Asian Law College, Noida

4th November, 2022

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with Asian Law College, Noida, organized a College Heritage Workshop on 4th November, 2022. The workshop was attended by students from B.A LLB programme, the ALC faculty members.The workshop commenced by welcoming the members of INTACH, Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, Ms. Nanki Kaur and Ms. Trikaya Soni, Programme Coordinators from HECS. This was followed by the screening of a film by INTACH.

The first session was conducted by Ms Purnima Datt, who provided a brief about INTACH and began her session on “What is Heritage”. She spoke extensively about different kinds of heritage - natural, built, living and material. She also spoke about how Indian geographical diversity impacts our history and heritage.

The second session was conducted by Ms. Nanki on Heritage Volunteerism, where she went on to brief the students on the various ways on how students can promote heritage in their institution. The third session was jointly presented by Ms. Trikaya and Ms. Nanki where they demonstrated various projects that the students could undertake, through which the students can get involved in promoting and protecting heritage around them.

Lastly, principal of ALC,Noida, Dr. Tarak Nath Prasad, presented Ms. Datt with a memento. The workshop concluded with establishing the ALC Heritage Club and a vote of thanks by faculty member Dr. Chandni Sengupta.

28th October 2022

INTACH Porbandar chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH, organized an endangered art and craft workshop on the Dhabda weave which was held on 19th October 2022 at Ratiya. Students from Shri GMC School, Porbandar, travelled to the small village of Ratiya. The students were informed about the ‘History of Weaving in India’ followed by a brief introduction to the local art and crafts of Porbandar and the need to revive endangered crafts. Dhabda is a rectangular fabric that is made out of pastoral wool and is mainly used by the Rabari and Ahir communities. The volunteers then explained and showcased to the students about the entire process of weaving. The students also got a chance to try their hands at the Dhabda loom.

Following the workshop, the students have taken up the task of organizing an exhibition in their school on ‘the weaves of Gujarat’.
Workshop Photos-

28th October 2022

Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) in collaboration with INTACH Visakhapatnam Chapter organized a College Heritage Volunteer Training Workshop on 28th October 2022 at Department of Geology, Andhra University Campus. The workshop was attended by 100 participants including 80 students from three departments of two Universities and two Colleges and INTACH Members. The resource persons for the session were- Dr. D. Rajasekhar Reddy, Convenor of INTACH Visakhapatnam, Mr. Edward Paul, INTACH member, Mr. Abhishek Das, Senior Programme Coordinator, HECS INTACH and Ms. Christina Shangne, Senior Programme Coordinator, HECS INTACH.

The programme commenced with a welcome note by Mrs. Mayank Kumari Deo, Ex. Convenor of INTACH Visakhapatnam Chapter, followed by a short speech by Dr. D. Rajasekhar Reddy, Convenor of INTACH Visakhapatnam Chapter. This was followed by a film screening about INTACH.

The first session on ‘What is Heritage?’ was presented by Mr. Abhishek Das. The presentation was detailed and informative where he spoke about the different aspects of the heritage of India- natural, built, material and living. The next session was presented by Dr. Reddy who spoke on the natural heritage of Visakhapatnam. The presentation highlighted the rich and diverse natural heritage of the city. He stressed on why it is important to protect the valuable geological, archaeological and cultural sites of Vizag. The third session was on the heritage of Vizag, presented by Mr. Edward Paul. Examples of the various historical buildings were taken to highlight the rich heritage of the city.

Post lunch, the last session was on Heritage Volunteerism presented by Ms. Christina Shangne where aspects of heritage volunteerism, promoting volunteerism in institutions action plan, projects and opportunities ahead were briefly discussed. This was then followed by the group activity. The programme concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Dr. Reddy Convenor, Visakhapatnam Chapter and followed by a group photograph.

Bhagalpur, 18th October, 2022

INTACH Bhagalpur Chapter in collaboration with Heritage Education and Communication Services conducted a one day workshop on Manjoosha painting on 18th October 2022 in DAV Public School, Barari, Bhagalpur. 66 participants of classes 7 to 9 from 6 schools participated in the workshop and Shri Manoj Kumar Pandit was the resource person.

The workshop commenced with the joint inauguration by Mr RC Sharma, Principal of the school, Dr Manish Sinha, Convenor, Wibhu Kumar, Addl Co-Convenor, Mr Kausal K Singh, Principal, SMS Mission and the resource person Manoj Kumar Pandit. The resource person Manoj Kumar Pandit told the significance of the art to students and asked them to draw their ideas on the paper. Students made the artificial pots, animals, dolls and other things from the raw materials they had with themselves. Children enjoyed the workswhop and shared their inputs about how can they revive the art. The programme concluded with a formal vote of thanks.
Workshop Photographs

Moonj Craft Basketry and Crochet

17th October, 2022

INTACH Hisar chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted an endangered art and craft workshop on Moonj craft basketry and crochet on 17th October, 2022. The workshop was conducted at St. Kabir School, Hisar, where students were briefed about the benefits and importance of reviving both the crafts of Moonj basketry and crochet as both are eco-friendly and biodegradable. A total of 55 students received hands-on-training for both the crafts. Resource persons for Moonj basketry, Sheela, Batehri, Sulochana and Beermati came from Rakhigarhi and for crochet, Veena and Seema, from Hisar. By the end of the workshop, most students got accustomed to the craft of crochet and made several objects such as small caps, lace, flowers, Rakhis, friendship bands etc. The workshop ended with a formal vote of thanks.

CHANDIGARH CITY ROUND

The Chandigarh city round of the INTACH Heritage Quiz 2022 was held at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh on 20th October 2022 by Heritage Education and Communication Service and INTACH Chandigarh Chapter in collaboration with Cradle Solutions. 54 students from 10 schools participated. Upon arrival, the students were taken for a tour of the museum. The programme began with a welcome address by Ms. Deepika Gandhi, Co-convenor Intach Chandigarh Chapter. She spoke to the students about heritage and gave a brief overview of INTACH. She also spoke about the importance of identifying and respecting our personal heritage. Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya, the quiz master for the event interacted with the students and gave them tips on quizzing. He also spoke about the importance of quizzing and the need for general awareness. The written round was for 20 min which had 20 questions based on the heritage of the country, Haryana/Punjab and INTACH. The question papers were checked during the break and six teams were selected for the stage round. The teams were: St. Kabir Public School, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Vivek high School, Saupin’s School, Gurukul Global School and St. Stephen’s School. The oral round had four rounds based on general heritage and awareness, an audio round, a visual round and a rapid fire round. It was a high scoring quiz and after the completion of four rounds, Bhavan Vidyalaya emerged as the winners. St. Stephen’s School came second followed by Saupin’s School, Chandigarh. The prizes and certificates were given away by Mr. Arindam. Mr. V K kapoor, Convenor, Chandigarh Chapter was present at the venue and encouraged the students. The event ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Pascal Daniel of St. Stephen’s School.

19TH-20TH OCTOBER 2022

A two -day Teacher Training Workshop was organised in collaboration with INTACH Dharwad Chapter on 19th-20th October at JSS Public School. 31 teachers from 17 schools participated in the programme. The two day event began with a welcome address by Ms. Lilian Shawn, Principal, JSS Public School, Kelagiri. Ms. Shawn welcomed the participants and the speakers with some encouraging quotes.

The first session was conducted by Dr. Devaraju, Superintending Archaeologist,ASI, Dharwad on 'Monuments of Karnataka'. Through an illustrated presentation Dr. Devaraju threw light on the various monuments in the Dharwad circle and also spoke about some monuments in Karnataka. He shared the importance of these monuments and their significance.

The next session on 'What is Heritage' by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS commenced with the screening of the INTACH film. Ms. Datt shared about Heritage and its significance followed by an in-depth discussion on the various aspects of heritage in the Indian context i.e. Natural, Built, Material, and Living heritage of India through several examples.

Following a short break, a documentary on the World Heritage Site of Pattadakal Temple complex was screened.

The third session was on ‘Heritage Education’ by Mrs. Datt. She shared about heritage education and its importance. She shared about methodology, heritage club formation, suggested activities and HECS Publications.

Afterwards, teachers were briefed about the group activity followed by a discussion on the same.

On Day two, the participants were taken for a heritage site visit to Kelagiri Lake led by Mr. Uday Kumar, retd. Forest officer. Mr. Kumar shared about the history of the lake, its environmental and ecological importance and also about the various other lakes in Dharwad. Following this Mrs. Datt shared about HECS National Programmes like Quiz, Poster making competition and also endangered craft workshops and also activities like heritage walks, visits that can be undertaken by the schools. Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Prog. coordinator, shared about the online resources provided by HECS.

This was followed by group activity and presentations by the participants on various types of heritage in Dharwad.

The programme concluded on a positive note with distribution of certificates and resource materials to all the teachers.

JAIPUR CITY ROUND

The Jaipur city round of the INTACH Heritage Quiz 2022 was held at Neerja Modi School on 17th October 2022 by Heritage Education and Communication Service in collaboration with Cradle Solutions. 60 students from 15 schools participated. The quiz began with a welcome address by Ms. Swathi of Cradle Solutions. Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya, the quiz master for the event interacted with the students and gave them tips on quizzing. He also spoke about the importance of quizzing and the need for general awareness. Mr. Abhishek Das spoke briefly about INTACH and screened the INTACH film followed by the HECS film and two short films from the Filmit project. He also spoke about the upcoming competitions and wished the students luck. The written round was for 20 min which had 20 questions based on the heritage of the country, Rajasthan and INTACH. The question papers were checked during the break and six teams were selected for the stage round. The teams were: Cambridge Court High School (2 teams), Neerja Modi School, Jayshree Periwal High School, Sanskar School and Subodh Public school. The oral round had four rounds based on general heritage and awareness, an audio round, a visual round and a rapid fire round. After the completion of four rounds, Yashasvi Bhardwaj and Dhairya of Cambridge Court High School emerged as the winners. The second team of Cambridge Court High school came second followed by the hosts, Neerja Modi School. Ms. Indu Dubey, Principal of the host school, addressed the students and congratulated all of them for their efforts. She hoped that more events would be organized in their school in the future. She mentioned that learning of heritage is very important and one must take part in such events regularly. The prizes and certificates were given away by her and Mr. Arindam. Ms. Dharmender Kanwar, Convenor, INTACH Jaipur Chapter, was present briefly at the event. The event ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Abhishek Das and a group photograph with all the participants and winners of the stage round.

MUMBAI CITY ROUND

INTACH Greater Mumbai Chapter, in collaboration with Cradle Solutions conducted INTACH Heritage Quiz 2022 at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum on Thursday 13rd October 2022. It was held at the Education Center at the BDL Museum premises. Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya, the quizmaster, welcomed the students and introduced the students to the format of the quiz. A total of 36 students from 6 schools took part in the quiz. Most of the other schools from Mumbai had their mid-semester examinations, therefore only a few schools could take part. 3 teams from each school had participated in the quiz.

There were two rounds of the quiz, written and oral. The written round was for 25 mins and consisted of 20 questions. The questions were based on the heritage of the country, Mumbai and INTACH. After the written round, while the question papers were being checked, a small refreshment break was given to all the students and the accompanying teachers.

Six teams that qualified for the oral round were Lilavatibai Podar International School, Navy Children School, VCW Arya Vidya Mandir Bandra East, Smt. RSB Arya Vidya Mandir Juhu and two teams from Arya Vidya Mandir Bandra West.The oral round had four rounds based on general heritage and awareness, an audio round, a visual round and a rapid fire round. Vedin Sangal and Rajveer Sethi from AVM School Bandra West were the winners for the oral round and will progress to the Maharashtra State round of the INTACH Heritage Quiz.

14th- 15th October 2022

A two day teacher training workshop was conducted in Maharana Mewar Public School, Udaipur in collaboration with the INTACH Udaipur Chapter on 14th and 15th October. The workshop was attended by 25 teachers from 14 schools and other eminent guests who are part of INTACH Udaipur Chapter.

The programme commenced with a warm welcome from the students of Maharana Mewar Public School. Prof Lalit pandey welcomed Ms Purnima Datt by presenting bouquet & memento made by students of MMPS. Other guests were also welcomed by presenting mementoes.

The local heritage session began with Mr S. K. Shrimali, Former Additional chief town planner, Govt of Rajasthan who talked about the Development prospects for Udaipur city. He gave brief insights about site selection, architecture with special importance on city wall planning in Udaipur for the purpose of security. He even mentioned about the in-migration post independence. He concluded the session by telling the things to keep in mind while planning the future of the city.

Prof. Lalit Pandey in his session talked about the early culture of Mewar. He mentioned about the antiquities of Rajasthan and concept of unification in Rajputana written by Colonel Tod in his book. He also mentioned that Udaipur was established even before Raja Udai Singh consolidated the city. He talked about the oldest civilization of Mewar region and people are practicing to preserve the rich heritage and that the workshop is a part of preservation.

Mr Gaurav Singhvi talked about the development of Gumania nala in Mewar heritage architecture. In his presentation he showed the map and explained the architecture of gumania nala and why this project was taken up to preserve the area. He described in detail the nala in 8 zones with special emphasis on Fateh sagar and sarup sagar bridges.

Students of MMPS welcomed Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS. Ms. Datt talked about the Udaipur chapter and works undertaken by them. She conducted the first session on Heritage of India. She shared about INTACH and it’s aims and objectives. Ms. Datt then shared about India’s heritage talking about geography, geo-diversity and the various aspects of history with interesting examples of unique items from each area.

This was followed by an interactive session where teachers were asked about the special place they like the most.

Ms Datt explained about INTACH and its chapters across the country and the works undertaken by each of INTACH’s division. This was followed by the screening of INTACH film.

In the next session she talked about INTACH’s logo and with reference to Udaipur city explained all aspects of heritage- natural, built, material and living.

Later Heritage Education Presentation was shared which discussed the importance of it among primary children and publications were shared by MS Vaishnavi Singh, Programme Coordinator, HECS.

After lunch Ink pot activity was done and teachers were divided in 4 groups pertaining to each aspect of heritage for the next day’s activity.

Day 2
The next day started with a heritage walk to City Palace Udaipur. Co-convenor Gaurav Singhvi and Ms Pratima Paliwal (Teacher MMPS) guided through the walk and mentioned about the heritage and architecture of the palace.

This was followed by the presentation by Ms Datt where she talked about the national programmes and INTACH India Heritage Quiz and how schools can increase their engagement with INTACH by participating in the challenges posted on the social media websites.

This was followed by screening of two films.

Later Tree of Life Activity book as a resource material was introduced to the teachers. This was followed by the group activity where team 1 talked about the significance of peepal tree; team 2 presented a poem on Maharana Pratap and battle of Haldighati. Team 3 did an act using kathputlis and narrated a poem. Team 4 presented on living heritage of gavari.

The workshop concluded with felicitation of teachers and formal vote of thank by Prof Lalit Pandey.

Celebrates Geodiversity Day

6th October 2022

INTACH Ambala celebrated the International Geodiversity Day under the umbrella of UNESCO, with school children on 6th October. Over 30 students and teachers, and young members, joined by village people, carried out a heritage walk to the village pond of Kallarheri. It was heartening to see the Govt School Kallarheri keenly participating the event with 19 students and a teacher. At the outset, the children stood at the Naraingarh road, with message cards, to spread awareness about the day among the public. A walk was carried out to the pond, a massive water body, which is life of the village. On reaching the pond, the Convenor, Colonel R D Singh, and INTACH members, explained the importance of safeguarding the bio diversity for the prosperity and safety of the planet. Now some more village people also joined in. Everyone then partook in a short safai abhiyan to clean the surroundings of the pond. The children freely interacted with village elders. It proved to be a valuable learning for all. At the end, refreshments were served to all, including small gifts to village elders. The children felt delighted.

INTACH, Kashmir Chapter

In collaboration with Kashmir Harvard Institute organized an awareness workshop on International Geodiversity Day (6th October). The workshop focused on creating awareness about the significance of Geodiversity. The workshop began with a short film on Geodiversity prepared by UNESCO that visually created an ambiance correlated with the theme of the workshop and put forth a strong impression upon the minds of the present audience. It was followed by a power point presentation by a specialist in geology and climate change, Dr. Rayees Ahmad, who is a Professor at Kashmir University. It elucidated the different elements of Geodiversity and emphasized the significant role it plays in the sustenance of life on earth. During his presentation, Dr. Rayees showed samples of different types of rocks and explained to students their properties and uses. This activity created immense interest among the students in the subject. In the second session a painting competition, bearing Geodiversity as theme, was convened by an eminent artist, Masood Hussain which encouraged the participants to know the subject better and up-scaled their level of enthusiasm. Among a group of 20 participants, the three best paintings were awarded by the artist Masood Hussain. The INTACH Amritsar Chapter too celebrated the Geodiversity Day at Khalsa College Amritsar with great zeal.

Yuva Tourism Club Formation

With great pride and honour INTACH Varanasi would like to bring to you that we have associated with India Tourism Varanasi for formation of Yuva Tourism Clubs in Varanasi. Yuva Tourism Clubs is an initiative of our Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, as his vision is to educate the youth of the country to have a good understanding and appreciation of their local Heritage and culture and disseminate the same to the other States and Countries. As the directive was given by Government of India through CBSE to the schools to form such clubs, INTACH Varanasi in association with India Tourism has taken up this humongous responsibility to drive this project and create and monitor the clubs in the schools of Varanasi. INTACH has designed the programme structure where the students are briefed about the purpose of the club, members are given badges and they take oath to pursue safe tourism across the country. India Tourism along with INTACH has created Yuva Tourism Clubs in approx 16 schools so far and the journey is continuing. Ashok Kapoor Convener, Anil Kesari, Addl.Co Convener and Ms Aditi Gulati, Coordinator HECS Cell are in the committee to coordinate with India Tourism Varanasi and Schools.

1ST OCTOBER 2022

The Palakkad Filmit India Workshop was held on 1st October at Palakkad Cosmopolitan Club. 44 students and 19 teachers from 16 schools attended the workshop. Other guests that attended were members of the INTACH Palakkad Chapter. The workshop began with an introduction by Mr. Arun Narayanan, Convenor, INTACH Palakkad Chapter. He welcomed the participants and the resource persons. Mrs. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS INTACH then gave a brief about INTACH and the Filmit Project, followed by the screening of the HECS film.

The first session was conducted by Mrs. Purnima Datt, who discussed the themes for the current year to make movies. Varied examples regarding each theme were shared to help the students have a better understanding on how to go about making the film. This was followed by the screening of one film from the previous year. Ms. Christina then introduced Ms. Sanjana Chopra, the technical resource persons.

