The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris on 26 October 2026. According to the release, the agreement aims to strengthen institutional cooperation in the preservation, digitisation, research, and dissemination of manuscript and documentary heritage under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
The partnership involves the Ministry of Culture, the National Archives of India, the National Library of Kolkata, and BnF. It focuses on five key areas: digitisation, cross-sharing on the National Digital Repository, technology exchange, conservation, and research and development. Both institutions will work to identify and digitise Indic-origin manuscripts held by BnF, alongside exchanging expertise in preservation technologies, cataloguing standards, and optical character recognition tools for Indian scripts.
What it means
- The Ministry of Culture and the Bibliothèque nationale de France will identify and digitise Indic-origin manuscripts and collections held by BnF.
Source
Press Information Bureau, Government of India, “Ministry of Culture signs MoU with Bibliothèque nationale de France to strengthen preservation of India’s manuscript heritage”. Read the original release.
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