Manuscript Conservation Centres

    The manuscripts in Ladakh are usually on hand made paper or leather with beautiful calligraphy in black, gold and silver. To conserve these manuscripts an MCC was established at CIBS. A conservation laboratory with basic infrastructure and equipment was set up by the Central Team for conservation at the Mission which visited CIBS, Leh in 2005. It has already given curative conservation treatment to 1,838 manuscripts. It has also been nominated as a Conservation Field laboratory for that area.

    Address :
    Address :
    Prof. Wangchuk Dorjee Negi
    Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Choglamsar
    Leh (Ladakh) 194001
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Telefax: 01982 264391
    Email: office[at]cibsladakh[dot]com

    An MCC was created in early 2005 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, t which has been working in the area of conservation unit of art conservation for more than a decade. It has established a well-equipped laboratory, which is being developed by the Centre as a model laboratory for conservation through indigenous technology. It has so far taken preventive conservation care of 3, 23417 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 11,890 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :

    Conservation Unit, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
    5 Dr. Rajendra Pradad Road
    New Delhi 110001
    Tel: 011 23385257

    Among the newest MCC-s, this Centre signed the MOU with Mission in May 2005. It has established a well-equipped laboratory. The Centre has been taking up preventive conservation work in the remote regions of Himachal Pradesh. It has so far taken preventive care of 2, 58,769 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 42,009 manuscripts and 35 scrolls.

    Address :
    Address :
    Vinay Kumar Sharma, ConservationOfficer
    Department of Language and Culture
    Block No.39, SDA Complex
    Kasumputy
    Shimla 171009
    Tel: 0177 2626614

    The MCC has signed MOU with the Mission in July 2005.A conservation laboratory with basic facilities has been established. The Centre is being developed as a training institute for conservation. It has so far taken preventive care of 941 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 144 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Anupam Sah, Director
    The Himalayan Society for Heritage and Art Conservation
    Markandey House (near HMT Main Gate), Rani Bagh
    District Nainital 263 126

    Uttranchal
    Tel: 05946-244242
    Fax: 05946-244242
    Email: himshaco[at]sancharnet[dot]com

    VRI has been associated with the Mission as an MCC since September 2003. It has so far taken preventive care of 25007 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 45 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    P. K. Goswami, Coordinator
    Vrindavan Research Institute
    Raman Reti
    Vrindavan 281121
    Tel: 0565 2540628
    Fax: 2540576
    Email: vrivbn[at]sancharnet[dot]in

    The MCC at Rampur Raza has been functioning since September 2003.Rampur Raza Library, housed in the Rampur Fort was established by Nawab Faizu'llah Khan, a remarkably gifted and far-sighted ruler conversant in a number of languages. The library is a rich storehouse of 50,000 books and 15,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Urdu, Persian and Turkish. It also houses Mughal miniature paintings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century. The Library has the status of a National Institution and now functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
     
    Rampur Raza Library has a collection of 150 illustrated manuscripts and 11 Descriptive Catalogues of manuscripts in various languages and subjects. The library has published 12 manuscripts dealing with history and is preparing a critical edition of Tarikh-e-Baburi , a manuscript of immense historical value. The book is a contemporary Persian translation by the courtier Zain-e-Khanafi. Tarikh-e-Mohammadi , another important text, is being transcribed from the original for publication. It has so far taken preventive care of 13,081 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 3933 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Director
    Rampur Raza Library
    Hamid Manzil
    Rampur 244901
    Uttar Pradesh
    Tel: 0595 2325045
    Fax: 0595 2340548
    Email: director[at]razalibrary[dot]com

    Nagarjuna Buddhist Foundation is associated with the Mission as an MCC since May 2005. It has so far taken preventive care of 4,915 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Karunesh Shukla, Director
    Nagarjuna Buddhist Foundation
    18, Andhiari Bagh, Gorakhpur–273001
    Phone: 0551 2242258, 2249914

    The Indian Conservation Institute was established in 1985 as INTACH's first conservation laboratory. It has been associated with the Mission as an MCC since September 2003. It has so far taken preventive care of 24,052 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 542 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Mamta Mishra, Director
    Indian Council of Conservation Institutes
    HIG-44, Sector E, Aliganj Scheme
    Lucknow 226024
    Tel: 0522 2377814/2376858
    Fax: 0522 233432
    Email: iccins[at]sancharnet[dot]in

    The MOU with Visweshvarananda Biswabandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies,Hoshiarpur was signed in April 2006.

