MoU on preserving Written Heritage at National Library in Kolkata inked by India and france

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✸ The Union Ministry of Culture and National Library of France have entered into an MoU under which the two countries would cooperate in conservation, development and publicity of written heritage at the National Library, Kolkata.

✸ The MoU was signed between Sreya Guha, Joint Secretary (Library) in the Union Ministry of Culture and Bruno Racine, President of the National Library of France.

✸ Under the MoU, the two countries would collaborate in preserving, identifying and publicising written heritage and iconographies heritage. The two countries would also share expertise such as description of Indian manuscripts in Sanskrit and Tamil.

Key Facts of the MoU:-

✸ A programme on digitisation of old manuscripts and documents was started in France seven years ago which will assist India in digitisation of it's old manuscripts.

✸ It would also help in the development of digital co-operation, sharing of technical and other expertise, competency and skill-building and cultural co-operation between both the countries.

✸ The Ministry of Culture has also emphasised on the project of building a National Virtual Library of India. The newly signed agreement will make it possible for gaining their experience and high quality expertise in this field.