The technical session began with, asking the students to strike their favourite director’s pose. This was then followed by a short brainstorming session regarding the film shown. The students enthusiastically participated and shared about what they liked about the film. After this exercise, the presentations on the stages of making a film were discussed in detail. It included planning, preparation, shooting and editing. The outline on the do’s and don’ts of film-making and how a film should be made was then shared. Ms. Sanjana emphasised that, making a film is all about the story and how it is portrayed. The students were also given pointers on how to hold a camera and things to remember while making a film. Shot breakdown and the importance of sound while taking an interview was also discussed with the help of short videos. During the break, the students were given an exercise to shoot videos to practice the pointers that had been discussed.

Post break, a session on video editing was conducted. Ms. Sanjana explained the process on how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. A demo on Microsoft Photos was shown which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained with the help of a short video footage shot by the Tuning Forks team. Pointers on how to upload the films on the website was shared by Ms. Purnima Datt. The workshop ended with note by Mr. Arun Narayanan.

Palakkad, 30th September2022

The Heritage Education and Communication Division, INTACH conducted a one day Teacher Training Workshop at Palakkad Cosmopolitan Club, Palakkad on 30th September 2022. The workshop was held in collaboration with INTACH Palakkad Chapter. 34 teachers from 18 schools of the city participated in the workshop. Others guests that attended the workshop were members of INTACH Palakkad Chapter.

The workshop started off with a welcome address shared by Mr. Arun Narayanan, Convenor of INTACH Palakkad Chapter. He shared in brief about INTACH, how the Chapter started and also highlighted the activities conducted by the chapter so far. This was then followed by the team exercise 1- Mudra Shradhikkanam. The teachers were divided into 5 groups, where each groups were given a topic based on the heritage of Palakkad and were asked to act out the topic assigned to them. In the second exercise- Questions, the teams were asked to fill in as much question as they can on the said topic. The exercises were carried out as an icebreaker and the teachers participated with great interest and enthusiasm.

The next segment of the workshop was followed by the screening of the INTACH Film. The session was conducted by Mrs. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS who emphasised on the importance of instilling a sense of responsibility and sensitivity in the participants about India’s composite heritage. The sessions focused on the various components of India’s heritage. Detailed explanations, with examples on the four aspects of heritage were presented. This was then followed by the third activity Minnal Poster, where the participants made creative posters on the topics given to them.

The presentation on Heritage Education in Classrooms was presented by Mrs. Purnima Datt. Emphasis was laid on an inter-disciplinary approach through innovative lesson-planning and practical exercises. Participants were familiarized with the importance and need of incorporating heritage education in the school curriculum so that children can learn heritage values and imbibe them in their day to day life. It helped participants understand the various HECS resources, publications and ways to establish Heritage clubs within their respective schools. The importance of heritage walks and resource persons to incorporate in the heritage education process were also discussed. This was then followed by Ms. Christina Shangne’s presentation on the online educational resources such Young INTACH website and Young INTACH social media activities. The various crafts programmes conducted by the various INTACH chapters were also shared. The presentation ended with the heritage pledge.

It was an interactive session with participants sharing an understanding of heritage and exploring the rich heritage of their region. The certificates and resource materials were handed over to the participants at the end. Special acknowledgements and certificates were also awarded to three schools for their continued support and enthusiasm.

Khandwa, 22nd September, 2022

A one-day Endangered Art and Craft workshop on ‘Mandana’ was oraganized on 22nd September by the INTACH Khandwa Chapter in collaboration with HECS at Dr. SRN Excellence School (Uttkrasht Vidyalaya) where around 100 girls participated.

Ms Madhuri Sharma, the Convenor for the Khandwa Chapter, briefed the students about INTACH and its workings. She further talked about the theme of the workshop as well. Ms. Anjali Shinde, the resource person for the workshop educated the students on the art form of Mandana and its history, designs, colours etc. She went on to demonstrate the different techniques that can be used to make Mandana.

The students were given sheets, colours and brushes and were asked to make Mandana art. Many students used techniques like cutting and folding the paper to make their own unique Mandana designs. By the end of the workshop, the students talked about their experiences. Chief Guest Smt. Sushma Atre and Dr. Bharti Parashar, HOD selected best three entries that were made by the students.

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21st September, 2022

A college heritage volunteer training workshop was held on 21st September 2022 at Government General Degree College (GDDC), Singur. The programme began with a lighting of the lamp ceremony. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Titasha Sinha, professor, GDDC. Dr. Arindam Goswami, professor, GDDC also welcomed the participants and said that it was a proud moment for the college to host this workshop. Dr Ramanuj Konar, Convenor, Hooghly Chapter welcomed Ms. Purnima Datt and Mr. Abhishek Das. He discussed the schedule of the programme. Ms. Antara Mukherjee, Additional Co-convenor, Hooghly Chapter spoke about the need for sensitization and awareness and that is the programme for today. The INTACH film was screened next. Ms. Purnima Datt began her session by talking about INTACH and why it was formed. She laid down INTACH’s objectives and the role of heritage education. She explained the different types of heritage with various examples and talked about how students can contribute at their end. Ms. Purba Chatterjee, Member, Hooghly Chapter spoke about the architectural heritage of Hooghly. She showed the map of Hooghly district and different monuments built by the Danish, French and British East India Company. Mr. Partha Chattopadhyay, Researcher, author and teacher at Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya spoke about the craft heritage of Hooghly. He spoke in detail about boat building and boatmen. After this session, the students were divided in different groups for their group activity and were asked to discuss what topic they would choose during the lunch break.

The post lunch session began with an interesting talk by Dr. Pinaki De, graphic designer and illustrator, and Associate Professor at Raja Peary Mohan College. He spoke about the definition of intangible heritage. He spoke about UNESCO’s role in safeguarding intangible heritage and touched upon some categories that are listed under its list. He also talked about the work done by him on Bangla language and that he is designing a Bangla font for Microsoft. The next session was on heritage volunteerism and heritage education. It was jointly conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt and Mr. Abhishek Das. The details about the need for active volunteerism in safeguarding the heritage of the country, the CHV programme and INTACH HECS’ activities were discussed. Post this session, the students presented their group activity and discussed how they would help INTACH and what kind of support they would like from INTACH. The workshop ended with the distribution of certificates.

Heritage Walk

INTACH Nagpur Chapter conducted a Heritage walk for the members of Rotaract YCCE, Club of Nagpur, Nagpur west, JIT and Nagpur Downtown at Sonegaon Aamrai. Around 50 members of 5 Rotaract clubs attended the walk which was lead by Ar. Nitika S. Ramani, Co-Convenor INTACH Nagpur Chapter. Ar. Ramani narrated the history and evolution of the Sonegaon Aamrai. Participants explored the Sonegaon Lake, Murlidhar temple, Nagoba Mandir, historical plinths, pushkarni's, step wells, British era structures and the natural heritage of Sonegaon. The take away from the heritage walk by the participants was, Nagpur is full unexplored beautiful heritage places.

Heritage and Citizenship Workshop

14th September 2022

INTACH Yamunanagar Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted a Heritage and Citizenship Workshop on 14th September 2022. The workshop was held in Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar. Over 70 students and professors from 19 schools and colleges attended the workshop. The workshop began with the screening of the INTACH and HECS films. Major R.S. Bhatti, the Convenor of INTACH Yamunanagar Chapter introduced Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS to the audience and explained the work of INTACH.

The 1st session of the workshop was conducted by Ms Purnima Datt, who provided a brief about INTACH and began her session on “What is Heritage”. She spoke extensively about different kinds of heritage - natural, built, living and material. She also spoke about how Indian geographical diversity impacts our history and heritage. She shared many interesting pieces of information on forms of material and living heritage as well. She mentioned Yamunanagar’s local heritage such as the Mahaseer fish, Shivalik hills, Yamuna River and Chaneti Stupa.

The 2nd session was conducted by General Ranjit Singh who spoke about the local heritage of Ambala and Yamunanagar. He focused on the threatened local built heritage and outlined issues such as unplanned urban growth, defacement, expense of restoration, lack of expertise and manpower, and heritage theft. He also suggested certain ways in which these can be combated and said that citizens have a duty to preserve, protect and raise awareness about our heritage.

The 3rd session was conducted by Dr. Virender Singh Dhillon who is a historian and professor. He spoke about the local heritage of Yamunanagar. He explained how a name is attached to our identity and heritage and what changing names does to the authentic fabric of heritage. He gave an in-depth explanation of a few local towns such as Khizraabaad. He ended his session by urging everybody to research and find out about real history, and not believe manipulations.

The next session on Citizenship and Heritage was conducted by Ms. Datt again. She explained how citizenship is linked to heritage and the duties we as citizens have to protect it. She explained this connection in detail. Ms. Nanki Kaur and Ms. Vaishnavi Singh, Programme Coordinators from HECS, then elaborated ways in which students and the society can be made aware of heritage and get involved in its protection.

The workshop concluded with an interactive group activity with the participants, whereby they were divided into 4 groups and asked to pick an object and associate that with heritage. Teachers and students present selected objects such as a chair, a book and a plastic bottle to explain the concept of citizenship and heritage. Some students even spoke about local forts and palaces and the need to protect them. The audience was the encouraged to participate in INTACH’s local chapter by Major Bhatti and the workshop ended with the distribution of certificates and resource materials, and a group photograph.

Awareness program with children of fishermen community- Know your habitat and its surrounding

On Tuesday 9th August 2022, Coastal Green Zone, a voluntary initiative in collaboration with INTACH, Andaman and Nicobar Chapter organized a one day event for children of the fishermen's community of Chunna Bhata, Panighat, South Andaman.

Chunna Bhatta fishermen community is known for their traditional fishing practices, religious values, and cultural heritage. Environment consciousness is an important part when it comes to conservation of nature. Across the globe, it is noticeable that every community has its heritage, art and culture, and a deep bond with its surrounding environment. The purpose behind organizing this event was to revive the bond with art & culture and nature and to build environmental consciousness.

A beautiful story based on the “Life of a Tree” was conveyed by Chanchal Singha Roy highlighting the importance of habitat for wild flora and fauna. The children were then introduced to topics like biotic and abiotic components of environment, biodiversity, food chain, etc. Later the children were divided into three groups and each group was given a topic based on different themes like "drawing a map of your village”, "draw your surrounding wild animal or plant”, "making a list of wild plants and aquatic animals around you”, and "making a list of wild edible plants around you”. Children took great joy in doing various activities.

The INTACH newsletter was distributed. The children took great interest in reading the newsletter. They picked out illustrations from the newsletter and drew them. While a few children read out the newsletter aloud for the benefit of younger kids. Overall, the event motivated a lot of people in developing and reviving the connection with their surroundings. Lastly, children and the community members gave their feedback on the event.

7th- 8th September 2022

A two day Endangered Craft workshop was organized by Sawai Madhopur Chapter in collaboration with INTACH HECS at Government Higher Secondary School, Mantown. The Workshop was inaugurated by Convenor Shri Padm Nabh Khatri, Co-convenor Hanuman Prasad Sharma and Principal and organised Mr Chandrashekhar Joshi. The programme commenced with lighting of the lamp by Mr Vimlesh Gupta, INTACH life member. Convenor Hanuman Sharma told that in the two-day craft workshop, seventy children of the school are being trained in mandana art and calligraphy by Banwari Lal Saini, Ram Singh Saini, and Ramesh Chandra Jangid.

Giving detailed information about INTACH, Convenor Padma Khatri said that this workshop has been organized by INTACH so that children can get trained in it and get employment opportunities while preserving the art. The program was supported by Convenor Javed Anwar, Life Member Mohan Lal Sharma, Indra Gupta, Altaf Noor, Bablu Gurjar Lecturer.
Workshop Photographs

7th September 2022

A workshop on creating awareness on heritage and citizenship was conducted at Rishihood University, Sonepat on 7th September 2022 by Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) of INTACH. It was attended by 57 people belonging to various schools and educational institutions. The workshop was inaugurated by a welcome address delivered by Dr. Kavita Gupta, Professor at Rishihood University and life member INTACH. She welcomed all the guests and the resource person from INTACH, Mr. Abhishek Das. The opening address was given by Dr. Kirti Dutta, Dean, School of Entrepreneurship, Rishihood University. She welcomed the guests and spoke about the university and its goals in brief. Mr. Abhishek Das spoke about INTACH and screened a film on INTACH showcasing the work being done and its different divisions.

In the first session, Mr. Abhishek Das explained the types of heritage and discussed duties of a citizen in protecting one’s heritage. The next session was taken by Guest Speaker Dr. Shalini Awasthi, Faculty Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management, Ashoka University. She spoke about how the context of heritage has changed over the years and how it is different from history. Heritage is about active engagement and active involvement. She spoke about the four C’s of Heritage – categorization, curation, conservation and communication. During her session she also answered questions by participants.

After the lunch break, the objectives of JAGO-Heritage and Good Citizenship Training initiative were explained by Abhishek. The action plan was discussed as to how the participants can help in safe guarding the country’s heritage and what steps they can take to get and stay involved as a volunteer. A group activity was conducted where the participants were divided into groups. They spoke about symbols that are associated with good citizenship. The symbols shared were – infinity, evil eye, lotus, lotus with rising sun, books, trees and the Bhagvad Gita. Following this lively session, certificates were awarded to all the participants handed over by Dr. Shalini Awasthi, Dr. Kirti Dutta, Dr. Reva Raina and Mr. Abhishek Das. Dr. Awasthi was presented publications on behalf of INTACH. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Kavita Gupta. The workshop ended with a group photograph.

Teacher Training Workshop, Gondal

A two day Teacher Training Workshop was organised in collaboration with INTACH Ayodhya Chapter at Jingle Bell Nursery School Society on 1st-2nd September 2022. 34 teachers from 19 schools participated in the programme.

The workshop was held on 4th September 2022 and attended by 30 Teachers from 6 schools of Gondal. The sessions were taken by the members of INTACH Rajkot Chapter where natural, cultural, and architectural heritage of Saurashtra with a specific focus on Rajkot District was discussed.

The welcome address was given by Dr. Ravidarshan Vyas and the sessions were coordinated by Devarsh Trivedi. Mr Divyesh Parsana briefly talked about INTACH, its divisions and works undertaken by the organization. Natural Heritage of Saurashtra was discussed at length by Mr Akash Bhatt and Mr Devarsh Trivedi discussed the art and cultural heritage of the region and cited a few examples. Mr Abhishek Panelia gave detailed insights to the rich architectural heritage and what steps can be taken to protect them. In the next session activities of INTACH Rajkot Chapter were mentioned by Divyesh Parsana and Devarsh Trivedi.

Mr Jayesh Shukla talked about the importance of Heritage Education in schools and why it is important to impart awareness about heritage from a young age. Further, members of Rajkot Chapter’s team members Abhishek, Akash and Jayesh spoke about activities that can be school level activities which are conducted by HECS division of INTACH and opportunities in the field as it will make them grow closer to their heritage and as responsible citizens they can work for the heritage of the country. The session concluded with a pledge to protect our heritage.

1st- 2nd September 2022

A two day Teacher Training Workshop was organised in collaboration with INTACH Ayodhya Chapter at Jingle Bell Nursery School Society on 1st-2nd September 2022. 34 teachers from 19 schools participated in the programme.

Ms. Sarita Tripathi welcomed the participants and introduced the speakers for the day. She gave a brief introduction to HECS and its activities. Ms. Manjula Jhunjhunwala, Convenor, Ayodhya Chapter also addressed the participants. She also shared how the chapter is working towards protecting local heritage through heritage walks, festivals etc.

Following this, the INTACH film was screened.

Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS conducted the first session on Heritage of India. She shared about INTACH and it’s aims and objectives. Ms. Datt then shared about India’s heritage talking about geography, geo-diversity, the various aspects of history with interesting examples of unique items from each area.

Following a tea break, the second session on Local Crafts of Ayodhya was conducted by Dr. S.K. Verma. Dr. Verma spoke about the Sarpat Grass crafts. Through his presentation Dr. Verma emphasised on the importance of the plant for the environment and the need to support the local crafts. A brief interaction with the artisans also took place.

The third session on Ethnic Plants and Trees was conducted by Dr Mithlesh Pandey. He spoke about his the importance of ethnic plants and how different customs in our country involve use of plants and fruits. The history and present significance of numerous ethnic plants were also explained by Dr Pandey during his presentation. He ended his session by urging the audience to help protect the environment, and also encourage others and children to do the same.

Post lunch, A session on built heritage of Ayodhya was conducted by Dr.Deshraj Pandey . He shared about the archaeological history of Ayodhya's and Awadh’s built heritage. Dr. Pandey shared about the various historical sites of Ayodhya and Faizabad in-depth.

In the last session, participants were informed of the group activity to be done.

On the second, participants went for a heritage walk to Guptahari Temple at Guptar Ghat. The walk was led by Dr. Deshraj Pandey. Following the walk a session on Heritage Education was conducted by HECS team. Post the session, the group activity was done. Each group presented on various aspects of heritage and shared the activities that could be undertaken related to them.

The workshop concluded with the distribution of certificates and resource material.

INTACH Nagpur Chapter with the students of heritage club of Tulsiramji – Gaikwad Patil College Of Architecture (TGPCA) conducted a heritage walk at itwari to witness the Exclusive Festival Of Kali And Pili Marbat - The Celebration Of Triumph Of Goodness Over Evil.

The Heritage walk was led by Ar. Nitika S. Ramani, Assistant professor at TGPCA and Co-Convenor of INTACH Nagpur Chapter. Ar. Ramani narrated the stories and significance of the festival to the students. One of the unique and native festivals of Nagpur Is “Marbat”, celebrated on the last day of shravan month next day of pola, started in the year 1881 by the Tanhane Teli Samaj on a larger scale.Marbat are clay and bamboo idols symbolising negativity and social evils. The procession of the effigies called Kali Marbat And Pili Marbat is taken out in the central part of Nagpur and burnt at the end of the day. In the year 1881 the procession of kali marbat was started by making a huge doll resembling the devil putna. While the procession and making of pili marbat started in the year 1885.During the procession, the devotees chant “ida, pida gheun jaa ge marbat” which is to take away social evils and human miseries and “rograi gheun ja re marbat” which means rid us of diseases. This unique festival of marbat teaches us a very important lesson that evil can survive for long, one day it has to end and good always wins over bad.

2019-2021

Nagpur

INTACH Nagpur Chapter distributed the Marathi Regional Newsletter (2019-2021) to schools in the remote areas of Vidarbha. INTACH Life Member Dr. Avishkar personally presented the newsletters to teachers and students in the schools.

INTACH Jamnagar Chapter distributed 300 regional newsletters to rural schools in the region. The Jamnagar convenor, Air Cmde, S S Tyagi, VSM (Retd.) enthusiastically distributed the newsletters to the students and Ms Yashi Jadeja, INTACH Life Member was also present at the distribution ceremony.