    Address :
    Address :
    G.D. Bharadwaj, Chairperson
    Visweshvarananda Biswabandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies
    P.O. Sadhu Ashram
    Hoshiarpur 146021
    Punjab
    Tel: 01882 247475 (O), 221004 (R)
    Fax: 01882 221002

    The Central Library, Banaras Hindu University , Vanarasi MCC began functioning from November 2006. It has so far taken preventive care of 4,446 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    D.K. Singh
    Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Vanarasi- 221005
    Tel:
    Fax:
    Address :
    Address :
    B.L Institute of Indology
    Vallab Smarak Complex
    20th KM,GTK Road,
    PO Alipur
    Delhi-3
    Ph:-27202085
    Address :
    Address :
    Dr. Surendra Mohan Mishra
    Dept. of Sankskrit Pali & Prakrit
    Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana
    Address :
    Address :
    Sh. Mahmood Alam
    Director
    Mazahar Memorial Museum
    Bahariabad
    Ghazipur (UP)
    Mob:-9532741028
    Address :
    Address :
    Uttranchal Institute for Conservation Research and Training
    Markandey House
    (Near HMT Main Gate)
    Rani Bagh, Dist. - Nainital - 263126
    Uttranchal
    Address :
    The Director
    Shashvat Art Gallery,
    Head Office:215,
    Upper Bazar, Dhounthly,
    Jammu Tawi, Jammu -180001
    J&K, India
    Email:- sureshabrol2009[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No. 09419225214, 09086055607,8082082214
    Uttarakhand
    Address :
    The Director
    Nakshatra Vedhshala,
    Devprayag, (Dist.Tehri Garhwal)
    Uttarakhand, India
    Devprayag-266040
    Email:-pjoshivedshala[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No.-01378-266040,249301
    Address :
    Krishna Kanta Handiqui Library,
    Gauhati University,
    Gopinath Bardolai Nagar,
    Guwahati – 781014
    Assam, India
    Email:-kkhlgu[at]gmail[dot]co
    Contact No.-9435042508
    Address :
    The Director
    Institute of Tai Studies and Research,
    Under Dibrugarh University
    Moranhat -785670
    Assam India
    Email:- giriphukon[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    taistudiesmoran[at]rediffmail[dot]com, lanmaic[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    Contact No. 09435132505
    Address :
    The Register,
    Tezpur University
    Napaam
    Tezpur -784028,
    Assam
    Email-devi[dot]su11[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No-9435082776,03712-273101
    Address :
    Coordinator MCC
    Museum and Archive
    Dept. of Cultural Studies,
    Tezpur University, Napaam,
    Tezpur – 784028,
    Assam India
    Email:- devi[dot]su11[at]gmail[dot]com
    Mo. No. 09401939220
    Address :
    The Secretary
    Heritage, Sarvodaya Path,
    ABC,
    Guwahati-781006
    Assam, India
    Email-zeninfo_ara[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    dkjori13gmail[dot]com
    Contact No-0612-2221258,09334396920
    Address :
    Dr. Aboul Kalam
    Deputy Director
    Manipur State Archives,
    Keishampat, Imphal - 795 001
    Manipur, India
    Email:-coordinator[dot]msa_mrcmcc[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    Contact No-0385-2222813,09436022691

    The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library has been part of the Mission's MCC network since September 2003. It has so far taken preventive care of 8,468 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 247 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Imtiaz Ahmed, Director
    Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library
    Ashok Rajpath
    Patna 800 004
    Bihar
    Tel: 0612 2300209/2301507
    Fax: 0612 2300209
    Email: pat_kbopl[at]data1[dot]in

    The MOU was signed with Sri Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Research Institute, Arrah in April 2006. It has so far taken preventive care of 4,643 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Ajay Kumar Jain, Coordinator
    Sri Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Research Institute
    Devashran, Mahadeva Road
    Arrah 802301
    Bihar

    809, Ashiana Plaza
    Budh Marg, Patna 800001
    Bihar
    Tel: 0162 2352285

    Manuscript Library at University of Calcutta joined hands with Mission as an MCC since May 2005. The Manuscript Library MCC has evolved a good system of storage of their collection. . It has so far taken preventive care of 6,865 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 100 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Ratna Basu, Library Incharge
    Manuscript Library, University of Calcutta
    Harding Building, First Floor, 87/1
    College Street
    Kolkata 700073
    West Bengal
    Tel: 033 22413222/22413769.

     

    The INTACH ICI Orissa Art Conservation Centre started functioning in September 2003. It is developing as a specialized centre for palm leaf manuscript conservation. It has so far taken preventive care of 9,710 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 275 manuscripts, and given training on conservation to 2145 persons.

