions. Over 104 artisans from all over countrywere invited to showcase handicrafts and ethniccuisine.

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Knowledge ResourceHeritage

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The National Archives of India, (NAI), housesCentral Government records of enduring valuefor permanent preservation and use byadministrators and scholars. It has in its custody,private papers of eminent personalities of Indiaand microfilm copies of records acquired fromabroad. NAI assists various Ministries andDepartments of the Government in their recordmanagement, extends research facilities toscholars visiting from India and abroad, andprovides financial assistance to various voluntaryorganizations for preservation of manuscriptsin their custody. It also renders guidance tovarious government departments, voluntaryinstitutions and individuals for impartingtechnical know-how for preservation of valuablerecords and papers.

The School of Archival Studies under NAI impartstraining through its One-Year Diploma Course inArchives and Records Management and variousShort-Term Certificate Courses. NAI has aRegional Office in Bhopal and Record Centres inBhubaneswar, Jaipur and Puducherry.

Activities during 2012

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• A facsimile Edition of the Gilgit Lotus SutraManuscripts was brought out in collaborationwith the Institute of Oriental Philosophy andSoka Gakkai. It was released by Smt. SangitaGairola, Secretary, Ministry of Culture at NewDelhi on 3 May 2012.

Release of Facsimile Edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra Manuscript bySmt. Sangita Gairola, Secretary, Ministry of Culture.

Kumari Selja, Hon’ble Minister of Culture inaugurating the ConferenceHall and The Committee Room

• Kumari Selja, the then Hon’ble Minister ofCulture, inaugurated the Conference Hall andCommittee Room of NAI on 23 July 2012.Mrs. Sangita Gairola, Secretary, Ministry ofCulture was the Guest of Honour. Hon’bleMinister also released two new publicationson this occasion.

• A meeting of the Heads of Archives of theIndian Ocean Rim-Association for RegionalCooperation (IOR-ARC) was organised on25-26 September 2012 to focus on various

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aspects of the Indian Ocean as an area whichencompasses the cultural heritage anddiversities in the Indian Ocean. Out of 19countries in the region, 15 countries such asAustralia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Madagascar,Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and UAEparticipated.

• A meeting of the Heads of Archives of theSouth and West Asian Regional Branch ofthe International Council on Archives(SWARBICA) was convened on 28-29September 2012 to discuss issues relating toarchives and records management in generaland Right to Information (RTI) in particular.On the first day of the meeting, a seminaron ‘Records Management and RTI: Past,Present and Future’ was organised and theExecutive Board meeting of the SWARBICwas held on 29 September 2012.

• The Gandhi-Kallenbach Papers consistingof 1540 letters for the period 1905-1943,copies of newspapers and memorabilia werepurchased from Benjamin Herman Sarid ofIsrael through Sotheby’s, London.

Record Management

In order to accelerate and strengthen thefunctional needs and to achieve its targetedgoal, NAI undertook special projectsaddressing the critical areas of archives e.g.,appraisal and transfer of public records,preparation of reference media, preservation andconservation of public records, securitymicrofilming and digitalization of public recordsetc,. The following details replicate the successof National Archives in upholding the richcultural heritage of the country.

Publications

• Ashob (Hindi transliteration of the Urdupublication based on the banned literatureduring the British Rule)

• National Archives of India: June 2011 – May2012 (Brochure/Booklet highlighting majoractivities of NAI)

Reprint of Rare Books

The following reprints were undertaken underthe project,’Archives in India: Historical ReprintsProject’

• Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum (Ex-Ruler ofBhopal): An Account of My Life, Vol. I.

• Sarojini Naidu: Her way with Words- Editedand with an introduction by Prof. MushirulHasan.

• The Native Races of the British Empire byWilliam Crooke.

• The Campaign in India by Capt. G.F.Atkinson.

• Things Indian by William Crooke.

• The North-western Provinces of India: TheirHistory, Ethnology, and Administration byW. Crooke.

• Handbooks for the Indian Army: RajputsClasses - Jats, Gujars and Ahirs by B.L. Coleand R.C Christle.

• A tour in the Panjab and Rajputana: 1883-1884 by H.B.W. Garrick.

Exhibitions

To inculcate archival awareness, the followingexhibitions were mounted on various occasionsduring the period under report:-

• ‘Role of Bhopal in 1857’ in the Regional Officeof NAI, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 18 May2012. The exhibition was inaugurated by Prof.K. K. Mishra, Director, Indira GandhiRashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya onInternational Museum Day.

• Catalogue of Hind Series Maps of Survey ofIndia: 1908-1945

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• ‘Fascinating Documents from NationalArchives of India’ was displayed on theoccasion of International Archives Day on 9July 2012 at Uttar Pradesh State Archives,Lukhnow.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Mahatma Gandhi: ASatyagrahi of South Africa and Hindi’ washeld on the occasion of 9th World HindiConference at Johannesburg, South Africafrom 22-24 September 2012.

• An exhibition entitled ‘Documentary Heritageof Indian Ocean RIM Association for RegionalCo-operation’ was organized during themeeting of Heads of the Archives of IOR-ARC countries on 25 September 2012 atNational Archives Museum.

• ‘Gandhiji and Textiles of Peace’ a display ofKhadi and Malkha textiles, was organized onthe occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 1st October2012, Shri Jairam Ramesh, Hon’ble Ministerof Rural Development and Minister of DrinkingWater and Sanitation, Government of Indiainaugurated this exhibition.

• An exhibition ‘Voyage to India: Ludovico deVertheme’ was organized in collaborationwith the Italian Culture Centre, New Delhi.This exhibition was inaugurated by Prof. KekiN. Daruwalla, poet and writer on 17th

October 2012 at National Archives Museum.

• An exhibition ‘The Nehrus: In Jail’ was heldon 14 November 2012 on the occasion of thebirth anniversary of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.Shri Wajahat Habibullah, Chairman, NationalCommission for Minorities inaugurated thisexhibition on 14 November 2012.

Lectures

Several thought-povoking lectures on the Socio-

cultural history were delivered by scholars suchas Prof. Suraiya Faroqhi, Prof. Arvind Sinha,Dr. (Ms) Vanit Nalwa, Prof. Eugenio Lo Sardod.

Orientation Course / Workshop on RecordManagement

• A five- day Orientation Course on RecordManagement was organized at NationalArchives of India, Records Centre, Puducherryfrom 8th-12th October 2012.

• A two- day workshop on ‘RecordManagement’ was organized for the officersof the Tehri Dam and Hydro Electric Projectat Tehri on 17th-18th October 2012.

Research Facilities

537 Indian scholars and 84 foreign scholarswere enrolled in NAI for Research andReference services and research facilities wereextended to them.

Library

The rich collection of the library was augmentedwith the acquisition of 928 new books, mainlyrelated to the discipline of Archives and ModernIndian History.

Scheme for Financial Assistance

For preservation, publication of manuscripts/rarebooks, translation, cataloguing, microfilming andcomputerization of manuscripts/records availablein the custody of archival repositories, librariesand museums of States/Union Territories; and withregistered voluntary organizations/educationalinstitutions/individuals, an amount of Rs. 56,52,460and Rs. 74,71,000/- were sanctioned to theGovernment Repositories/Libraries/ Museums andregistered non-governmental organizations/institutions/individuals respectively.

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Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) wasestablished in 1945 to document the bio-culturaldiversity and variation across the people ofIndia. The ASI’s larger mandate and main fortehas been the holistic studies of contemporaryrelevance and national importance, and utilisingspecialised manpower in Cultural and PhysicalAnthropology, Human Ecology, Psychology,Biochemistry, Linguistics, Statistics and Folklore.

Over the years AnSI has developed as anorganization for higher knowledge andmodulated itself with state-of-the art technology-based research - for application in humandevelopment, documentation, preparation ofdatabases and dissemination of informationabout the bio-cultural diversity of Indianpopulation through published research work,seminars, workshops, awareness programmes,audio-visual documentation and museumdocumentation.

Salient Initiatives in 2012

• In 2012, the AnSI launched a nationalproject- “Bio-cultural Diversity, Environmentand Sustainable Development”. Two of itsschemes “Community Genetics and Health”and “Bio-cultural Adaptation” were merged.Other projects undertaken includedInduction of DNA Technology; DNAPolymorphism of the Contemporary IndianPopulations; Physical Growth andDevelopment of Children in North-East India– A Public Health Issue; ShiwalikExcavation,etc.

• Under the Bio-cultural Diversity, Environmentand Sustainable Development Project, fourmulti-disciplinary research teams initiated field

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work in Parhil (Aligarh district, UttarPradesh), Sahajapur (Birbhum district, WestBengal), Kalenahalli and Mangala (Mandyadistrict, Karnataka) and Nasatra (Barpetadistrict of Assam). A few more villages thatare being taken up for study include Bisipara(Odisha), Jamgod (Malwa, Madhya Pradesh),Ranawat Ki Sadri (Rajasthan), Nana Sanja(Gujarat), Kunkeri (Maharashtra), MadhurBhasha and Upper Pedong (West Bengal) andMhaisa Tibba (Himachal Pradesh).

• Assisted the Andaman and NicobarAdministration in reviewing the policy onthe Ang (Jarawa) tribe of Andaman, 2004.

• Initiated a study of all the fourteen biospherereserves in India in order to understand thebiological and cultural diversity of thesebiosphere reserves and the socio-economicpractices of the people and their impact onthe biosphere reserve.

• Initiated a nationwide programme to studythe Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups(PVTG) and to collect grass root levelinformation on aspects like health, nutritionand education of the PVTGs in order tounderstand the level of human developmentand to collate the data. It was followed by aworkshop on PVTG from 18-20 June 2012 atKolkata.

• An eight-day training programme on‘Development Anthropology’ was organisedfrom 19- 26 March 2012 and also a ten-dayhands-on training programme ‘Genomics ofHuman Variation’ from 18-27 July 2012 atthe Southern Regional Centre, Mysore. Thesewere followed by another training programme

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on ‘Research Methods and Techniques inAnthropology’ from 3-6 October 2012 atIGRMS, Bhopal and a hands-on trainingprogramme on ‘Audio-Visual Docu-mentation’ from 1-7 November 2012 at theNational Centre of Visual Anthropology, ASI,Kolkata.

• A workshop on ‘Pre--testing of the Moduleof Social Impact Assessment andAnthropological Study of the EmergingIssues Related to Development’ wasorganized at Kolkata on 15 and 16 May 2012.

• Dr. S. B. Ota, Regional Director of the AnSI,Bhopal gave training to research personnelof the AnSI in the identification andcategorization of stone tools collected fromvarious pre-historic sites. A two-dayorientation programme and hands-on trainingon Pre-Historic Archaeology and Paleo-Anthropology was also held at the Paleo-Anthropology Laboratory of AnSI on 7 and8 August 2012.

• Under the Community Genetics Extensionprogramme, five ‘Awareness-cum-Thalassaemia Screening Camps’ wereorganized for the detection of â-Thalassaemiacarriers in Khejuri, Contai, and Daudpurvillages of Nandigram, Purba Medinipur andKamalghat village.

• Under the phylogeny Initiative Scheme, bloodsamples and data were collected from thepeople of Tharu, Raji, Thakur, Bhotia andJain (Uttarakhand), Mara (Mizoram), MulluKurumba, Irula and Kattunaickan (TamilNadu) and Damor (Rajasthan).

• Audio-visual coverage of the Diyari Festivalof Halba Tribe and Jatra Puja in Madhotavillage (Bastar distict, Chattisgarh), visualdocumentation of the marriage ceremony ofthe Mullukurumbas in the Nilgiris District,Tamil Nadu, Dastana Putul Naach (Purba

Medinipur district, West Bengal), audio-visualdocumentation of the Festival of Tribal music(Pazhangudi Naadham) in the (NilgirisDistrict, Tamil Nadu) were conducted.

• The entire backlog of the Journal of theAnthropological Survey of India was published.16 new books were published during theperiod, and another 12 volumes are inpress.

Events during 2012

• Kumari Selja, the then Minister of Cultureand Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Government of India laid the FoundationStone of the Head Office Building of AnSI atSalt Lake, Kolkata on 10 October 2012.

• Mrs. Sangita Gairola, Secretary, Ministry ofCulture, inaugurated the redesigned ZonalAnthropological Museum of the CentralRegional Centre, Nagpur on 27 July 2012

• Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre ofthe AnSI celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on28 and 29 February 2012. Shri Shakti Sinha,Chief Secretary of the Andaman and NicobarAdministration, was the Chief Guest on theoccasion. To commemorate the occasion, aNational Seminar on “Land, Forest, Waterand People: Competing Interests andEmerging Realities” was organized on 28and 29 February 2012. The first Dr. B.S.GuhaMemorial lecture “Interplay of Hunter-Gatherers, Anthropologists and Admini-strators: Story of Andaman and NicobarIslands since 1951” was delivered by ShriT.N.Pandit, who headed the A and N RCfor many years, on this accession.

• The Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the NorthEast Regional Centre of AnSI at Shillongwas inaugurated on 11 December 2012 byShri R.S. Mooshahary, Hon’ble Governor ofMeghalaya. Dr. R.K.Bhattacharya, former

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Director of the Anthropological Survey ofIndia delivered the second Dr. B.S. GuhaMemorial Lecture on this occasion.

• Zonal Anthropological Museum,Jagdalpurorganized a symposium on “Tribal Art andCulture” on 8 and 9 May 2012.

• All the Regional Centres of the AnSIcelebrated International Museum Day on 18May at their respective Regional Centres. Onthis occasion, the Sub-Regional Centre,Jagdalpur organized an exhibition entitled‘Museum and Changing World’.

• An exhibition ‘Tsunami: Disaster of 21st

Century’ was organized at the Sub-RegionalCentre, Jagdalpur during September-October,2012.

Other Programmes

As a part of its outreach activities, AnSIorganized, under the collaborative schemes andprogrammes, a number of seminars, symposiaand exhibition in different universities,educational institutions and recognizedvoluntary organizations/associations throughoutthe year.

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Introduction

During 2012-13, the following major activitieswere undertaken by Gandhi Smriti and DarshanSamiti(GSDS); an autonomous body under theMinistry of Culture:-

• A one-day dialogue on “Vivekananda, Tagoreand Gandhi and their Iconic Vision of India”was organized by the Samiti on 28 June 2012as a part of the programme to mark the150th birth anniversary of SwamiVivekananda.

• A three-day Adivasi Sanskriti Sangam wasorganized from 28-30 November 2012. Morethan 700 people from different tribalcommunities and representing 17 States ofthe country converged in Gandhi Darshan todiscuss their concerns and problems. In the‘Adivasi Jan Sansad’ organized on 29November 2012, the participants discussedissues relating to natural resourcemanagement in adivasi areas. Prior to thefinal programme in New Delhi, the Samitifor the first time organized regional AdivasiSanskriti Sangam in different parts of thecountry.

• On Gandhi Jayanthi, the 142nd BirthAnniversary of Mahatma Gandhi wascelebrated by organising an inter-faith prayermeet at Gandhi Smriti. The Vice-President ofIndia, Dr. Mohammad Hamid Ansari andPrime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, ledthe nation in paying rich tributes to theMahatma at the place of his martyrdom.

• A Gandhi Literature Festival was held inGandhi Smriti from 4-14 October 2012. where

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literatures written on and by MahatmaGandhi in different languages were displayed.

The following programmes were also organizedas part of the Literature Festival during 9-13October 2012:

� An assembly of Artists and Cartoonists –‘Mahatma Gandhi – A Kaleidoscope’ on thelife and message of Bapu.

� A Kavi Sammellan – ‘Gandhi Ke Samaj’(assembly of poets).

� A Writer’s Conclave – ‘Gandhi in ModernIndian Literature’.

� A discourse on ‘Mahatma Gandhi’sCommunication Skills and their relevancetoday’.

• Gandhi Katha was organised from 4-8October 2012 which was rendered by ShriNarayan Bhai Desai, son of Shri MahadevDesai, the personal secretary of MahatmaGandhi.

• A five-day youth camp on India ofGandhiji’s Dreams was organized inGanderbal, Srinagar from 7-11 June 2012.Young stars from nine districts of Jammuand Kashmir participated.

• The Samiti organized a three-dayconference on ‘Good Governance and Roleof Panchayati Raj Institutions from 23-25June 2012 in Yusmarg, Jammu andKashmir.

• A ‘Gandhi Samskar Summer Camp was’organized at Gandhi Darshan from 20-31May 2012. with a view to acquaint the

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youth with thoughts and principles ofMahatma Gandhi. A similar SummerCamp was organized from 22-28 June2012 in Delhi and in other parts of thecountry.

