Gyan Bharatam Mission
About
- The Ministry of Culture launched the ‘Gyan Bharatam’ mission in 2025 as a national initiative dedicated to reviving India’s manuscript legacy.
Did you know?
- India has the world’s largest collection of about one crore manuscripts.
- Inscribed on palm leaves, written on materials such as birch bark, handmade paper, sanchipat, cloth, and others, these manuscripts preserve a vast spectrum of knowledge, from Ayurveda, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, and Governance to Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality, and the Arts.
- The vision of the Gyan Bharatam is to safeguard and revitalize India’s Manuscript Heritage through systematic survey and documentation, scientific conservation, digitization, and publication, along with the creation of a National Digital Repository (NDR), ensuring its accessibility for research, education, and public engagement.
- While the project will be headquartered in New Delhi, as part of the Ministry of Culture, regional centres will be set up across all states.
- Gyan Bharatam replaces the existing National Manuscripts Mission, which was launched in 2003, aiming to digitise all manuscripts in the country, but was moving at a slow pace.