Gyan Bharatam Voice of India’s Culture & Knowledge: PM Modi
Prime Minister hails the new cultural knowledge portal as a platform to showcase India’s heritage and scholarly achievements.
- Portal Launch: Dedicated digital platform for manuscript digitisation and public access.
- World’s Largest Collection: India holds about one crore manuscripts in nearly 80 languages.
- Four Knowledge Pillars: Preservation, Innovation, Addition and Adaptation.
- Global Outreach: Partnerships with Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam for digitisation.
- Future Research: AI to aid deeper study and protect against intellectual piracy.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 12th Sept: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Gyan Bharatam Portal while addressing the International Conference on Gyan Bharatam at Vigyan Bhawan, declaring the initiative a “voice of India’s culture, literature and consciousness.”
Launched just days after announcing the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the portal aims to digitise, preserve and provide public access to India’s vast manuscript heritage—the largest in the world with nearly one crore manuscripts. “These manuscripts contain footprints of humanity’s development journey,” the Prime Minister said, noting that many texts survived centuries of destruction only because of the devotion of Indian ancestors to knowledge and science.
PM Modi described India’s knowledge tradition as resting on four pillars—Preservation, Innovation, Addition and Adaptation—citing examples from the Vedas, Ayurveda, Ramayana and mathematical breakthroughs such as the discovery of zero. He emphasised that digitisation will help protect this intellectual property from misuse and fuel global research, AI-driven analysis and creative industries.
The Prime Minister also highlighted India’s growing role as a trusted custodian of global heritage, pointing to the recent return of stolen idols and collaborations with countries like Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam for manuscript digitisation.
The three-day conference, themed “Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage,” brings together scholars, conservationists and technologists to explore conservation, AI applications and legal protections for India’s ancient texts.
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