• Satyashodhak (The Truth Seeker) was staged30 May 2012, articulating the agony andemancipatory thoughts of Jotiba Phule. Agroup of 18 sanitary workers from Puneperformed a reinterpretation of GPDeshpande’s play Satyashodhak on theemancipatory role of Jyotiba Phule, atGandhi Darshan.

• A National Baal Mela was organized by theSamiti during 5-8 November 2012. Over 750children from 15 different states participatedin it. Bal Melas aimed towards bringingtogether children in a common platform todisplay their creativity through sports andgames, music and cultural programmes.

• A national convention on “Cultural Diversityand Development” was organized in GandhiDarshan from 29-30 August 2012. 150participants from different universities andeducational institutions across the countryparticipated in the convention.

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The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library(NMML), an acclaimed research centre onModern Indian History and Society, maintainsthe following.

Nehru Museum

The Nehru Museum portrays the life and workof Jawaharlal Nehru against the backdrop ofthe Indian freedom struggle. During the year,the museum received more than 15 lakh visitorsincluding distinguished guests such as SardarPrakash Singh Badal, Shri Devi SinghShekhawat, a delegation of Pakistani rangers,a Parliamentary Delegation led by Mr. M.V.Sisulu and the Vice President of Philippines,Mr. Jejomar C. Binay.

Library

The Library specialises in various disciplines ofSocial Sciences with a focus on modern Indianhistory and society. The Library added 2,424publications, five journals and 4,256photographs to its collection. The total numberof publications in the Library is at 2,61,078.782 scholars were enrolled as new members.

Manuscripts Division

This Division acquires, preserves and makesavailable papers of distinguished individuals andinstitutions housing more than a thousandcollection of manuscripts. 25 new collectionswere acquired.

Oral History Division

The Oral History division records the

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reminiscences of distinguished individuals. Nineindividuals were interviewed includingDr. Karan Singh, Shri Bhishma Narain Singh,Shri G.K. Pillai and Shri Rishang Keishing. Thetranscripts of Shri Vishvanath Pratap Singh(Part – II), Shri B.V. Keskar and Shri Hari RamArya were finalized.

Reprography and Preservation Services

The Reprography division prepared 43,257frames of 35mm microfilm of differentnewspapers, 1710 microfilm copies for the useof scholars and 5,310 photographs of variousseminars and functions. The PreservationDivision laminated 4,696 sheets of archivaldocuments.

Research and Publications Division

This Division publishes research by its fellowsand proceedings of its conferences and seminars.Publications for three volumes of ‘Selected worksof C. Ragopalachari’

Centre for Contemporary Studies

The Centre offers fellowships for exploring newareas of research in Social Sciences andorganises academic discussions.

• Three new series of special lectures on “Indiaand the Wider World”, “Nature, Science, andSociety”, and “Rethinking History” werestarted.

• Papers of Munshi Premchand, noted Hindiwriter were received

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• A Conference focussing on the widelyread and translated writer, Sadat HassanManto was held in collaboration withSAHMAT.

• Public lectures on ‘Allan Octavion Humeand Indian National Congress’ delivered byProf. S. R. Mehrotra, and ‘MahamanaMadan Mohan Malaviya’ by Prof. PriyankarUpadhyaya were organized.

• H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of theIslamic Republic of Afghanistan delivered the2012 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad MemorialLecture on 12 November 2012, in associationwith ICCR.

Hindi Unit

This Hindi unit organized a Hindi Samarohfrom 13 September to 10 October 2012. Threeworkshops and a panel discussion on “Jal aurJeewan” with Shri Anupam Mishra, Dr. SirajWajih and Dr. Anil Joshi were held”.

Nehru Learning Centre for Children andYouth

The Centre has organized a three-day filmfestival during the 65th Independence Daycelebrations in August 2012, and a programmeon wildlife in October 2012. A Public lectureon “Teachers in Changing Context” wasdelivered by Prof. Krishna Kumar.

Nehru Planetarium

Live lectures and full dome visual lectures onAstronomy and Astrophysics were held. A photoexhibition on “Voyages of Discovery- EuropeanAstronomers in India and Indian Response: Frombeginning of Astronomical Usage of Telescopeto 19th Century Transit of Venus” was organisedin collaboration with ICCR. Two newplanetarium shows entitled “Sun, Earth andVenus: A Transit Experience” and “From CelestialClock to Jantar Mantar” were launched. ThePlanetarium also arranged public viewing of thecelestial event “Transit of Venus” in June 2012.

H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan delivered the ‘2012 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Memorial’ Lecture

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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya(IGRMS) (National Museum of Mankind). isdedicated to the depiction of the story ofhumankind. It is involved in generating a newmuseum movement in India to demonstrate thesimultaneous validity of human cultures andthe plurality of alternatives for articulation. Theheadquarters of the IGRMS is located in Bhopaland a Regional Centre is situated in Mysore.

Summary of important activities of IndiraGandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya

Infrastructure

• Exhibitions: Members of the curatorial wingwere engaged in updating and maintenanceof different open air exhibitions of theSangrahalaya such as Tribal Habitat,Himalayan Village, Coastal Village, DesertVillage, Cosmology and Narrative Trail, RockArt Heritage, Traditional Technology, RiverValley Cultures and Sacred Groves and alsoin developing new display spaces andpermanent galleries in Veethi Sankul, theindoor museum.

• Strengthening of archival resources: TheMuseum added nearly 700 ethnographicspecimens, 170 hours of audio videorecording, 3607 digital/photo negatives, 485volumes of Indian/ Foreign Journals and 189library books to its collection.

Education and outreach activities

• Temporary and Traveling exhibitions: The

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Museum developed and mounted 11temporary and traveling exhibitions onvarious topics depicting the cultural diversityof India. Some of them were: Anugunj, atraveling exhibition highlighting beliefsystems of various tribal and folkcommunities at Panchkula, Haryana;Abhivyakti, an exhibition of tribal paintingsat Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad; Avdaan,a photo exhibition depicting the contributionof elderly artists in the development ofvarious exhibitions of the museum at Bhopal;and Mukavada- a collection of ritualisticmasks from different parts of India atMysore.

• “Do and Learn” Museum EducationProgramme: Traditional craft persons fromvarious communities of India were invitedto disseminate the knowledge systemsassociated with their respective art and craftsuch as Papier Machie Masks of Odisha,Worli painting of Maharashtra, Latticemaking for House Decoration ofChhattisgarh, Mysore Painting of Karnataka,Bead-work of Gujarat, Pottery and terracottaof Rajasthan, Jute Craft, Jewellery, Sola Craftof West Bengal, traditional Madhubanipainting of Bihar. etc.

• Performing Art Presentations: Programmesheld included Purvottari at Guwahati, AranyaNaad, a three - day National Tribal DanceFestival with participation of tribal artistsfrom all over India and Aranya Naad-2Vandana, a three day classical music concertat Rawatpura, Madhya Pradesh; Ritu

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Shringaar, a special programme of Kathakdance, etc.

• Artist Camps / Workshops: 8 artist camps/workshops were organized, such as Kriti-2012on Traditional Folk and Tribal Art and Crafts,two Tribal Healer Workshops ondocumentation and demonstration oftraditional medicinal knowledge system, anational programme on demonstration oftribal arts and crafts at Bhubaneshwar, aweek-long Terracotta workshop at Mysore,Indigenous Musical Instruments of Manipurat Imphal etc.

• Seminars / Symposia: The Museum regularlyorganizes seminars, symposia,andcolloquiums in different parts of the countryon various aspects related to humankind.These activities have helped to generate anew museum movement in the country.During the year the Museum organized 8collaborative seminars on Anthropology atLucknow, Tribal Art Conservation of IndianPaintings, a national workshop onAnthropology and Museums, etc.

• Museum Popular Lectures: Prof. Alok K.Kalla, UGC Emeritus Fellow from DelhiUniversity, Prof. Paul Pholeros, Architectfrom Sidney, Australia, Prof. Ravindra K. Jain,Tagore National Fellow of IGRMS and Prof.K. Paddyya, Retd. Director, Deccan Collegeof Pune, were were invited to give lecturesin this series. Prof. A.C. Bhagabati, formerVice Chancellor, Arunachal Universitydelivered the 8th Annual IGRMS lecture onAnthropological and Folklore Dimensions ofIdentity and Inter- Community Relations.

• Publications: 6 research publications and 3occasional publications were published.

• Other Special Activities: Severalmultidimensional programmes to markvarious national and international days such

as International Museum Day, WorldEnvironment Day, International Youth Day,International Day of Older persons, WorldHabitat Day, Vishwa Hindi Diwas, WorldHeritage Day, were held during the year.10-day photography training workshop fortribal students and International Balrang-2012in collaboration with the Directorate of PublicInstruction, Government of Madhya Pradeshwere also held.

• Foundation Day Celebration

The Museum celebrated its 36th FoundationDay with great enthusiasm at the museumpremises. Ethnic cuisine, festival, craftdemonstration-cum-sale, a national seminar,the annual IGRMS Lecture and Exhibition,were organized. Folk and tribal artists whohave given valuable and remarkablecontribution to the development of exhibitsand other activities of IGRMS were felicitated.

Operation Salvage

The Sangrahalaya is making systematic effortsfor the last several years, to salvage variouslife-enhancing traditions, by collection anddocumentation. During the period approx. 686objects belonging to various communities ofIndia were received and accessioned in itsspecimen store.

Activities for the physically challenged

• 6th Blind Challenge Car Rally: Theprogramme was organised in collaborationwith the Directorate of Census and ARUSHI,an NGO working for the visually impairedpersons on January 2012. For the rally, asighted person drove the vehicle and thenavigator was a visually challenged personto whom the route map in Braille was givenon the spot. The rally covered a distance of30 kilometers.

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World Disabled Day: A special programmeguided tour programme of the Museum for

differently – abled children was organized on3rd December 2012.

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The Asiatic Society was founded in 1784 by SirWilliam Jones, an outstanding scholar and ajudge of the Supreme Court at Calcutta.TheGovernment of India declared the Asiatic Societyas an Institution of National Importance by anAct of Parliament in its bicentenary year, 1984,in recognition of its immense contribution andhistoric importance.

Academic Activities during 2012

• Award presentation ceremony was held on7 May 2012 Hon’ble Mr. Justice AsokeGanguly, Chairman, West Bengal HumanRights Commission was the Chief Guest onthe occasion and gave away the medals andplaques to the recipients.

• As a part of the 150th birth anniversarycelebration of Swami Vivekananda, two booksentitled Vivekananda: A Pictorial Tribute andSwami Vivekananda: A Tribute were releasedby Swami Sarbavutananda, Secretary,Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture atKolkata on 6 July, 2012.

Reprography Section

The Reprography section took 2588 exposurescovering 1916 folios from 26 manuscripts. TheSection also took 553 photographs coveringvarious seminars, lectures, and visits ofimportant dignitaries.

Conservation Section

The following preservation and restorationworks of brittle and fragile manuscripts on palmleaf and paper were done by the conservationlaboratory:

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• Preservation: Insecticide treatment in thestack area of the library and museum wasundertaken by spraying insecticide. 3633volumes were physically verified fortreatment of various kinds. 3189 bookworm-infested volumes were fumigated and 508fungus-infested volumes were treated withfungicide. Naphthalene bricks were placedon the manuscripts and books shelves as aninsect repellent.

• Restoration: 11,361 sheets were paginated,867 sheets were delaminated, 10,580 sheetswere de-acidified, 10,588 sheets were collatedand 2518 sheets of moth eaten, brittle andfragile paper manuscripts were separated andtreated, 12,158 delicate sheets were laminatedwith imported tissue paper and M. C. Pasteand Cellulose Acetate foil.

Library

• The Library of the Asiatic Society possessesmore than 1,26,000 books and 1,09,320volumes of bound journals.

• The Library served 6276 readers, includingscholars from different parts of India.

• 1686 books were processed and 706 computerentries done. The Library undertook a projectof retro-conversion of Perso-Arabic books.7762 computerized entries were fed into thedatabase, and 498 books received as gifts.

• The Library subscribes to 219 print journals,1565 online journals, and has received 247titles of journals on exchange and 40 journalsas gift. The library also received 648 issues ofjournals as subscription, 490 issues of journals

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as exchange and 300 issues of journals asgift.

Publication

Six books, two issues of the Journal of theAsiatic Society, and seven issues of MonthlyBulletin were published. Three special

publications were also brought out on theoccasion of the Annual General Meeting, 2012.

Participation in Book Fair

The Society participated in the Delhi Book Fair2012, displaying arange of their comprehensivepublications.

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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of AsianStudies, Kolkata (MAKAIAS) is an autonomousbody under the Ministry of Culture. The Instituteis a centre for research on the life, times andwork of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and thestudy of social, cultural, political and economicdevelopments in Asia from the middle of the19th century.

Activities during 2012

• Many national and international scholarswere invited to deliver lectures at the Instituteand interact with the Fellows. The followinglectures were delivered during April-December 2012 :-

� “Women in Terrorism: Case study of WestAsia” at Maulana Azad Museum on 2August 2012.

� Ms. Alexandria Matz, Economic Officer,India Desk at the State Department inWashington DC, USA visited MAKAIASon 16 August 2012 and interacted withthe Fellows and researchers working atthe Institute.

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� “Eurasian and Slavic Studies in China: past,present and future” on September 6, 2012.

� Ambassador R.K. Bhatia, Director General,ICWA, New Delhi held an interactiveacademic exchange with the Fellows atMAKAIAS on 18 September 2012.

� “Recent Development in Bangladesh and theupcoming Elections” on 9 October 2012.

� “Indian Diplomacy and Neighborhood” on25 October 2012.

� “The Contemporary Claims to Indignity inCHT: A Historical Perspective” on 29November 2012.

� “Ethnoconfessional factor in PoliticalAutomyzation in the North West CaucasusRepublics” on 5 December 2012.

� “Soviet Writers Play the Great Game: F. F.Raskolnikov, Larisa Reisner and Lev Nikulinin Afghanistan, 1921-1923” on 14December 2012.

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� “The new Leadership in China and its Impacton India” on 19 December 2012.

� “German Orientalism and Islamic Movementsof Colonial South Asia” on 21 December2012.

• The Institute organized an InternationalSeminar “For Nation and Islam: Maulana AbulKalam Azad in Retrospect”from August 28-29,2012.

• The Institute observed and celebrated the124th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Azad on11 November 2012 at Maulana Azadmuseum. A lecture was delivered by ProfessorTapan Ray Chaudhuri, Emeritus Professor,University of Oxford, U.K and an essay on‘Azad–er-Baktabya” written by Late ProfessorAshin Dasgupta, was released.

• A one day International Round Table onAfghanistan organized by MAKAIAS, incollaboration with ICAF, New Delhi on July7, 2012 at IIC, New Delhi.

• MAKAIS hosted the Fourth East AsianConference on Slavic and Eurasian studies on“The Image of the Region in Eurasian Studies”in collaboration with Ministry of ExternalAffairs, International Council for Central andEast European Studies (ICCEES), JapaneseCouncil for Russian and East European Studies(JCREES), Korean Association of Slavic Studies(KASS) and the Chinese Association for EastEuropean, Russian and central Asian Studies(CAEERCAS) on 4- 5 September 2012 at AzadBhavan, MAKAIAS.

• MAKAIAS in collaboration with The ResearchCentre for eastern and North eastern RegionalStudies (CENERS- K), Kolkata organized anInternational Seminar on “Indo-MyanmarRelations and Development of India’s North East”on 17 September 2012 at Rabindranath TagoreCentre, ICCR, Kolkata.

• A delegation led by the Director, MAKAIAS,Dr. Sreeradha Dutta and Ms. SusmitaBhattacharya, Fellow participated in theInternational Conference on “The World ofCentral Asia” during 19-22 September, 2012organized by the Institute of Mongolian,Buddhist and Tibetan Studies (IMBT) in UlanUde, Russia.

• An International Symposium on “GlobalInitiative for Sustainability and HumanDevelopment: Envisioning the Planetary Future”was organized in collaboration with Northeast Centre for Research and development(NECRD), IGNOU, Guwahati, during 1- 3October 2012 at Guwahati.

• An International Seminar on ‘Raga – Maqam’was organized on 20 November 2012 at AzadBhavan, MAKAIAS.

• A photographic Exhibition on its externalproject entitled “Tea and Horse Road” wasorganized at Nandalal Bose Gallery, RTC,ICCR in collaboration with RabindranathTagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata during 26November – 1 December 2012. The exhibitionwas inaugurated by the Deputy ConsulGeneral, Consulate of China in Kolkata, Mr.Liu Zhijie.

