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Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
The main function of the Archaeological Survey of India is to explore, excavate, conserve, preserve and protect the monuments and sites of National & International Importance.
web site url : http://asi.nic.in/f |
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Art, Culture and Language Department, Delhi
The Art, Culture and Language Department is a newly set-up Department of Govt. of NCT of Delhi . The Language Department is carved out of Education Department and was set up in September 1999. Aims & Objectives Propagation, promotion and development of languages, literature art and culture as an integral part of composite culture of Union Territory of Delhi.. These activities are carried out through Sahitya Kala Parishad and Language Academies viz. Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Sindhi which are autonomous bodies.
web site url : http://artandculture.delhigovt.nic.in/ |
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Central Reference Library
The Central Reference Library is mainly responsible for the implementation of two on-going schemes. Complation and sale of the Indian National Bibliography in Roman script and in fourteen Indian langauge scripts based on the receipt of books at the National Library under Delivery of Books Act, 1954. Compilation and Sale of Index Indiana ( Roman Script ) an Index to selected articles appearing in current Indian langauge periodicals.
web site url : http://www.crlindia.org/ |
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Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)
It is vital for an individual to excel not only intellectually, but also socially,physically, and emotionally, which can only be achieved by linking education with culture, and at the same time keeping pace with rapidly changing technology. For education to be effective and result-oriented, it has to be culture based, and it must take into account the cognitive, emotional and spiritual needs of the student.
web site url : http://ccrtindia.org/ |
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Department of Culture
The Department of Culture, Government of India was set up with the objective of developing ways and means by which basic cultural and aesthetic values remain dynamic among people. It primarily deals with the tangible and intangible heritage. In a larger perspective, it also addresses the issues relating to history, values and beliefs in conjugation with several other Ministries and Departments like Tourism, Education, Ministry of External Affairs etc.
web site url : http://www.indiaculture.org/ |
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Indian Museum, Kolkata
The ninth oldest regular museum of the world, INDIAN MUSEUM, Kolkata, INDIA is the oldest institution of its kind in Asia Pacific region and repository of the largest museum objects in India.
web site url : http://www.indianmuseum-calcutta.org/ |
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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, established in memory of Smt. Indira Gandhi, is visualised as a centre encompassing the study and experience of all the arts -- each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology.
web site url : http://ignca.nic.in/ |
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
The objectives of the Institute is to promote the study of Modern and Contemporary Asia with primary focus on social and cultural movements and India's relations with the neighbouring Asian countries.
web site url : http://www.makaias.org/ |
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National Archives of India
The National Archives of India is the repository of the non-current records of the Government of India and is holding them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. It is an Attached Office of the Department of Culture under Ministry of Tourism & Culture. It was set up in March 1891 in Calcutta (Kolkata) as the Imperial Record Department and subsequent to the transfer of the National Capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911 it was shifted to its present building in 1926
web site url : http://nationalarchives.nic.in/ |
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National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
The mission of the National Film Archive of India is to safeguard the heritage of Indian Cinema for posterity and act as a centre for dissemination of a healthy film culture in the country. Promotion of film scholarship and research on various aspects of cinema also form part of its Charter. Familiarizing foreign audiences with Indian Cinema and to make it more visible across the globe is another declared objective of the Archive.
web site url : http://nfaipune.nic.in/ |
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National Library
The National Library, India is the largest library in the country. It is an institution of National importance under the 'Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Government of India'. The library is designated to collect, disseminate and preserve the printed material produced in the country. The library is situated on a scenic 30 acres Belvedere Estate, in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta City.
web site url : http://www.nlindia.org/index2.html |
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National Mission for Manuscripts
India has a largest collection of manuscripts in the world. Composed in different Indian languages and scripts, they covers religion, philosophy, systems of science, arts and literature .Preserved in materials such as birch bark, palm leaf, cloth, wood, stone and paper, they are spread all over the country and abroad in libraries, academic institutions, museums, temples, monasteries and with individuals. Some of this wealth has disappeared , while a large portion is in a state of damage and decay. India’s manuscripts wealth has to be preserved and redeemed. This is done by National Mission for Manuscripts
web site url : http://namami.nic.in/add.html |
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National Museum, New Delhi
National Museum, NewDelhi, today, has in its possession over 2,00,000 works of exquisite art , both of Indian and Foreign origin covering more than 5,000 years of our cultural heritage. Its rich holdings of various creative traditions and disciplines which represents a unity amidst diversity, an unmatched blend of the past with the present and strong perspective for the future, brings history to life.
web site url : http://www.nationalmuseumindia.org/i |
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Rabindra Bharati Museum
Rabindra Bharati Museum was established in the two hundred and seventeen year old building "Jorasanko Thakurbari" on 8th May by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. This museum can be considered as the storehouse of memoirs of Rabindranath Tagore consisting of his original paintings, photographs and other valuable documents which our country is proud of.
web site url : http://museum.rabindrabharatiuniversity.net/ |
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Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation(RRRLF).
RRRLF is an autonomous organisation established and fully financed by the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Government of India. RRRLF is registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. It is the nodal agency of the Govt. of India to support public library services and system and promote public library movement in the country.
web site url : http://www.rrrlf.nic.in/ |
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Sangeet Natak Akademi
The Sangeet Natak Akademi. India's national academy for music, dance and drama - is the first National Academy of the arts set-up by the Republic of India. Since its inception the Akademi has been functioning as the apex body of the performing arts in the country, preserving and promoting the vast intangible heritage of India's diverse culture expressed in the forms of music, dance and drama. In furtherance of its objectives the Akademi coordinates and collaborates with the governments and art academies of different States and Territories of the Union of India as also with major cultural institutions in the country. The Akademi also establishes and looks after institutions and projects of national importance in the field of performing arts.
web site url : http://www.sangeetnatak.org/ |
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The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh,
The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, owes its existence to the partition of the country in August,1947.It oneof the premier institution of India with a very rich collection of Gandharansculptures, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. Before the partition in 1947, the collection of art objects, paintings, sculptures and decorative arts, were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore the then capital of Punjab.
web site url : http://chdmuseum.nic.in/ |
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