INTACH Vadodara Chapter distributed the Gujarati Regional Newsletter (2019-2021) to government schools in the region. The Convenor of the chapter, Mr. Sanjeev Joshi Convenor Vadodara Chapter personally went across to these schools and presented them the newsletters.

INTACH Mumbai Chapter distributed the Marathi Regional Newsletter (2019-2021) to schools during the FilmIt Workshop held on 17th August 2022. The schools were presented the newsletters by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director of HECS INTACH and Gargi Mashruwalla of INTACH Mumbai Chapter after the workshop. The government school Neev Byculla English School. E.S Palanawala Marg was given additional newsletters as well.

24th August 2022

The Filmit India workshop at Kochi was held on 24th August at Kerala Museum, Pathadipalam. 65 students and 16 teachers from 12 schools attended the workshop. Ms. Aditi Nayar, Director Kerala Museum gave the formal introduction and welcomed all the schools. She spoke about the museum and thanked INTACH Kochi chapter for choosing the museum as the venue. Mr. C Babu Rajeev, Convenor, INTACH Kochi chapter welcomed the students and praised the Heritage Education and Communication Service for doing wonderful and interesting work with kids. He wished everyone the best. Mr. Abhishek Das, HECS, spoke about the different divisions of INTACH and the HECS film was screened for the participants showcasing the kind of activities being done by the division. He then gave a brief about the Filmit project. He discussed the themes that were to be used for the current year to make movies. He gave examples regarding each theme to help the students have a better understanding on how to go about making the film. A brainstorming session was also done regarding various topics that could be taken up to make short films. Two films from the previous year were screened. Two films from the previous year were screened. Mr. Biley Menon, Co-convenor INTACH Kochi chapter introduced Mr. Dominic Sangma, the technical resource person.

Dominic started the session by telling the students how got into film making. He asked the students to strike their favourite director’s pose. After this exercise, presentations were shown on stages of making a film, which included planning, preparation, shooting and editing. He asked them the difference between the eye and a camera. They were also given pointers on how to hold a camera and things to remember while making a film. The students participated in the interaction with keen interest and enthusiasm. The importance of shot breakdown and sound was also discussed with the help of short videos. During the break, the schools shot videos to practice the pointers that had been discussed.

The next session was conducted on video editing. Dominic, with support from Abhishek explained how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. A demo on Microsoft Photos was given, which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained with the help of a short video footage shot on a potter making a clay lamp by the Tuning Forks team. Abhishek gave the pointers on how to upload the films on the website. Mr. K J Sohan (ex Mayor Kochi), Convenor INTACH Kerala State chapter addressed the participants. He congratulated HECS and Dominic for conducting an excellent workshop. He and Mr. Biley gave presented a set of books to the Kerala Museum and Dominic as a token of appreciation. Biley gave the formal vote of thanks. The workshop ended with everyone singing the national anthem as part of celebrations of 75 years of India’s freedom.

23rd August 2022

The Filmit India workshop at Chennai was held on 23rd August at KSN Secondary School. 70 students and 17 teachers from 12 schools attended the workshop. The workshop began with a prayer song by one of the students of the host school. The Vice Principal Ms. Sai Geetha welcomed the participants. The Principal, Dr. V. Sridhar addressed the participants. He talked about heritage and the need for us to preserve it. Ms. Sharmila Ganesan, Co-convenor INTACH Tamil Nadu state chapter also addressed the students. She welcomed everyone and spoke about INTACH in brief and the work being done by Tamil Nadu chapter. Mr. Abhishek Das, Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) spoke about the different divisions of INTACH and the HECS film was screened for the participants to have an idea of about the type of work being done by HECS. He then gave a brief about the Filmit project. He discussed the themes that were to be used for the current year to make movies. Two films from the previous year were screened. Abhishek introduced Mr. Vinod Sreedhar and Mr. Dominic Sangma, the technical resource persons.

Vinod began the session by asking the students to strike their favourite director’s pose. A short brainstorming session was also done regarding the two previous years’ films. After this exercise, presentations were shown on stages of making a film, which included planning, preparation, shooting and editing. Dominic took the session on shots and angles. He asked the students the difference between the eye and a camera. He said the eye can see a wide range of things but the camera will only capture shots – basically the four corners. The students were also given pointers on how to hold a camera and things to remember while making a film. The importance of shot breakdown and sound was also discussed with the help of short videos. During the break, the students shot videos to practice the pointers that had been discussed.

The next session was conducted on video editing. Vinod and Dominic explained how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. A demo on Microsoft Photos was given, which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained with the help of a short video footage shot by the Tuning Forks team. Abhishek gave the pointers on how to upload the films on the website. The workshop ended with a formal vote of thanks by the host school.

22nd August 2022

The Filmit India workshop at Hyderabad was held on 22nd August at Gitanjali Devshala. 90 students and 18 teachers from 15 schools attended the workshop. The introduction was given by Ms. Anuradha Reddy, Convenor INTACH Hyderabad Chapter. She talked about INTACH and HECS division and the work done by them. She also introduced the resource persons and went on to talk about the enthusiasm of Hyderabad schools in taking part in INTACH activities. Mr. Abhishek Das, HECS gave the formal introduction to the workshop and screened the HECS film. He gave a brief about the Filmit project. He discussed the themes that were to be used for the current year to make movies. He gave examples regarding each theme to help the students have a better understanding on how to go about making the film. Two films from the previous year were screened. Abhishek introduced Mr. Vinod Sreedhar and Mr. Dominic Sangma, the technical resource persons.

Vinod started the session by asking the students how they liked the two films and how they were different from each other. Then he did an exercise wherein he asked the students to strike their favourite director’s pose. This was done as an ice breaker activity. After this exercise, presentations were shown on stages of making a film, which included planning, preparation, shooting and editing. The different shots and angles were also discussed. They were also given pointers on how to hold a camera and things to remember while making a film. The importance of shot breakdown and sound was also discussed with the help of short videos. During the refreshment break, the students were asked to shoot a short video in the school playground to practice the pointers that had been discussed.

After the break, a session was conducted on video editing. Vinod explained, with excerpts from Dominic, on how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. He did a demo on Microsoft Photos which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained with the help of a short video footage shot by the Tuning Forks team. Abhishek gave the pointers on how to upload the films on the website. The workshop ended with a group photograph in the school photograph in the school playground.

INTACH Mangalore chapter set up a heritage club in GHS Manchi, Mangalore. They conducted their first club activity called Aati- a local cultural celebration of the rainy season performed by the student members and an exhibition of old household artefacts from a local collector's collection on 30th July’22

18th August 2022

The Filmit India workshop was conducted at Navrachana International School, Vadodara on 18th August 2022. 8 schools attended the workshop along with Mr Theo D’costa, Principal, Navrachana Int. School, INTACH Vadodara Convenor Mr. Sanjeev Joshi, Co- Convenor, Ms. Tarisha Mehta, Chapter member Mr. Hitesh, Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Prog. Coordinator, HECS and Ms. Smriti Malhotra Prog. Coordinator, HECS.

The programme began with a welcome by students of the school with songs and folk dances followed by lighting of the ceremonial diya by the guests and experts. This was followed by a brief address by Mr. D Costa who thanked HECS and welcomed all participants and encouraged them to learn and explore about their heritage.

Mr. Sanjeev Joshi also thanked HECS for organising such programmes. He thanked the team for taking out time to conduct the workshop and Ms Sanjana from Tuning folks. The HECS team gave an introduction to INTACH and went over the themes of this year’s FILMIT. Two films from previous years project were also screened.

The technical session was conducted by Ms. Sanjana Chopra from Tuning Fork Films. The session began with a discussion on the two films which were screened and what the students liked about them. Ms. Sanjana shared about various shots, angles and their importance. She gave a presentation in an engaging manner with sample videos and thorough explanation on each technicalities of film-making. Students were asked to make short films using their learnings and discuss their experience. A live editing demo session was done in collaboration with the students and a beautiful film came out of it. The workshop concluded with a Ms. Tarisha Mehta, Co-Convenor, Vadodara Chapter giving the vote of thanks.

18TH AUGUST 2022

The Goa Filmit Workshop was held in Don Bosco School on 18th August 2022 in collaboration with HECS. The workshop was attended by 10 schools and 70 participants. The welcome address was given by Mr Julius Fernandes, the Filmit teacher from Don Bosco SchoolHe thanked INTACH for the initiatives and activities conducted for students.

Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, greeted the participants and the technical team of Tuning Fork. She also welcomed the Convenor of Goa Chapter, Ms Fatima Da Silva Gracias who has worked for the heritage of Goa. Ms Datt spoke about INTACH and activities undertaken by different divisions. The HECS film was screened.

Ms Fatima welcomed the students and spoke about the works undertaken by the Goa Chapter. Ms Datt then discussed about Filmit themes. This was followed by an interactive session as she asked the students to share about unique festival of their home state. Students spoke about the Harela festival of Uttarakhand, Pola festival of Maharashtra and Mukhobhat festival of Bengal.

Mr Vinod Sreedhar and Ms Sasha Singh from the Tuning Fork conducted the Technical session. The session commenced with an activity where Vinod asked the students to freeze in their favorite pose which the students enjoyed. He discussed in brief the steps of film making and talked about the technical aspects such as camera angles, shots, etc. Ms Sasha also went over the technicalities. This was followed by break and shooting session where children were asked to use their learnings to make a short film. After the break, editing and editing software’s were discussed and a detailed demo was shown by Sasha. It was an interactive session. The workshop ended with a formal vote of thanks by Ms Purnima Datt.

17TH AUGUST 2022

The FILMIT Workshop in Mumbai was held at the Bhau Daji Lad Museum and was attended by 55 students and 14 teachers from 10 schools, which included 1 government school. The workshop started with Ms. Gargi Mashruwala of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum giving the welcome address. Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director of HECS INTACH also welcomed and thanked all in attendance and gave an introduction to INTACH which was followed by the HECS film. Ms Datt then asked the students if the students can share a unique form of heritage from their home or state. A student spoke about the Ulu sound from Bengal which is performed on all important occasions. Another spoke about the Varma Lakshmi festival where a coconut is decorated to represent the Goddess Lakshmi. Vinod Sreedhar from Tuning Forks, the expert for the technical session shared with the students about how water is saved in the region of Ladakh. Ms Datt went over the themes of FILMIT in much detail. 2 films of previous years were showcased for the students.

Mr. Vinod began his session on the technical aspects of filmmaking which included details on shots, angles, sound, and light. The students were explained, through examples, how to shoot their films efficiently and properly. He was assisted by Sasha Singh from Tuning Forks during his session. After the break, the students undertook an activity where they made short 2 minute using their learnings. Many locations and artefacts such as statues and the museum temple were used filmed enthusiastically by the students during the activity.

This was then followed by the session on editing by Mr. Vinod . Through the process, the technical team created a short movie with the students for better understanding.

The workshop ended with a Vote of Thanks and the distribution of the Marathi regional Newsletter to all the schools. The workshop was conducted in both English and Hindi.

17th August 2022

The Filmit Workshop was organised at Shreyas Foundation on 17th August’22. It saw the attendance of 7 schools from around the region. The workshop was attended by the Principal of Shreyas Foundation, Ms Parvati Ben Patel, INTACH Ahmedabad Convenor, Mr Pavan Bakeri and Co-convenor, Mr Emmanuel and Ms Geetika Gunjan and Ms Smriti Malhotra, Programme Coordinator, HECS, INTACH. The workshop began with a Mantra Gyaan by the students of the foundation and a welcome address by Ms Parvati Patel, who thanked all the students and HECS for their efforts. Ms Geetika Gunjan also welcomed all the participants and the beautiful host school. Mr Pavan Bakeri also welcomed everybody for this unique workshop and spoke briefly on the concept of heritage, religion and our collective culture. He invited the co-convenor and his founder partner Ms Sanskriti to speak to the students on heritage and give an overview of their current chapter activities. Mr Manuel spoke about the ongoing conservation project undertaken by the Ahmedabad chapter and Ms Sanskriti also interacted with the students on Heritage.

An introduction to INTACH and HECS was given by Ms Malhotra and the HECS film was showcased. The Filmit themes were then discussed by Ms Gunjan and Ms Malhotra, suggesting ideas to students to make films on. 2 films from last year’s Filmit was showcased and the technical expert, Ms Sanjana Chopra from Tuning Folks was introduced. Ms Chopra started her session by interacting with the students and asking them about the films they saw. She went over the technicalities of film-making - storyline, idea, angles, different shots in an interactive manner. She explained the techniques through sample videos. Post the small break, she quickly explained the concept of editing with a demo-video and made a short film in collaboration with the students. The workshop concluded with a vote of thanks by Ms Geetika Gunjan and presenting a small token to the Principal of Shreyas Foundation for their continuous support.

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10TH AUGUST 2022

The Filmit India workshop was conducted at Bhavan’s Vidyalaya, Chandigarh on 10th August 2022. 10 schools from Chandigarh and 4 schools from Ambala attended the workshop along with INTACH Chandigarh convenor Mr. Virender Kapoor, INTACH Ambala Convenor Col. R.D. Singh and Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS and Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Prog. Coordinator, HECS.

The programme began with a welcome address by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt thanked the Chapters for their support for the Filmit programme and also the host school. Mr. V.K. Kapoor addressed the students and encouraged the children to work hard as they are the future of the country. Col. R.D. Singh also shared words of encouragement and expressed gratitude to HECS for the opportunity wherein students are making short films on heritage. Ms. Datt then gave a brief introduction to INTACH and activities undertaken by them. The HECS film was screened next.

The themes for this year’s project were discussed by Ms. Datt. She gave a brief introduction to the project and discussed each theme in detail. 2 films from previous year’s project were also screened.

The technical session was conducted by Ms. Sanjana Chopra and Ms. Anandi Mehra from Tuning Fork Films. The session began with a discussion on the 2 films which were screened and what the students liked about them. Ms. Sanjana then shared about the difference between a story and idea. She also shared about various shots - wide, mid, close up, head shot etc. Ms. Anandi then shared about angles with a sample video shown to students for better understanding. The experts also shared tips on lighting, how to handle camera etc. Students then practiced filming using their learnings. Post refreshments students shared their experience of making the videos followed by a live editing demo session. Students learned how to upload videos, edit them, adjust sound, add music and more in this session.

The workshop was interactive and saw enthusiastic participation from the schools. The workshop concluded with words of encouragement from Col. R.D. Singh and Ms. Purnima Datt.

5th August 2022

The Jaipur FilmIt Workshop was held in Neerja Modi School on 5th August 2022 in collaboration with Heritage Education and Communication Services. The workshop was attended by 14 schools and 120 participants. The programme commenced with the welcome of HECS INTACH team and the technical team of Tuning Fork. Purnima Datt greeted all the participating schools and mentioned about the new schools. She also welcomed the Convenor of Jaipur Chapter, Ms Dharmender Kanwar who has actively worked in the restoration works initiated by her in Jaipur and Rajasthan. Ms Dharmender talked about how she started the restoration works of deteriorating pillars and step wells with a small team and how it now expanded to the other areas of Rajasthan. She thanked the HECS teams for always actively conducting programmes and that students took a lot of input from these workshops.

After the screening of the film Ms Purnima Datt discussed about FilmIt themes of 2022-23 and how students can make films on Natural, Built, Material and Living Heritage topics. This was followed by an interactive session. In between HECS paid tribute to a national winner of Route to roots, 2018-2019, who died in December 2021. Afterwards, Ms Sanjana Chopra and Ms Anandi Mehra, technical resource persons from the Tuning Fork Films team started the technical session by asking students about film making. Two best of last year were screened and students were asked what they liked about the films. Sanjana then discussed in brief the steps of film making and gave an outline on the do’s and don’ts of film-making. Anandi talked about certain technical aspects of about camera angles, different kind of shots and the process of editing were discussed at length. Sanjana then through a film explained about the subject and sound and how it affects the film. The students were given a shooting exercise where they were asked to shoot a short video using the pointers discussed. After the break editing and editing softwares were discussed and a detailed demo was showed to the students on Microsoft Photos about how to effectively edit a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained. This was followed by Q & A round and the workshop ended with a formal vote of thanks by Ms Purnima Datt.

Historical Rally

Our institution members SSSV students and teachers from grade 11 English and Gujarati mediums represented INTACH Jamnagar chapter that JMC had organized on this auspicious and Historical day. INTACH Chapter Life member Sanjaybhai Jani, Hon Secretary Yashi Kumari Jadeja and Ms Pooja participated in the rally. We would like to thank the Principals, teachers and students for their support and being the flag bearers of our Heritage. As always SSSV students were very well organized and looked very smart.

The Filmit India workshop at Varanasi was held on 2nd August at Sunbeam School, Bhagwanpur. 67 students and 28 teachers from 17 schools of the city participated in it. The host school welcomed the guests and resource persons. Mr. Deepak Madhok, Chairman Sunbeam school addressed the participants and wished them the best. Mrs. Gurmeet Kaur, Principal Sunbeam Bhagwanpur also addressed the participants and thanked the resource persons for conducting the workshop in Varanasi. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convenor, Varanasi Chapter welcomed the schools and thanked the host school for making arrangements for the workshop. Other guests present were – Mrs. Bharati Madhok, Director, Sunbeam group, Ms. Pratima Gupta, Asst. Director, Mrs. Prerna Sharma, Vice Principal Sunbeam Bhagwanpur, Mr. Nirmal Joshi, Co Convenor INTACH Varanasi Chapter and Ms. Anuradh Raturi, workshop coordinator, INTACH Varanasi Chapter. The first session began with the HECS film being screened. Afterwards, Mr. Anshul Uniyal and Mr. Sumit Sisodiya, technical resource persons from the Tuning Fork Films team started the technical session by asking students about film making. Two films from the previous year were screened. They asked the students what they liked about the films. Anshul then gave an outline on the do’s and don’ts of film-making and how a film should be made. Technical terms like camera angles, camera work, shots, editing were discussed. Mr Sumit took a session on sound as it is an integral part of film making. He discussed the fine points regarding sound and videos were shown to demonstrate the same. The importance of light was also discussed and how it enhances the experience. The students were asked to shoot a short video

within the hall to practice the pointers that had been discussed. After the break, Mr. Abhishek Das gave a brief about the Filmit project. He discussed the themes that were to be used for the current year to make movies. He gave examples regarding each theme to help the students have a better understanding on how to go about making the film. Sumit went on explain how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. He did a demo on Microsoft Photos which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained. The workshop ended with a formal vote of thanks by Additional Co Convenor INTACH Varanasi chapter Mr. Anil Kesari.