• An International Conference “India’s NorthEast: the Bridge Head between Myanmar andIndia” was held in collaboration with Ministryof External Affairs and Government ofNagaland during 2-3 December, 2012 atKohima.

• An International Conference on “Weaving theAsian century: Challenges and Opportunities”in collaboration with IAAPS, Kolkata wasorganized during 17-19 December 2012 atUniversity of Calcutta, Alipore Campus.

• A delegation from MAKAIAS headed by theDirector, Dr. Sreeradha Dutta, and three other

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executive Council members visited theVietnam Institute of Indian and South WestAsian studies (VIISWAS) during July 30-August 1, 2012 at Hanoi, Vietnam inconnection with implementation of the MOUbetween MAKAIAS and VIISWAS signed inFebruary 2012.

The following works were published: -

� “Russia and Central Asian Republics: PostSoviet Engagements” by Dr. SreematiGanguli. New Delhi, KW Pub, 2013.

� “India and the Southeast Asia: ExploringPossibilities of Cooperation” by Dr. BinodaKumar Mishra, New Delhi, Bookwell, 2012.

� “Diplomatic Channels” by Sri. KrishnanSrinivasan, New Delhi, Manohar, 2012.

� “Politics of Indebtedness of indigenous People:Study of Purulia District” by Dr. BinodaKumar Mishra, New Delhi, Shipra, 2012.

� “Indo-Russian Relations 1917-1947: SelectArchives of the former Soviet Union: AnInterview” by Professor Purabi Roy,Professor Sobhanlal Dutta Gupta andProfessor Hari Vasudevan, ed. Shipra,New Delhi, 2012.

� “International Intervention in Afghanistan:Motives and Approaches” by Dr. Arpita BasuRoy, Dr. Binoda Kumar Mishra and AlivaMishra(eds). New Delhi, Shipra, 2012.

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The Central Institute of Buddhist Studiessituated in Leh (Ladakh) is a research Institute,formerly known as the School of BuddhistPhilosophy. It was established at the behest oflate Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in the year 1959with the active cooperation of Rev.KushokBakula Rinpoche. In 1962, the Ministry ofCulture, Govt. of India, took up the financingof the Institute. It was later raised to the levelof a degree and postgraduate Institute affiliatedto Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi. A Board of Management, with theJoint Secretary, Ministry of Culture as itsChairperson, manages the Institute.

The core objective of the Institute is to developthe multifaceted personality of students throughinculcation of the wisdom of Buddhist thoughts

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and literature, as well as to familiarize themwith modern subjects, collection, translation andpublication of rare manuscripts and researchwork relevant to Buddhist studies.

Education Programme

To achieve its aims and objects, the Instituteactively imparts education in all spheres ofBuddhist studies to young Lamas and otherinterested students. The basic focus is on theBuddhist Philosophy taught through Bhotilanguage. However, keeping in view the needto expand the horizons of knowledge, generalsubjects are also taught. For this purpose, six-year courses are offered to students interestedin Sowa Rigpa (Bhot Chikitsa), Tibetan ScrollPainting, Sculpture and Wood Carving to

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preserve the rich cultural heritage of theregion.

Branch Schools

• Duzin Photang School, Zanskar- The Schoolwas taken over as branch School of CIBS,Leh on 1st of November 1989 on the directionof Shri Rajiv Gandhi the then Prime Ministerof India after his visit to Zanskar.

• Baudh Darshan Sanskrit Vidyalaya,Keylong- The Govt. of India, Ministry ofCulture on the recommendation of the Boardof Management decided to take over theBaudh Darshan Sanskrit Vidyalaya, Keylong,Lahaul and Spiti as a branch School of CIBS,Leh on 5 March 2010.

Feeder Schools

The Institute manages 50 Gonpa (Nunnery)Schools in different Monasteries, which areextremely popular in the region. These schoolsare being run in collaboration with the respectivemonasteries and accordingly, they arrangeclassrooms and hostel facilities and also provideritual teachings.

Library and Museum

The Library is a vital organ of the Institute forresearch and reference. Apart from members ofthe institute, students and teachers, the libraryis visited by a large number of domestic andforeign tourists.

There are three sections in the Library, theGeneral Section, Sungbum Section and theReference Section. A collection of 29065 booksin Bhoti, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Pali and Urduis available on a diverse set up topics such asReligion, History, Philosophy, Literature etc. Anumber of journals, magazines and newspapersare subscribed for the library every year. TheInstitute has also built up a modestArchaeological Museum with a good collectionof antiquities and other art objects.

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Activities during 2012

• The Institute organized a four- day NationalSeminar on the subject “MadhyamakaPhilosophy: In perspective of Four GreatTibetan Buddhist Schools” from 2 to 5 August2012. The Seminar was inaugurated by H.H.the 14th Dalai Lama. 17 scholars presentedtheir valuable papers on the occasion.

• During the year, the Institute published fivebooks entitled “Souvenir of National Seminar,Ladakh Prabha-15, Religious History, BhagwanBudh aur Unka Shiksha and MadhyamikavataraShastra.

• The National Mission for Manuscript,designated the CIBS, Leh as the ManuscriptResource Centre and ManuscriptConservation Centre for Ladakh region.Accordingly, the Institute is carrying out theassigned job by engaging scholars on acontractual basis. The Institute is todocumenting all available manuscripts in theregion. A field laboratory has also been setup for conservation of manuscripts, and anumber of workshop were conducted duringthe year in different monasteries of Ladakhon preventive and curative conservation as apart of an awareness campaign.

• A Lecture Series in the name of KushokBakula Rinpoche was introduced in theInstitute from 2004. Prof. Eshey Thapkhasdelivered the Ninth Lecture series on thesubject “Punch Mahavidya” on 8 July 2012.A second series was delivered by Sakya RatnaVajra Rinpoche on 29 September 2012.

• The Institute, on the advice of His Holinessthe 14th Dalai Lama during his visit to Leh,organized a 21-day residential / TrainingProgramme with Monks from the differentmonasteries of Ladakh on the subject of“Buddhist Studies”. The programme wasconducted from 15 November to 5 December2012 in the campus of the Institute.

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The Central University of Tibetan Studies(CUTS) in Sarnath, Varanasi, was establishedin 1967 for the preservation of Tibetan culture.Initially it functioned as a constituent wing ofSampurnand Sanskrit University, Varanasi andlater became autonomous in 1977. In 1988, itwas granted the status a of Deemed University.The main objective of the University is topreserve Tibetan cultural heritage, restoreancient Indian scientific literature preserved inTibetan language, offer an alternative educationand facilities to student from the Tibetancommunity in exile, and to impart education intraditional subject with the framework of amodern university system.

Academics

CUTS has evolved its own system of entranceexamination for pre-university, undergraduateand postgraduate courses. The tradition ofShastrartha or debate forms an integral part oflearning and examination at the Acharya level.Education is imparted through an integratednine-year course from Purva Madhyama(secondary school) to Acharya (M.A.). TheUniversity offers M.Phil and Ph,D, courses inBuddhist Philosophy.

The faculties of the University constituted onthe basis of the “five great sciences”(Mahavidya) of the Buddhist tradition are:

(i) Faculty of Sabdavidya - dealing withlanguages like Sanskrit, Tibetan, Hindi andEnglish.

(ii) Faculty of Hetu and Adhyatamavidyadealing subjects like Mool Shastra andSampradaya Shastra.

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(iii) Faculty of Adhunika Vidya deals withoptional subjects in six disciplines likePolitical Science, (1) Tibetan History, (2)Pali (3) Non-Buddhist, Economics andAsian History.

(iv) Faculty of Bhot Chikista Vidya deals withthe Tibetan System of Medicine (Sowa-rigpa)

(v) Faculty of Shilpa Vidya deals withTraditional Tibetan Arts and Artifacts.

The CUTS plans to expand its academicactivities in the future.

- By introducing joint Bachelor andMaster courses on Buddhism andTibetan Studies in collaboration withIGNOU.

Research

This section is responsible for research andpublication of scholarly works in the areas ofTantra, Philosophy, Logic, Literature, Grammar,Metaphysics, and Texicography. During the yearthe following research works were undertaken:-

Restoration Unit

‘Lam Rim Chen Mo’ (The Great Path toLiberation) by Acharya Tsongkhapa, wascompleted and published.

Projects under progress

• ‘Bodhipadapradipapanjika of AcharyaDipnakarasrijnana

• ‘Yuktishastika of Nagarjuna and itscommentary’ by Acharya Chandrakirti

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• ‘Ratnakarandaudghate-madhyama-nama-upadesh, a text on Middle Way by AcharyaTisha

• ‘Mahavyutpatti: a comprehensive Sanskrit-Tibetan dictionary compiled in the 9th centuryby Indian and Tibetan masters

• ‘Sutramelapaka’ by Acharya Nagarjuna

• ‘Madhyamaka Ratnapradeep’ by AcharyaBhava Viveka

• ‘Pratityasamudapadstut–tika’ by ChangkyaRolpai Dorjee

• ‘Dharmadhatustava’ by Acharya Nagarjuna

• ‘Arya Atyayajnananama Mahayana Sutra’

Translation Unit

The translation unit of the centre was engagedin translation of the following texts:-

• Water–Tree Treatises (Tibetan, Hindi and Englishtranslations published)

• Mrtyuvanchana

• Sighrabodha

• Charaka Samhita

• Vaidya Jivana

• Yukrishashitika Vrittih

• Bodhipatha Pradipa Panjika

• Madhyamakvatara

• Mahayana Sutra Samgraha

• Chandraprabha Jatakam

• Singha Jaatakam

Rare Buddhist Texts Research Unit

• 52nd issue of the Research Journal Dhih waspublished.

• G u h a m s a n k t a n t r a p r a d i p o d h o t h n a t i k a ,shatkotivykhya andvaranaharvvranbudhastrotram were published

• Editing of the Samputatantra, theBaudhdhotraratakar, Sankshiptavishek,Vajrapajartipri and the Guhyasamaja-pradipodhotanShatkoti vyakhya wereundertaken.

Dictionary Unit

Work on the following dictionaries was inprogress: -

• Tibetan-Sanskrit Ayurvijnana Kosha

• Tibetan Sanskrit Jyotisha Kosha

• Students Tibetan Sanskrit Dictionary

• Database Dictionary

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The Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM) atNalanda was established on 20 November 1951as an outcome of the declaration by the firstPresident of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad to revivethe Ancient Seat of Buddhist Learning atNalanda.

Since its inception the Nava NalandaMahavihara is dedicated to impart educationbased on the principles of the teachings ofBuddha which was also the guiding principlesof the Ancient Nalanda Mahvihara. It wasgranted the status of a Deemed University in2006.

NNM is devoted to innovative teaching andresearch based on Pali and Buddhist Studies atvarious levels. It aims to develop social andcommercial skills in its students and inculcatehuman values and spiritual nobility. TheMahavihara offers M.A. and Ph.D. courses inPali, Buddhist Studies, Tibetan, Chinese, Hindi,English, Sanskrit, Philosophy and AncientHistory Culture and Archaeology in additionto B.A. (Honors) course in Pali. It also offerscertificate and diploma courses in Pali, Tibetanand Chinese.

Activities during 2012

• A Two-day National Workshop on ‘Fourfacets of Bhoti in India’ was organized on3-4 May 2012. Prof. Suniti Kumar Pathakfrom Santiniketan was the Chief Guest atthe inaugural function. Delegates and scholarsfrom Ladakh, Sikkhim, Darjeeling, VishvaBharati Santiniketan and Central Universityof Tibetan Studies, Sarnath participated inthe workshop.

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• Director, NNM, as a member of high-leveldelegation led by Hon’ble Culture Minister,Government of India, visited Sri Lanka forexposition of Sacred Kapilavastu BuddhaRelics throughout Sri Lanka during 19-22August 2012.

• NNM, Nalanda in collaboration with theMahabodhi International Meditation Centre(MIMC), Leh organized an InternationalFestival of Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh as apart of the Ladakh Festival on 3-9 September2012 at MIMC Campus, Devachan.

• 2nd Convocation Ceremony of NNM, Nalandawas held on 17 September 2012, 176 studentswere awarded the degrees, diplomas andPhDs in various disciplines, such as, Pali,Buddhist Studies, Philosophy, Ancient HistoryCulture and Archaeology, Tibetan Studies,Sanskrit, Hindi and English.

• Under the project Revival of Ancient BuddhistPilgrimage in Bihar, Department of BuddhistStudies NNM celebrated the World TourismDay by organizing a one-day workshop on‘Engaged Buddhism’ on 27 September 2012.

• The 2nd Mahakassapa Award was conferredon Shri Narendra Prasad, a local HeadMaster, who was particularly instrumentalin the preservation of historical IndrasalGuha, at present popularly known as ParvatiParbat.

• Under the project Revival of Ancient BuddhistPilgrimage in Bihar, a Buddhanussati Carikawas organized at Buddhavana in Ayer(Pathri) village near Jethian of Gaya districtin Bihar to create awareness about newly

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discovered sites of Buddhist heritage on 14October 2012.

• The 61st Foundation Day of NNM wascelebrated on 20 November 2012. JainaShadhvi Dr. Samprajnajee was the ChiefGuest and Mr. Ng SuenHee of VimalakirtiBuddhist Centre, Singapore along withRev. Vithuna Putami of Thailand andShri Surendra Prasad Tarun, former StateEducation Minister, Government of Biharwere Guests of Honor. On this occasion,Nalanda Mahotsava, a cultural programmewas also organized in which artists of theFaculty of Music, BHU, Varanasi performed.

• On the occasion of the anniversary of ArhatSariputta’s Parinibbana on Kartika Purnima,the 3rd Sariputta World Peace Walk wasorganized by Nava Nalanda Mahavihara injoint collaboration with Bodh Gaya TempleManagement Committee and DistrictAdministration of Nalanda at Giriyak Hill,Ghoda Katora, Rajgir on 28 November 2012.

• The International Conference of the WorldBuddhist Cultural Heritage was jointlyorganized by ICCR, New Delhi andInternational Buddhist Academy, Sagaing atYangoon in Myanmar on 15 -17 December2012. It was jointly inaugurated by the Vice-President of the Myanmar and Minister forExternal Affairs, Government of India

Special Projects

Compilation of the Pali–Hindi Dictionary,Documentation of Manuscripts under theManuscript Resource Centre (MRC), NNM,Nalanda and Revival of Ancient BuddhistPilgrimage in Bihar are some of the importantongoing research projects of the NNM.

Library

During the year, NNM Library added 545 booksto its existing collection, along with numerousxylographic Tibetan manuscripts and some otherrare manuscripts. The library enriched itscollection by getting the personal libraries ofrenowned Buddhist scholars such as Dr. R.B.Mukherjee, Dr. Nalinaksh Dutta, Dr. NathmalTatia, Prof. C.S. Upasak, Prof. Krishna NarayanPrasad Magadh, Prof. Siyaram Tiwari,Prof. D.K. Barua etc.

Eminent visitors

• Mr. Jeffrey D.Wallman, Executive Director,Tibetan Buddhist Resource Centre,(TBRC)Cambridge MA /(USA) visited NNM Libraryand Xuan Zang Memorial Hall on 30 October2012

• A 42-member delegation led by Mr. Ng SuenHee of Vimalkirti Buddhist Centre, Singaporevisited NNM and the Xuan Zang MemorialHall on 30 November 2012.

• A delegation of Australian scholars led by aRev. Rin-Po-Che visited the Xuan-ZangMemorial and interacted with the facultymembers and Director of NNM on 10November 2012.

Xuan Zang Memorial

Under the possession of NNM, Xuan ZangMemorial symbolizes the age-old ties of Indo-Chinese cultural relationship and is a befittingtribute to the Chinese Buddhist monk scholarRev. Xuan Zang. This year around 35000 peoplevisited the Memorial including around 3500overseas visitors.

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The Central Institute of Himalayan CultureStudies (CIHCS) at Dahung in of ArunachalPradesh, was established by the Ministry ofCulture in 2010. It was registered under theSocieties Registration Act 1860.

The objectives of the society are:

• To offer for instruction for various courses inIndian Culture and study and researchopportunities in different branches of Buddhistphilosophical and cultural studies.

• To prepare students for higher learning andresearch Bhoti language and literature, andHimalayan studies using modern researchmethodology.

• To inculcate awareness of cultural ethos,ecological balance and preservation of naturalresources, with emphasis on the Himalayanand Northeastern region of India.

• To teach traditional arts and crafts, andimpart modern technical knowhow forfacilitating economic self-sufficiency andsustainable development.

The Society aims to establish undergraduate,postgraduate and doctoral programmes inBuddhist and Himalayan studies, as well asmaintain feeder schools.

