Annual Report 2015-16 Ministry of Culture Government of India Contents Contents Contents 1. Ministry of Culture - An Overview 1 2. Tangible Cultural Heritage 2.1 Archaeological Survey of India 5 2.2 Museums 27 2.2a National Museum 27 2.2b National Gallery of Modern Art 36 2.2c Indian Museum 50 2.2d Victoria Memorial Hall 52 2.2e Salar Jung Museum 54 2.2f Allahabad Museum 59 2.2g National Council of Science Museum 62 2.3 Capacity Building in Museum related activities 64 2.3a National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology 64 2.3b National Research Laboratory for conservation of Cultural Property 66 2.4 National Culture Fund (NCF) 67 2.5 International Cultural Relations (ICR) 69 2.6 UNESCO Matters 71 2.7 National Monuments Authority 73 2.8 National Missions 75 2.8a National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities 75 2.8b National Mission for Manuscripts 75 2.8c National Mission on Libraries 78 2.8d National Mission on Gandhi Heritage Sites 79 3. Intangible Cultural Heritage 3.1 National School of Drama 83 3.2 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 87 3.3 Akademies 94 3.3a Sahitya Akademi 94 3.3b Lalit Kala Akademi 98 3.3c Sangeet Natak Akademi 104 iv Contents 3.4 Centre for Cultural Resources and Training 109 3.5 Kalakshetra Foundation 114 3.6 Zonal cultural Centres 118 3.6a North Zone Cultural Centre 118 3.6b Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre 122 3.6c South Zone Cultural Centre 124 3.6d West Zone Cultural Centre 126 3.6e South Central Zone Cultural Centre 128 3.6f North Central Zone Cultural Centre 129 3.6g North East Zone Cultural Centre 132 4. Knowledge Resources Heritage 4.1 Institutions 137 4.1a National Archives of India 137 4.1b Anthropological Survey of India 140 4.1c Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti 143 4.1d Nehru Memorial Museum and Library 147 4.1e Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 149 4.1f The Asiatic Society 152 4.1g Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies 154 4.1h Central Institute of Buddhist Studies 156 4.1i Central University of Tibetan Studies 159 4.1j Nava Nalanda Maha Vihara 162 4.1k Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies 166 4.2 Libraries 170 4.2a National Library 170 4.2b Raja Rammohan Roy Lbrary Foundation 175 4.2c Delhi Public Library 177 4.2d Rampur Raza Library 180 4.2e Central Reference Library 182 4.2f Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library 184 4.2g Central Secretariat Library 186 v Contents 5. Other 5.1 Centenaries and Anniversaries 191 5.2 Dandi Memorial 193 5.3 Gandhi Peace Prize and Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 195 5.4 Performing Arts 197 5.5 Scholarship & Fellowship 200 5.6 Grants from the Ministry 202 6. Miscellanous 6.1 Initiative in North East Region 231 6.2 Right to Information Act 235 6.3 Vigilance activities 251 6.4 Pending Audit Paras 252 6.5 Progressive use of Hindi 256 6.6 Staff Welfare 258 6.7 Activities for differently abled Persons 259 6.8 Citizen’s Charter 260 6.9 Action on Swachh Bharat Mission 268 vi 1 Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture An Overiew The mandate of the Ministry of Culture revolves also promotes regional museums through grant- around the functions like preservation and in-aids. In the field of intangible heritage, the conservation of Ancient Cultural Heritage and Ministry extends financial support to individuals, promotion of Art and Culture both Tangible and group of individuals and cultural organizations Intangible in the Country. Headed by Secretary the engaged in performing visual and literary arts. administrative set up consists of various Bureuax Similarly, the Ministry through its organizations, and Divisions of the Ministry. The Ministry has is engaged in recognizing excellence in the field two attached offices, six subordinate offices and of art and culture by way of awards given by institutions like Sahitya Akademi and Sangeet thirty five autonomous organisations, which are Natak Akademi. The National School of Drama fully funded by the Government. There are seven is involved in promoting a vibrant theatre Zonal Cultural Centres working mainly on folk movement of contemporary relevance in the and traditional arts of different zones. There are context of our traditions and cultural diversity. also four missions namely National Misssion for Manuscripts, National Mission for Monument and In knowledge heritage, the Ministry is the Antiquities, National Mission on Libraries, and custodian of all the major libraries in the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission. country. It also extends grant-in-aid for library development and is also responsible for all policy Broadly, this Ministry is working on the matters regarding library development. Through protection, development and promotion of all National Archives of India, Ministry is responsible types of heritage of culture namely, tangible for maintenance of all archival records of the heritage, intangible heritage and knowledge country. The Ministry is also involved in protection heritage. In addition, the Ministry also