Bhopal

Meeting held to make e-museum of tribal research institute

Staff Reporter

A team headed by Sunil Debbarma, Director, Tribal Research and Cultural Institute, Tripura, attended a meeting with IGRMS regarding making E-Museum of Tribal Research and Cultural Institute, Tripura.

In this meeting subject experts shared their opinions and how JATAN software can be utilised for making E-museum was discussed. In the beginning, K Sheshadri explained the functionality of E-Museum and described the working in IGRMS where, Photography and Cine-video sections sends photos and videos to Public Relations sections, from where it is send with Press release to both Press (media) and computer section, where they are uploaded on facebook, twitter and museums website.

Similar pattern is adopted in E-museum in the early phases. In E-Museum, photos and videos are uploaded with detailed information and with separate dedicated information for separate portions of the museum. After that the senior officials of IGRMS who underwent training of JATAN software explained the software in detail.

Concluding the meeting, Director, IGRMS, Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri said, “With mutual understanding and by organising workshop this target can be achieved.” The E-Musuem of IGRMS will be available for visitors to browse by 15th august, 2016. later, Debbarma and Vidhut Dhar (Research Officer) visited the museum galleries and exhibitions and understood the exhibition developing process from the officers present there.

Thanking IGRMS, Debbarma said, “With the assistance from IGRMS the vision of E-Museum of Tribal Museum of Tripura will turn into a reality. This will help many visitors.”