    Address :
    Address :
    Mallika Mitra, Director
    INTACH ICI Orissa Art Conservation Centre
    Orissa State Museum Premises
    Bhubaneswar 751 014
    Orissa
    Tel: 0674 2432638
    Fax: 0674 2432638
    Telefax: 033 22413763,/22413222
    Email: icioacc[at]sancharnet[dot]in

     

    The MOU was signed on September 2005.This MCC has a 4 member team to look after conservation activities. They have taken up the work of preventive conservation in 4 institutions. It has so far taken preventive care of 902 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 252 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Arun Kumar Nayak, Coordinator
    AITIHYA-MCC
    Plot No-4/330, 1st Floor, PO-Sisupalagada
    NH-203, Bhubaneswar -2
    Orissa

     

    Sambalpur University started functioning as an MCC from August 2004. A conservation laboratory has been set up with basic infrastructure and basic chemicals.  It has so far taken preventive care of 3,907 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 2,891 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    P.K. Behra, Coordinator
    Post Graduate Department of History, Sambalpur University
    Jyoti Vihar, Burla - 768019, Sambalpur
    Orissa
    Tel: 0663 2432061
    Fax: 0663 2432061
    Mob: 09861391808
    Email: mccsuo[at]rediffmail[dot]com

     

    The MCC signed an MOU with the Mission on November 2003. A conservation laboratory has been set up with basic infrastructure and chemicals. It has so far taken preventive care of 8179 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 504 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Narendra Lahkar, Librarian
    Krishna Kanta Handiqui Library, Gauhati University
    Gopinath Bardolai Nagar
    Guwahati 781014
    Assam
    Tel : 0361 2570529/2674438
    Fax : 0361 2570133
    Email : kkhl[at]sancharnet[dot]in , kkhlgul[at]yahoo[dot]com

     

    Manipur State Archives, Imphal stated functioning as a MCC from April 2006. It has so far taken preventive care of 27 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 9 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Sorojine Devi , Director
    Manipur State Archives
    Washinglom Lokoi, Keishampat
    Imphal-795001
    Manipur
    Telefax: 0385 2452813

     

    Tawang Monastery, Tawang MCCbegan working with the Mission from August 2006. It has so far taken preventive care of 200 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 31 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Secretary
    Tawang Monastery
    House No.E-69(1), Fishery Office Road
    Craft Centre, Tawang- 790104
    Arunnachal Pradesh
    Address :
    Address :
    Shri. Mohd. Hachim Ali
    Gurucaharan College,
    Silchar- 4. (Assam)
    03842-265602
    E-mail. sch-gclibsancharnet[dot]in
    Address :
    Address :
    Dr. Umesh Chandra Dvivedi
    Patna Museum, Vidyapati Marg,
    Patna, Bihar
    Address :
    Address :
    Dr. S.B. Satpal
    Commissioner
    Culture and Archaeology,
    Raipur
    Chhatisgarh
    Address :
    Address :
    Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
    Tel:-0674-2431597
    Address :
    Address :
    Prof. S. Poddar
    Dept. of History
    Tripura University
    Suryamaninagar
    Tripura West
    Address :
    The Director
    The Heritage Consortium
    Manas Path
    West Patel Nagar,
    Patna – 800023
    Bihar, India
    Address :
    The Director
    Nava Nalanda Mahavihar,
    Nalanda -803111
    Bihar
    Email:-buddhadevrf@gmail.com
    Contact No-8002665999
    Address :
    The Director
    Lalit Narayan. Mithila University,
    Kameshwaranagar,
    Darbhanga-846004(Bihar)
    Email-Mithilavidyapeetham@gmail.com
    Contact No.-8409333750, 8986379070
    Address :
    The Director
    Sarasvati, Vihara,
    Barapada, Bhadrak – 756113,
    Odisha, India
    Email:- lokaprajna[at]gmail[dot]com
    Mo.No. 09438298181, 06784-261690
    Address :
    The Director
    Krishna Kanta Handiqui Library,
    Gauhati University,
    Gopinath Bardolai Nagar,
    Guwahati – 781014
    Assam, India
    Email:-kkhlgu[at]gmail[dot]co
    Contact No.-9435042508
    Address :
    The Director
    Institute of Tai Studies and Research,
    Under Dibrugarh University
    Moranhat -785670
    Assam India
    Email:- giriphukon[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    taistudiesmoran[at]rediffmail[dot]com, lanmaic[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    Contact No. 09435132505
    Address :
    The Register,
    Tezpur University
    Napaam
    Tezpur -784028,
    Assam
    Email-devi.su11[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No-9435082776,03712-273101
    Address :
    Coordinator MCC
    Museum and Archive
    Dept. of Cultural Studies,
    Tezpur University, Napaam,
    Tezpur – 784028,
    Assam India
    Email:- devi.su11[at]gmail[dot]com
    Mo. No. 09401939220
    Address :
    The Secretary
    Heritage, Sarvodaya Path,
    ABC,
    Guwahati-781006
    Assam, India
    Email-zeninfo_ara[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    Contact No-0612-2221258,09334396920
    Address :
    Dr. Aboul Kalam
    Deputy Director
    Manipur State Archives,
    Keishampat, Imphal - 795 001
    Manipur, India
    Email:-coordinator.msa_mrcmcc[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    Contact No-0385-2222813,09436022691
    Address :
    Address :
    Dr. Anupam Jain
    Kund Kund Jananpith
    Devi Ahilya University
    584, M. G. Road
    Tukoganj
    Indore – 452 001
    Mob:-09425053822
    Address :
    Director
    Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University,
    Sagar-470003
    Madhya Pradesh, India
    Email-bharadwajrishabh81[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No-09669378140,07582-264366
    Address :
    The Director
    Dew Point Art Conservation,
    Plot No. 85,
    Udhyog Kendra Extension-1,
    Ecitech III,
    Greater Noida -201306
    Uttar Pradesh
    Email:- dpartcons2007[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    07532830984, 09582782786, 9910221257