harbours and promotion of Buddhist and Tibetian Culture the responsibility of Gandhian heritage and and is doing this through various institutions commemoration of important historical located at Sarnath, Varansi and Leh. This Ministry events and centenaries of great personalities. has a very well-planned capacity-building In tangible heritage, the Ministry takes care programme for all those who want to excel in the of all the centraly protected monuments of field of Indian as well as Asian art and Culture. national importance, which is achieved through Institutions like the School of Archaeology, School Archeological Survey of India. Similarty, the of Archives, National Institute of History and Art, Minsitry is also promoting a museum movement Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian in the country and majority of the museums are Studies are mentionable in this regard. Various under its administrative control. The Ministry courses offered by National School of Drama 1 Ministry of Culture and Kalakshetra Foundation are also some of the id/ live CEPs in place out of which 18 CEPs have examples of capacity building programmes of the been signed during the financial year 2015-16 Ministry. with Mongolia, Algeria, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Russia, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Ministry of Culture is also responsible for imple- Malaysia, Singapore, Phillippines, Jordan, Israel, mentation of various UNESCO conventions in France, Austria, United Arab Emirate and Lithu- the field of Culture and at present there are 130 ania. Agreement/ MoUs. Presently, there are 59 val- 2 Tangible Cultural 2 HERITAGE 3 After Conservation treatment of Amman Shrine Sikkanathasamy Temple, Kudumiya-nmalai, Pudukottai, Tamilnadu Archaeological Survey Archaeological Survey of India 2.1 of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was that are involved in the project. ASI’s role will be for established in 1861. It functions as an attached overall co-ordination, preparation of nomination office of the Ministry of Culture, Government dossier while IGNCA shall provide academic/ of India. The organization is headed by Director historic inputs for framing the nomination dossier. General, ASI and is engaged in protection, preservation and conservation of 3686 protected 4. Excavation & Exploration : monuments of national importance including 21 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried World Heritage Monuments and 44 site museums out exploration & excavations through its Circle spread all over India which are directly under the and Excavation Branch offices. The significant ASI. results of excavations are summarised below: 2. ASI has presently 28 Circles which • Archaeological Excavations: Kayar, District functions under the charge of a Superintending Yavatmal, Maharashtra: The archaeological Archaeologist, 3 Mini Circles (Leh, Hampi and excavation at the site has brought to light Delhi) and 5 Regional Directorates (located the remains of multicultural deposit with at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, and fortification from the Proto-historic to the Bhopal) through which ASI carries out the Early Historical period comprising ceramics above mentioned activities. Besides, there are 6 of various wares, red ware, black and red Excavation Branches, 2 Temple Survey Projects, ware, black slipped ware, red slipped ware, 1 Building Survey Project, 1 Prehistory Branch, dull red ware, kaolin local ware, terracotta 1 Science Branch, 2 Epigraphy Branches (one for Sanskrit and Dravidian at Mysore and the other tiles etc. The artefact assemblage includes Arabic and Persian at Nagpur), and 1 Horticulture terracotta seal and sealings, lead potin and Branch having 4 Divisions i.e. Agra, Delhi, Mysore copper coins, bone points, Iron objects like and Bhubaneswar. arrow heads, a gold bangle, dice, lajjagouri figurine, animal and human figurines, 3. World Heritage pendants, semiprecious stone and terracotta beads, etched beads, ear studs, 21 cultural sites are inscribed in the World shell and terracotta bangles, hopscotch, Heritage List by UNESCO. Project MAUSAM has legged querns and miniature potsherds been launched by India in 2014 with an aim to etc. promote a Transnational Mixed Route nomination that involves 39 countries located along the rim of • Binjore, District Ganganagar Rajasthan: Indian Ocean. As the name indicates, the project There are two cultural assemblage found focuses on monsoon and wind pattern and its during the excavation i.e. Early-Harappan impact on trade, maritime route and culture and Mature-Harappan, represented by landscapes. ASI and IGNCA are two main agencies various antiquities such as fish-hook, 5 Archaeological Survey of India arrowheads, knife, celt, bangles, terracotta Baba –no-Tekdo locality as more than bangles, faience bangles, shell bangles, 300 coins of various metals and alloys beads of carnelian, agate, faience, gold foil such as copper, lead potin, billion etc. of and ring, terracotta toy cart frame, cake different periods have been found during mustika & bull figurine.