One of the most senior officials of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Assistant Curator (Display) Ravi Shankar Shrivas retired on Monday.
Shrivas joined Manav Sangrahalaya on July 7, 1984 on the designation of Photographer. Veteran lenseman Shrivas is member of the team which developed Manav Sangrahalaya since its inauguration in Bhopal.
He had worked in administration, photography and art & Display section of IGRMS and has developed finest exhibitions. On the occasion of his retirement ceremony, Arun Kumar Shrivastava, Director IGRMS, Assistant Curator Arun Kiro, Chief Artist Anand Tehanguriya and Kiranbala Sharma honoured Shrivas by gifting him Shawl, Quince etc. All junior employees shared their experience and various incidents happened while working with Shrivas.
Meanwhile, the Sangrahalaya is presenting a solo exhibition of Ravi Shankar Shrivas (retired Administrative Officer of IGRMS). Shrivas is a very gifted photographer, who started optical photography way back in 1974. The veteran lensman’s photographs has been taken by national and international organizations for exhibitions. He has been awarded twice by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in year 1989 and 1990. The exhibition titled as ‘Kavita Rachte Chayachitra’ will be inaugurated by Raghav Chandra, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India (also Financial Advisor to Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Samiti) and Pramod Kumar Jain, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture on July 1, 2014 at 12.15pm.
Manav Sangrahalaya in continuation to its popular series of ‘Exhibit of the Month’ exhibits one specific object on the dais. In the same series for the month of July, 2014 the ‘Exhibit of the Month’ is “Tadpa- A musical instrument of Maharashtra” will be inaugurated jointly by Raghav Chandra, IAS, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture and Pramod Kumar Jain, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture on July 1, 2014 at Veethi Sankul, Manav Sangrahalaya.