The Filmit India workshop at Kolkata was held on 3rd August at Birla High School. 50 students and 17 teachers attended the workshop. Mr. Sunny Thomas, representing the host school, welcomed all the participants and the resource persons. He also welcomed Mr. G M Kapur, Convenor INTACH West Bengal and Kolkata chapter. Mr. Kapur thanked the hosts for making the necessary arrangements and welcomed the participants. He thanked the technical resource persons. He wished the students and looked forward to seeing their films. Mr. Anshul Uniyal and Mr. Sumit Sisodiya, technical resource persons from the Tuning Fork Films team started the technical session by showing a short film titled ‘Kaveri’. They asked the students what they liked about the film. They responded by saying that it was powerful, inspiring and left a deep impact on them. Anshul made the students do a short exercise by asking them to stand up, outstretch their hands and focus on it and slowly bring it close to their face. He also asked them to close their eyes and sit in silence for a few seconds. Through these actions, he explained to the students about focus and sound. He said that the camera also works in a similar way and its lens work similar to a human eye. He then gave an outline on the do’s and don’ts of film-making and how a film should be made. Technical terms like camera angles, sound, shots, editing were discussed. Mr Sumit took the session on sound as it is an integral part of film making. He discussed the fine points regarding sound and videos were shown to demonstrate the same. A short exercise on the importance of light was also discussed and how it enhances the

experience was done by Anshul and Sumit. During the refreshment break, the students were asked to shoot a short video in the school playground to practice the pointers that had been discussed. After the break, Mr. Abhishek Das gave a brief about the Filmit project. He discussed the themes that were to be used for the current year to make movies. He gave examples regarding each theme to help the students have a better understanding on how to go about making the film. Sumit took the next session on video editing. He explained how to edit a short film/footage and the different editing softwares that can be used. He did a demo on Microsoft Photos which covered the step by step process of editing a film. Things such as storyboard, credits, titles, background audio, etc. were explained with the help of a short video footage shot by the Tuning Forks team. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Sunny Thomas in a unique way. He requested representative participants from five schools to thank the resource persons telling them how they found the workshop useful.

26TH AND 28TH JULY’22

Heritage Education and Communication Services Division(HECS) conducted the second day of the Content Workshop on 26th and 28th July’22 for 30 schools of Delhi-NCR. The workshop was conducted by the esteemed theatre director Mr Feisal Alkazi and was graced by the Chairman, Major General LK Gupta. The workshop began with a brief introduction provided by Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director on INTACH and the FILMIT project. She briefly went over the various unique themes of this year’s project, post which 2 special films of last year’s FILMIT were shown to the students.

The main session began with great enthusiasm and fervour with the engagement of all school students as they thought of objects/rituals/traditions/recipes of heritage importance that they cherish and that has been in their family or has been practised for over 50 years. The students and teachers gave many answers such as gold coins, temple chariots, hockey stick, jewellery box, many recipes made by grandmothers, steel trunk, foods eaten during festivals, etc. As the workshop progressed the art of storytelling with film-making was successfully taught to the students with many engaging activities and personal anecdotes shared by the audience and Mr Alkazi. He urged the students to find compelling stories for their films on heritage and pick objects and ask questions that one wouldn’t think of generally. He asked them to be inquisitive and hold multiple dialogues with family members, househelp, and people with interesting stories to tell for their films. The students engaged with Mr Alkazi and shared their observations and understandings. They all let their imaginations fly and learned which mindset to be in while making their FILMIT films on heritage. Mr Alkazi urged them to choose the 8th idea otherwise most students might have similar themes to work on. The engrossing workshop began with an interesting activity that had the students churning their minds and ended with all of them stating their takeaways. The students gauged the idea of story-telling keeping their heritage and legacy in mind by the end of the workshop and showcased their enthusiasm to make creative films.

Major Genral LK Gupta,Chairman INTACH graced the workshop and blessed the students with all the luck as they embarked on this enjoyable journey of film-making. The workshop concluded with many group photographs and a token of appreciation being presented to Mr Feisal Alkazi for his constant engagement and support for these content workshops.

Report of Heritage Club Installation at Essence International School

50 new students from class 6th to 9th were honoured with passports and badges, to become the members of INTACH Heritage Club. Students of the heritage club presented a fabulous welcome song and dance on India's rich heritage followed by the pledge to protect the rich heritage of India. Ar. Ramani encouraged the children to spread this awareness to larger group of society and was made aware about the need of the time to protect our incredible heritage. She also highlighted the importance of Basil Plant Worship along with intangible aspect of Heritage.

INTACH Nagpur Chapter is on its mission to support and guide the young school students in contributing and conducting various activities at societal level. Strenuous efforts of the teachers and students were highly appreciated by the Directors Mr. Vijay Menon and Dr. Mrs. Hema Menon and school Principal Mrs. Beena Menon. Coordinators Mrs. Zahira Bano and Mrs. ShashiprabhaSuryavanshi also graced the occasion with their presence. The School Director Mr. Vijay Menon promised for a continuous support for the cause. The program was well conducted under the able guidance of Essence school INTACH Heritage club coordinators Mrs. Archana Singh and Mrs. Vandana Shaw.

INTACH Nagpur Chapter is on its mission to support and guide the young school students in contributing and conducting various activities at societal level. Strenuous efforts of the teachers and students were highly appreciated by the Directors Mr. Vijay Menon and Dr. Mrs. Hema Menon and school Principal Mrs. Beena Menon. Coordinators Mrs. Zahira Bano and Mrs. ShashiprabhaSuryavanshi also graced the occasion with their presence. The School Director Mr. Vijay Menon promised for a continuous support for the cause. The program was well conducted under the able guidance of Essence school INTACH Heritage club coordinators Mrs. Archana Singh and Mrs. Vandana Shaw.

प्रकृति के अजूबों के लिए, जिसकी हमें रक्षा करनी है, संस्कृति की समृद्धि के लिए, जिसे मैं सम्मान देने का वादा करता हूं, भारत की विरासत के लिए, जिसकी हमें रक्षा करनी है।

इस संकल्प के साथ, एसेन्स इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, नागपुर ने अपने INTACH हेरिटेज क्लब की फिर से स्थापना की है। आर की मौजूदगी में समारोह का आयोजन किया गया। नितिका एस. रमानी, सह-संयोजक- INTACH नागपुर चैप्टर, बतौर मुख्य अतिथि।

इनटैक हेरिटेज क्लब के सदस्य बनने के लिए छठी से नौवीं कक्षा तक के 50 नए छात्रों को पासपोर्ट और बैज देकर सम्मानित किया गया। हेरिटेज क्लब के छात्रों ने भारत की समृद्ध विरासत पर शानदार स्वागत गीत और नृत्य प्रस्तुत किया और इसके बाद भारत की समृद्ध विरासत की रक्षा करने का संकल्प लिया।

आर. रमानी ने बच्चों को इस जागरूकता को समाज के बड़े समूह में फैलाने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया और हमारी अविश्वसनीय विरासत की रक्षा के लिए समय की आवश्यकता के बारे में जागरूक किया गया। उन्होंने विरासत के अमूर्त पहलू के साथ-साथ तुलसी के पौधे की पूजा के महत्व पर भी प्रकाश डाला।

INTACH नागपुर चैप्टर सामाजिक स्तर पर विभिन्न गतिविधियों में योगदान और संचालन में युवा स्कूली छात्रों का समर्थन और मार्गदर्शन करने के अपने मिशन पर है।

निदेशकों श्री विजय मेनन और डॉ श्रीमती हेमा मेनन और स्कूल प्रिंसिपल श्रीमती बीना मेनन द्वारा शिक्षकों और छात्रों के कठोर प्रयासों की बहुत सराहना की गई। इस अवसर पर समन्वयक श्रीमती जाहिरा बानो और श्रीमती शशिप्रभा सूर्यवंशी ने भी अपनी उपस्थिति दर्ज कराई।

स्कूल के निदेशक श्री विजय मेनन ने इस कारण के लिए निरंतर समर्थन का वादा किया।

कार्यक्रम का आयोजन एसेन्स स्कूल इनटैक हेरिटेज क्लब की समन्वयक श्रीमती अर्चना सिंह एवं श्रीमती वंदना शॉ के कुशल मार्गदर्शन में किया गया।

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हेरिटेजक्लबसमन्वयकश्रीमतीअर्चनासिंहऔरश्रीमतीवंदनाशॉकेकुशलमार्गदर्शनमेंकार्यक्रमअच्छीतरहसेआयोजितकियागयाथा।

Print media coverage of “Azadi kaa Amrit Mahotsav Quiz Competition”

The “Azadi kaa Amrit Mahotsav Quiz Competition” was organised by the INTACH Varanasi Chapter with support from the Chapters Division INTACH Delhi under 75 years of India's independence programme. 22 teams of 2 students each (44 students) participated. The programme was hosted by Sunbeam College for Women Bhagwanpur an INTACH Institutional member.

EDUCATIONAL TRIP AND FELICITATION CEREMONY

18th – 20th July, 2022

Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH organises various national level programmes for school children that seek to aid children’s understanding of heritage in a comprehensive yet lucid way. This year, India at 75: Heritage in Our Hands poster competition was conducted as part of celebrations of 75 years of India’s freedom. This was done to create a sense of awareness among the youth about the sacrifices our freedom fighters had to make in achieving independence for this great country. The students made a poster and supporting write up on any unique heritage which is connected to India’s struggle for independence from 1857 - 1947 in their city/area. The national competition required students from classes 6 to 9 to make a poster and supplement it with a 100 word write – up on their chosen theme. After careful examination of the entries received from 65 chapters and heritage clubs across the country, 75 regional winners and 12 national winners were selected from this competition. Celebrating the remarkable success of the programme and appreciating the students’ efforts, these national winners received an opportunity to visit Delhi for a 3 day educational trip from 18th – 20th July 2022.

On the first day, an orientation programme was done at INTACH where they interacted with Chairman Maj. Gen. L K Gupta, visited the conservation lab and were taken for a heritage walk to Lodhi Gardens. On the second day, the winners went for a visit to the newly opened Prime Ministers’ museum. They were taken for a specially curated tour by the museum curator and her associates. The second half of the day was spent in Sanskriti Pratisthan – Anandgram – which has unique museums of everyday art, Indian textiles and Indian terracotta. On the final day, the students visited UNESCO designated world heritage site Humayun’s Tomb Complex. The three days’ programme came to a conclusion with a felicitation and award ceremony for the national winners at INTACH New Delhi. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Padma Shri Awardee, INTACH Founding Member and Founder - Chairperson of Sanskriti Pratisthan Shri O.P. Jain. Dr. Swapna Liddle, historian and former convenor INTACH Delhi Chapter was the Guest of Honour. She delivered a lecture on India’s Freedom Movement and the role of Delhi. The winners spoke about themselves and the topics chosen by them in brief. Mr. Jain, Dr. Liddle, Chairman INTACH, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) L.K. Gupta and Member Secretary INTACH, Dr (Mrs) C.T. Misra, felicitated the winners and congratulated them. The students were presented a trophy along with a certificate and two books, Indian Culture and Heritage at Risk. The regional winners of Delhi-NCR region were also felicitated.

Clay Pottery and Toy Making - 12th July'22

A two day Teachers Training Workshop was conducted at Solapur in collaboration with INTACH Solapur chapter on 7th and 8th July at Mangalwedhekar Institute of Management. 30 schools participated in the workshop.

INTACH Varanasi Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted an endangered art and craft workshop on clay pottery and toy making on 12th July’22 at Sunbeam School, Indira Nagar. Around 44 students and 12 accompanying teachers from 11 INTACH member schools attended and participated in a 3 hours workshop. The master potter Sanju Prajapati along with his son conducted the workshop with an electric potter wheel

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7th & 8th July

A two day Teachers Training Workshop was conducted at Solapur in collaboration with INTACH Solapur chapter on 7th and 8th July at Mangalwedhekar Institute of Management. 30 schools participated in the workshop.

Ar. Shveta Kothavale, co-Convenor, Solapur chapter welcomed the guests and the teachers and briefly explained the aims and objectives of INTACH, HECS and the workshop as also a brief introduction to the activities of INTACH Solapur Chapter in the last 10 years of its founding. The programme was attended by Dr. RajendrasinhLokhande as Chief Guest, Convener Dr. Seemantini Chaphalkar, Life Member Nitin Anvekar, Co- Conveners Shveta Kothavale and Pushpanjali Katikar. The workshop was inaugurated by watering a plant. Dr. Lokhande addressed teachers about the importance of heritage awareness amongst students and urged them to make the efforts to know about local heritage and involve their students in exploring the same.

Dr. Seemantini Chaphalkar conducted the first session on local heritage of Solapur. She explained the various aspects of heritage like built, art and craft, material and intangible heritage of Solapur. The next session began with the screening of INTACH Film. Ms. PurnimaDutt, Principal Director, HECS introduced the different aspects of heritage and spoke in detail about India’s heritage. Post lunch a session on Heritage Education was conducted by HECS team. The third session included a discussion on group activity.

On day two, teachers prepared their presentations followed by a session on educational resources by Ms. Purnima Datt and Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Prog. Coordinator. Films made by students as part of filmit project were also screened.

The next session consisted of group presentations. Each group shared about Solapur’s heritage through songs, videos etc.

The workshop concluded with distribution of certificates and resource materials followed by a vote of thanks by Dr. Seemantini Chaphalkar.

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Ambala - 8th July’22

INTACH HECS in collaboration with INTACH Ambala Chapter conducted a citizenship and heritage training workshop on 8th July’22 at the Arya Girls College, Ambala Cantt. It was attended by 35 teachers from 20 schools, 30 students from the Arya Girls College, along with six Asst Professors - a total of 71 participants. Dr Desh Bandhu ji was the Guest of Honour, along with a number of other dignitaries - Dr & Mrs Purewal, Mr Vinay Malhotra, Principal Anupama Arya, Principal Sheetal ( DAV School), Principal Sunita ( Air Force School), Colonel MS Mahal, OIC ECHS, Mr Deepak Rishi, sister Preeti BK, and some more.

An educational workshop with sessions by Ms Madhu Singh, the esteemed resource person on the importance of inculcating the values of Citizenship and Heritage amongst students and the 2nd session was conducted by Ms Christina Shangne, Senior Programme coordinator and Ms Smriti Malhotra, Programme coordinator at HECS,INTACH. The workshop ended on a high note with an interactive session with the teachers and college students in attendance.

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GAYA – 29th – 30th JUNE 2022

A two day teacher training workshop was organized at DAV Public School, Cantt. Area, Gaya on 29th – 30th June, 2022. 61 teachers from 32 schools took part in it. In the inaugural session, lightning of the lamp ceremony along with a welcome song was sung by the students of the host school. Mrs. Anjali, the principal of DAV school gave the welcome address and welcomed all the teachers and INTACH representatives. She expressed gratitude to the participants. Convenor, Gaya Chapter, Mr. Manish Sinha also welcomed the participants and thanked the school for agreeing to host the event. The INTACH film was screened after that. In the first session, Dr. Surendra Nath Behera, the local resource person spoke about the natural heritage of Gaya. He stressed upon the aforestation efforts that were taken up by him and a group of volunteers to increase the green cover of a local hillock named Brahmayoni. Ms. Purnima Datt, in her session talked about what is heritage and its types. She explained in detail about natural, living and material heritage. Mr. Abhishek Das spoke about built heritage. In the second half, an interesting activity called ‘romantic pairs’ was done as an icebreaker. The second session was on heritage education and how to set up a heritage club. Innovative lesson plans, how to take heritage walks, national programs and HECS’ publications were discussed. A role-play activity was done wherein two teachers represented a ball point pen and a traditional (old) metal inkpot and discussed about the uses and advantages of the respective objects they represented. The first day ended with teachers being divided into five different groups for their group activity to be presented the next day.

The second day of the workshop began with a heritage walk to Rukmini Kind, Akshay Vat, Brahmpati Maheshwar Temple and Manglagouri Temple. The Akshay vat is a fig tree which is said to be undying. Day two’s session focused on the various activities books being discussed, HECS’ social media platforms, website, etc. A few films from the filmit project were also screened. The teachers were given time to prepare for their group activity. Through the help of presentations, pictures, songs, poetry and dance, the five groups presented on Dungeshwari Hill (natural heritage), Mahabodhi Temple (built heritage), Chhatth Puja (living heritage), Patwatuli Handloom (material heritage) and Folk music and dances (living heritage). The workshop ended with the teachers being presented with the certificates and resource material.

Installation of New INTACH Heritage Club

The INTACH Mangaluru Chapter installed a new INTACH Heritage Club in a rural School, Govt. High School in Manchi, Kolnad in Bantwal Taluk, Dakshin Kannada on 25th June. The Chapter will also be adding more schools to be a part of INTACH Heritage Club in the days to come. Mr. Tharanath K, artist and art teacher with the support from Chapter Convenor will be the co-ordinator.

Yoga Day Celebration

21st June 2022

INTACH Ayodhya Chapter with full support from India Tourism, Varanasi region organized Yoga Day celebration at Gulabbari, Faizabad ,Ayodhya. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Advisor, Ayodhya Chapter and Convener Varanasi coordinated. Mr Amit Gupta, Asst Director, India Tourism was also present there. The venue is ASI protected monument and ASI gave special permission to hold the event.

Heritage Walk Mubarak Mandi Heritage Erstwhile Palace Complex

27th May 2022

Students of NSS – Erstwhile Prince of Whales College Presently known as Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College Jammu were taken for Heritage Walk at Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex on 27th May 2022. Shri Kripal Singh, Life Member INTACH Jammu Chapter conducted the Heritage walk of the Erstwhile Dogra Palaces Complex. Students were shown 20 Heritage Buildings with usage of each and every unit by the then Dogra Rulers .The faculty in Charge of NSS Ms Deepali Mahajan and volunteers were given the brief of Architectural features, local as well as imported materials used in different Buildings.

This is the third day of summer camps as a part of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav. Besides awareness, this tour is likely to promote Heritage Tourism in the Jammu district connecting to the roots of our culture. This was their 102nd heritage walk. Having depth of knowledge, it was great experience that youth should come across to know the rich heritage and culture we belong to. NSS volunteers along with NSS PO Dr. Deepali Mahajan visited the complex in morning. Mubarak Mandi is a Palace in Jammu. It was the royal residence of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from the Dogra dynasty. The palace is built in a manner that resembles both Rajasthani and Mughal architecture. The Pink Hall houses the Dogra Art Museum with miniature paintings of the various Hill Schools of Kangra, Jammu and Basholi. It also has a gold painted bow and arrow of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Raja Dhruv Dev (1707-1733) of Jammu laid the foundation of present Mubarak Mandi Palaces Complex.

