Performance Summary
- Identified and created a network of partner institutions at various levels involved in manuscript documentation and preservation.
- Set up 57 Manuscript Resource Centres (MRC-s) across the country, 31 working currently.
- Set up 33 Manuscript Partner Centres. (MPC-s)
- 44.07 lakhs Manuscripts have been documented.
- Set up a web-based National Database of Manuscripts with information on 3.4 million manuscripts.
- Broad-based information on manuscripts through the National Survey in 18 States of India and 8 states covered through the Post Survey.
- Set up 50 Manuscript Conservation Centres (MCC-s) across the country, 30 working currently.
- Standards on Storage and on Preventive Conservation of Manuscripts.
- Capacity–building in conservation through training workshops: 218 preventive conservation, 28 curative conservation completed and 6870 manpower have been trained.
- Broad–based preventive conservation through more than 200 Manuscript Conservation Partner Centres (MCPC-s).
- The Standards and Benchmarks on Digitization of Manuscripts revived for 3rd phase of Ditization and published in website.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Phase of the Digitization of manuscripts project is completed and 5th phase is in process. Total 3.30 lakhs manuscripts (3.3 Crore Pages) have been digitized.
- Proposal has been submitted for setting of Digital Manuscripts Library for Digital Manuscripts storage & accessibility.
- Built up Manuscript Studies skills through short–term courses, advanced courses and projects for students for critical editing. Creation of resource pool of man power in Manuscriptology & Paleography. Total 76 basic level, 25 advance level and 75 Seminars have been completed.
- Revived and supported the New Catalogus Catalogorum of the Madras University.
- Launched lecture series, seminar series and bi-monthly publication. So far 7 volumes of Tattvavodha (lecture series), 18 volumes of Samiksika (Seminar series of research Papers), 2 volumes of Samraksika (Seminar series of conservation), 55 volumes of Prakasika (Critical edition of rare manuscripts), 6 volumes of Kritibodh (Edited Manuscripts in Advance level workshop), 8 Catalogue and 30 issues of Kriti Rakshana has been published.
- Outreach Programmes across the country through awareness campaigns, exhibitions, theater and media . 143 Tattvabodh lectures and 12 exhibitions have been completed.
- Initiated a Publication Programme. 55 unpublished Manuscripts have been published.