Major Activities during 2012

• Application for Acharya an PWD levelprogrammes have been granted bySampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.

• Undergraduate and Post -Graduate courses inChikitsa Vidya in the Sowa Rigpa tradition.

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• Shiksha Shastri course equivalent to Bachelorin Education for the training of teachers.

• Undergraduate courses in Shilpa Vidya forStudies of Arts and Crafts.

• Various area-based useful post-graduatediploma and certificate courses in appliedand vocational subjects.

• Running of satellite feeder school in thelocalities and monasteries.

Publications

15 research papers were published in nationaland international journals like ContemporaryResearch in India. The Researchers World:Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce, TheJournal of Literature, Culture and MediaStudies, Wizcraft Journal of Language andLiterature, Research Spectrum, The Criterion:An international Journal in English, ELT-Voices(India), ELT-Weekly and Drishti-the sight.

Participation in National and InternationalSeminars/Conferences

• Participated in UGC sponsored InternationalConference on “Ethnicity, Identity andLiterature” at Sibsagar College, Assam, 11th-14th October 2012.

• National Conference on “Narratives ofMigration and Memory in Assam” in TezpurUniversity on 28 February 2012.

• National Conference on “MeetingUndergraduate Students’ English LanguageNeeds: Exploring Current PedagogicalPractices” at Gauhati University on 19 -20January 2012.

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The National Library was originally institutedas Calcutta Public Library in 1836. Thecollections in the Calcutta Public Library werelater merged with the Imperial Library, whichhad been founded in 1891. The unified librarywas formally opened to the public on 30January 1903 at Metcalfe Hall, Kolkata. AfterIndependence, the Government of Indiachanged the name of the Imperial Library toNational Library.

At present, the National Library is the largestlibrary in the country. Membership is free andthe library has a lending section in addition toits reading rooms.

The library functions include acquisition andconservation of all significant printed materialsexcluding ephemera; collection of printedmaterials concerning India, and acquisition ofphotographic record of such materials as isunavailable within the country; and acquisition

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and conservation of manuscripts of nationalimportance, among others.

The library is also one of the most vibrantcentres in the country for academic and culturalevents. It holds regular exhibitions, publishescatalogues and books and organizes trainingworkshops and conferences.

Activities during 2012

Programmes to inculcate Reading Habit

Story-telling programmes, magic show, film-screenings and other programmes forinculcating reading habits were organized inthe Children’s Library. On 27 April 2012, SriAdhir Biswas, writer for children in Bengali,conducted a writing workshop for students ofNew Alipore Multipurpose Higher SecondarySchool for Girls.

Conservation and Reprography

No. of documents encapsulated 386

No. of sheets de-laminated 1145

No. of books treated with non-chemical methods 110

No. of volumes bound 1894

No. of volumes mended 5837

No. of periodical volumes bound 2219

No. of negative films (Programme) 41 rolls (27204 exposures)

No. of negative films 5892 exposures

No. of positive films 17 rolls (976 exposures)

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Digitization

Work of the third phase of digitization in thelibrary started on 31 January 2012. By the endof December the target of 20 lakh pages wasreached.

Microfilming of Newspapers

Microfilming of old newspapers brought overfrom the Esplanade Reading Room was started.DPS Micrographics has microfilmedapproximately 50,000 pages of old heritagenewspapers.

Important Conferences, Lectures, Seminar andWorkshops

• On 9 January 2012 Professor RandallMcLeod gave an illustrated talk on bookproduction

• On 24 February 2012 a seminar on “CalcuttaPublic Library and Its Impact on theNineteenth-Century Public Library Movementin India” was organized

• On 3 June 2012 the National Librarypartnered Odisha Sahitya Akademi to paytribute to the poet Gangandhar Meher on his150th birth anniversary

• On 2 September 2012 Professor MushirulHasan, Director General, National Archivesof India, delivered the second B. S. KesavanLecture

• On 16 September 2012, National Libraryobserved the death centenary of the Odiapoet Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao incollaboration with the Paschimbanga UtkalSamaj

• On 22 November 2012 the National Libraryobserved National Book Week jointly withthe Society for the Visually Handicapped

• On 17 December 2012, Dr Paul Schlicke,formerly of the University of Aberdeen, spokeon Dickens and the Popular Imagination Hall,in connection with the 200th birthanniversary of Charles Dickens.

Exhibitions

On 21 August 2012, Justice ChittatoshMukherjee, former Chief Justice of Bombay andCalcutta High Courts, inaugurated an exhibitionon the celebrated Bengali novelist Bimal Mitraat the Art Gallery, Bhasha Bhavan. Theinauguration was followed by a seminar on thewriter, a play-reading and a musical presentation.

Publications

• The then Hon’ble Union Finance Minister,Sri Pranab Mukherjee released a bookNameless Recognition: Rabindranath Tagore andOther Indian Literatures, published by theNational Library and edited by ProfessorSwapan Chakravorty, at the Asiatic Society,Kolkata, on 4 February 2012.

The Newsletter for the period from July toDecember 2011 was published on 30 June 2012.

Programmes for Northeastern States

• The National Library sponsored a trainingprogramme on “Preservation of LibraryMaterials”, which was organized by theDirectorate of Public Libraries, Governmentof Arunachal Pradesh at Itanagar on 2-4March 2012.

• The library collaborated on a national seminaron “Preservation of Information Resourcesin the 21st Century” organized by theLibrary and Information Science, MizoramUniversity, Aizawl, on 21-23 March 2012.

• The library organized a training programmefor the professionals of the North Eastern

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states from 19 to 30 March 2012 at thelibrary. The subject was “Functioning of theNational Library”. 26 library professionalsfrom five North-Eastern states took part inthe programme.

• The library organized a training programmeon library management in collaboration withthe Directorate of Public Libraries,Government of Arunachal Pradesh from 24 -26 August 2012.

• The library organized a workshop on “UserAwareness Programme on Access to LibraryResources” at Manipur University Library,Imphal, during 18-22 September 2012 incollaboration with Manipur UniversityLibrary.

• The library organized a workshop onPreservation of Rare Books/Manuscripts incollaboration with the Directorate of LibraryServices, Government of Assam at Guwahatifrom 24 -28 September 2012.

• The library organized a four- day trainingprogramme for rural librarians of Assam incollaboration with Centre for Library andInformation Science Studies, DibrugarhUniversity, Dibrugarh, from 4 November-7November 2012.

Eminent Visitors

• On 10 January 2012 Sri Amitav Ghosh,novelist, and Dr. Deborah Baker, noted writerof non-fiction prose works, visited the library

• On 19 January 2012 Ms. Linda Parker,Director, American Centres in India andother South Asian countries, and Dr SushantaBanerjee, Director, The American Library,Kolkata, visited the library.

• On 23 January 2012 Professor Deborah AnnaLogan, Fulbright Fellow and Professor ofEnglish, Western Kentucky University, andEditor, Victorian Newsletter, visited thelibrary.

• On 7 February 2012 a delegation fromYunnan Research Institute for TraditionalSinology met the Director General to discusspossible opportunities of co-operation.

• Smt. Sangita Gairola, IAS, Secretary to theGovernment of India, Ministry of Culture,visited the library on 27 April 2012.

• On 17 September 2012 Dr. Mihoko Hiraoka,Coomaraswamy Fellow at the SahityaAkademi, India, visited the library.

• On 28 November 2012 a team of expertsfrom Germany visited the Laboratory,Bindery, Preservation division andReprography division.

• On 30 November 2012 Ms. Heather Brown,Conservator, Artlab Australia, visited thelibrary and discussed preservation practicesand the possibility of joint trainingprogrammes for preservation and responseto cyber disasters.

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The Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation(RRRLF) was established in May 1972 on thebi-centennial birth anniversary of the Great RajaRammohun Roy who heralded renaissance andmodernism in India and was instrumental inspreading education.

The main objective of the Foundation is topromote and support the public librarymovement in the country by providingadequate library services and by popularizingreading habits, particularly, in the rural areaswith the active cooperation of the state libraryauthorities, union territories and voluntaryorganizations operating in the field of libraryservices.

RRRLF promotes library movement anddevelops library services all over the countrythrough financial assistance.

National Mission on Libraries

Ministry of Culture, Government of India, hasset up a mission for advising the Governmentof India on all library and information sectormatters on national importance.

Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation isidentified as the nodal agency of the NationalMission on Libraries for administrative, logistic,planning and budgeting purposes.

Achievements during 2012

The Foundation lent assistance worthRs. 4946.82 lakh to 12000 libraries located allover the country under matching and non-matching schemes in the financial year 2012-13.

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Significant Programmes

The Foundation was associated with thefollowing programmes:

• Indo-Bangla Joint Celebrations of the 90th

Anniversary of the Publication of the Poem“Bidrohi” by Kazi Nazrul Islam.

• Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversaryof Rabindranath Tagore

• Activities in the North East

� The State Central Library of Mizoram,constructed with assistance from theFoundation is going to be inaugurated soon.

Bungzung YMA Library, Mizoram

� The State Central Library of Tripura whichshifted to the heritage Old Secretariatbuilding is being furnished and modernizedwith assistance from the Foundation.

• Women Beneficiaries

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membership of women clientele introduced ascheme for assisting libraries looking to introducea woman’s section.

• Programmes for physically challengedpeople

A scheme for establishment of physically

challenged corner in the libraries wasintroduced. During the year a sum of Rs.65.89 lakh was released for the establishmentof physically challenged corner in favour ofsix libraries covering states, ArunachalPradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu andTripura.

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The Delhi Public Library (DPL) was establishedin 1951 by the Govt. of India with financialand technical assistance from the UNESCO asa pilot project. From a small library located inOld Delhi, it has since developed into a premierpublic library system.

The library network consists of a Central Library,a Zonal Library, 3 Branch Libraries, 23 Sub-Branch Libraries, 3 Community Libraries, 12Resettlement Colonies Libraries, one BrailleLibrary, 73 Mobile Service Points and 22 DepositStations in the Union Territory of Delhi.

Special Features

DPL and its branches remain open all sevendays of the week (except Gazetted holidays).Free Internet service is provided to members.DPL launched a free lending of CD/DVDs inCentral Library, Sarojini Nagar, Patel NagarKarol Bagh and Shahadra branches. It has beenextended further to Janak Puri, Vinoba Puri,Karol Bagh and Narela branches. The DVDscollection includes educational, recreational andchildren’s CD/DVDs apart from films in Englishand Hindi.

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Cultural and Educational Events held in2012

• Social Education Department of Delhi PublicLibrary organized an Annual Competitionfrom 16-26 April 2012 within the CentralLibrary premises. Competitions likeextempore, music, poetry recitation and monoacting were held for 247 participants.

• The Children’s Department organized variouscompetitions such as public speaking, poetryrecitation, Sugam Sangeet, fancy dress,painting, folk dance and mono acting. 205children took part in the competitions andwinners were awarded cash prizes andcertificates.

• DPL also organized several CommunityOutreach activities at Sarojini Nagar Libraryfrom 14 May-30 June 2012 for children fromweaker sections, especially girls. Film shows,storytelling, English communication skilldevelopment and basic computer skilldevelopment programmes were conducted.

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such as Aasman Se Gira, Kuk Doo Koo andLagi Sharth were screened. A number of storytelling sessions were also organized.

• A Storytelling / Illustrator’s workshopwas organized on the 6 November 2012 atSarojini Nagar Library in collaboration withBookaro.

• At the request of the National Book Trust,New Delhi, the National Book WeekCelebration was conducted from 19-23

November 2012 at Central and Sarojini NagarLibraries.

• DPL emphasizes on the implementation ofHindi in day-to-day official usage. For thelast six years DPL has been receiving “IndiraGandhi Rajbhasha Shield” for implementingHindi in official correspondence in 2012.Delhi Public Library won the First prize underthe Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Prize schemefor Autonomous bodies functioning under theCentral Government.

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The Rampur Raza Library was founded byNawab Faizullah Khan of Rampur in 1774. Itwas acquired by the Govt. of India in 1975. Itis functioning under the Ministry of Culture byRampur Raza Library Board with His Excellencythe Governor of Uttar Pradesh as its Chairman.

The Library has a rich collection of 17,000manuscripts including 150 illustratedmanuscripts, 205 Palm leaf manuscripts, 4413miniature paintings, 3000 specimens of Islamiccalligraphy and about 60,000 old rare printedbooks. The holding of the library representsarchaic languages and scripts such as Arabic,Persian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish andPashto. These manuscripts and books covervariety of subjects such as history, philosophy,astronomy, astrology, mathematics, medicine,physical sciences, religion, Sufism, literature, artand architecture. The miniature paintingsrepresent Turko-Mongol, Mughal, Persian,Rajput, Pahari, Awadh, Deccani and Indo-European schools whose specimens have not

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been published so far. The library has publishedmore than 131 books in different languages. Acustom website has been launched for reference.

The Library is housed in a heritage palace, theHamid Manzil. Its impressive architecture is aspecimen of Indo-European style unique inNorthern India, and is decorated with seventeenattractive Italian marble statues of 17th and 18th

centuries.

The Library established a ConservationLaboratory in 1995, which has been carryingout sophisticated scientific preservation andrestoration of manuscripts, specimens of IslamicCalligraphy art objects along with damagedprinted books.

The Library collection is enriched with newcollection of books and manuscripts throughpurchase, exchange and gifts. The libraryacquired 241 books, 1323 periodicals and 6259newspapers during the year.

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During the period, more than 875 books wereclassified and 4507 catalogue cards wereprepared. More than 3 lakh images weredigitized from the manuscripts.

Services to Scholars and Library ResearchScholarship

The library is fully sensitive to the services ofits users. During the period 82 research scholarsconsulted 372 manuscripts, 1170 readersconsulted 3527 printed books, and around30714 general readers visited the reading roomfor newspapers and magazines.

The library also provides photographs ofmanuscripts and Xerox copies of printed booksto the scholars on to pay basis.

During the period, under the project ofTranslation and Publication of Arabic andPersian manuscripts, 45 translators wereassigned the work of translating Arabic andPersian manuscripts into Hindi and other Indianlanguages.

Publications of the Library

The library has published following books forthe period of report

• Catalogue of Rampur Raza Library’s Publications

• Catalogue of books on Hazrat Ali

• List of Quranic manuscripts.

• List of books relating to Mahatma Gandhi

• Rajbhasha Patrika, Edited by Prof. S. M.Azizuddin Husain, P.96 (Hindi) 2012

• Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

• Raza Library Journal No. 26-27

• Ganj-i-Gharaib

• Calendar 2013

Activities during 2012

• A book release function of Valmiki Ramayanawas held on 8 May 2012 in the auditoriumof the Teen Murti House, New Delhi.Honorable Shri M. Hamid Ansari, VicePresident of India was the Chief Guest of thefunction and His Excellency Shri B. L. Joshi,the Governor of Uttar Pradesh was theSpecial Guest.

Hon’ble Vice President of India releasing the Valmiki Ramayana

• Raza Library organized a five-day Exhibitionon Hazrat Ali and his age in light of booksfrom 3 to 7 June 2012.

• Raza Library organized an extension lectureon “Today’s Iran-An Analysis” by Prof.Iqtedar Mohd. Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi on 19 June 2012.

• An extension lecture on “Ibadat Khana ofFatehpur Sikri” by Shri K. K. Mohd. Director(North Zone), Archaeological Survey of India,New Delhi was organized on 23 June 2012.

• Raza Library organized an eleven-dayExhibition on “Holy Quran”from 12 to 22August 2012.

• The Library in collaboration with ICCR,Ministry of External Affairs prepared thefacsimile copy of Diwan-i-Hafiz preserved in

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the Library’s collection. Hon’ble Prime Ministerof India presented this copy to Hon’blePresident of Iran on 29 August, 2012.

• The Library organized an Exhibition of HindiBooks and on Akhil Bhartiya Kavi sammelanduring the “Hindi Pakhwara” from 16September to 30 September 2012.

Gandhi Jayanti

• The Library organized a lecture on theoccasion of Gandhi Jayanti by Shri AnilNauriya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India,New Delhi on 2 October 2012.

• A Kitab Mela was organized on campus from6-9 October 2012, gaining participation fromthe National Council for Promotion of UrduLanguage, Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, National Book Trust of Indiaand Delhi Urdu Academy.

• The Library organized a Memorial Lectureon “Society and Culture of Shahjahanabad”deliveredby Dr. S. Y. Quraishi, former ChiefElection Commissioner of India, on 21October 2012.