NSS volunteers visited Raja Amar Singh Mahal, Raja Ram Singh Mahal, Dev dynasty buildings, Pink Durbar Hall, Army Head Quarter, Maharaja Pratap Singh Mahal, Golghar, Rani Chadki Mahal, Nava Mahal, Rani Bandarali Mahal, MianMota ki Samadhi and other buildings and learned about the history and heritage. Despite it being hot, the participating students listened to the history related to Mubarak Mandi with full discipline and interest and also took their photographs inside Mubarak Mandi to make their heritage walk memorable. Shri Kripal and Shri Rahul Bhagat and the staff of Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society helped in making today's Heritage Walk a success.

World Environment Day

5th June 2022

On the occasion of World Environment Day 5th June 2022, the INTACH Chapters of Khandwa and Jamnagar observed the day by planting trees in their respective cities.

Cultural Programme, 21st May 2022

A programme under the slogan "Sada Virsa, Sadi Shan": Our Heritage, Our Pride" was organised on 21.05.22 at Sarkaria Model Senior Secondary School Mudhal (Amritsar) located in rural area. The school provides education to the lower middle class and working class children. It is a special initiative of the Amritsar Chapter to reach out and relate to the schools in rural areas and government schools providing education to the children of lower middle classes. The students from class II to class X participated in different events such as fancy dress, skits, plays and the folk dances Gidha & Bhangra. The plays related to the problems of female foeticide and neglect of old parents by their sons and daughters. INTACH Punjab State Convener was the guest of Honour while Deputy Spdtt of Police Mr. Gurpartap Singh Sahota. Besides the students and their parents, some members of INTACH Amritsar Chapter, Er. Sawinder Singh, and important personalities of the area were present in the audience. The programme was organised on the make shift stage open in the ground. It was a wonderful evening.

Report on Saryu Aarti

12th and 26th may, 2022

INTACH Ayodhya Chapter organized Saryu Aarti on 12th and 26th May, 2022 on the occasion of Mohini ekadashi at Guptar ghat, Ayodhya. Saryu Aarti is an ancient practice that has been immortalized here. Held every evening between 6-7 pm, it is a spectacle that simply cannot be missed if you are in Ayodhya. Under the guidance of Convener INTACH Ayodhya chapter Ms. Manjula Jhunjhunwala, JB Academy heritage club, Ayodhya, Dr. Divya Shukla organised Saryu Aarti, which was performed by students. This aarti willl now be conducted twice every month at every ekadashi. Saryu Aarti of Ayodhya is a shining beacon of devotion and bliss that makes each one experience the divinity in and around us. The beauty of river Saryu was incredible. Students participated with full enthusiasm and energy and it was a very fascinating experience for everyone. A group of 5 students performed Aarti with agarbatti, dhoop, deep, agni and jal (Saryu water), 5 students were involved in preparation for aarti, a group of 10 students sung melodious Saryu geet in awadhi and Saryu aarti. It was the essence and glimpse of Indian culture and spirituality. The event was fruitful and successful as it made children aware about our rich heritage. More than hundred people joined the Aarti on both the days.

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Endangered Art and Craft Workshop - Jamshedpur

29th April’22

INTACH Jamshedpur Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted an endangered craft workshop on 29th April’22 for the students of Rajya Samposit High School, Jharkhand. The workshop was on the local performing art form, Kharsawa Chau dance. The dance form depicts religious and societal themes in its performance, due to lack of institutional help and patronage, the performers of this artform are slowly dwindling. Workshops such as this one helps promote and raise awareness regarding the artform. Shri Pramanand Nand, who has been an active performer and advocate for the dance form for 27 years was invited as a resource person, he enthusiastically taught the middle school students about the dance form. His team performed an act called "shikari" for their young audience. The basic steps of the dance form were taught to the students and asked to present their learnings at the end. The workshop came to an end with concluding remarks by Shri Vipul Sharma and Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra of INTACH Jamshedpur Chapter.

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Endangered Craft Workshop - Jamshedpur

18th April 2022

INTACH Jamshedpur Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted an Endangered craft workshop on Manbhum Chau dance on 18th April’22 for 23 school students of the region The workshop began with an opening speech by Mr Prabhat Kumar Mahto of Natraj Kala Kendra, he has been associated with the dance and working relentlessly to raise more awareness around it for the past 15 years. He spoke in much detail about the dance form. The team from Natraj Kala Kendra and Mr Prabhat then included the students in an immersive dance performance. The students were divided in pairs of two and were given step by step instructions for each step. The engaging workshop not only saw the participation of the students but also the teachers. The workshop concluded with a few words by Mr Prabhat on the importance of preserving this rare and lesser known dance form and thanked the convenor of INTACH Jamshedpur and team for all of their efforts.

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College Heritage Volunteer Training Workshop

19th May, 2022

A college heritage volunteer training workshop was held on 19th May 2022 at Government Degree College, Basohli. The welcome address was delivered Prof. Anita Baloria. She welcomed the students, staff and representatives from INTACH. The INTACH film was screened following the welcome address. Dr. Nidhi Kotwal, Principal, GDC Basohli took the next session. She talked Basohli and its history in brief. Mr. S M Sahni, in his address talked about INTACH and about heritage and what it constitutes. Mr. Abhishek Das took the next session where he discussed about the types of heritage and how students can help in their capacity to safeguard it. He explained the different types of heritage and how students can help in safeguarding it.

After the lunch break, Mr. Shiv Padha talked about local heritage of Basohli. He started his session by talking about the actual extent of India in the ancient times. He spoke about the importabnce of Basohli and how even Mughal kings also maintained cordial relations with the local rulers. It used to be one of the richest states in the earlier times its Pashmina shawls and paintings are famous all over the world. He expressed sadness that the true potential of Basohli has not been realized and hoped that in the coming times this won’t be the case. The next session was on heritage volunteerism and heritage education conducted by Mr. Abhishek Das.

He spoke about the need for active volunteerism in safeguarding the heritage of the country, the CHV programme and INTACH HECS’ activities. Post this session, the students were asked to present how they intended to volunteer, how they would help INTACH and what kind of support they would like from INTACH. The workshop ended with the distribution of certificates by Mr. Sahni, Dr. Kotwal and Dr. Baloria to the participants.

Heritage Walk - Amrit Mahotsav

INTACH Varanasi with support from India Tourism, Varanasi office organised a Heritage walk for school of INTACH member institutions. About 180 students and 20 teachers participated. Students were taken to Rani Laxmi Bai Smarak Sthal which is also popularly known as Rani Laxmi Bai Janm Sthali. They were explained about India's struggle for Independence and also about role of Rani Laxmi Bai. Senior Tourist guides were hired to give briefing. Later students were taken to Tulsi Ghat and the traditional AKHADA which still is active after so many years. They were explained about traditional wrestling traditions of the country and presence of very few AKHADAS. The residence where Sant Tulsidas ji stayed was also shown.

At the last leg of the journey, they were taken to historical. Lolark Kund and were explained about history and importance of Lolark Kund. Dr. Mrs Divya Singh, Life member and Director of Sant Atulanand Residential Academy (Institutional member), was also present along with Mr. Amit Gupta, Asst Director, India Tourism.

Students of Sant Atulanand Residential Academy Holapur enjoyed and appreciated our initiative.

Kaali Baari Heritage Walk

A Heritage walk was organised by Varanasi Chapter on Sunday, May 1, 2022 for members and also students from select institutional member. Participants were taken to Coochbihar Kaali Baari Temple premises where there are cluster of temples established in the year 1830 by then Maharaja of Coochbihar, Raja Harendra Narain Singh. There are two Kaali Maa temples. One has Kaali Maata commonly known by devotees as Daya Maata and Karuna Maata. Another small temple has Kaali Maa known as Panchmundi because 5 skulls were buried below the temple and then temple was built. There are five Shiva Temples too in the large premises commonly known as Panchlingeshwar. Also, there is early 19th century temple of Radha Krishna opposite the main premises. The entire property and palace was taken over by West Bengal Government in the year 1949. From then onwards, it is West Bengal Government which is looking after the temple premises.

There is a traditional wrestling place too there which in Varanasi we term it as Akhada. The participants then moved to nearby Chintamani Ganesh Temple via the lanes. Mr. Anil Kesari, Addl Co Convener briefed the participants about the temples and its history. 24 students from Institutional members and 12 life members participated. It goes to the credit of the Chapter that 2 heritage walk programmes were organised the same day at two different locations. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convener with the help from Mr. Anil Kesari, Mr. Alvaro (member) and Mrs. Anjila Agrawal managed at both the locations.

INTACH Varanasi Chapter

Heritage Walk - Amrit Mahotsav

INTACH Varanasi with support from India Tourism, Varanasi office organised a Heritage walk for school of INTACH member institutions. About 180 students and 20 teachers participated. Students were taken to Rani Laxmi Bai Smarak Sthal which is also popularly known as Rani Laxmi Bai Janm Sthali. They were explained about India's struggle for Independence and also about role of Rani Laxmi Bai. Senior Tourist guides were hired to give briefing. Later students were taken to Tulsi Ghat and the traditional AKHADA which still is active after so many years. They were explained about traditional wrestling traditions of the country and presence of very few AKHADAS. The residence where Sant Tulsidas ji stayed was also shown.

At the last leg of the journey, they were taken to historical. Lolark Kund and were explained about history and importance of Lolark Kund. Dr. Mrs Divya Singh, Life member and Director of Sant Atulanand Residential Academy (Institutional member), was also present along with Mr. Amit Gupta, Asst Director, India Tourism.

Students of Sant Atulanand Residential Academy Holapur enjoyed and appreciated our initiative.

Kaali Baari Heritage Walk

A Heritage walk was organised by Varanasi Chapter on Sunday, May 1, 2022 for members and also students from select institutional member. Participants were taken to Coochbihar Kaali Baari Temple premises where there are cluster of temples established in the year 1830 by then Maharaja of Coochbihar, Raja Harendra Narain Singh. There are two Kaali Maa temples. One has Kaali Maata commonly known by devotees as Daya Maata and Karuna Maata. Another small temple has Kaali Maa known as Panchmundi because 5 skulls were buried below the temple and then temple was built. There are five Shiva Temples too in the large premises commonly known as Panchlingeshwar. Also, there is early 19th century temple of Radha Krishna opposite the main premises. The entire property and palace was taken over by West Bengal Government in the year 1949. From then onwards, it is West Bengal Government which is looking after the temple premises.

There is a traditional wrestling place too there which in Varanasi we term it as Akhada. The participants then moved to nearby Chintamani Ganesh Temple via the lanes. Mr. Anil Kesari, Addl Co Convener briefed the participants about the temples and its history. 24 students from Institutional members and 12 life members participated. It goes to the credit of the Chapter that 2 heritage walk programmes were organised the same day at two different locations. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convener with the help from Mr. Anil Kesari, Mr. Alvaro (member) and Mrs. Anjila Agrawal managed at both the locations.

INTACH Guntur Chapter

Heritage Walk

19th April, 2022

The INTACH Guntur Chapter organized a heritage walk to Undavalli caves, a historical site near Tadepalli, Guntur District, on 19-04-2022, Undavalli caves a monolithic rock cut architecture discovered between 420-600AD. Faculty and students from Hindu college of Management Studies, INTACH members joined the heritage walk. Member Srinath Reddy, who is a student of Archeology explained about the style and work behind this wonderful heritage monument. In the words of Chapter Convenor Sri SVS Lakshminarayana, these caves are carved in Gupta style of rock-cut Architecture which goes back to 4th-5th century CE. Most of emperors of Gupta's were Vaishnavas so we can see many sculptures of Narasimha, Vishnu and Ramayana stories. They are associated with the Vishnukundina Kings of 420-620 CE. These caves are dedicated to Anantha Padmanabha and Narashimha. Later Jain and Buddhist monks used these as rest houses. Members from ISHA foundation have also visited the monument with us. Miss Parimala and her team has conducted and explained about campaign of their Save Earth project. INTACH members Sri P. Ramachandra Raju coordinated the visit. INTACH Co -convenor A. Ravi Srinivas, artist Sri. Vijay also participated in the walk.

INTACH Varanasi Chapter

International Museum Day

May 17th - 18th

The INTACH Varanasi Chapter on the occasion of International Museum Day on May 17 and 18, 2022 organised a visit to the Crafts Museum, Trade Facilitation Centre, Badalalpur which is under the Ministry of Textiles Govt. of India. They have Exclusive Textile Handloom, Handicrafts and Carpet Galleries. All products are from Varanasi and nearby. Students of INTACH Varanasi Chapter Member Schools visited with Mr. Ashok Kapoor Convener. Dr Ajay Shrivastawa, Curator and Head of the museum personally briefed the students in each gallery.

On Day 2 Approx 76 students from 12 INTACH Member schools were taken to Bharat Kala Bhawan BHU, the biggest University museum of the country. Museum authorities opened the galleries especially for INTACH, though museum is closed for repairs.

Dr Priyanka Chandra, curator explained about sculptures while Dr Bharatan explained about Miniature paintings. Then all students were provided drawings and were asked to fill the colours. A painting competition was organised after viewing the galleries. The Competition was organised with support from Bharat Kala Bhawan whose curator Dr Ganeshan and Ms Jasminder Kaur specially briefed the students. Our Life member and Fulbright scholar Dr Suresh Nair and Prof Pradosh Mishra were present to judge the paintings for prizes. India Tourism, Varanasi provided snacks, fruit juice etc to all participants and also provided logistic support. Prizes and certificates were distributed at the venue itself. Ms Aditi Gulati, Life member was also present.

The two day International Museum day was a great success as local newspapers gave wide coverage too. Mr. Ashok Kapoor Convener, Amit Gupta, Asst Director, India Tourism and Ms Jasminder Kaur, Dy Director, Bharat Kala Bhawan BHU gave away prizes. Ashok Kapoor Convener proposed vote of thanks to India Tourism. Bharat Kala Bhawan BHU and all the teachers from different schools who were present inspire of hot weather.

Teacher Training Workshop

Shillong

5th- 6th May 2022

The Heritage Education and Communication Division, INTACH conducted a two day Teacher Training Workshop at Shillong. The workshop was held in collaboration with INTACH Meghalaya Chapter. 22 teachers from 11 schools of the city participated in the workshop.

The welcome address of the workshop was shared by Ms. Risa, member of INTACH Meghalaya State Chapter; she thanked the teachers for participating and also the HECS team for organizing the workshop. It was then followed by the screening of the INTACH Film.

Day 1
The workshop sessions conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS emphasised on the importance of proactive teachers in instilling a sense of responsibility and sensitivity in the students about India’s composite heritage. The sessions also focused on the various components of India’s heritage. Participants were familiarised with the importance and need of incorporating heritage education as an active part of school curriculum so that children can learn heritage values and imbibe them in their day to day life. Dr Madeline Yvonne Tham, Convenor of INTACH Meghalaya Chapter also shared a few encouraging words to the teachers.

Day 2
The second day of workshop saw participants undertaking a heritage walk to Mawphlang, Sacred Forest Grove let by the local walk leader. The walk highlighted the importance of protecting and preserving the natural heritage. This was then followed by the presentation of HECS publications, Young INTACH website, National Programmes, social media and the importance of heritage walks and resource persons to incorporate in the heritage education process.

The workshop ended with distribution of resource material and certificates to participants.

INTACH Faridabad Chapter

Installation of Heritage Club and Painting Competition

Around 40 girls were recently made young INTACH ambassadors by taken pledge and were given Young INTACH heritage passports and badges. There was also an annual on the spot "Heritage monuments" painting competition that took place at Aggarwal College for Women, Ballabgarh in January 2022.

MATERIAL CONSERVATION WORKSHOP, INTACH

Pragyan School,Greater Noida

25th April 2022

Heritage Education and Communication Services Division in collaboration with Material Heritage Division of INTACH conducted a specialized workshop for the students of Pragyan School, Greater Noida on the 25th of April, 2022. The workshop was attended by a 21 students and 1 teacher along with the resource persons. The programme was divided into three sessions.

The programme commenced with a welcome by Ms. Purnima Datt (Principal Director, HECS). She greeted the students and gave a brief introduction to what works INTACH undertakes. This was followed by a film screening about INTACH.

Ms. Purnima Datt later gave a brief description of what is tangible and intangible heritage and discussed what value and importance it has for us. There was interactive session where participants shared their invaluable assets of the family and what importance it holds for them. Later ma’am also discussed about the FILMIT project where schools across India participates and makes film related all aspects of heritage; natural, built, material and living. One film on Bhopas made by a school was screened and the other film on restoration of Pabu ji ki Phad was also shown.

After a brief break, students were divided into two groups and later taken to both the labs for visit. The session was head by Mr. Nagamurthy and Ms Bhawana Kathuria alongside other team members. The visit to the lab, allowed students to view different types of objects undergoing conservation and understand the process of conservation used for different kinds of material heritage. During the lab visit they learned about taxidermy, restoration of textiles, tiles and paintings are done.

Post the conservation lab visit, students were arranged in groups of 4 for the tear mending activity. The activity session was head by Mr. Nagamurthy and Ms. Bhawana where they explained about the process of restoring paper objects and how to do it in a fun way at home. In the interactive session many questions were asked and

The session ended with few remarks of students and teacher. Ms. Geetika Gunjan and Ms. Vaishnavi Singh (HECS Representatives) gave the concluding remarks and distributed the newsletter.

PHOTOS:

REPORT- SPECIALIZED WORKSHOP

Heritage Education and Communication Services Division in collaboration with Material Heritage Division of INTACH conducted a specialized workshop for the students of Pragyan School, Greater Noida on the 25th of April, 2022. The workshop was attended by a 21 students and 1 teacher along with the resource persons. The programme was divided into three sessions.

The programme commenced with a welcome by Ms. Purnima Datt (Principal Director, HECS). She greeted the students and gave a brief introduction to what works INTACH undertakes. This was followed by a film screening about INTACH. Ms. Purnima Datt later gave a brief description of what is tangible and intangible heritage and discussed what value and importance it has for us. There was interactive session where participants shared their invaluable assets of the family and what importance it holds for them. Later ma’am also discussed about the FILMIT project where schools across India participates and makes film related all aspects of heritage; natural, built, material and living. One film on Bhopas made by a school was screened and the other film on restoration of Pabu ji ki Phad was also shown.

After a brief break, students were divided into two groups and later taken to both the labs for visit. The session was head by Mr. Nagamurthy and Ms Bhawana Kathuria alongside other team members. The visit to the lab, allowed students to view different types of objects undergoing conservation and understand the process of conservation used for different kinds of material heritage. During the lab visit they learned about taxidermy, restoration of textiles, tiles and paintings are done.

Post the conservation lab visit, students were arranged in groups of 4 for the tear mending activity. The activity session was head by Mr. Nagamurthy and Ms. Bhawana where they explained about the process of restoring paper objects and how to do it in a fun way at home. In the interactive session many questions were asked and

The session ended with few remarks of students and teacher. Ms. Geetika Gunjan and Ms. Vaishnavi Singh (HECS Representatives) gave the concluding remarks and distributed the newsletter.

