**Summary:**
The Ministry of Culture has launched the Gyan Bharatam Mission, a nationwide initiative to survey, document, conserve, digitize, and provide access to India's manuscript heritage. The mission aims to encompass over one crore manuscripts located in academic institutions, museums, libraries, and private collections throughout India. A core objective of the Gyan Bharatam Mission is the large-scale digitization of these manuscripts to establish a National Digital Repository, enhancing accessibility for a wider audience. The mission has a target of digitizing one crore manuscripts within the next five years. This information was provided by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Contact: Sunil Kumar Tiwari, pibcultureatgmaildotcom.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Culture: The Indian government ministry responsible for the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
Gyan Bharatam Mission: A major initiative under the Ministry of Culture focused on the digitization of manuscripts.
India: The country where manuscripts located in academic Institutions, Museums, Libraries, and Private collections will be surveyed, documented, conserved, digitized, and made accessible
National Digital Repository: The intended outcome of the large-scale digitization of manuscripts under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Union Minister for Culture and Tourism who provided information about the Gyan Bharatam Mission in Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where information about the Gyan Bharatam Mission was presented.
NMM: Digitization of Manuscripts under NMM
Ministry of Culture
Digitization of Manuscripts under NMM
Posted On: 04 AUG 2025 5:08PM by PIB Delhi
Government has launched Gyan Bharatam Mission as a major initiative under the Ministry of Culture. It aims
to Survey, Document, Conserve, Digitize, and make accessible more than One Crore Manuscripts located in
academic Institutions, Museums, Libraries, and Private collections across India.
The Government intends to cover more than one crore Manuscripts, and to conduct the Survey,
Documentation, and Conservation of India’s Manuscript heritage housed in academic Institutions, Museums,
Libraries, and Private collections.
Digitization is a core objective of the Gyan Bharatam Mission. The Mission explicitly includes “Digitization:
Large scale digitization of manuscripts to create a National Digital Repository for a wider accessibility” as
one of its key goals. The mission has set a target to digitize one crore manuscripts over the next five years.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a
written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
(Release ID: 2152154)