• A three-day International Seminar on“Sources of Indian History and Culture” washeld from 2 to 4 November 2012. TheGovernor of Uttar Pradesh and Chairman,Rampur Raza Library Board inaugurated it.Prof. Irfan Habib, an eminent historian,delivered keynote address.

• Rampur Raza Library participated in the14th Kul Hind Kitab Mela during 6 to 11November 2012 in Lucknow, organized byNational Council for Promotion of UrduLanguage, Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment.

The Central Reference Library (CRL), located inKolkata, started functioning at the NationalLibrary premises as a separate office from 1955onwards in order to compile an Indian NationalBibliography which became an obligation on thepart of the Government of India since thepromulgation of the Delivery of Books Act, 1954.

The aims and objectives of the Central ReferenceLibrary are compilation, publication and sale ofthe Indian National Bibliography (INB) inRoman Script both as monthly and annualcumulations. It is also entrusted with thecompilation and publication of languagebibliographies of the INB and compilation,

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publication and sale of Index Indiana which isan index to select articles appearing in currentIndian periodicals in six major Indian languages.

Activities during 2012

••••• Indian National Bibliography

Monthly issues of INB which was changed froma quarterly to monthly, in 1964 up till May2012 were published.

Annuals

All monthly issues of INB from January toDecember are cumulated into annual volumes.Both monthly issues and annual volumes are

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available for sale. All the monthly volumes ofINB 2010 were sent to press. Bibliographic datafrom 1958 - 2012 are available with INBdatabase at CRL and efforts are underway toupload the INB data on the net.

••••• Upgradation of Library Software

CRL has upgraded its existing library softwareLibSys 4.0 to Web-enabled LS Premia. Thebibliographic data creation is done on MARC21 format. The language data are entered inthe existing language script in UNICODE. Allthe existing INB records have been convertedinto MARC 21. A lot of customization had tobe done to generate the INB in Roman Scriptand respective language script.

••••• Index Indiana

Project Index Indiana was launched as an

ambitious project in 1975 to trace the periodicalliterature appearing in the Indian languageperiodicals. Since 1981, it is being published asannual cumulated volumes covering six Indianlanguages. The cumulated volumes pertainingto 2004-2010 were readied.

Development Activities for the North-Eastern Region

CRL is actively involved in the governmentsdevelopment programme in the North East. Thisyear it organized a National Workshop-cum-Training Programme on Koha in Mizoram, aNational Seminar on “Modernization of PublicLibraries in India” with special reference toAssam and a National Seminar on LISEducation in Assam.

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Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library has evolvedout of a personal collection of Maulvi MohammadBakhsh of Chapra, Bihar. His son, Khuda Bakhshenriched the collection further and converted itinto a public library in 1891, with the Govt. ofBengal as its Trustee. In December 1969 an Actof Parliament declared the Library as anInstitution of National Importance and from July1970 it is functioning as an autonomous institutiongoverned by a Board constituted by theGovernment of India with Governor of Bihar asits ex-officio Chairman. It is presently under theMinistry of Culture, Govt. of India.

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printed books and a rich collection of about2000 original paintings.

Activities during 2012

Acquisition

• During the period April - December, 2012the Library has acquired 2568 books, 36manuscripts by purchase and 382 books ingifts.

• Sixty-five periodicals and 24 newspapers werealso acquired.

• 76 audio and 35 video cassettes wereprepared.

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Digitization

• Retrospective cataloguing of 2,15,916 booksand 2,146,72 issues of periodicals werecompleted. The digitized catalogue is availablein-house for readers. In addition, digitizedcatalogues of 50,000 English books have beenhosted on the website.

• The digitization of manuscripts was startedin September 2005. The pilot project of10,00,000 folios has already been completed.The digitized images are being checked andnecessary corrections are being made.

• 2485 manuscripts in digitized format coveringover 8,662,255 pages have been madeavailable to readers for reference.

Preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Books

• To adopt modern techniques for conservationof manuscripts and rare books, a conservationlaboratory was established which undertakesthe fumigation, de-acidification, laminationand binding of manuscripts.

• Library staff has been given necessary trainingin the field of conservation, preservation andfire fighting.

• During the period April – December, 2012,114 manuscripts and 519 printed books andmanuscripts were bound, after conservation.

• 22,128 folios of manuscripts and books wererepaired and given curative preservation.

Indexing and Documentation

The Library has a sizeable collection of Urdu,English and Hindi journals. The Library hastaken up the indexing of Urdu periodicals, toprovide micro-information to the academicworld.

Reference Service

During the period under report photocopies of3555 pages of printed books were provided toscholars on demand.

Copies of 20 manuscripts and 53 pages ofmanuscript were provided to scholars in CDformat.

Lectures / Seminars / Cultural Programmes

The Library regularly holds Annual, Extensionand Popular lectures on a variety of subjectsbesides organizing National and InternationalSeminars, Workshops, Mushairas andExhibitions.

Research Activities

Various levels of Fellowships were created toenable work on the rare material preserved inthe Library. Two senior and five junior fellowshave availed the fellowship during the period.The Library has been designated as one of thecentres for the Tagore National Fellowship. Prof.S. P. Verma, former Professor of History atAligarh Muslim University was designed towork on preparing descriptive catalogue ofillustrated manuscripts preserved in the Library.

Publications / Research Monographs

Critical and facsimile editions as alsotranslations of rare manuscripts and printedbooks of the library are taken up and publishedunder the scheme. The Library also brings outresearch monographs on various subjects.

Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal

The Library publishes a research orientedquarterly journal to introduce rare material ofthe library to the World of Scholarship. Itcontains articles in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Hindiand English languages.

During the period April – December, 2012 threeissues of the Journal were published.

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Seminar on the Life and Poetry of Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Awards

The Library instituted an Award to be given toscholars for their outstanding contribution inthe Library’s special fields and Composite Cultureof India. The Award is on the pattern of theSahitya Akademi and Jnanpith Awards, andcarries an amount of Rs. 1 lakh and a citation.

Academic and Literary Activities (January –December 2012)

A National Seminar on the Life and Poetry ofFaiz Ahmad Faiz was organised by the Libraryon 21-22 January 2012. Prof. Lutfur Rahmandelivered the keynote address and Prof. WahabAshrafi presided over the inaugural session ofthe Seminar.

A National Seminar on the theme “YouthWritings in Maithili: Tradition, Change and

Future” was organized at the Library on 22-23June 2012 by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi incollaboration with Khuda Bakhsh Library andChetna Samiti, Patna. The Seminar wasinaugurated by Mr. S. N. Jha, Chairman,Human Rights Commission, Bihar.

Central Secretariat Library (CSL), Ministry ofCulture is one of the largest Governmentlibraries. Indian and foreign official documentsform an integral part of its collection.

CSL’s resources are an amalgamation of anumber of libraries of pre-independent Indiaand many other older institutions such asImperial Secretariat Library, Calcutta.

It performs the function of a Secretariat Librarywith its collection of government Reports andGazettes. CSL caters to the needs of all theministries of the Government of India.

Central Secretariat Library4.2.7

Non-official users such as researchers,academicians and others permitted to are alsobecome members of this library.

Following are the constituents of CentralSecretariat Library:

• Central Secretariat Library, G. Wing, ShastriBhawan, New Delhi:

The Central Secretariat Library (main unit) isprimarily responsible for providinginformation to Central Government officialsof different Ministries / Departments. The

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collection developed by the CSL is mainly inthe areas of Indian history, regional studies,women’s studies and biographies of eminentindividuals. The emphasis is on planning anddevelopment studies as well as governmentpolicies. The library is also considered as arepository of Indian official publications.Foreign Official Documents and publicationsof major international organizations such asUnited Nations, World Bank, IMF etc alsoform a part of its collection. The library hasdeveloped a separate section for rare bookswith a collection of 6000 titles, with the oldestone published in 1772. The library hasinherited this collection from the erstwhileImperial Secretariat Library.

• Hindi and Regional Languages Wing: TulsiSadan:

The library is located in the Annexe of theBahawalpur House, New Delhi. Tulsi SadanLibrary (TSL) was established with a view tocommemorate the fourth centenary of thefamous Ramacharit Manas written byGoswami Tulsi Das, which was celebrated inthe year 1972. The library has a collection of2 lakh books in 14 Indian languages. Severalclassics written in Indian languages form apart of its core collection. (The library is closedtemporarily due to construction of new MetroStation at Mandi House)

• Undergraduate Textbook Library R.K.Puram Branch:

The branch library at RK Puram caters tothe needs of government officials workingand residing in the adjoining areas. The totalcollection of books in the library isapproximately 35000. A separate children’ssection is likely to become operational in thislibrary by the end of the financial year.

Membership of Central Secretariat Library:

Government officials working at NCT of Delhi

are eligible to become members of the library.Apart from official users, the library membershipis also open to non-official users on paymentbasis. The library follows de-centralizedmembership for all its branches. Membership isavailable to government officials for a period oftwo years.

Collection Development:

During the period 1700 books in Hindi andEnglish) were purchased for CSL Main Unit.The Indian Official Documents Section added3120 Government Publications which includeGovt. of India Gazette notifications. The ForeignOfficial Document Section received 500 WorldBank Publications under its Regional Depositoryarrangements. In addition, the Division receivednearly 200 printed documents from variousgovernment agencies.

Newspapers and Periodicals Subscription:

The library subscribes to 274 journals in differentdisciplines, 78 Indian and foreign newspapers,and also receives 250 journals as gratis.

Procurement of Microfilms

CSL is the nodal agency for Microfilming ofIndian Publication Project (MIPP). Under thisprogramme, literary works in Indian languagespublished during the early 20th century weremicrofilmed in collaboration with the Libraryof Congress, USA. The Microfilm Repositoryroom in CSL was developed adhering tointernational standards. The library has acollection of 37,000 documents available in 3096microfilm rolls in English and 15 Indianlanguages.

The original works, which were available indifferent libraries of the country, were alsomicrofilmed. And Microfilms of officialdocuments pertaining to the British periodavailable with British Library, London were been

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acquired. Approximately 350 microfilms wereconsulted during the period.

Following IT related projects have beencompleted:

i. The catalogue database containing thedetails of collection available at CSL, TSLand RKP libraries was made availableOPAC i.e. online public access catalogue.

ii. The data of Committee Commission Reportswas made available in LAN Server. The

search engine for this digital document wasbuilt up on D-Space and ISYS ContentManagement System.

iii. Regular updation of CSL Website was doneand the webpage was redesigned.

iv. Four database management systems; namelyLibsys, ISYS, Greenstone, DSpace wereadopted in CSL.

v. LibSys Software was upgraded.

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Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversaryof Rabindranath Tagore

Centenaries and Anniversaries 5.1

Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversaryof Rabindranath Tagore was held during theperiod from 7 May 2011 to 7 May 2012.

During the year long joint Indo-Banglacelebrations, several programmes involvingvarious art forms such as music, dramas, poetryetc. were organized in India and Bangladesh.

One of the highlights of the commemorationwas the inception of Tagore Award for CulturalHarmony.

The First Tagore Award for Cultural Harmonywas announced during the Closing Ceremonyat New Delhi on 7 May 2012 and conferred onPt. Ravi Shankar, the Sitar Maestro. The closing

in New Delhi on 7 May 2012, attended by theHon’ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.

Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary ofShri Motilal Nehru

ceremony for the Commemoration wasorganized in Dhaka on 6 May 2012, attendedby the Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, and

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A special function on the 150th BirthAnniversary of Shri Motilal Nehru wasorganized on 25 September 2012 at VigyanBhawan, New Delhi. Commemorative coins anda Commemorative stamp on Shri Motilal Nehruwere released.

In the first meeting of the NationalImplementation Committee held on 6th August,2012, New Delhi, the NIC approved variousprogrammes and projects which will be

undertaken during the period 2012-13 such asdigitisation of the selected works of Shri MotilalNehru, re-publication of Nehru Report,organizing special lectures and Conferences onthe theme “Motilal Nehru and the making ofmodern India”, setting up of a Motilal NehruChair in the Allahabad University etc. Theseprogrammes will be implemented in associationwith Central Ministries, State Government andUniversities / Institutions.

Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya

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on 25 December 2012 at Banaras HinduUniversity, Varanasi. On this occasioncommemorative coins of the denomination ofRs. 5/- and Rs. 150/- were released by theHon’ble President of India. The foundationstone for the Malaviya Bhawan at BHU wasalso laid.

A Chair is being established in BHU in thename of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya.A project for digitization of the works ofMahamana has also been entrusted to BHU.

On the occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversaryof Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya, a specialfunction was held on 27 December 2011, wherea commemorative postage stamp was releasedby the Prime Minister of India, Shri ManmohanSingh. The occasion was graced by Smt. SoniaGandhi, Chairperson, UPA and Dr. KaranSingh, MP and Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch,Minister of Culture.

The year-long commemoration came to an endwith the official closing ceremony function held

A National Committee under the Chairmanshipof Hon’ble Prime Minister and a NationalImplementation Committee under theChairmanship of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, thethen Finance Minister, were constituted toconsider and approve proposals for celebratingthe 150th birth anniversary of Swami

Vivekananda. Shri A.K. Antony, Union DefenceMinister is presently the Chairman of the NIC.

In its four meetings held so far, the NIC hasapproved proposals for propagating theteachings and legacy of Swami Vivekanandaincluding the Vivekananda Value Education

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Programme (VVEP) of the RamakrishnaMission, Belur. Financial assistance forperformances, conferences and seminars etc.would be provided to various NGO’s, StateGovernments and institutions in public andprivate sector, under the Cultural FunctionsGrants Scheme of Ministry of Culture, duringthe year-long commemoration period. Toperpetuate the memory of Swami Vivekananda,a Chair has been established in the Universityof Chicago for which a Corpus of US Dollar1.5 Million has been provided by the Ministryof Culture. A Plaque with an image of SwamiVivekananda was also installed in the premisesof Art Institute of Chicago, the place wherehe first delivered his famous Chicago addressduring the World Parliament of Religions in1893.

The formal inauguration of thiscommemoration was held on 12 January 2013by Hon’ble President of India at a function inthe Rashtrapati Bhawan Auditorium, NewDelhi, during which a set of commemorativepostage stamps and coins were released.Children from Ramakrishna Mission SaradaForum rendered a song as a tribute to SwamiVivekananda. This programme was also gracedby Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson UPA,Shri A.K. Antony, Defence Minister, Shri P.

Chidambaram, Finance Minister Shri KapilSibal, Communication and InformationTechnology Minister, Smt. Chandresh KumariKatoch Minister of Culture and SwamiSuhitanandaji, General Secretary of the R.K.Mission, Belur.

Signing of an Agreement between Ministry of Culture and University ofChicago for establishment of Vivekananda Chair in University of Chicago

Presentation of First Tagore Award

Indo-Bangla Joint Celebrations of the 90th

Anniversary of the Publication of Poem“Bidrohi” by Kazi Nazrul Islam

Joint Indo-Bangla celebrations of the 90th

Anniversary of the publication of the poem‘Bidrohi’ by Kazi Nazrul Islam were organizedin Bangladesh and India. The inauguralprogramme of the celebrations was held on25-26 May 2012 at Dhaka which was gracedby Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh asthe Chief Guest and Minister of Law andJustice and Minority Affairs, Government ofIndia, Shri Salman Khurshid as the Guest ofHonour.

Similar programmes were organized in India atKolkata and Burdwan in West Bengal. Theinaugural programme in India was held on 4July 2012 at Kolkata which was graced by ShriSriprakash Jaiswal, Minster of Coal, Govt. ofIndia as the Chief Guest and H.E. Abul MaalMuhith, Minister of Finance, Peoples Republic ofBangladesh, as the Guest of Honour. The

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inaugural functions were followed by culturalevents by various artists from India andBangladesh which included Nazrul Geeti,Recitation, Dance performance and Lectures byvarious scholars at Dhaka, Kolkata and Burdwan.As a part of the Joint Indo Bangla Celebration

of 150th Birth Anniversary of RabindranathTagore, the Peoples Republic of Bangladeshpresented replicas of the “Padma” and“Chapola” Boats to Visva Bharati University,Santiniketan and Rabindra Bharati University,Kolkata.

