INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS (IGNCA)

Oct. 8, 2018

Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani Inaugurated the exhibition “Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of Shelly Jyoti” at IGNCA, New Delhi.

About:

Status: It is an autonomous institution under the Union Ministry of Culture.
Origin: It was launched in 1985.
Location: New Delhi.
Objective: It has been designated by the Government of India as the nodal agency for a data bank on art, humanities and cultural heritage.
It has also been identified by UNESCO as nodal agency for the development of regional databases for South and South East Asian countries on art, cultural heritage and life-styles.

Source : PIB

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