WORKSHOP PHOTOS:

Heritage and Citizenship Workshop

22nd April'22

INTACH Gurgaon Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH conducted a heritage and citizenship workshop on 22nd April’22. The workshop was done in association with Sushant School of Art and Architecture. Around 56 students of architecture and professors attended the enlightening workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr Navin Piplani who gave an introduction about INTACH and initiated the lamp lighting with all the esteemed guests. He then invited the Vice co-chancellor of the university, Mr Sanjay Sharma to speak a few words. Ms Yasmin Contractor, Convenor of Gurgaon Chapter effortlessly managed the workshop and invited all the participants to this engaging workshop.

General LK Gupta, Chairman,INTACH welcomed the students and spoke about the role of young citizens in preserving heritage.

She shared many interesting pieces of information regarding different forms of material heritage - be it textiles, oral traditions, food, folk music, dance, theatre, etc. The 2nd session was conducted by Mr Navin Piplani,who started his session by speaking about the commitments of different people. Spoke about the difficulties people face to create things and buildings. Giving examples of Taj Mahal.

Basically said that each person has a role, duty, and responsibility. He said that the idea of citizenship has existed since ancient times in different forms.

Session 3 was done by Ms Tapasya Samal, Co-convenor, INTACH Gurgaon Chapter who spoke on “Sustaining Heritage and Community Participation”, she spoke about SDGs and the role of citizens in the community and the active steps that can be taken by younger citizens to be more involved with our local heritage. She suggests ways to bring about change, be it via movements,campaigns, dialogues between authorities, research and documentation and most of all using their online platforms to raise awareness. She littered her talk with various examples of heritage cities and spaces such as the city of Bath, responsible tourism of Japan, Jaisalmer Fort, etc. The last session was done by Ms Yasmin Contractor who spoke about the efforts and work done by the chapter in retaining the heritage of Gurgaon and raising awareness regarding various lesser known forms of heritage. Speaking about the John hall, houses in Jharsa, Kaman sarai, etc.

The workshop concluded with an interactive activity with the participants, whereby they were asked to pick an object and associate that with heritage. Many interesting pieces within their surroundings were picked up by the students/professors such as textiles worn, metal kara, books, pen, ring, paper, pamphlet, light lamp, etc. The students engaged with Ms Datt and explained their understanding of heritage and citizenship vis a vis these objects.

WORKSHOP PHOTOS:

VARANASI TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP

20th – 21st April 2022

A two day teacher training workshop was held at Little Flower House, Nagwa, Varanasi on 20th and 21st April 2022. 49 teachers from 27 schools participated. The workshop began with a lamp lighting ceremony. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convenor, Varanasi Chapter gave a brief welcome address. The INTACH film was shown post the welcome address. The first speaker of the day was Mr. Anil Keshari. He spoke about the various unique temples of Varanasi. He said that heritage should be shared and it’s ones responsibility to share it. While talking about the unique temples he mentioned that there are temples belonging even to the fourth century CE which people are not even aware about. He touched upon a few temples like Satya Lok, Durga Badi, Garudeshwar Mahadev temple, Jangambadi Math etc. He covered quite a few unique temples in his talk. The next session was about types of heritage which was taken by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director HECS. She thanked the Varanasi chapter and talked about the importance of the workshop. She asked the teachers to introduce themselves and name one favourite place of theirs in Varanasi where they liked to visit. Then she spoke about INTACH and the reason why it was set up and its different divisions. During her presentation she spoke about what is heritage. Natural, built, material and living heritage was discussed in detail with examples from various parts of the country. The built heritage section was discussed by Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Prog. Coordinator (HECS). After a short lunch break, a session on heritage education was conducted by Ms. Datt. She explained what heritage education is and also did a role play activity with teachers explaining them importance of innovative lesson plans. The last session of the day was on cultural heritage of Varanasi by Dr. Pradosh Mishra, Prof. BHU. He showed a presentation where the different ghats, ‘akhadas’, temples, old paintings were shown. He showed some recent modern paintings which do not gel with the surroundings and do not give an aesthetic feel. This implied that things should not be copied blindly from the west and awareness is the key. In the last session, Mr. Das discussed HECS’ activities – Publications, website, national programmes, social media and the importance of heritage walks and resource persons to incorporate in the heritage education process. They were divided into four groups for their group activity which was to be presented the following day.

Day two began with a heritage walk at Jagannath Temple near Assi Ghat. This temple complex symbolizes the Puri Kshetra of Odisha. It was built by Beni Ram and Vishambar Ram of the Bhonsale Estate of Nagpur who were living in Varanasi in the year 1802. Currently the temple complex is a victim of illegal encroachments and in need of immediate conservation as it is a monument of great heritage importance. After the site visit, the teachers went back to the venue and had a short tea break. They presented their group activity which was based on the natural, built, material and living heritage of Varanasi. They made wonderful presentations, sang songs, skits, quizzes and even recited shloks and dohas.

Finally, the certificates and resource material was distributed to the participants. The workshop ended with positive feedback and a group photograph with the participants.

DELHI TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP

19TH APRIL 2022

A one- day teacher training workshop was conducted by Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH on 19th April 2022. 42 teachers from 42 schools participated in the workshop from across Delhi- NCR.

The programme began with a welcome address by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS. This was followed by screening of the INTACH Film.

Ms. Datt then briefly introduced the latest HECS publication 'Heritage at Risk" which covers all aspects of heritage and highlights the endangered built heritage sites, animal, tress etc.

The second session was conducted by Mr. Manu Bhatnagar, Principal Director, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH on India’s Natural Heritage at Risk. Mr. Bhatnagar shared some facts and figures on the endangered flora and fauna of India. He shared how modern landscapes can be made suitable for encouraging natural growth i.e Vertical scaping, bee/bat bricks etc. He shared some interesting anecdotes on nature- culture linkage and shared tips on how to encourage environmental consciousness in schools.

Ms. Malvika Bajaj Saini, Consultant Conservation, Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH spoke about State of Built Heritage of India: Threats Conservation and Role of Youth. Ms. Malvika started her session by giving a brief introduction to the book. She pointed out the need to check the falling monuments. In brief, she mentioned about the types of heritage Architectural Division of INTACH deals with and explained its mandate which focuses on the unprotected. In her presentation she talked about the condition of dilapidated monuments and exclaimed that how nobody ever ventured into the state of Built Heritage of India which led to the development of SoBHI vision- an acronym and name given to State of Built Heritage of India. She emphasized on the need for proactive states as everyday India is losing some built heritage due to various factors. Later she talked about the expanse of INTACH chapters and how information was gathered from towns and cities and a lot of voluntary contribution from people across all ages. She pointed out what is heritage and why we do not have enough models of adaptive reuse and not being able to be creative about old heritage structures. She talked about the Heritage at risk booklet and that how a small step leads to the beginning of a movement, challenges that comes ahead opportunities for the youth. In conclusion she talked about the engagement via social media platform and how people can contribute, way ahead and some learning.

Teacheres then visited the INTACH Conservation lab and got an insight into

conservation practices.

Ms. Nirupama Y. Modwel, Principal Director, Intangible Cultural Heritage Division, INTACH spoke about India's Endangered Living Heritage,Threats and Community/Youth participation.

Ms. Modwel spoke about intangible cultural heritage and about how we can help save and preserve it. The problem is that ICH is in our daily lives so often and is so difficult to identify and how it has been harmed and how to save it.

She shared the meaning of ICH and how it is the most fragile of all the kinds of heritage. It is our duty to help protect ICH and safeguard it. She also shared the initiatives taken by the division and how people can help preserve ICH and create awareness about it.

A group activity was conducted where teachers were given topics related to heritage and they shared about the exercises that can be performed in the school.

The workshop concluded with encouraging words from INTACH Member Secretary Dr. C.T. Misra followed by distribution of certificates

World Heritage Day 2022 Celebration

INTACH Trivandrum

INTACH Trivandrum Chapter 'World Heritage Day 2022' event at Saraswathi Vilasom Palace, Fort, Trivandrum, was inaugurated today evening by Sri Antony Raju. Minister for Transport, Government of Kerala. The keynote address on 'Anathapuri through the Centuries' was delivered by Dr. M.G. Sashibhooshan, renowned historian. Gomathi Ammal, Councillor, Corporation of Trivandrum also spoke. Intach Trivandrum Chapter Convener Shaji Krishnan welcomed the gathering.

INTACH Andaman Chapter

Conducted a nature walk and kids made biodiversity maps at Navy Children School for World Heritage Day.

INTACH Durg Bhilai

Special assembly on World Heritage Day was conducted by Heritage club students of Indu IT School Kurud Bhilai giving the message of preserving and respecting the incredible cultural heritage of India.

INTACH Ambala Chapter

On the occasion of World Heritage Day, a briefing was conducted with over 150 children and teachers from more than 15 schools. A number of girls and teachers from the Arya Girls College also joined in, with their Principal Anupama Arya. A number of INTACH, and Rotary Club members also keenly participated in the upbeat function. The function began with the youngest child presenting a bouquet to the chief guest. Thereafter, the Convenor Col R D Singh, gave an update on the heritage activities of Ambala Chapter during the last year, and thanked the head office for their support. Then, some children spoke on the World Heritage Day, and recited patriotic poems. Madhu Singh Ma'am, senior teacher and member INTACH, conducted an interesting on the spot heritage quiz. Prizes were given to the winners. Most active heritage clubs, and teachers, were also felicitated. The chief guest, Brig DS Khullar, AVSM, SM, Padmshree, Arjuna Awardee, complimented the students for their enthusiasm, and emphasised the importance of heritage in life. Sister Priti BK, Rotarian Om Banmali ji, Brig Indu Kanwar addressed the audience and exhorted the students to live a life of values. Ashok Sharma ji, along with his wife, lauded the children and INTACH Ambala. The Convenor, Col R D Singh, gave a vote of thanks, and motivated students to be good scouts - young ambassadors of our heritage.mThe programme concluded with refreshments to all present. The children departed happy, and motivated.

Endangered Art and Craft Workshop - Gwalior

Chitera Art - 31st March’22

INTACH HECS in collaboration with INTACH Gwalior Chapter conducted an endangered craft workshop on ‘Chitera Art’ on 31st March’22 for around 105 students of the region. Chitera-auli is a popular artform that has a long history in the region, which is made on festivals and auspicious occasions. It has been contemporarised to stay afloat, however the number of practitioners are lacking and the craft is inching towards extinction. Ms Nishi Gupta, a Chitera folk artist was the esteemed resource person who was invited to conduct the workshop. The session began with a welcome address by Dr Neel Kamal, Convenor, Gwalior Chapter and Mr Vikas Singh, Co-convenor of the chapter.

Ms Nishi started her session by speaking about the significance of the folk and designing the motifs and speaking about the colours used. While showcasing to the students how to use the brush to make the painting, she spoke about the method of making colours. Figures such as Ganesha,Lion, peacock, etc were taught to the students in Chitera painting style. The traditional Pariharan design/theme was also demonstrated by Ms Nishi to mark the end of the fruitful workshop.
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UDAIPUR COLLEGE VOLUNTEER TRAINING WORKSHOP

6th April 2022

The College Volunteer Training Workshop was conducted in collaboration with INTACH Udaipur Chapter via online platform. It was attended by 35 participants. The programme commenced with a welcome by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS INTACH. Mr. Lalit Pandey, Convenor and Mr. Gaurav Singhvi, Co-convenor of Udaipur Chapter greeted all the participants and shared their view about heritage and students involvement. This was followed by a film screening about INTACH. Ms. Datt began her presentation and talked about ‘What is heritage?’ The presentation was detailed and informative where Ms. Datt and Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Programme coordinator spoke about the different aspects of heritage- natural, built, material and living.

The next session was about Traditional Foods and Festivals of Mewar by Dr. Tarkeshwar Sharma, MD Ayurved Medical Officer, Government of Rajasthan. Dr. Tarkeshwar thanked the Udaipur Chapter and INTACH. In his session, he talked about the traditional food systems, festivals and role of Ayurved with regard to the concept of mind, body and soul. In his presentation, he focused on the foods consumed during festivals and how different seasons impact different eating habits.

The third session was on the traditional Built Heritage of Mewar by Sri Satish Shrimali, Additional Chief Town Planner Rajasthan (retd.). He talked about the unique architectural features of buildings and palaces, forts, temples and baoris (step wells) and other small structures in Udaipur. He then talked about t the conservation steps that need to be taken for the built heritage.

The last session was on Heritage Volunteerism by HECS Team where aspects of heritage volunteerism, promoting volunteerism in institutions action plan, projects and opportunities ahead were briefly discussed. The programme concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Mr. Gaurav Singhvi, Co-convenor, Udaipur Chapter and this was followed by a group photograph.

Jalandhar Teacher Training Workshop

25th March’22

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with INTACH Jalandhar Chapter organised a Teacher Training Workshop on 25th March’22 for the teachers of 6 Army Public Schools across Jalandhar, around 65 teachers attended the workshop webinar. The webinar began with a brief introduction about INTACH provided by Major Balwinder Singh and Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. The first session was a basic overview on Heritage and different forms of it which was given by Ms Datt through a presentation. She briefly touched upon Natural, Material and Living Heritage while Ms Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator, HECS went over the built heritage, focussing on the heritage in Jalandhar & Punjab. The second session was taken by Major Balwinder Singh,he spoke about the cultural diversity of Punjab, explaining the meaning of tangible and intangible culture. He touched upon Sultanpur Lodhi,Nur Mahal, Phillaur, Dasuya town, Takhni rehmapur wildlife sanctuary, etc. He went over the many music, dance, theatre and festivals celebrated in the region. Mentioning events such as the Harballah Sangeet Sammelan, Giddha dance done by women, festivities such as Lohri,Teeyan, etc.He concluded by stating that these are glimpses of the heritage in Jalandhar and mentioned how assimilating and advancing the knowledge of heritage would only benefit the students and citizens of the country.

This was followed by the film on heritage and the HECS Division.

The next session was on heritage education that was presented by Ms Datt and the HECS team. She quickly touched upon how heritage clubs can be set up.She spoke about how heritage knowledge can be imparted via Museum walks, heritage walks, workshops etc. Ms Vaishnavi Singh, HECS representative went over the publications that students get who are part of heritage clubs, Ms Nanki Kaur went over HECS’s publications, Ms Geetika Gunjan quickly went over our National Programmes and Ms Christina went over our online repository, the Young Intach website. Lastly, HECS’s Social Media reach and Art and craft workshops were talked about Ms Smriti Malhotra.

The workshop concluded with a showcase of a few films made by students on heritage, a group photograph and vote of thanks was given by Ms Nanki Kaur.

Major Balwinder Singh closed the workshop by appreciating the efforts of HECS and INTACH for their work done in the Heritage sector and urged the teachers to engage with the organisation.

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College Volunteer Workshop, Jammu

22nd - 23rd March 2022

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with the INTACH Jammu Chapter organized a two day College Volunteer Workshop on 22nd – 23rd March 2022 at Government College of Education, Jammu. About 70 participants including students and teachers attended the workshop. The resource persons for the workshop were – Mrs. Purnima Datt (Principal Director, HECS INTACH), Mr. S. M. Sahni KAS (Retd) (Convenor INTACH Jammu Chapter), Mrs. Anita, Professor Sudhir Singh, Dr. Chander Mohan Seth (Co-Convenor INTACH Jammu & Kashmir Chapter) and Mr. Arvind Kotwal KAS (Retd).

The welcome address and a brief introduction about the workshop were given by Prof. Shalini Raina (Event Coordinator). Mr. Kuldeep Wahi (Co-Convenor, Jammu Chapter) also gave a brief address. This was followed by an introduction of INTACH and a presentation on ‘What is heritage?’ by Mrs. Purnima Datt. The presentation was informative where she spoke at length about the different facets of heritage- natural, built, material and living. In the next session, Mr. Sahni spoke about the heritage of Jammu and the works taken up by the chapter. He highlighted the rich cultural heritage of Jammu and the future works planned by chapter. The next speaker was Mrs. Anita who spoke on Basohli painting, stressing on the vigorous, bold and imaginative artistic style as well as the colours used in the painting and how it was sourced. Post lunch, the next presentation on ‘Heritage Education, Methodology & Object study was given by Mrs. Purnima Datt. In this session, importance of heritage education in a curriculum was shared. The session ended with a group discussion and vote of thanks.

Day 2
The session started off with the group presentation. The four groups presented an engaging and interesting activity about the heritage of Jammu and how they can engage and promote heritage. This was followed by a presentation on HECS activities by Mrs Purnima Datt and Ms. Christina Shangne. The next speakers were- Professor Sudhir Singh, who spoke on the languages of Jammu. He pointed out that language is something very important and one should have a connection and identify with the language; Dr. Chander Mohan Seth who spoke in length about the heritage of Jammu; Mr. Arvind Kotwal then spoke on the heritage tourism in Jammu. This was then followed by a brief report of the workshop presented by Professor Shalini and an address by the Mrs. Kulvinder Kour, Principal of Govt. College of Education, Jammu. The session ended with a vote of thanks and distribution of certificates.

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College Volunteer Workshop, Delhi

15.03.2022

The College Volunteer Workshop was conducted at the INTACH headquarters in New Delhi and was attended by 46 students and teachers from 8 colleges of Delhi University. A brief introduction was given by Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS INTACH, who gave an informative session on “What is Heritage” where she spoke at length about the different facets of heritage - natural, built, material and living.

The next session on the historic precincts of Delhi was conducted by Dr. Swapna Liddle, an eminent historian, author, and former convenor of INTACH Delhi Chapter. She spoke about the cities of Shahjahanabad and New Delhi and how and why they were established. Her session included an explanation of the concepts of power, sovereignty, and legitimacy that were attached to these two cities.

Dr Narayani Gupta, historian and former director of the INTACH Documentation Centre, talked about how perception about history, heritage and conservation has changed and gained shape. She emphasised about ingraining enthusiasm and excitement among people to learn about the heritage. Maj. Gen. L.K. Gupta, Chairman, INTACH addressed the students after this.

The next session was held by the HECS team where students were informed of the ways they could volunteer at INTACH or work on programmes within their institutions. This was followed by a visit to the Conservation Labs under the guidance of Dr. Padma Rohilla, Director, INTACH Conservation Institute, where students saw how different materials are conserved.

In the interactive group activity that was conducted, the students were asked to propose ways in which they can engage others to learn about heritage, what programmes they can organise to promote heritage and what help they require from INTACH while doing so. The students presented various innovative ideas. This was followed by the distribution of certificates and packed lunch.