Presentation of “Padma” and “Chapola” Boats

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Table-IALLOCATION OF ANNUAL PLANS

2012-13 and 2013-14(Rs in lakhs)

Sl. Sector Annual Percentage Out of Annual Percentage Out ofNo. Plan to total which Plan to total which

2012-13 Allocation Capital 2013-14 Allocation Capital(Building (BuildingProjects) Projects)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Direction and 2.25 0.26 0.00 2.30 0.16 0.00Administration

2 Promotion and 170.97 19.79 0.00 239.67 16.70 0.00Dissemination

3 Archaeology 216.40 25.05 24.00 258.00 17.98 15.00

4 Archives and 28.90 3.34 3.00 40.55 2.83 6.00Archival Libraries

5 Museums 130.50 15.10 4.00 247.43 17.24 3.00

6 Anthropology and 27.10 3.14 6.10 39.45 2.75 14.00Ethnology

7 Public Libraries 66.65 7.71 0.90 112.89 7.87 1.00

8 IGNCA* 25.00 2.89 0.00

9 Institute of 21.68 2.51 0.00 26.91 1.88 0.00Buddhist andTibetan Studies

10 Memorials/ 82.15 9.51 0.00 314.80 21.94 0.00Centenaries

11 Iternatonal 6.00 0.69 0.00 9.50 0.66 0.00Cultural Relations(ICR)

12 Provision for NER 86.40 10.00 0.00 143.50 10.00 0.00

Total 864.00 100.00 38.00 1435.00 100.00 39.00

* For Annual Plan 2013-14, IGNCA has been merged under Promotion and Dissemination Sector.

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Table-II9th, 10th and 11th Plan Allocation /

Expenditure and 12th Plan Allocation(Rs. in Lakhs)

Sl. Sector 9th Plan 9th Plan 10th Plan 10th Plan 11th Plan 11th Plan 12th PlanNo. Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 Direction and 350.00 161.87 439.44 273.03 500.00 558.00 2500.00Administration

2 Promotion and 22740.00 21355.29 36243.00 45478.11 80294.00 80289.00 180605.00Dissemination

3 Archaeology 18249.00 14389.64 28483.00 30410.73 65000.00 64994.00 144084.00

4 Archives and 4335.00 2413.07 7411.00 6032.49 10300.00 9969.00 17130.00ArchivalLibraries

5 Museums 23775.00 14849.80 30413.00 31420.70 61000.00 45343.00 116201.00

6 Anthropology 4700.00 3167.11 4002.00 4205.58 6800.00 8681.00 12500.00and Ethnology

7 Public Libraries 11296.00 5404.59 13105.00 12176.25 36450.00 24131.00 72850.00

8 IGNCA 401.00 1167.00 9000.00 412.00 14000.00 15420.00

9 Institute of 1950.00 2057.89 4569.00 4511.06 7696.00 10072.00 21425.00Buddhist andTibetan Studies

10 Memorials and 3845.00 2252.16 4934.56 6173.49 16300.00 31864.00 60655.00Other

11 International 335.00 7900.00CulturalRelations (ICR)

12 Celebirations of 400.00 175.68 --- --- --- --- ---Golden Jubileeof India'sIndependence

13 Provision for --- 508.00 15400.00 21.00* 35240.00 0.00 72750.00Norh-EasternRegion includingSikkim

14 Building 18000.00 11515.53 18831.00 13135.00 18900.00Projects

Total 92041.00 67902.10 172000.00 152608.97 352411.00 304791.00 727500.00

* Expenditure for activities of North-Eastern has been included in the respective sectors.

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TABLE-IIIYear-wise Budget Estimates and Expenditure on Art

and Culture (Central Sector)(Rs. in Crores)

BUDGET ESTIMATES EXPENDITURE

YEAR PLAN# NON PLAN TOTAL PLAN NON PLAN TOTAL

1 2 3 4 5 6 71985-86 19.07 32.43 51.50 19.87 31.34 51.211986-87 57.80 32.43 90.23 45.09 39.81 84.901987-88 65.00 67.76 132.76 45.64 65.65 111.291988-89 62.00 71.26 133.26 51.08 55.58 106.661989-90 54.00 70.14 124.14 52.15 47.98 100.131990-91 66.20 81.32 147.52 56.98 55.33 112.311991-92 74.20 62.80 137.00 58.94 60.99 119.931992-93 64.00 62.59 126.59 57.63 66.55 124.181993-94 85.70 70.06 155.76 104.19 73.55 177.741994-95 102.60 77.09 179.69 98.35 301.95 * 98.351995-96 113.00 82.73 195.73 121.01 86.84 207.851996-97 113.76 89.47 203.23 102.24 98.18 200.421997-98 120.90 127.00 247.90 114.72 141.64 256.361998-99 127.20 174.00 301.20 125.49 182.87 308.361999-2000 147.20 211.21 358.41 117.08 220.63 337.712000-01 162.25 260.00 422.25 149.89 203.73 353.622001-02 190.45 240.30 430.75 171.82 266.75 438.572002-03 205.00 281.45 486.45 254.07 313.09 567.162003-04 225.20 317.52 542.72 243.25 310.08 553.332004-05 400.00 312.83 712.83 306.10 294.10 600.202005-06 551.12 314.15 865.27 368.13 302.77 670.902006-07 470.00 350.00 820.00 354.74 360.84 715.582007-08 557.00 375.61 932.61 470.46 394.04 864.502008-09 600.00 425.00 1025.00 525.37 522.09 1047.462009-10 700.00 576.00 1276.00 573.76 604.55 1178.312010-11 735.00 503.00 1238.00 729.31 594.32 1323.632011-12 785.00 553.00 1338.00 749.01 561.80 1310.812012-13 864.00 583.00 1447.00 618.70 497.11 1115.81 $2013-14 1435.00 627.00 2062.00

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TABLE-IVFinancial Allocations (Plan and Non-Plan) for major

Scheme/Organization wise under the Ministry of Cultureduring 2012-13 and 2013-14

(Rs. in Lakh)

Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

1. Archeological Survey of India, New Delhi. Plan 19240.00 19240.00 24300.00

Non-Plan 29750.00 29610.00 31200.00

2. National Museum. Plan 890.00 890.00 1135.00

Non-Plan 900.00 886.00 945.00

3. Indian Museum, Kolkata. Plan 750.00 750.00 10788.00

Non-Plan 700.00 695.00 765.00

4. Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad. Plan 900.00 900.00 950.00

Non-Plan 950.00 950.00 1050.00

5. Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. Plan 720.00 720.00 800.00

Non-Plan 390.00 400.00 421.00

6. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Plan 900.00 900.00 1400.00

Non-Plan 500.00 472.00 517.00

7. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi. Plan 575.00 575.00 15600.00

Non-Plan 1050.00 1132.00 1230.00

8. Allahabad Museum, Allahabad. Plan 250.00 250.00 290.00

Non-Plan 200.00 200.00 216.00

9. National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata. Plan 3100.00 3100.00 3500.00

Non-Plan 3313.00 3513.00 3827.00

10. National Research Laboratory for Cons. of Plan 250.00 250.00 250.00Culture Property, Lucknow.

Non-Plan 400.00 395.00 428.00

11. Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata. Plan 1150.00 1150.00 1400.00

Non-Plan 1810.00 1784.00 1933.00

11(a). Assistance to state Government Institutions and Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00Organizations for documentations anddissemination of research Result. (This scheme Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00has been merged with AnSI).

12. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Plan 900.00 900.00 1145.00Bhopal.

Non-Plan 370.00 359.00 391.00

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(Rs. in Lakh)

Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

13. National Archives of India, New Delhi. Plan 570.00 570.00 1100.00

Non-Plan 1720.00 1716.00 1918.00

14. Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna. Plan 150.00 150.00 175.00

Non-Plan 250.00 276.00 267.00

15. T.M.S.S.M. Library, Thanjavur. Plan. 50.00 50.00 50.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

16. Rampur Raza Library, Rampur. Plan 300.00 300.00 350.00

Non-Plan 130.00 156.00 137.00

17. Science Cities. Plan 1100.00 1100.00 1155.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

18. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. Plan 720.00 720.00 755.00

Non-Plan 895.00 895.00 967.00

19. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Plan 55.00 55.00 58.00

Dharamshala.

Non-Plan 150.00 135.00 150.00

20. Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology, Plan 11.00 11.00 21.00

Gangtok.

Non-Plan 70.00 63.00 70.00

21. National Library, Kolkata. Plan 1500.00 1500.00 1650.00

Non-Plan 2300.00 2248.00 2448.00

22. Central Reference Library, Kolkata. Plan 60.00 60.00 63.00

Non-Plan 215.00 227.00 240.00

23. State Central Library, Mumbai. Plan 25.00 25.00 25.00

Non-Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

24. Central Sectt. Library, New Delhi. Plan 225.00 225.00 236.00

Non-Plan 130.00 117.00 130.00

25. Delhi Public Library. Plan 500.00 500.00 500.00

Non-Plan 1200.00 1200.00 1296.00

26. Connemara Public Library, Chennai. Plan 65.00 65.00 65.00

Non-Plan 35.00 32.00 35.00

27. Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. Plan 3300.00 3300.00 3600.00

Non-Plan 400.00 395.00 431.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

28. Setting up of a National Mission on Libraries, Plan 600.00 350.00 5000.00leading to the formation of a Commission

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

29. Publishing Scheme

(a) Financial Assistance to Publishing (a) Research Plan 50.00 50.00 50.00on Culture (b) Important Manuscript (c) Recordof History (d) Co-publishing of Book on Culture Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(b) Financial Assistance to Library/Cultural institute Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00for preservation and conservation of old and raredocument/Manuscripts. (a) Record of History Non-Plan(b) Co-publishing of Book on Culture.

30. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Plan 1200.00 1200.00 1300.00

Non-Plan 750.00 791.00 810.00

31. Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. Plan 1100.00 1100.00 1300.00

Non-Plan 850.00 911.00 985.00

32. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Plan 700.00 700.00 800.00

Non-Plan 750.00 885.00 960.00

33. National School of Drama, New Delhi. Plan 1500.00 1500.00 1625.00

Non-Plan 850.00 832.00 904.00

34. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Plan 1100.00 1100.00 1600.00New Delhi (CCRT)

Non-Plan 416.00 381.00 421.00

34(a). Cultural Heritage Volunteers. (This scheme has Plan 100.00 100.00 0.00been merged with CCRT).

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

34(b). Centre for Management of Cultural Resources. Plan 1.00 1.00 0.00(This scheme has been merged with CCRT).

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

35. Building Grants to Voluntary Cultural Plan 400.00 400.00 200.00Organizations.

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

36. Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art andCulture

(a) Financial Assistance to Professional Groups and Plan 3763.00 3763.00 6530.00Individuals for Specified Performing Art Projects.

Non-Plan 155.00 140.00 155.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

(b) Financial Assistance to Cultural Organization Plan 400.00 400.00 0.00with National Presence. (This scheme has beenmerged with CCRT). Non-Plan 275.00 247.00 275.00

(c) Financial Assistance for Promotion of Tribal/Folk Plan 10.00 10.00 0.00Arts

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(d) Cultural Function Grant Scheme Plan 880.00 880.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(e) Financial Assistance for Preservation and Plan 100.00 100.00 0.00Development of Cultural Heritage of Himalayas

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(f) Scheme of MIS and automation of Grants-in-aid Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00schemes

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

37. Festival of India Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 200.00 180.00 200.00

38. Shanker International Children Competition Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 3.00 3.00 3.00

39. Institutions and Individuals Engaged in Literary Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00Activities.

Non-Plan 15.00 13.00 15.00

40. Zonal Cultural Centres. Plan 3100.00 3100.00 3950.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

41. Artist’s Pension Scheme

(a) Financial Assistance to Persons Distinguished Plan 750.00 750.00 1550.00in letters, Arts and such other walks of life whomay be in indigent circumstances. Non-Plan 235.00 212.00 235.00

(b) Creating National Welfare Fund. (This scheme Plan 100.00 100.00 0.00has been merged with Financial Assistance toPersons Distinguished in letters). Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

42. Fellowship Scheme

(a) Award of Scholarships to Artists in the Field of Plan 790.00 1040.00 925.00Performing, Literary and Visual Arts

Non-Plan 250.00 225.00 250.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

(b) Flexible Engagements of Scholars in Knowledge Plan 100.00 100.00 0.00Institutions of the Ministry.

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

43. Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, New Delhi. Plan 800.00 800.00 840.00

Non-Plan 425.00 439.00 468.00

44. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara & Huen-Tsang Plan 350.00 350.00 500.00Memorial

Non-Plan 250.00 304.00 354.00

45. Centenaries & Anniversary Scheme

(a) Financial Support for Khalsa Heritage Project Plan 600.00 600.00 9000.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(b) 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Plan 3000.00 2020.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(c) 150th Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Plan 2000.00 2490.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(d) Celebration of Birth Centenary of Shri Lal Plan 200.00 200.00 0.00Bhadur Shastri.

Non-Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

(e) Celebration of 150th Anniversary of 1st War of Plan 200.00 200.00 0.00Independence, 1857.

Non-Plan 20.00 18.00 20.00

46. International Cultural Activities and Grant to Plan 500.00 500.00 500.00Indo-Friendship Society.

Non-Plan 1.00 1.00 0.00

47. Presentation of Books & Art Objects Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 3.00 2.00 3.00

48. Delegation under Cultural Exchange Programme. Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 95.00 86.00 95.00

49. Setting up of Multi-purpose Cultural Complexes Plan 100.00 100.00 400.00including those for the Children.

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

50. Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai. Plan 250.00 250.00 400.00

Non-Plan 490.00 503.00 519.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

51. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Plan 600.00 600.00 630.00Studies.

Non-Plan 120.00 138.00 124.00

52. National Museum Institute History of Art, Plan 440.00 440.00 500.00Conservation and Museology.

Non-Plan 27.00 26.00 29.00

53. Museum Schemes

(a) Promotion and Strengthening of Regional and Plan 1550.00 1550.00 2575.00Local Museums.

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(b) Scheme for Public Private Partnership (PPP) for Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00providing financial assistance for establishmentof large scale museums Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(c) Scheme for Modernization of Museums in Metro Plan 900.00 900.00 0.00Cities.

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

54. Gandhi Peace Prize Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 155.00

55. 2550th anniversary of Mahaprinirvana of Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00Lord Buddha

Non-Plan 10.00 9.00 10.00

56. National Culture Fund Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

57. Setting up of Performing Arts Centre andInternational Cultural Centres

(a) Setting up of National Centre for Performing Art. Plan 100.00 100.00 100.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(b) Setting up of International Cultural Centres at Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00Kolkata & Chennai (CSS)

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

58. National Mission for Preservation of Manuscript. Plan 650.00 650.00 900.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

59. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) Plan 2500.00 2500.00 3163.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

59(a). National Archives for Audio Visual Materials. Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00(This scheme has been merged with IGNCA).

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

60. Asiatic Society, Mumbai Plan 100.00 100.00 125.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

61. Contribution to International Centre for Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00Conservation, Rome.

Non-Plan 20.00 20.00 20.00

62. Contribution to World Heritage Fund Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 8.00 10.00 8.00

63. Contribution to UNESCO. Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 25.00 23.00 25.00

64. Contribution to International Federation of Arts Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA)

Non-Plan 5.00 5.00 5.00

65. Vrindavan Research Institute, Vrindavan, UP. Plan 50.00 50.00 60.00

Non-Plan 20.00 18.00 25.00

66. Tibet House, New Delhi. Plan 50.00 50.00 75.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

67. Tawang Monastry, Arunachal Pradesh. Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

68. TA/DA Hospitality to Non-Official Members. Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 5.00 4.00 1.00

69. Ter-Centenary of Guru-Ta-Gaddi. Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

70. National Gandhi Heritage Site Mission. Plan 200.00 200.00 4500.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

71. Scheme on Intangible Cultural Heritage

(a) Scheme for the Safeguarding and Other Plan 50.00 50.00 100.00Protective Measures in the area of IntangibleHeritage and Cultural Diversity (Arising out Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00of UNESCO Convention).

(b) Pilot Scheme for Cultural Industries. Plan 1.00 1.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

(c) Scheme of Sustaining the Living and Diverse Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00Cultural Traditions of India

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

72. Development of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial. Plan 40.00 40.00 10.00

Non-Plan 1.00 1.00 1.00

73. Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies. Plan 151.00 151.00 51.00

Non-Plan 100.00 90.00 100.00

74. Central Institute of Buddhist Studies Plan 700.00 700.00 785.00

Non-Plan 550.00 649.00 690.00

75. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies Plan 600.00 600.00 750.00

Non-Plan 800.00 875.00 975.00

76. Assistance for Development of Buddhist and Plan 150.00 150.00 350.00Tibetan Institutions

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

77. Travel Grant to Eminent Artists Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Non-Plan 10.00 9.00 10.00

78. Secretariat-Social Services Plan 225.00 225.00 230.00

Non-Plan 2100.00 2120.00 2355.00

79. Scheme for TV Programming on Art & Culture Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

80. Scheme for setting up of Centres of Excellence Plan 50.00 50.00 1.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

81. Scheme of Financial Assistance for Publication Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00of Magazines and Journals dedicated to IndianCulture and Heritage Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

82. Setting up of Regional Schools of Drama Plan 50.00 50.00 1.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

83 Scheme on International Relations

(a) Financial Assistance for Artistes and Cultural Plan 50.00 50.00 450.00professionals going abroad for seminars,festivals and exhibitions on Cultural subjects Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(b) Scheme for financial assistance to foreign Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00artistes desiring to study and/or learn IndianCulture in any form like dance, music, drama Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Sl. Item Plan Budget Revised BudgetNo. Non-Plan Estimates Estimates Estimates

2012-13 2012-13 2013-14

(c) Indian Literature Abroad Plan 100.00 100.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(d) Permanent Pavilion of Indian in Venice Biennale Plan 1.00 1.00 0.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

(e) Financial Assistance for Book Fairs, Book Plan 200.00 200.00 0.00Exhibitions an participation in International bookFairs/Publishing Events etc. Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

84. Digitization of Museums collection and academicfacilities for Museum related disciplines

(a) Scheme for financial assistance for digitization Plan 50.00 50.00 100.00of Museum collections for making collection formaking their catalogues/images available over Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00internet.

