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Gyan Bharatam Mission
Context:
The Ministry of Culture has launched the Gyan Bharatam Mission with a financial outlay of ?482.85 crore (2024–31), alongside hosting the first Gyan Bharatam International Conference (11–13 September 2025, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi) to preserve and digitise India’s manuscript heritage.
Mission Overview:
- Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM) is a Central Sector Scheme approved for 2024–31 with a budget of ?482.85 crore.
- It aims to preserve, digitise, and disseminate India’s manuscript heritage, estimated at over 5 million works covering philosophy, science, medicine, literature, astronomy, and spirituality.
- Over 07 lakh manuscripts are already documented in the Kriti Sampada digital repository under the earlier National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM, 2003).
Key Features:
- Establishment of Manuscript Resource Centres (MRCs) for identification and documentation.
- Manuscript Conservation Centres (MCCs) for scientific and traditional restoration.
- Creation of a National Digital Repository using AI-driven Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), cloud metadata systems, and IIIF platforms.
- Capacity building in palaeography, conservation, and manuscriptology.
- Public–private and international collaborations for manuscript preservation, translation, and accessibility.
Associated Initiatives:
- Gyan-Setu National AI Innovation Challenge launched to encourage youth and start-ups to use AI for script decipherment, multilingual translation, and digitisation.
- The conference coincides with the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Chicago address, symbolising India’s knowledge dissemination globally.
- Strong alignment with NEP 2020, which promotes Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) and teaching in mother tongues.
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