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TEACHER TRAINING WEBINAR WORKSHOP PORBANDAR

11th March'2022

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with INTACH Porbandar Chapter organised a Teacher Training Webinar Workshop on 11th March 2022. Around 30 teachers from 24 schools with Ms Prajakta Dattani, the HECS team and our esteemed speakers Mr Satyam Vora and Mr Dhaval Vardiya were in attendance in the workshop.

The webinar started with a welcome address by Ms Prajakta from INTACH Porbandar. She introduced Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director of HECS INTACH. Ms Datt started her session by speaking about how Porbandar is such an important place vis-a-vis heritage.. She started her session on ‘What is Heritage’. She explained various aspects of heritage. The enriching session offered an outline of the incredible and complex heritage of our country. The detailed discussion on heritage and its components incorporating natural, material, built and living heritage assets were talked about. Beginning with the natural heritage, continuing with the talk, several lesser-known interesting facets of each natural heritage were also shared. Mr Satyam Vora, eminent resource person started off the session by delving into the rich history of Porbandar tracing its roots in scriptures and mentioning Sanskrit as the language spoken and the traces of education that was prevalent in the region. He also briefly charted the changing dynamics of Porbandar under different rulers and under regional dynasties starting from the Solanki, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal rule, the Marathas and during British rule and finally how Porbandar merged with Independent India. It was a part of Bombay state till 1960 and then finally being a part of Gujarat in 1960. Mr. Dhaval Vargiya presented in Gujarati. He began by explaining what wetlands are, and where they are found in Porbandar and its surrounding region. He gave an overview of wetlands, what significance they hold (as freshwater, for agriculture). He spoke about the Chhaya Rann’s history and its role in Porbandar’s heritage and culture. He spoke about the work of Mokarsagar Wetlands Conservation Committee (MWCC) in Porbandar and how one can help them to protect wetlands at different levels.

The next session was conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt and the HECS Team. Ms Datt explained about the importance and role of heritage education and shared ideas on how to include it in the classroom. Ms. Nanki Kaur shared about HECS publications, Mr Abhishek Das shared the type of activities that can be done to encourage learning about heritage. Ms Geetika Gunjan shared about our various National level programmes and shared about the Young INTACH website followed by Ms. Smriti Malhotra who shared about the social media initiatives and the Arts and Crafts awareness workshops. Ms. Datt summed up the presentation with the HECS pledge. Later participating teachers put forth their views and showed enthusiasm in starting heritage groups in their schools.

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INTACH Varanasi Chapter

Filmit Felicitation

WH Smith Memorial School, Varanasi, an Institutional member of INTACH was the recipient of Best Direction Award for this year’s FILMIT PROJECT. The Trophy was presented to Dr Anita Dey, Director and Principal of the school by Ashok Kapoor Convener INTACH Varanasi at her office. Mrs Meenakshi and Mr Gautam, coordinating teachers were present on the occasion. WH Smith Memorial School always hosted the Film festival when we organised offline. They are one of the oldest Institutional members of Varanasi Chapter.

INDIA AT 75: HERITAGE IN OUR HANDS COMPETITION ORIENTATION PROGRAMME, NAGPUR

22ND FEBRUARY 2022

INTACH Nagpur Chapter in collaboration with Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH organised the Orientation programme for the INDIA AT 75: HERITAGE IN OUR HANDS COMPETITION.

The programme began with a welcome address by Dr. Madhura Rathod, Convenor, INTACH Nagpur Chapter and Ms. Nitika Ramani, Co- Convenor, INTACH Nagpur Chapter. Dr. Rathod gave a brief introduction to INTACH and its work and also shared about HECS division and its activities.

The first session was conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH and Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt gave a brief introduction to the theme and shared about the project. She also shared about the Indian freedom movement and its history. Ms. Datt then shared the guidelines of the competition and discussed some ideas and suggestions on Natural, Built and Material Heritage related themes. Ms. Gunjan then shared about the literary and cultural traditions which were associated or originated during the Independence movement.

This was followed by a session on Nagpur and its association with the Independence movement by Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal, Educational speaker. Dr. Rawal shared interesting facts and anecdotes and shared about Nagpur’s contribution to the movement.

The session concluded with a Q&A session.

INTACH Varanasi Chapter

Bharatnatyam performance, Lecture demonstration and interactive session

17th February 2022

INTACH Varanasi in association with Kala Prakash and Little Flower house, an Institutional member, organised a Bharatnatyam performance, lecture demonstration and interactive session on February 17th, 2022 at Little Flower House Nagwa. The performing artist Shri Pavitra Bhatt from Mumbai started the programme with the traditional performance of Aliripu and Ganesh Vandana, and then performed panchakshari followed by Gajendra Moksha story. All the programs were mesmerising and hooked the audience till the end of the programme. The programme was initiated by Lamp lighting by Mr. Nalin Gulati-Co Convener, INTACH Varanasi Chapter and Mr. Mukesh Shelat, Principal, Delhi Public School, Varanasi, an Institutional member. Guests were honoured by Mr. Mukesh Shelat and Ms. Aditi Gulati. Ms Aditi Gulati. Life member and Deputy Director, Little Flower house coordinated the programme. Life member Harimohan Sah was also present on the occasion. Large numbers of students from both the Institutional members were present with some young artists.

Kochi and Palakkad Filmit Festival

17th February 2022

The Filmit Festival for schools of Kochi and Palakkad was organised on 17th February 2022. The event was attended by 11 schools of Kochi and 6 of Palakkad. The Chief Guest was Mr. Anil R. Menon, renowned filmmaker OF THE Malayalam INDUSTRY.

The programme began with a welcome by Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Prog. Coordinator, HECS. Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH then briefly addressed the participants. Ms. Datt shared about the activities undertaken by INTACH and the Filmit India project.

This was followed by student presentations on their Filmit experience. Students shared songs, poems and speeches on their Filmit journey.

This was followed by screening of a selection of best films from the country made in 2021-22. These films covered various topics such as personal heritage, natural heritage, monuments etc.

Mr. Anil Menon addressed the participants next. He appreciated the efforts of the student and shared his experience of filmmaking. He also provided some suggestions on filmmaking. An interactive discussion took place between the participants and the guest on good filmmaking.

The programme concluded with a virtual awards ceremony and a commemorative group photograph.

STUDENT WRITEUPS

ABHIRAM PB, CHINMAYA VIDYALAYA VADUTHALA

I got to know about this competition from my teacher and I had always wanted to do something in the field of films. I took this as a chance and made my first short film with the help of my parents last year. Within a short period, I completed a short 2-minute film, and it gave me an experience of filming and I understood different aspects of how a person can make people understand something in an interesting, creative and thoughtful way. Intach club always gives children a chance to show their interests in different areas and filmit inspires us to do something impressive in the field of video making. Each year of participation helped me in improving myself in the field of scriptwriting and videography.

Thank You INTACH for giving an open platform to improve our skills.

SHREYA DHANRAJ, BHAVAN'S VIDYA MANDIR, EROOR

It's my privilege to speak in front of you all. First of all I would like to thank INTACH for giving us an opportunity to express ourselves. The pandemic has created an alarm and nearly made our lives challenging but,our burning determination to work , made the impossible , possible . The INTACH Filmit programme taught us how to surpass the most difficult situation . programmes like this cannot happen overnight.So,as the wheel starts rolling days and weeks ago and the planning and bird's eye for a smooth conduct. The topics, were contemporary and suited the current situation, We we're backed by a team of of very dedicated and motivated students, which made our work simpler. ..Our dream makes us all walk the miles of difficult steps in a positive manner to reach our destination. With profound love &reverence we would like to thank INTACH for their commitment &support

Chennai Filmit Festival

16th February 2022

The Chennai Filmit Festival was conducted online on 16th February 2022. Started in 2008, theFilmit India project is in its 14th year now. The festival was attended by students and teachers from nine schools of Chennai. The Chief Guest for the event was artist and photographer Mr. N Thyagarajan. The programme began with a welcome by Mr Abhishek Das. Ms. Purnima Datt welcomed all students and teachers and appreciated them for their efforts. Ms. Datt briefly spoke about the Filmit programme which began in 2008 and and how it expanded over the years to other cities. Abhishek introduced Mr. Thyagarajan. Dr. S. Suresh, Convenor, Tamil Nadu State Chapter also congratulated the students and hoped that next year onwards it would be done physically. Ms. Shama, member Chennai Chapter said she looked forward to watching the films. She congratulated the INTACH team for doing a commendable work. This was followed by students’ presentations in which they shared their Filmit experience in the form of poems/speeches.

Some of the films made from across the country were screened next. Ms. Sujatha Shankar, Convenor, Chennai Chapter appreciated the films made by the students. She mentioned that she could personally emote with the films. Mr. Thyagarajan in his address stated that he was mermerised by the films that he watched. He admired the different techniques used by the students to make the films. He said that it is important to protect our heritage for the next generation. He encouraged to students to keep working hard and thanked INTACH for giving him the opportunity to witness such nice films. A virtual awards ceremony was done next. Each school was awarded certificates and HECS publications. Trophies for overall best films were also announced. Some teachers also shared their experience regarding the project and thanked INTACH for its efforts. The programme concluded with a commemorative virtual group photograph.

HYDERABAD FILMIT Festival

15th February 2022

The programme was conducted by Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) Division of INTACH. The programme was attended by over 90 participants including students and teachers from 14 schools of Hyderabad. Ms. Datt welcomed the Chairman of INTACH, Maj. Gen. LK Gupta and asked him to say a few words. He welcomed everyone to the festival and congratulated all the students for their passion and hard work. The Convenor of INTACH Hyderabad Chapter, Ms. Anuradha Reddy was also requested to address the gathering. She commended the efforts of the students and teachers for making such powerful films, despite the pandemic.

The first Chief Guest was introduced by Nanki Kaur (HECS representative), Mr. Chandrasekhar Singh, who is a winner of multiple awards such as the National Geographic Channel (India) Moment Award, and the Gold Trophy in Photography in 2013. The second Chief Guest, Mr. Anurag Singh is a Self taught Travel and Documentary Film Maker. He is the official blogger for India Hikes, and a popular YouTuber who loves adventure sports. He has made more than 25 short films under his channel KAGS Films.

A student from each of the 14 schools attending spoke about their FILMIT experiences. After the speeches, the convenor of INTACH Telangana Chapter, Mr Gopalakrishna also addressed the gathering. This was followed by a screening of the Best films from across the country.

Chandrasekhar Singh then gave a presentation about how important it was to make good films with a message and what goes into filmmaking. Mr. Anurag Singh also addressed the children and marvelled at their skills, ideas, and work.

This was followed by a virtual awards ceremony where winners were announced. Students were also shown the books and certificates they would be receiving, as well as the trophies for the Overall Best Film Awards.

Students experience:

Sai Manvith from Oxford Grammar School

I would want to sincerely thank INTACH FILMIT team, our principal and Pracheena Heritage Club in-charge Latha ma'am for giving me an opportunity to be a part of this program and supporting me. Initially I had no idea on making a video and themes to choose. I know it would need good amount of time to get a gist of it. I attended INTACH FILMIT workshop and learnt camera usage and video editing. It really helped me a lot in making these short films.

Vyasa Saatvik from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School

I was introduced under the guidance of Uma Jai Kumar ma'am to FilmIt and I have been participating for the past three years. This platform has helped me to be more creative. I was able to learn making films independently. This platform gave me an opportunity to explore my areas of interests and passion like music, art and Indian culture. As an example, to make the films, I explored about Indian culture, Indian festivals, traditions and Arts. This gave me more Ideas. I am thankful to all the organizers and the support teams for this encouraging platform to showcase our talents!

Jaipur Filmit Festival

14th February 2022

The Filmit Festival for Jaipur schools was organized on 14th February. Ten schools from the city took part in the project. The Chief Guest for the festivals was Mr. Himanshu Vyas, senior photojournalist.

The programme began with a welcome address by Ms. GeetikaGunjan, Prog.Coordinator, HECS. Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS addressed the participants and shared about INTACH and its work and shared about Filmit India project. Ms. Dharmendra Kanwar, Convenor INTACH Jaipur Chapter also shared words of encouragement for the students and teachers.

This was followed by the sharing of Filmit experience by schools students. Students shared about their journey through poems, speeches and songs.

A selection of best films for the year 2021-22 was also screened. The films were made on a variety of topics such as personal heritage, natural heritage, monuments etc.

Mr. Himanshu Vyas then addressed the participants. He appreciated the efforts of the students and commended the kind of stories brought forward by them. He also shared some important points to keep in mind while filmmaking.

The programme concluded with a virtual awards ceremony and a commemorative group photograph.

STUDENT FILMIT EXPERIENCE EXCERPTS:

HARSHITA SINGH, SUBODH PUBLIC SCHOOL:

I had an enlightening experience during Flimit event. I learnt many majorelements of film making during the workshop like visualising the scenesand making story board. They also guided us about various applications that can be used to enhance our film. I also had an experience of workingon my own film, writing my own story. It was a great learning experience &I look forward for more such events.

DIA KHANDELWAL, JAYSHREE PERIWAL HIGH SCHOOL

From the very beginning, I’ve had my interests inclined towards literature & editing, and whatbetter opportunity than to combine the two & deliver the same whilst I express my feelings forour beloved history in the form of a Movie. Working on my draft was quite literally out of the box,perhaps it will be clearly understandable when I tell you that many years ago, my family decidedto store their precious materials in a safe, not exactly a digital box with a 4 numerical code, but asilver steel box with a considerably heavy lock. And so finding pieces of our heritage as if it were treasure, was even more adventurous. And finding the materials was just a part of the journey, recording the videos, hearing stories about them from my grandparents, trying to reuse themdecades later & on top of it all, reliving the childhood lived by my parents and theirs. It was agreat opportunity for me and for all my fellow participant friends. And this was me expressing my gratitude towards this experience and this platform.

Kolkata Filmit Festival

10th February 2022

The Kolkata Filmit Festival was conducted online on 10th February 2021. Started in 2008, theFilmit India project is in its 14th year now. The festival was attended by students and teachers from 14 schools. The Chief Guest for the event was veteran journalist, Ms. MonideepaBanerjie. The programme began with a welcome by Mr Abhishek Das. Ms. Purnima Datt welcomed all students and teachers and appreciated them for their efforts. Ms. Datt briefly spoke about the Filmit programme which began in 2008 and Kolkata joined it in the very next year, 2009 and how it expanded over the years to other cities. Abhishek introduced introduced Ms. MonideepaBanerjie. Mr. G M Kapur, Convenor, West Bengal Chapter also spoke about the glorious career of Ms. Banerjie and how everyone present must have grown up hearing about her news reports. This was followed by students’ presentations in which they shared their filmit experience in the form of poems/speeches.

Some of the films made from across the country were screened next. Ms. Banerjie, in her address mentioned that she was impressed after watching the few films that were shown. Every story was told in a unique and exciting way. She also showed a few of her prized saris that are a part of her personal heritage. Watching all these amazing films brought back the importance of our legacy, heritage and the importance of conserving it. She congratulated the students of putting across their stories in such an innovative way. She mentioned that if she had not become a journalist, she might have gone to become a historian or a museuologist. Even in her journalism, her love for the past and heritage has been continuously reflected. She stressed on the importance of conserving heritage. She ended her address by congratulating the students on their use of different elements such as pictures, natural sounds, technology, etc. in a perfect way and said that she looked forward to the next year’s edition. She also congratulated INTACH ‘s efforts. A virtual awards ceremony was done next. Each school was awarded certificates and HECS publications. Trophies for overall best films were also announced. Some teachers also shared their experience regarding the project and thanked INTACH for its efforts. Ms. Rekha Khosla, from Heritage Tourism division of INTACH also congratulated the efforts made by the students and said that she thoroughly enjoyed watching the films. The programme concluded with a commemorative group photograph.

During the Covid-19 lockdown when we were spending monotonous days in front of electronic devices for day long, the Filimit project appeared as an exciting and enriching way to release our stress and anxiety. I, along with few of my classmates, were chosen to attend the webinar, which was an enriching and engaging session that elaborately explained every single detail about making a short film. While working upon and shooting the film I discovered several hidden gems of my family. The whole experience was challenging but at the same time very enjoyable. To sum up, all I can say is that, the Filmit experience was a motivating, exciting and novel way that inculcated the significance of heritage in our lives.

- Krishna Agarwal , Vidyanjali High School

REPORT Delhi FILMIT Festival

11th February 2022

The programme was conducted by Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) Division of INTACH. The programme was attended by over 160 participants including students and teachers from 30 schools of Delhi. The FILMIT Festival began with an introduction to FILMIT by Purnima Datt, the Principal Director of HECS INTACH. She spoke about how the Filmit programme began in 2008, with the support of Helen Hamlyn Trust in Delhi and spread to other cities eventually. She congratulated all the students for their participation and hard work.

The first chief guest was introduced by Christina Shangne (HECS representative), Rintu Thomas. The director and producer of ‘Writing with Fire’ & ‘Untitled Rintu Thomas Project’, Rintu Thomas is an award-winning director-producer. Her debut feature documentary, ‘Writing with Fire’, has played at over 90 festivals and won 22 international awards, including two awards at Sundance ’21. HECS, INTACH has an old association with Ms. Rintu Thomas. Ms. Thomas and Mr. Sushmit Ghosh were the first trainers of the Filmit project in India. Their documentary film' Writing with Fire' became the first Indian documentary feature to get an Oscar nomination.

Ms. Thomas addressed the gathering by explaining how observation is the key to filmmaking and how this gift emerges within us when we are children. She also interacted with the students and made them realise that they all have a voice and a story to tell. She finished her speech by asking the students to hold on to their passion and storytelling skills even when they become adults.

Abhishek Das (HECS Representative) formally invited everybody to the FILMIT Festival. He congratulated all the participants for making beautiful films despite the pandemic. He then invited students to speak on their experience of making films as part of FILMIT. A student from each of the 30 schools attending delivered speeches, recited poems, and even performed mimes to portray their experiences. The presentations by the students were followed by a screening of the Best films from across the country.

The second Chief Guest, Pulkita Parsai was introduced by Christina Shangne after this. Pulkita Parsai is an independent filmmaker editor. Pulkita has worked at the Delhi commonwealth Games 2010 and Small Screen films, which has produced some very successful shows like Highway on my Plate. Pulkita has been facilitating workshops on filmmaking and culture with various schools and colleges in Delhi and is a freelance editor.

Pulkita Parsai addressed the participants. She spoke about the wonderful films created by the students and the passion that one could see through their work. She congratulated the students for their efforts.

This was followed by a virtual awards ceremony where winners were announced. Students were also shown the books and certificates they would be receiving, as well as the trophies for the Overall Best Film Awards.

Teachers also shared their experience and learning from the FILMIT Project. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by followed by a group photograph.