(b) Scheme for financial assistance for Management Plan 50.00 50.00 0.00Course and other Additional academic facilitiesfor museum-related disciplines Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

85. Capacity Building and training scheme for Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00Museum Professionals

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

86. Scheme for financial assistance for establishment Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00of a National Heritage Sites Commission

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

87. Scheme for financial assistance to National Plan 500.00 500.00 900.00Monument Authority

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

88. Scheme for financial assistance for the proposed Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00National Museum Authority

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

90. Scheme for financial assistance for establishment Plan 50.00 50.00 10.00of a Central Cultural University

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

91. Bodh Darshan Higher Studies School, Tabo (HP) Plan 100.00 100.00 100.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

92. Scheme for Support to State Akademies (CSS) Plan 50.00 50.00 1.00

Non-Plan 0.00 0.00 0.00

Grand Total Plan 864.00

Non-Plan 583.00

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Statement showing BE, RE and ActualExpenditure (upto February, 2013) for CentralPlan Schemes (Sector-wise) implemented bythe Ministry during 2012-13

5.2.1

(Rs. in crore)

Sl. No. Organization/ Schemes 2012-13

B.E. R.E. ActualExp. @

1 2 3 4 5

I Promotion & Dissemination of Art and Culture

1 Financial Assitance for Professional Group and Individuals 37.63 37.63 39.05for Specfied Performing Art Projects

2 Asstt. To cultural Organisations with National Presence 4.00 4.00 2.93

3 Finacial Assistance for Promotion and Dissemination of 0.10 0.10 0.01Tribal/Folk Art

4 Financial Assitance for Research Support to Voluntary 8.80 8.80 7.68Organisations engaged in Cultural Development (CulturalFunction Grant Scheme)

5 Finacial Assistance for Preservation & Development of 1.00 1.00 0.61Cultural Heritage of Himalayas

6 Building Grant to Voluntary Cultural Orgnaisations 4.00 4.00 0.93

7 Setting up of Multi-purpose complexes 1.00 1.00 0.72

8 Seheme for the Safeguarding and Other Protective Measures 0.50 0.50 0.50in the area of Intagible Heritage and Cultural Diversity(arising out of UNESCO Convension)

9 Finacial Assistance to Persons Distinguished in Letters, Arts 7.50 7.50 12.87and Such other walks of Life who may be in indigentcircumstances

10 Award of Scholarships to Artists in the Field of Performing, 7.90 10.40 8.63Literay and Visual Arts

11 Flexible Engagements of Scholars in Knowledge Institutions 1.00 1.00 0.54of the Ministry

Total (Promotion & Dissemination of Art and Culture) 73.43 75.93 74.47

II Buddhist & Tibetan Scheme

1 Asstt. For dev. Of Buddhist and Tibetan Institutions 1.50 1.50 1.09

Total (Buddhist and Tibetan Institutions) 1.50 1.50 1.09

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B.E. R.E. ActualExp. @

1 2 3 4 5

III Museums

1 Science Cities 11.00 11.00 8.62

2 Promotion and Strengthening of Regional and local 15.50 15.50 13.42Museums

3 Scheme for Modernisation of Museums in Metro Cities 9.00 9.00 9.00

Total (Museums) 35.50 35.50 31.04

IV Public Libraries

1 Setting up of a National Mission on Libraries, leading to the 6.00 3.50 3.00formation of a Commission

Total (Public Library) 6.00 3.50 3.00

V Memorials, Centenaries and Others

1 National Gandhi Heritage Site Mission 2.00 2.00 1.75

2 Development of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial 0.40 0.40 0.00

3 Centenary Celebrations( Support for Khalsa Heritage Project) 6.00 6.00 3.97

4 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore 30.00 20.20 9.41

5 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda 20.00 24.90 37.22

6 Birth Centenary of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri 2.00 2.00 0.00

7 Celeberation of 150th Anniversary of the First War of 2.00 2.00 1.00Independence

8 Celeberation / Commemoration of Anniversaries 4.90 4.44

Total (Memorials) 62.40 62.40 57.79

VI International Cultural Resources (ICR)

1 International Cultural Activities and Grant to Indo-Friendship 5.00 5.00 1.28Society

2 Indian Literature Abroad 1.00 1.00 0.13

3 Financial Assistance for Book Fairs, Book Exhibitions an 2.00 2.00 0.10participation in International Book Fairs/Publishing Events etc.

Total (ICR) 8.00 8.00 1.51

Grand Total 186.83 186.83 168.90

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Initiatives in North - East Region5.3.1

North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC)

• The Loko Ranjan Utsav was organized incollaboration with Department of Informationand Cultural Affairs, Government of Tripuraat Kakrapan, Ambassa, Panisagar, Mohanpurand Tripura from December 2011 to January2013. 1,403 artistes participated in the festivals.

• A four day Traditional Painters Camp wasorganised on the theme “Gender Equality incollaboration with Department of Art andCulture, Government of Manipur from 11 to14, February 2012 at Andro Living Museum,Imphal East, Manipur.

• A Sikkimese Folk Instrument and DanceFestival was organised in collaboration withCultural Affairs and Heritage Department,Government of Sikkim on 21 February 2012at Gangtok.

• A North East Painting Workshop wasconducted in collaboration with Departmentof Cultural Affairs, Government of Assam atRabindra Bhawan, Guwahati from 22 to 25February 2012. 25 Artists from across theNorth East participated in the workshop.

• A Festival of Narrative Arts and Dance(WARI LEEBA) was organized incollaboration with the Department of Art andCulture, Government of Manipur on 29February 2012 at Kalimai Mandap.

• A one day North East Folk Dance Festivalwas held in collaboration with Departmentof Art and Culture, Government of ArunachalPradesh. at Basar, West Siang District,Arunachal Pradesh on 12 May 2012.

• A Street Play on Gender Equality waspresented in collaboration with theDepartment of Art and Culture, Governmentof Meghalaya on 24 May 2012 at Khliehriat,Jantia Hills, Meghalaya.

• The North East Music Festival, 2012 wasorganized coinciding on June 21, 2012 atShillong as part of the ongoing Silver JubileeCelebrations of Zonal Cultural Centres in allStates of the country.

National School of Drama

For promotion of theatre in the North EasternStates, NSD organized 18 Production OrientedTheatre Workshops in collaboration with theState Governments and local theatre groups.

In August-September 2012, the TIE Co.undertook a tour of Agartala and performedthree plays namely, Pandita Ramabai, AdalBadal and Kitabon Mein Hulchul.

National Library

• The library organized a training programme‘functioning of the National Library‘, forprofessionals of the North Eastern states from19 to 30 March 2012. 26 library professionalsfrom five North-Eastern states took part andwere provided exposure to practicalities, suchas techniques of conservation of librarymaterials, binding techniques, digitization,readers’ service etc. along with certain aspectsof theory.

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the Directorate of Public Libraries,Government of Arunachal Pradesh from 24to 26 August 2012 under the project‘Infrastructure Development of Libraries inthe North-East’.

• The library organized a workshop on ‘UserAwareness Programme on Access to LibraryResources’ at Manipur University Library,Imphal, in collaboration with ManipurUniversity Library during 18-22 September2012.

• A workshop on ‘Preservation of Rare Books/Manuscripts’ was organized in collaborationwith the Directorate of Library Services,Government of Assam at Guwahati from 24to 28 September 2012.

• A workshop on ‘Building Digital Library’ wasorganized in collaboration with the CentralLibrary, Tezpur, during 8-11 October 2012.

• A four-day training programme for rurallibrarians of Assam in collaboration withCentre for Library and Information ScienceStudies, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh,from 4 to 7 November 2012.

Lalit Kala Akadmi

• The Regional Centre of LKA in Kolkata,organised the North East Contemporary ArtFair in collaboration with the Department ofInformation and Cultural Affairs, Governmentof Tripura, at Agartala from 2 to 5 February,2012. Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble ChiefMinister, Government of Tripura, inauguratedthe fair. Shri K.R. Subbanna, Vice-Chairmanof the Akademi was the Chief Guest andShri Chinmoy Roy, eminent artist of Tripura,presided over the function.

• LKA, in collaboration with Eastern ZonalCultural Centre, Kolkata, and DighaShankarpur Development Authority, organised

Call of the North East, an art and dancefestival showcasing talents of artistes, artisansand painters of the North Eastern States. Thefestival was held from 23-26 March thatDigha, West Bengal.

Sangeet Natak Akademi

• Sangeet Natak Akademi North East Centre,Guwahati initiated a training programme inKhongjom Parva of Manipur under Smt.Ibemni Devi, SNA Awardee and Padmashrion 1st July 2012 at Imphal.

• The Centre, presented a programme ofclassical and folk art forms on 23 December2012 at SNA. Shri Pramod Kumar Jain JointSecretary, Ministry of Culture attendedthe presentation. (i) Sattriya Dance byDr. Mirnanda Borthakur, Guwahati.

• The Centre sponsored a performance of PungCholam and Conch by the artistes of JNMDA,Imphal on 29 December 2012 in the BornilSanskritik Samaroh 2012 organized by SriAuniati Satra, North Guwahati from 28-30December 2012.

National Council of Science Museums

A Fun Science gallery, ‘Wealth of Tripura’was inaugurated along with facilities like 3DTheatre, Eco Garden and of Science ParkSukanta Academy, Agartala, Tripura on August31, 2012.

Raja Rammohun Roy Library andFoundation

• The foundation assisted in the establishmentof the State Central Library of Mizoram,which is expected to be inaugurated soon.

• Assistance was also provided to refurnishand modernize the State Central Library ofTripura.

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Right to Information Act 20055.3.2

Government of India introduced The Right toInformation Act, 2005 to keep transparency inthe functioning of the Government. In order toimplement this Act, this Ministry has nominated19 CPIOs and 9 Appellate Authorities. The listof CPIOs and Appellate Authority is Annexed.

During the year 2012-13, the Ministry received402 RTI applications and a sum of Rs. 2,147/-including extra charges was received asprescribed fees. The RTI applications weredisposed of in a timely manner.

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Central Reference Library

The Central Reference Library, Kolkataorganized a National Workshop-cum-TrainingProgramme on Koha in Mizoram, National

Seminar on Modernization of Public Librariesin India with special reference to NorthEastern region in Assam and a NationalSeminar on LIS Education in North East inAssam.

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Annexure

List of CPIOs and Appellate Authorities

Sl. Name of the Designation Tel. No. Subject matter/ Name of FirstNo. Central Public Section Appellate Authority

Information with designation andOfficer Tel. No.

1. Sh. R.P. Bahuguna Under Secretary 2302 2337 Special Cell Smt. Nirmala GoyalDeputy Secretary

2. Mr. V.T. Joseph Under Secretary 2338 9379 General Admn. Sh. Chandra PrakashDy. SecretaryTel. 2338 1208

3. Sh. Kanwarjeet -do- 2338 8897 IFD Ms. MahalakshmiSingh Ramakrishnan, DS

Tel: 2338 9845

4. Sh. Madan -do- 2338 7875 UNESCO Smt. Meena B. SharmaChaurasia Director

2338 2797Cash Smt. Anita Sinha, Director

Tel: 2338 1431

5. Sh. Ashok Acharya -do- 2307 0987 SNA, CCRT & Sh. Kanwar Sameer LatherNSD, LKA , SA , DirectorKF, NMM & Tel: 2338 3185IGNCA

6. Ms. Meena Kumari -do- 2338 8569 ICR Smt. Meena BalimaneSharma Sharma, Director

Tel: 2338 2797

7. Sh. B.P. Bhukar -do- 2338 2351 Performing Arts Sh. Kanwar Sameer LatherDirector

8. Sh. Surendra Patel -do- 2307 4359 S & F Sh. Kanwar Sameer LatherDirector

9. Sh. Dipankar Dutta -do- 2338 2539 Archives & Sh. Pranav KhullarAnthropology, DirectorAsiatic Society,All matters relating Smt. Anita Sinhato NE states Director

Tel: 2338 1431

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Sl. Name of the Designation Tel. No. Subject matter/ Name of FirstNo. Central Public Section Appellate Authority

Information with designation andOfficer Tel. No.

10. Sh. N.P. Joshi -do- 2338 2312 CDN & Parliament Sh. Chandra PrakashUnit. Dy. Secretary

Tel: 2338 1208

11. Sh. Y.V. Singh Under Secretary 2307 0790 Buddhist & Tibetan Sh. Raman MehraInstt. Dy. SecretaryZCCs. Tel: 2338 2402

12. Sh. Sanjay Kumar -do- 2338 0136 Museum -1 Sh. Deepak Ashish KaulNCF Director

Tel: 2307 4361

13. Sh. J.P. Mahaur Library Inf. Offficer 2338 4846 CSL Smt. Anita Sinha2338 9684 Director

Tel: 2338 1431

14. Sh. N. R. Minz Under Secretary 2338 6454 ASI matters Sh. Deepak Ashish KaulDirectorTel: 2307 4361

15. Ms. Sunita -do- 2338 8897 IFD Ms. MahalakshmiRamakrishnan, DSTel: 2338 9845

16. Sh. Vikarmajit Dy. Director 2307 3559 Hindi Sh. Bhartesh Kr. MishraPande Joint Director

Tel: 2338 3032

17. Sh. N.P. Shukla Under Secretary 2338 4261 Establishment Sh. Chandra PrakashPande Dy. Secretary

Vigilance Sh. Raman MehraDy. SecretaryTel: 2338 2402

Website Smt. Anita Sinhaupgradation inr/o DirectorMinistry

18. Sh. O.P. Chillar -do- 2338 2158 Library Section Smt. Anita SinhaDirectorTel: 2338 1431

19. Sh. Abhay Nandan -do- 2338 8169 M-II, National Sh. Deepak Ashish KaulMonument DirectorAuthority & Tel: 2307 4361National HeritageSite Bill

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Vigilance5.3.3

The Vigilance setup of the Ministry is underthe overall supervision of the Secretary who, inturn, is assisted by the Chief Vigilance Officerof the rank of Joint Secretary, a DeputySecretary and an Under Secretary and othersupporting staff.

During the period under report, sustained effortswere continued to tone up the administrationand to maintain integrity and professionaldiscipline amongst the staff members of theMinistry, both at the head quarters and in theAttached and Subordinate Offices.

Ministry of Culture and all its Attached andSubordinate Offices observed the VigilanceAwareness week from 29 October to 3 November2012. A pledge to strive for transparency in all

spheres of activities and to work for eradicationof corruption was administered by the AdditionalSecretary. A communiqué from the Secretarywas circulated. and banners were displayed inand around the office complex. Poster making,essay writing, cartoon, slogan and debatecompetitions were held during the awarenessweek.

All the complaints received from CVC and othersources were promptly attended to and reportswere requisitioned from the concernedorganizations under the Ministry. Apart from 6court cases, 21 other complaints are underexamination at various stages. During theperiod five complaints were closed in agreementwith CVC and CVO.

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Pending Audit Para5.3.4

CAG’s Report No. 1 for the year 2011-12 on Accounts for the year 2010-11 of the UnionGovernment

Ministry of Culture

Para No.4.2.1: Failure to obtain legislative approval for augmenting provision Augmentationof provision to object head ‘Grants-in-aid’

In accordance with instruction issued by the Ministry of Finance in May 2006, augmentation ofprovision by way of re-appropriation to the object head ‘Grants-in-aid’ to any body or authorityfrom the Consolidated Fund of India in all cases could only be made with the prior approval ofParliament.

