Lok Sabha Question No. 5566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Setting up of Regional Centres of IGNCA
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: ANJU BALA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## SETTING UP OF REGIONAL CENTRES OF IGNCA

5566: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  another  nine  regional  centres  of Indira  Gandhi  National  Centre  for  the  Arts  (IGNCA)  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether the IGNCA is planning to open a regional centre at Thrissur in the first quarter of 2018 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) Whether the IGNCA will associate itself with one of the universities in the State, preferably Kerala Kalamandalam to set up an ambitious multi-crore project of virtual  arts  museum  in  the  State  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps taken  by  the  Government  for  the  preservation  and  conservation  of  cultural heritage of the country during the last three years;
- (d) whether  the  IGNCA  has  brought  out  a  Vision  Document  with  a  seven-point 'Mission'  and  some  'Recommendations',  underlined  by  'cultural  rejuvenation' and 'cultural reform' and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether there is an urgent need for internal changes to make IGNCA a vibrant national  institution  for  art  and  culture  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the response of the Government thereto?

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

## ANSWER

- (a) & (b):  Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture proposes to start 6 new regional centres of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) at Ranchi, Vadodara, Goa, Thrissur, Jammu/Srinagar and Puducherry in addition to its existing three regional centres at Varanasi, Guwahati and Bengaluru.
- (c): At present there is no such proposal.
- (d): Yes,  Madam.  The  details  of  vision  and  mission  of  IGNCA  are  given  as under.

## Vision for the IGNCA

-  To make IGNCA the Centre for Cultural Rejuvenation in the country;
-  To make it a Centre of Socio-Cultural Dialogue and understanding;
-  To  make  it  a  Centre  of  Knowledge  and  Research  for  South  Asian Cultural Heritage;
-  To  make  it  a  Centre  of  Learning  for  studies  of  Cultural  Heritage  of Indian Diaspora;
-  To make it a Centre of Convergence for various art forms, traditions, heritage, in and around country;
-  To make it a people friendly  centre  where  creation  and  intellect  from every corner is equally respected;
-  To  make  it  a  Centre  where  tradition  meets  modernity,  where  the classical meets the folk, where art meets science, where ethos meets expression and where tradition meets innovation.

## Mission for the IGNCA

-  To make it an Institute of National Importance;
-  To make it a world class Repository of Art and Culture;
-  To make it an Institute of excellence of higher learning in the field of Indian Art and Culture;
-  To promote Indology studies from Indian perspective;
-  To  nurture  Indian  scholarship  in  the  field  of  Culture,  Art,  Literature, Archaeology and other related fields;
-  To make it a world class Centre of Manuscriptology and Conservation;
-  To create and develop big archive for Indian Cultural Studies in Physical and   Digital format.
- (e): Yes,  Madam.  For  making  IGNCA  a  vibrant  national  institution  for  art  and culture, IGNCA has endeavoured for networking with Universities, Academic as well as other Institutions for mutual collaboration by signing Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs). Besides, IGNCA has started a new outreach cell to  expand  the  outreach  of  the  IGNCA  and  make  its  programmes  more popular. This has also been done to attract more scholars and intellectuals to the IGNCA.

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