India 's manuscripts, spread all over the country and abroad, are composed in different Indian languages such as Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Urdu, Persian and the different regional Indian languages. They are written in different scripts such as Brahmi, Sarada, Modi, Newari, Grantha among others. Given India 's immense linguistic diversity and sophistication, many documents are inaccessible because there is little knowledge of the languages and scripts used. One of the major challenges is that there are a dwindling number of scholars who can read, decipher, read, translate, take up research and interpret India 's manuscripts. It is crucial that capacity-building in terms of training in manuscriptology is taken up by the Mission on a large scale.

       The Mission seeks to address the twin problem of the dwindling number of scholars and the unavailability of young scholars to take up manuscriptology, through organizing Manuscriptology and Paleography Workshops of two-three weeks' duration in all parts of the country.

Past Workshops