Summary of Important Audit Observation

The summary of important audit observations, appearing in the following most recent Auditreports of the year ended March 2011 are given below in the table:

1. No. 14 of 2012-13 Union Government (Civil), (AB) Performance Audit

Ministry of Culture The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (Institue),Academic Activities Kolkata was set up in January 1993 as a Society under the West Bengalof Maulana Abul Societies Registration Act, 1961 at the joint initiative of the GovernmentKalam Azad of India and the Government of West Bengal, to act as centre forInstitute of Asian research and learning, focusing on various issues related to developmentsStudies, Kolkata in Asia with special emphasis on their links with India, on secularism

and universal brotherhood and on the life and works of Maulana AbulKalam Azad. The Ministry of Culture provided separate grants to theInstitute, for conducting research activities relating to the North-EastRegion. The Institute was also maintaining a museum at the residenceof Maulana Abul Kalam Azad since 2006.

A performance audit of the academic activities of the Institute disclosedthat the Institute had not framed any policy specifying the criteria forselection of research topics keeping in view of its objectives. Resultantly,many of the selected research topics were unrelated to the objectives ofthe Institute. The process of selection of fellows was not documentedand lacked transparency. The Institute had an inadequate monitoringand review system to ensure timely completion of research projects,only 19 projects (33 Per cent) were completed within the scheduled

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time and the rest of the projects were delayed for periods upto overseven years. The publication of research project reports was alsoinordinately delayed. Only 23 out of 58 completed project reports hadbeen published till July 2011. The Institute had not ensured optimalutilization of information technology for its library and also had notmade the library accessible to the public, which was against the statedobjective of the Institute of making papers and library sources availableto them. However, following the audit observation, the Institute opened(2012) the library to the public. The Institute failed to make any additionto the museum’s original collection of 22 objects relating to MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad.

Chapter-II

Summary of Important Audit Observation

The summary of important audit observation, appearing in the following most recent Auditreports of the year ended March 2011 are given below in the table:

1. No. 33 of 2011-12 Union Government (Civil), Autonomous Bodies

Report No. 33 of 2011-12

Ministry of Culture

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

Unfruitful expenditure NMM&L did not devise adequate checks toensure receipts of final research manuscripts/monographs from Fellows. Consequently,pay and allowances amounting to 55 lakhpaid to four Fellows was rendered unfruitfulas they had left the Institute withoutsubmitting the final report.

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Progressive use of Hindi5.3.5

Ministry of Culture continued its efforts towardsgreater use of Hindi in official work during 2012-2013 keeping in view the Annual Programmeissued by the Department of Official Language,Ministry of Home Affairs and the OfficialLanguage Policy of the Union. For imple-mentation of the Official Language Act, 1963and Official Language Rules 1976 made thereunder, Official Language Division of the Ministrycomprises sanctioned posts of one Director, twoDeputy Directors, two Assistant Directors, threeSenior Hindi Translators, one Junior HindiTranslator and secretarial staff. This Division isalso responsible for ensuring the implementationof the Official Language Policy of the Union inthe subordinate/attached offices and autonomousorganizations of the Ministry of Culture.

All Computers (PCs) in the Ministry are equippedwith bilingual facility. Adequate literature inHindi and dictionaries/glossaries have been madeavailable to the officers/staff of the Ministry.Efforts are being made to promote the use ofHindi in the correspondence. The quarterlyprogress reports regarding progressive use ofHindi were sent regularly to the Department ofOfficial Language. The quarterly progress reportsrelated to the attached/subordinate offices/autonomous bodies under the administrativecontrol of the Ministry of Culture were reviewedregularly. Hindi Translation Unit of the Ministrytranslated various documents, like Cabinet Notes,Cultural Exchange Programmes/Agreementswith various countries, Outcome Budget, AnnualPlan, material related to the ParliamentaryStanding Committees, Parliament questions,standard forms/drafts, letters, etc.,

A number of measures have been taken for thepromotion of progressive use of Hindi in theMinistry.

1. Implementation of Section 3(3) of theOfficial Language Act

In pursuance of the official language policy ofthe Govt. of India, all documents covered undersection 3(3) of the Official Language Act, 1963are being issued both in English and Hindi. Inorder to ensure issuance of correspondence inHindi to Central Government offices located inRegion ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, an action plan basedon the checkpoints identified in the Ministryhas been prepared. Annual Programme andother orders/instructions issued by theDepartment of Official Language wereforwarded to all the Sections of the Ministryand its subordinate/attached offices andautonomous organizations for information, anddirectives were issued for their compliance.

2. Official Language Implementation Committee(OLIC)

The Official Language Implementation Committee(OLIC) functions under the chairmanship of JointSecretary. This committee periodically reviews theprogress made in connection with the use ofHindi and gives appropriate suggestions andrecommends measures to be taken for the effectiveimplementation of the official language policy.The meetings of this committee are held regularly.The subordinate/attached offices and autonomousorganizations of the Ministry were also instructedfor convening OLIC meetings regularly.

3. Hindi Salahkar Samiti

With a view to render advice for effectiveimplementation and review of the officiallanguage policy of the Government, a meetingof Hindi Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry underthe chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister was heldon 20.07.2012.

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4. Incentive Scheme for original noting/drafting work in Hindi

The incentive scheme for noting/drafting inHindi introduced by the Department of OfficialLanguage was continued. The scheme carriestwo prizes of Rs.1000/- each, three secondprizes of Rs.600/- each and five third prizes ofRs.300/- each.

5. Cash prize scheme for dictation in Hindi

An incentive scheme for officers for givingdictation in Hindi is in operation in the Ministry.Under this scheme, there is a provision of twocash prizes of Rs. 1000/- each (one for Hindispeaking and the other for Non-Hindi speakingstaff).

6. Hindi Fortnight

In order to encourage the use of Hindi in officialwork amongst officers/employees of theMinistry, an appeal was made by the Minister(Culture) on 14th September, 2012. During theHindi fortnight, which was organised in theMinistry from 3 September to 17 September,2012, various competitions such as Hindi Essaywriting, Hindi typing, Hindi- English translation,Hindi noting/drafting, Hindi general knowledgeand Hindi Dictation were organized, and all

together 56 officers/employees took part in thesecompetitions. Winners of these competitionswere awarded with cash prizes and certificates.

7. Hindi Workshops

Three Hindi workshops were organised from11 – 13 September, 2012 in the Ministry toencourage the officials to undertake more workin Hindi.

8. Publications

During the year, the Official Language Divisionof the Ministry published the annual issue ofits magazine Sanskriti. The magazine containsarticles on various topics of art and culture.3,000 copies of each issue are printed anddistributed free of cost to the eminent scholars,well known writers, Universities and Libraries.An eight-page monthly bilingual brochure‘Sanskriti Darpan’, containing information aboutevents/activities to be organized by theinstitutions of the Ministry located at Delhi, isalso being published. 800 copies of each issueare printed and sent to PMO, Cabinet Ministers,senior officers of the government, and offices/institutions of the Ministry, Universities, collegesand libraries located at Delhi. The magazineand the brochure have also been made available

on the website of the Ministry.

9. Inspections for progressive useof Hindi

In order to oversee theimplementation of the officiallanguage policy eleven subordinateoffices and 8 sections of the ministrywere inspected by the officers of theMinistry during the year. In addition,the first Sub-Committee of theParliamentary Committee on OfficialLanguage inspected three officesunder the administrative control ofthe Ministry.

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Raja Rammohun Roy Library andFoundation

• Programmes for physically challengedpeople

A scheme for establishment of physicallychallenged corner in the libraries wasintroduced. During the year a sum of Rs. 65.89lakh was released for the establishment ofphysically challenged corner in favour of sixlibraries covering states, Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Tripura

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya

A special program featuring guided course ofthe museum was organized for children withdisabilities on World Disability Day, 3December, 2012.

• 6th Blind Challenge Car Rally: Theprogramme was organised in collaborationwith the Directorate of Census and ARUSHI,an NGO working for the visually impairedpersons on January 2012. For the rally, asighted person drove the vehicle and thenavigator was a visually challenged person

to whom the route map in Braille was givenon the spot. The rally covered a distance of30 kilometers.

West Zone Cultural Centre

The West Zone Cultural Centre organized“Udaan”, a cultural festival by children withdisabilities, in Goa and Gujarat, during October2012, in collaboration with local authorities.

The WZCC also supported artistes and craftsmen with disabilities by providing free stalls tothem during Shilpgram Utsav.

WZCC involved differently abled children withthe cultural activities organized by the Centrelike Rangshala and Shilp darshan during theyear

National Gallery of Modern Art

National Gallery of Modern Art is disabledfriendly both outdoors and indoors. Ramps,railings and lift acces are available to all floors.Wheel chairs are available at Reception onrequest. NGMA is in the process of designingactivities and resources for especially abledchildren of different age group.

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Departmental Accounting Organisation5.3.8

The Accounting Set up

The Secretary of Ministry is the ChiefAccounting Authority. He/She discharges theresponsibility with the help of the FinancialAdviser and the Chief Controller of Accountsof the concerned Ministry. The Chief Controllerof Accounts is the head of the AccountingOrganization of the Ministry. He is supportedby team of Controller of Accounts , two Dy.Controller of Accounts and 4 Pay and AccountOffiecers (PAOs).

The Principal Accounts Office is responsible foraccounting matters relating to the ministrythrough the concerned Pay and AccountsOffices, which are performing the paymentfunctions, monitoring of budget and compilationof accounts of all transactions. The accountsrelated functions include pre audit of bills /vouchers, release of payments, control ofexpenditure w.r.t. availability of budget,computerized monthly accounts of the Ministry,Appropriation Accounts, Statement of CentralTransactions, Union Finance Accounts, otherrelated functions such as grants-in-aids to State/UT Governments, procuring/supply of chequebooks to the PAOs, rendition of scheme wiseexpenditure to the Secretaries for monitoringthe progress, preparation of Receipt Budget,liaison with CGA etc.

The release of payment and monitoring ofexpenditure work of the Ministry of Culturehas four Pay and Accounts Offices, two atNew Delhi and one each at Kolkata andHyderabad. All the Pay and Accounts Officesare submitting their monthly accounts to thePrincipal Accounts Office located at New Delhi.

Canara Bank is the accredited bank for Ministryof Culture

Officers and Staff Strength ofO/o Chief Controller of Accounts

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Sl. No. Groups No. of Posts

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2. B 14

3. C 56

4. D 11

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List of PAO wise number of Cheque Drawingand Disbursing Officer, (CDDO) and Non-cheque Drawing DDOs (NCDDOs)

Sl. Pay and No. of No. ofNo. Accounts Officer CDDOs NCDDOs

1. PAO, Culture, 4 10New Delhi

2. PAO, ASI, 11 41New Delhi

3. PAO, Culture, 7 4Kolkata

4. PAO, ASI, 8 15Hyderabad

Computerization

The o/o the Chief Controller of Accounts istaking a number of measures to implement

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Computerization and introduce IT for overallimprovement and transparency in theaccounting function of the Ministry.

Compact

Another important initiative in computerizationof Accounting System, taken at the initiative ofthe O/o the Chief Controller of Accounts is theimplementation of COMPACT package whichtouches upon the functioning of most of theareas in a Pay and Accounts Office. The overallobjective towards development of COMPACThas been to achieve accuracy and speed invarious functions of the Pay & Accounts Offices,in addition to removing routine drudgery ofmanually writing the same data again andagain. Computer support is being used throughthis package to ensure that once the accountsdata are entered, the same can be used atvarious places without the need of re-enteringfor other purposes like compilation of monthlyaccounts, or generating MIS Reports etc.

The system will not only enrich the accountingand provide better management information, butalso help in improving the analysis of theaccounting information. There are variousfunctions, especially those relating toreconciliation, which involves lot of manualdrudgery. This package will help in taking careof such functions apart from improving the overall accuracy and exchequer control through thesystem. The package also provides for internalcontrols and audit through computerizedvalidation and will thus be of great help inimproving the quality of accounts. Improvementin office ambience is always a by-product ofcomputerization and it is expected that this willhappen in the Pay and Accounts Offices too.

All the modules of COMPACT viz. Pre-Check,Compilation, GPF and Pension are being usedby all the eleven Pay and Accounts Offices.Inspection of COMPACT in the PAOs is doneon regular basis.

Apart from these two major initiatives beingundertaken, several other steps are being takenin the O/o the Chief Controller of Accounts toincrease the computerization process for whichthe officials are regularly being sent for trainingat the institute of Government Accounts andFinance (INGAF)

Computerization in Principal AccountsOffice

The compilation of account is done by PAO inthe COMPACT software. After compilation ofaccount PAOs generate a text file and uploadin the CGA’s e-lekha software. The Pr. AccountsOffice also upload put through entries regardingPSB suspense as per DMA-II (received fromCAS- Nagpur). The both Monthly Accountsand Put through then submit to the Ministryof Finance, Controller General of Accountsfurther consolidation of accounts of the Unionof India. Several other reports are also generatedthrough e-lekha.

e-Lekha

The Pay and Accounts Office is uploadingthe COMPACT data in e-lekha on dailybasis at website www.cga.nic.in/elekha/elekhahome.asp enabling Pr. Accounts Officeand CGA to monitor various MIS Reports andbringing transparency in the work of PAO. ThePr. Accounts Office is also submitting MonthlyAccount to CGA through e-lekha every month.

Some of the salient features of e-Lekha are:

i) Status of expenditure of the Ministry canbe ascertained on daily basis.

ii) This enables to monitor Scheme-wiseexpenditure more effectively. PM’s flagshipschemes are also being monitored closelynot only by this Ministry but also by PM’soffice, M/o Finance and PlanningCommission through e-Lekha.

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iii) Status of pending bills in Pay & AccountsOffice can be ascertained.

New Pension Scheme

New Pension Scheme has been introduced inr/o all the employees appointed on or after1.1.2004. Under this scheme, 10% of the Pay(including Grade Pay) + D.A. of such employeesare to be recovered from their salary and alongwith matching contribution from the Govt., isto be deposited to NSDL Central RecordkeepingAgency through their trustee bank (Bank ofIndia). This scheme has been in operation inthis Ministry since 1.1.2004.

Central Plan Scheme Monitoring System

Central Plan Scheme Monitoring System hasbeen launched with a view to have reliabledata on flow of funds from Government ofIndia to individual States and otherimplementing entities or amounts flowing fromthem to districts and sub-districts andexpenditure points. Accordingly, mapping upof all the Plan schemes of this Ministry hasbeen done by this organization through specificsoftware developed for this purpose i.e. CentralPlan Scheme Monitoring System. All theconcerned officials of both the departments havebeen imparted training in this regard. Throughthis software anyone can find the status ofreleases of Grants-in-aid to differentorganizations / bodies. It has been found to beimmensely useful by the Department also.

Internal Audit

Internal Audit Organization is headed by theChief Controller of Accounts at New Delhi whois assisted by Controller of Accounts, Dy.Controller of Accounts, Sr. Accounts Officersand Asstt. Accounts Officers comprising fourInternal Audit Parties : Two in HQ and Oneeach in Hyderabad and Kolkata.

The Internal Audit organization, besidesconducting traditional audit, is also involved inappraisal, monitoring and evaluation ofindividual schemes. Moving beyond the narrowmyopic confines of compliance / regulatoryaudit, Internal Audit now also focuses on:

• Assessment of adequacy and effectiveness ofInternal controls in general, and soundnessof financial systems and reliability of financialand accounting reports in particular;

• Identification and monitoring of risk factors(including those contained in the OutcomeBudget);

• Critical assessment of economy, efficiency,and effectiveness of service deliverymechanism to ensure value for money; and

• Providing an effective monitoring system tofacilitate and course corrections.

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Results Framework Document(RFD)5.3.9

The Results Framework Document (RFD)includes policies, programs and projects andsuccess indicators and targets to measureprogress in implementing them. The vision,mission, objectives and functions of the Ministryare also indicated. As per the RFD for the year2011-12 the major objectives of the Ministryare as under: -

1. Manage National Monuments (TangibleHeritage of India)

2. Preserve and Promote Tangible Heritage ofIndia and Public Museums and Public PrivatePartnerships

3. Preserve and Promote Intangible CulturalHeritage of India

4. Safeguard various forms of intangible culturalheritage and promote research through

financial support through artists and culturalorganizations

5. Commemorate identified special events andcentenaries of national importance having abearing on culture.

6. Develop and promote International CulturalRelations

7. Preserve, print and archival resources of India

The Performance Evaluation Report (PER) 2011-12 as uploaded on the Result FrameworkManagement System of the PerformanceManagement Division of the Cabinet Secretariatsecured a composite score of 84.04% for theMinistry.

More detailed information may be seen on thewebsite (http://indiaculture.gov.in).

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