Our programmes
The main concern for digitization is obtaining digital copy of as many manuscripts as possible so that the knowledge base can be saved before it is lost forever. The digital copies will be used for archival as well as dissemination of the knowledge base. At present NMM is facing the issues with ownership rights which stays with the Manuscript holders, for which a committee is working on coming up with a report to be submitted to the Govt. of India. The mission is working towards making the digital manuscripts contents accessible for the public at large. New digitization standards were prepared. The standards were made considering the international level of digitization and the latest technology being followed with contributions from NIC, New Delhi, CIL, IGNCA and National Archives, New Delhi.
Digitization of New Catalogus Catalogorum volumes
The Mission, in collaboration with University of Madras, Chennai is currently digitizing the existing volumes of New Catalogus Catalogorum (NCC). The project is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The content will also be made searchable.
The ‘Manuscript Treasures of India
The Mission also plans to digitize 45 most valuable and rare manuscripts in the country which were selected in the Vijnananidhi. The fourth phase of digitization is complete and the fifth Phase is in progress. Till now the digitization of 3,31,57,821 pages of 3,16,585 Manuscripts has been completed.
The details of the digitization done under the Pilot Project
| Institution | View PDF | No. Mss digitized till now | No. of Pages |
| Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |  |
1,749 | 3,49,588 |
| Jain Manuscripts, Luknow, U.P. | |
180 | 42,951 |
| Kutiattam Manuscripts, Kerala | |
340 | 38,260 |
| Oriental Research Library, J&K | |
10,147 | 18,24,162 |
| Allama Iqbal Library, J&K | |
365 | 97,648 |
| Sri Pratap Singh Library, J&K | |
74 | 28,536 |
| Sri Shankardeva Kalakshetra, Assam | |
2,286 | 1,58,695 |
| Siddha Manuscripts, Chennai | -- | 2,069 | 78,506 |
The details of the digitization done under the Second Phase
| Institution | View PDF | No. Mss digitized till now | No. of Pages |
| Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | |
6,093 | 14,20,666 |
| Krishna Kanta Handique Library, Guwahati, Assam | |
2,091 | 1,56,173 |
| Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh | |
1,010 | 1,17,603 |
| Anandashram Sanstha, Pune, Maharashtra | |
7,939 | 9,21,667 |
| Bharat Itihas Samshodhak Mandal, Pune | |
4,429 | 6,60,730 |
| French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu | |
506 | 1,70,629 |
| Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | |
481 | 34,505 |
| Kundakunda Jnanapeeth, Indore, Madhya Pradesh | |
7,506 | 11,56,373 |
| Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, Delhi | |
22,907 | 10,64,900 |
| Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | |
12,887 | 4,58,376 |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Allahabad | |
1,545 | 1,65,220 |
| Himachal Academy, Simla, Himachal Pradesh | - | 225 | 55,751 |
| Vrindavan Research Institute, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh | |
22,375 | 15,61,864 |
The details of the digitization done under the Third Phase
| Institution | View PDF | No. Mss digitized till now | No. of Pages |
| Bharat Itihas Samshodhak Mandal, Pune, Maharashtra | |
22,873 | 14,50,375 |
| Anandashram Samstha, Pune, Maharashtra | |
6,734 | 3,27,484 |
| Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Maharashtra | |
35 | 22,679 |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh | |
26,129 | 18,00,409 |
| Jamia Hamdard | |
4,029 | 10,49,031 |
| VVBIS, Hosiarpur | |
1,500 | 1,14,376 |
| Orissa State Museum , Bhubaneswar, Odisha | |
3,175 | 6,03,142 |
| National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi | |
562 | 1,21,329 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan | |
4,680 | 3,78,266 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan | |
13,154 | 8,12,234 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Bikaner, Rajasthan | |
10,673 | 6,02,364 |
The details of the digitization done under the Fourth Phase
| Institution | View PDF | No. Mss digitized till now | No. of Pages |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
9,151 | 5,42,235 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Bikaner, Rajasthan | |
6,158 | 3,09,502 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Kota, Rajasthan | |
9,716 | 10,36,252 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Udaipur, Rajasthan | |
3,310 | 2,48,047 |
| Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Alwar, Rajasthan | |
1,957 | 3,01,639 |
| Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana | |
11,442 | 7,33,501 |
| Patna Museum, Patna, Bihar | |
856 | 1,71,158 |
| Vadodara Oriental Research Institute, Vadodara, Gujarat (1st Phase) | |
4,881 | 7,71,657 |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh | |
16,382 | 13,32,629 |
| Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Maharashtra | |
7,553 | 10,25,646 |
| Vadodara Oriental Research Institute, Vadodara, Gujarat (2nd Phase) | |
23,254 | 21,23,055 |
The details of the digitization going on under the Fifth Phase
| Institution | View PDF | No. Mss digitized till now | No. of Pages |
| Bangiya Sahitya Parishad-Kolkata | - | - | - |
| Dwarikadhish Sanskrit Academy-Dwarka | - | - | - |
| Chunnilal institute of Indology- Gujarat | - | - | - |
| Kavikulguru Kalidas University Ramtek-Nagpur | - | - | - |
| Nakshatra Vedshala-Dev Prayag | - | - | - |
| Madhavrao Sapre Sangrahalaya-Bhopal | - | - | - |
| Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad- Kolkata | - | - | - |
| NMM conservation | - | - | - |
| Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute- Pune | - | - | - |
| Nashik Private Collection | - | - | - |
| Bhaduri Collection | - | - | - |
| Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad- Kolkata | - | - | - |
| NMM conservation | - | - | - |
| Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute- Pune | - | - | - |