    RORI, MCC began working with the Mission in October 2003. The MCC is primarily involved in preventive conservation. It has so far taken preventive care of1,71,950 folios of manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 77,764 folios. It has so far taken preventive care of 24,052 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 542 manuscripts.
     

    Address :
    Address :
    Vandana Singhvi (RAS), Director
    Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute
    P.W.D Road
    Jodhpur 342011
    Rajasthan
    Tel: 0291 2430244

    The Mahaveer Digambar Jain Pandulipi Samrakshan Kendra has been working with the Mission as an MCC since November 2004. This MCC has got a very good collection of Jain manuscripts which are in good condition and are stored properly. It has so far taken preventive care of 15,348 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 206 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Kamal Chand Sogani, Director
    Digambar Jain Pandulipi Samrakshan Kendra, Jain Vidya Samsthan
    Digambar Jain Nasim Bhattarakji
    Sawai Ramsing Road
    Jaipur 302004
    Rajasthan
    Tel: 0141 2385247

    This center signed MOU with Mission in March 2004. This MCC has established a conservation laboratory with basic infrastructure. It has so far taken preventive care of 4,925 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 60 manuscripts on paper, 56 on copper alloy and 4 on textiles.

    Address :
    Address :
    Shri Jitendrabhai Shah, Director
    Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology
    Navarangpur, Near Gujarat University

    Ahmedabad -380 009
    Gujarat
    Tel: 079- 6302463 (O)/ 2868739 (R)/ M) 9825800126
    Email: ldii[at]ad1[dot]vsnl[dot]net[dot]in
    jitendrabshah[at]yahoo[dot]com

    The Bhandrakar Oriential Research Institute (BORI) MCC has been working with the mission as MCC since September 2003. It has so far taken preventive care of 1217 manuscripts and given curative conservation treatment to 29 manuscripts.

    Address :
    Address :
    Soroja Bhate, Hony Secretary
    Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
    Gymkhana, Pune 411 037
    Maharashtra
    Tel: 020 25656932
    Fax: 020 25678704
    Email: bori1[at]vsnl[dot]net

    Address :
    Address :
    Dr. Sanskriti Jain
    Aklank Shodh Sansthan
    Aklank Vidyalaya Association
    Basnt Vihar, Kota
    Address :
    The Director
    Bangiya Sahitya Parishad,
    234/1, Acharya Prafullachandra Road,
    Kolkata – 700006
    West Bengal, India
    Email:- sahityaparishadbangiya[at]gmail[dot]com
    Mo. No. 033-23503743
    Address :
    The Director
    Visva Bharti, Shanti Niketan
    West Bengal
    Address :
    The Director
    State Archive and Archeology
    Goa
    Email:-dir-arch.goa[at]nic[dot]in
    Contact No.(0832)2226692/2435321
    Address :
    The Director
    Orintal Research Institute
    The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
    Opp.Palace Gate, Palace Road
    Baroda-390001
    Maharashtra, India
    Email:- oimsu[at]hotmail[dot]com
    Contact No.-0265-2425121
    Address :
    The Director
    Ladnun,
    Rajasthan-341306 India
    Email:-vc[at]jvbi[dot]ac[dot]in
    Contact No.-91-1581-226116,226662
    Address :
    The Director
    SRS,Musem of Indology,Nilambara, 24, Gangwal Park,
    Jaipur-302004
    Rajasthan, India
    Email:-sharadsharma51[at]gmail[dot]com
    Contact No.-9414050688,0141-2600688
    Address :
    The Dirctor
    Moolji Jaitha College
    Jalgaon,-425002
    Maharashtra, India
    Email:- mjcollege[at]kces[dot]in
    Contact No- 91257-2237363,2234281