Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organising National Tagore Public lecture. In this lecture, Vasant Nirgune (National Tagore Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India) will speak on Madhya Pradesh ki pramukh janjatiyon se vilupt hoti Godna pratha on Friday at Rock Art Centre Conference Hall from 4pm. Expert of Madhya Pradesh’s Tribal and folk genres, Vasant Nirgune was born in historical town of Maheshwar (Dist West Nimad) in year 1941. After completing his MA in Sanskrit classical, he started his career as a lecturer. In his five decade long career he has written more 25 books on state’s tribal and folk culture and edited several prestigious journals like Geet Ganga, Kathavarta etc. Nirgune has been felicitated with prestigious awards like Gangor Samman-1997, Ahilya Samman-1998, Shresth Kalacharya-1999 etc. He retired as Survey Officer from Madhya Pradesh Aadiwasi lok Kala Parishad and presently working with IGRMS under Tagore National Fellowship.