National Mission for Manuscripts

National Mission for Manuscripts
Formation7 February 2003 (2003-02-07)[1]
Headquarters11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi - 110001
Parent organisation
Ministry of Culture, Government of India
WebsiteOfficial Website

The National Mission for Manuscripts (NAMAMI) is an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Culture, Government of India, established to survey, locate and conserve Indian manuscripts, with an aim to create national resource base for manuscripts, for enhancing their access, awareness and use for educational purposes.[2] The Mission was initiated in February 2003, by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts[3] is the nodal agency for the execution of this project. It creates bibliographic databases of Indian manuscripts and is involved in the conservation and preservation of the manuscripts.[4]

  1. ^ Prime Minister launches National Manuscripts Mission Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2003 Vol. I (January - February).
  2. ^ "National Mission for Manuscripts". Government of India website.
  3. ^ "National Mission for Manuscripts". Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. July–August 2002.
  4. ^ India’s National Mission for Manuscripts Examines Access to Documentary Heritage UNESCO.

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