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Internet archive- promotes universal access to all knowledge--Without cultural artifacts, civilization has no memory
and no mechanism to learn from its successes and failures.
And paradoxically, with the explosion of the Internet,
we live in what Danny Hillis has referred to as our
"digital
dark age."
National Library of India has initiated a digitization programme, known as ‘Down the Memory Lane’,to digitize rare books, manuscripts and resources from its collection.
Digital Library of India(DLI) is the biggest national level digital library initiative in India. This initiative is a part of the Universal Library Project, envisaged by Carnegie Mellon University, USA, which has some other international partners. DLI is coordinated by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and is supported by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
The Delhi University Library System with the financial support received from Department of Information Technology, Government of India undertook digitization of books
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was established in 1987 as an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, as a centre for research, academic pursuit and dissemination in the field of the arts. The library is enriched by many rare collections of illustrious schoolars who have made path-breaking contributions in the fields of arts and has digitized its various collections.
The Central Secretariat Library (CSL) is one of the oldest libraries of the Government of India. It dates back to 1891 when the Imperial Secretariat Library was established in Kolkata (Calcutta). With the shifting of the Capital, the Library was also moved to Delhi and since 1969 it is housed in G-Wing of the Shastri Bhawan.CSL has also digitalized Committee and Commission reports and they are available on the intranet of the library.
The National Mission for Manuscripts has identified manuscripts with unique heritage value and designated them as Manuscript Treasures of India. Manuscripts are selected for their outstanding value to humanity and also for their contribution to Indian life, development of Indian thought and culture or simply for the history they may represent (local history of a region, perhaps).The recognition seeks to sensitize archivists and collectors on the value of these resources and the need to preserve them.
Tracing History of Systems of Medicine; Charaka was an ayurvedic physician of king Kanishka of ancient India
The INSTITUTE of AYURVEDA and INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE (I-AIM) is an initiative of FRLHT, a registered Public Trust. The trust started its operations in 1993.
Ayurveda, the science of life, is a comprehensive medical system that has been the traditional system of healthcare in India for more than 5000 years. This medical system was well established around 2500 to 600 BC, when it evolved into 2 schools: the School of Physicians and the School of Surgeons, similar to allopathy. Charak Samhita, Susrut Samhita, and Ashtang Hridaya Samhita are the Senior Triad texts, and Madhav Nidan Samhita, Sarangdhar Samhita, and Bhavprakash Samhita are the Junior Triad texts.
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