A delegation of 45 students from 17 countries visited IGRMS on 7th November, 2017. The delegation was welcomed by Director, IGRMS Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri who gave them the initial information about IGRMS and diverse variety of Indian culture and the elements binding them together.
later, they were shown documentary film on IGRMS and taken to various open air and indoor exhibition of Museum, where they were guided by the senior curator of the museum Arun Kiro, Surya Kumar Pandey, PS Rao, RK Jhariya, Ashok Sharma, Shrikant and N Sakmacha Singh.
These participants are undergoing training at National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida under the ITEC/SCAAP fellowship, sponsored by the union Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. The delegation visited museum as an integral part of their training programme to study the Indian small Industry Environment, Indian Culture and customs. The visit to the IGRMS gave them an idea about the diverse variety and unity of Indian culture.
Besides, the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organising the next chapter of its popular series, Curatorial Talk Show on Wednesday from 3.30 pm at Rock Art Shelter Conference Hall. In this Curatorial Talk, Conservation Associate of Manav Sangrahalaya, Shubhendra Kumar Singh will speak on ‘Conservation of Ethnographic Objects: The Techniques and Ethics’.