India, March 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Cluster Centres
S. No.
State
Organization Name
1
Assam
Dept. of Sanskrit, Assam University, Silchar
2
Bihar
Nava Nalanda Mahavihar, Nalanda
3
Delhi
University Library Jamia Hamdard
4
Central Sanskrit University
5
Gujarat
Shruta Ratnakara, Ahmedabad
6
Oriental Institute, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
7
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal State Museum, Shimla
8
J & K
Dept. of Persian, University of Kashmir, Srinagar
9
Shasvat Art Gallery, Jammu
10
Karnataka
Samskriti Foundation, Mysuru
11
Oriental Research Institute, Mysuru
12
Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bengaluru
13
Kerala
Oriental Research Institute & Manuscript Library, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
14
Ladakh
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh
15
Manipur
Manipur State Archives
16
Madhya Pradesh
Department of Sanskrit, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar
17
Maharashtra
Kavi Kulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur
18
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune
19
Odisha
SARASVATI Bhadrak
20
Department of Sanskrit, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
21
Rajasthan
Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy, Jaipur
22
Vishwa Gurudeep Ashram Shodh Sansthan, Jaipur
23
Sikkim
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok
24
Telangana
Telangana State Archives & Research Institute, Hyderabad
25
Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan Research Institute, Vrindavan
26
Uttarakhand
Shri Laxmidhar Acharya Chakradhar Joshi Vidyamandir Shodh Sansthan, Nakshatra Vedhshala, Devprayag
27
University of Patanjali
28
West Bengal
The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Independent Centres
1
Andhra Pradesh
Sanatan Jeevan Trust, Tirupati
2
Bihar
Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna
3
Bodh Gaya Math, Gaya
4
Gujarat
Adhyatma Parivar Trust, Surat
5
Haryana
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
6
Karnataka
Tara Prakashan Vedic Library & Research Centre, Bengaluru
7
Kerala
Sevadhi Museum & Ideological Research Institute, Kottayam
8
Chinmaya International Foundation, Ernakulam
9
Maharashtra
Anandashram Samsthan, Pune
10
Bharat ItihasSanshodhak Mandal Sadashiv Peth, Pune
11
Madhya Pradesh
Anekant Gyan Mandir, Bina
12
Scindia Oriental Research Institute, Ujjain
13
Abhay Jain Granthalaya, Bikaner
14
Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur
15
Padmashri Narayan Das Pandulipi Shodh Sansthan, Jaipur
16
Uttar Pradesh
Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Varanasi
17
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayagraj
18
West Bengal
University of Kolkata
Rajasthan
Gyan Bharatam Mission, announced during Union Budget 2025-26, is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India to undertake manuscripts related activities under various components including survey and registration of manuscripts, building robust technology infrastructure and partnership, documentation, conservation, digitization, publication of manuscripts and capacity building & research. More than 8 lakh digitized manuscripts in different formats such as DVD, HDD, microfilms are available across the country. These digitized manuscripts are being reformatted as per Gyan Bharatam Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), out of these 1.29 lakh manuscripts are accessible to the public on the National Digital Repository (NDR).
In addition, National Manuscript Survey has been launched on 16th March, 2026 for identification, documenting and creating a comprehensive national database of manuscripts available with institutions, private individuals, scholars, mutts, temples, libraries and other repositories and data of more than 12.97 lakh manuscripts has been already reported so far. During financial year 2025-26, a total of Rs.13.29 crore has been utilized as on 15th March, 2026. This Mission has been mandated to establish a nation-wide network of Cluster Centers (CCs) and Independent Centers (ICs) across the country. A list of CCs/ICs onboarded so far is as follows:
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