Students experience:

Reet Bhatia from Modern School, Barakhamba Road

“I, Reet Bhatia from Modern School, Barakhamba Road would love to share my experience and learning from the short film project. The experience of shooting my first short film and the joy of acting with my grandparents will always stay close to my heart. Initially, while preparing the story, planning the scenes, and shooting, I faced so many constraints regarding sound, noise cancellation and editing. But I overcame these challenges step by step with my conviction to learn and the loving support of my family and teachers.

The film shoot gave me an opportunity to bond like never before, with my family. In the process, I discovered so much more about my elders and family roots.

I am deeply thankful to INTACH for providing us with technical workshops and content development workshops which introduced us to the world of filmmaking. Thank you INTACH for the joyful memories we created between ‘Action’ and ‘Cut’!!!

I would like to sing a few lines which motivated me throughout my journey (a small melody was sung).”

Nysa Suri from Bal Bharati Public School, Rohini

“I am glad I was able to participate in this Filmit Project. Now I sometimes catch myself being more aware of my surrounding from the things I have learned. I just need to say that I really enjoyed being in the Program. It was an awesome experience I went on to create unique visuals, scripting, shooting mix up and editing. Filmit Program was a great platform for students like us to learn about film making and its technicalities. I had a great time and all geared up for shooting more and more films. Thanks once again INTACT FILMIT Project for giving me this wonderful opportunity.”

Goa and Mumbai Filmit Festival

9th Feb’22

Short Report

The Goa and Mumbai FILMIT Festival was held on 9th Feb’22 for 18 schools in both the cities which was graced by Ms Shaily Sathyu as the Chief Guest and Ms Gargi Mashruwala of Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai joined us for the festival.

The programme began with a quick welcome address by Ms Vaishnavi Singh followed by a welcome address by Ms Purnima Datt, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt introduced the Filmit Project which is currently active in various cities and celebrating its 14th year. This was followed by an introduction given by Ms Smriti Malhotra on Ms Sathyu and then we proceeded to another segment where students from each school in Goa and Mumbai shared their Filmit film making experience with us. Which was then followed by the screening of the best FILMIT films for this year. Post the screening, Ms Sathyu Shaily expressed great appreciation towards the films being made, she was keen on watching all the different films that were made by all cities. She spoke at length about the content of the films and how pertinent that can be and showcased enthusiasm towards this project and the efforts put by students. Ms Gargi Mashruwala also displayed her appreciation for the films , she spoke about how despite the pandemic, the students were able to make good films and she wished the festival happened at the Bhau Daji Lad Museum, face to face rather than a virtual session.The next segment was the Award Ceremony, where the awards were given to different students and Trophies were awarded to the best films for different schools. This was followed by the teachers of the schools to say a few words, Ms Suvarna from Lilawatibai Podar High school expressed her enthusiasm as well as Ms Julius Fernandes of Don Bosco School, Goa showcased her delight towards the efforts. The festival ended with a group photograph.

Excerpts from Student Speeches

Davidson Rosario & Sheldon Rosario, Don Bosco High School

We Davidson and Sheldon Rosario would like to take this moment to thank the filmit club and its organisation. We brothers have done many videos in the past but for the first time we shot a small film "Kia the Crow". This is a film on Sheldon and his crow friend Kia. We had fun shooting this film. This film depicts Sheldon's interest in crows and how he could bond with this crow.Through this film we have learnt a lot. Creating a film is an art through which we try to capture the right moments and showcase it to our viewers.Through filmit club we could get a platform, where we could try our skills of film making and this certainly has been a great learning curve. We would like to thank our teachers incharge of this filmit club and the whole organisation for lending us this unique platform. We urge our young friends to give it a try and create some interesting films and as for us, you will certainly see us soon in our next film.

Sajiree, Parle Tilak Vidyalaya

I attended the filmit workshop and had a great learning experience. It was indeed a journey exploring new things about shooting a film like choosing the correct angle of your camera, editing the clips to enhance their appearance, adding sound effects, and many more. But, most importantly I learned to think out-of-the-box. It helped me understand the amount of effort that filmmakers have to actually put in for a good result! The unique topics given to make our films inspired me to really go all out! I truly thank INTACH HECS for organising such a creative, informative, and fun program for all of us despite the situation of the pandemic. I am extremely grateful for the amazing learning experience you gave us. Good day and thank you.

Festival Photographs:

Ahmedabad and Vadodara Filmit Festival

8th February 2022

The Ahmedabad and Vadodara FilmIt Festival were held on 8th February 2022. It was held through an online platform. The festival was attended by students and teachers from 8 schools of Ahmedabad city and 7 schools of Vadodara city who are part of the Filmit project. Mr. Sanjeev Joshi (Convenor of Vadodara Chapter), Mr. Pavan Bakeri (Convenor of Ahmedabd Chapter) and Member Secretary of INTACH Dr. C. T. Misra also graced the occasion. The chief guest for the festival was Dr. Jayaram Poduwal (Head of Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Art at Maharaja Sayajirao, University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat.

The festival commenced with a welcome address by Ms Christina Shangne (HECS Representative), followed by a brief introduction to Filmit by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH, who congratulated all the students for the wonderful films and also thanked the Vadodara and Ahmedabad Chapter for their continued support in all HECS programmes. Ms Christina then introduced the chief guest, Dr Jayaram Poduwal who is the Head of Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Art at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He is also appointed as Executive Director of the MRID- Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad Institute of Design - which is also an Integral part of the Faculty of Fine Arts - The M S University of Baroda.

The students from each then shared their Filmit experience, followed by the screening of the overall Best Films. Dr. Jayaram Poduwal in his speech congratulated the students for their efforts. He pointed out that the documentary process is a very interesting thing; it has that quality to express something, a noble ideas that was seen in the films shown. He shared that students should keep in mind to get involved in the subject matter and question themselves which process they enjoyed while making films- the film making process or the heritage. He believes heritage education should be there in the curriculum and congratulated all participants and also INTACH for initiating this project as it is the best way to make the students understand what heritage.

In the last segment the students were briefed about the awards, prizes and certificates they will be receiving, as well as the trophies for the Overall Best Film Awards. Mr. Sanjeev Joshi and Mr. Pavan Bakeri also addressed the students and applauded them for their consistency and relentless efforts despite the pandemic. A few number of teachers also expressed their gratitude.

FILMIT FESTIVAL - CHANDIGARH & AMBALA

4th February’ 22

The Chandigarh and Ambala FilmIt Festival was organised on 4th February 2022. It was attended by 12 schools from both the cities including teachers and students. The Chief Guest for the festival was Mr Rajnish Wattas, a renowned professor and heritage enthusiast.

The programme began with a quick welcome address by Ms Smriti Malhotra, followed by a brief address by Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt introduced the Filmit Project which is currently active in various cities and celebrating its 14th year .She appreciated the efforts of the students during the pandemic and encouraged them to continue making films. Ms. Deepika Gandhi gave a warm welcome to the students and the entire team of HECS, INTACH and gave a brief introduction to the Chief Guest for the festival Professor Wattas. This was followed by one student from each school sharing their Filmit Experience with everybody online. Which was then followed by the screening of some of the best films for everybody to enjoy.

Post the screening, Professor Wattas was invited to speak a few words about his experience watching the films. He appreciated the films and the varied themes they were made on. He encouraged students to keep their creative spirit alive in future and he sees great filmmakers sitting in the very virtual session. Ms Deepika Gandhi and Col RD Singh also shared their enthusiasm about the FILMIT India project and appreciated the efforts made by Ms Purnima Datt and her team as well as all the participating schools and students. This was followed by the virtual awards ceremony. Each school was awarded a certificate and a set of HECS publications. The programme concluded with a group photograph.

Excerpt from student presentations:

By Aanya Babbar, Saupin’s School, Mohali

‘’Challenging’’ and ‘’learning’’ is how I would like to term the
year 2021! It was a year so different from any other,
being totally unaware and clueless about ‘Filmit’ didn’t help!
But accepting this challenge along
with the others that came my way, it was a huge learning!
Learning to be independent in thought and execution,
minimum interaction with teachers and peers, but at the end it
was a fabulous experience, absolutely unforgettable moments-
of despair and triumph!
Every film, every experience, every exposure to something
new and unique, has helped the entire heritage club to learn,
evolve and grow with the constant help, guidance and
encouragement from my mentor Swati Ma’am. My experience
has been exciting and wonderfully life changing.
To be very honest, I am today a huge fan of ‘Filmit’ and have
I learned so much about it. I would conclude by saying we
managed and managed pretty well despite our difficulties,
doubts and apprehensions.

Festival Photos:

FILMIT FESTIVAL - VARANASI AND AYODHYA

3rd February’ 22

The Varanasi and Ayodhya FilmIt Festival was held through an online platform on the 3rd February, 2022. The programme was conducted by Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) Division of INTACH, with unparalleled cooperation and support from Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convener, Varanasi Chapter and Mr. Nirmal Joshi Co-convener, Varanasi Chapter. The programme was attended by around 80 participants including students and teachers’ from 14 schools of Varanasi and Ayodhya. The chief guest for the festival was Mr Parth Joshi, who is a film maker, producer and founder of Kathika Media. Chairman Major General LK Gupta also graced the programme.

The programme commenced with a welcome by Ms Vaishnavi (HECS Representative). She congratulated all the participants for making beautiful films despite the pandemic and that it was the 14th year of the festival. This was followed by a brief introduction to Filmit by Ms. Purnima Datt, Prinicipal Director, HECS, INTACH, who thanked the Varanasi Chapter for their support in all HECS programmes. She spoke about how the Filmit programme began in 2008, with the support of Helen Hamlyn Trust in Delhi and spread to other cities eventually. Mr. Ashok Kapoor, Convenor, Varanasi briefly addressed the students and shared his experience of being part of INTACH. He thanked HECS for its support in all initiatives taken by the Chapter.

Chairman Major General LK Gupta shared his views about filmmaking and Varanasi’s active involvement with INTACH throughout the years. He extended his best regards to the students and congratulated them all for making this a success.

Ms Vaishnavi, then introduced the chief guest, Mr Parth Joshi who is a film maker and founder of Kathika media. She then conducted the Festival and called students from each school to share their Filmit experience.

This was followed by the screening of Best film from all over the country.

After all the presentations, Mr Parth Joshi spoke to the participants. He thanked the team for the invitation was overjoyed to watch amazing films by young students. He described about the process of film making and categorized into two aspects, one of technical and the other was the concept of description. Mr Parth talked at length about lenses have the power to change the world and how one perceives things. He also shared his views on the films made by the students and discussed them in detail.

Following this was the virtual awards ceremony. Students were also shown the books and certificates they'll be receiving, as well as the trophies for the Overall Best Film Awards.

Students experience:

When I began schooling period and gradually started to grow and moved year by year In higher classes, then I didn't know how I had forgotten about enjoyment with fun during study period. With everything I have got through this one video, I returned in pre-schooling period and captured every enjoyment of childhood that I shared with my elder sister. When I saw my childhood photograph I didn't believe that I was in such a position, the same childhood I felt during the activity which was repeated with the help of my sister, I really enjoyed that moment. We shared many talks about how at that time I was so young and not able to remember anything. It felt like the past was being repeated. I was so happy to recall our memories. Now I truly understand what this quote means" history is not about creating pasts, it's about recreating memories from the past ".

Deepika Rai, Sunbeam School, Varuna

If you stay true to your ideas filmmaking becomes an inside out, honest kind of process. Films are a great source of providing information to people in a creative way. We got a chance and a platform FILMIT to raise our voice and share awareness. We made three movies one on the protection of heritage"My Heritage Ayodhya " second on unhealthy habits that lead to creating garbage on the streets"Dustbin " and third on saving water "Day Zero ".

Heritage shows the traditions, qualities and culture of a country that have existed for a long time and that give great importance to the country and it should be protected as it represents our past. It highlights the value that we cherish.

Our behavior and habits shows how responsible we are towards anything and makes us realise that we should maintain a clean environment. The whole idea was to bring a change to the mind set of the people to what they usually ignore. We'll not pause here and will keep striving to make the society and the world a better place.

Sameeksha Jaiswal, JB Academy

RAJKOT TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP

1st February 2022

The Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH in collaboration with INTACH Rajkot Chapter organised a Teacher Training Webinar Workshop on 1st February 2022. The workshop was attended by about 98 participants from 77 schools across the city including the HECS team, resource person IAS Mr Arun Mahesh, Convenor Ridhi Shah, Akash Bhat and the members from Rajkot Chapter.

The Progrmamme commenced with a formal address by Chairman. Chairman Major General LK Gupta greeted the new and the youngest chapter of the INTACH family. He appreciated their initiative to conserve and preserve the heritage and also to set up Heritage Clubs in Schools. He shared how it is very important to take care of our heritage and to instill this mindset in the mind of young students. This was followed by the screening of films.

Riddhi Shah, Convenor of the Rajkot Chapter thanked and mentioned that the chapter should be proud of it as this is their first formal initiative of bringing about an awareness of heritage into the school. She hopes that after the workshop the teachers will be able to start the young INTACH Heritage Warriors group in their schools and later they can do a lot of activities at the district level.

Later IAS of Rajkot Arun Mahesh joined the meeting and paide his regards and respects to all the teachers and fraternity who are being invited here to be a part of this heritage conservation programme. He also thanked INTACH and the Chapter to take up this initiative to take care of and preserve their heritage. He encouraged all to take it up as their passionate work, talk about and be proud of our heritage.

This was followed by HECS session on what is heritage by Ms Purnima Datt and Ms Abhishek Das. In the presentation, Mrs Datt talked about what is heritage. The enriching session offered an outline of the incredible and complex heritage of our country. The detailed discussion on heritage and its components incorporated natural, material, built and living heritage assets were talked about. The presentation highlighted that the survival of heritage was largely dependent on collective responsibility and our constructive engagement as citizens.

The next session was by Ms Ridhi who talked about the local heritage of Rajkot. In her session she talked about the vast heritage of India and how it has changed over the years through different civilisations. Speaking about the heritage that exists within Rajkot, she took us through the diversity that exists in the food, clothing, built and natural heritage of the region through the course of her presentation. She mentioned how it is necessary to document the local and regional heritage of a region and raise awareness regarding different forms of heritage. Ms Ridhi also talked about the preserving disappearing art forms and what can be done to safeguard them and encouraged teachers to teach and make children aware about their history, heritage and culture of the region.

Akash Bhatt from Rajkot Chapter took over the presentation and talked about Natural Heritage of Rajkot. He spoke in Gujarati about the natural ecosystem and heritage of Rajkot. He talked about Rajkot’s unique habitat and unique species. He emphasised on developing ecological literacy to protect natural heritage and help students understand it too. He ended his presentation on Rajkot’s Heritage and answered a few questions from the participants.

The last Session was conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt and HECS Team. Ms. Datt explained about the importance and of role of heritage education and shared ideas on how to include it in the classroom. The resources materials, publications, types of activities, website and social media, national programmes were shared by the HECS team. Ms. Datt summed up the presentation with the HECS pledge. And the session summed up with a formal vote of thanks and group photograph.

Navsari Teacher Training Webinar Workshop

28th January 2022

The Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH in collaboration with INTACH Navsari Chapter organised a Teacher Training Webinar Workshop on 28th January 2022. The workshop was attended by about 300 participants from 55 schools across the city including the HECS team, resource person District Collector Mr Amit Prakash Yadav, Mr Ruzbeh Umrigarh and the members from Navsari chapter.

The workshop began with the welcome address by Mr Sudhir Sule, Convener of Navsari Chapter He mentioned that Navsari Chapter is a new Chapter and looks forward to sensitising the people of Navsari about its heritage. The INTACH film was then shown, followed by a short address from the District Collector of Navsari who thanked HECS INTACH for holding this workshop. He then spoke about Navsari and how modernity and heritage work together in this region. He said that he was very impressed after watching the INTACH film and said that such work is needed and extremely important. He also commended INTACH for reaching out to rural areas and tribes to do this as well.

The first session was on ‘What is heritage?’, where Mrs Purnima Datt talked about the importance of heritage and culture and how it makes the quality of our life better. She shared that heritage is everybody’s story and each person’s story is different. Only when it is lost do we realise its value. All small things are also part of our heritage and these things need to be protected and conserved. Mrs Datt and Mr Abhishek talked about the four aspects of heritage in detail in this session.

In the second session, Mr. Ruzbeh Umrigar spoke on the local heritage of Navsari. He gave a brief description of the Navsari city which is one of the oldest cities of India and also about the different names and stories related to the place and how it is known by its present name, Navsari, today. He laid emphasis on the local history of the region and why it is important for the people to be aware of their background and culture.

The third session was on heritage education and its various aspects presented by the HECS team. The presentation highlighted the various aspects of heritage education that the teachers can take up in their classroom to make the children understand the various aspects of it. The formation and structure of setting up a heritage club were shared. HECS educational resources such as book publications, young Itnach website etc. were also shared. The session concluded with a vote of thanks and a group photograph.

Report - Foundation Day 2022

27.01.2022

The Foundation Day 2022 programme began with Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director of HECS INTACH welcoming everybody to celebrate 38 years of INTACH. She mentioned how members and staff should be proud of INTACH’s work, especially during the tough pandemic years.

Rekha Khosla, consultant of the publications department introduced the INTACH 2022 Calendar and Ms Datt introduced the INTACH HECS Calendar 2022. Divay Gupta from AH Division introduced the 2022 Planner and the book ‘Understanding Forts’ which gives information on the forts of India. An inventory for 5000 historic cities was also released.

Ms. Vijaya, Director of the AH Division released two volumes based on Zanskar and Nubra in Ladakh. Rekha Khosla then spoke about the publications ‘Conserving the spirit of a historic garden’ and ‘British Takeover of India’. Bindu Manchanda , the Director of the Heritage Craft and Community Division, introduced the publication, ‘INTACH Directory of Traditional Building Crafts of India - Papier Mache as Building Craft of Kashmir’. Nilabh Sinha, Principal Director of INTACH Conservation Institutes and Art & Material Heritage Division, introduced the book ‘Wall Paintings Sites in Uttarakhand’. Ms Datt shared information about the publications of HECS. She spoke about the booklet ‘Heritage at Risk’ and the book ‘The Talking Kitchen’.

Group Captain Arvind Shukla, Director, Chapters Division then spoke about the winners of the Anirudh Bhargava Awards of 2020 & 2021. Ms Bindu Manchanda then shared information on the winners of the INTACH Award for Excellence in Crafts also known as the Martand Singh Memorial Award. The award was given in two categories, handicrafts and weaving. Special mention awards were also given in these two categories.

Dr. CT Mishra, Member Secretary of INTACH and the Chairman of INTACH, Maj. Gen. LK Gupta then addressed the gathering and shared encouraging words and information. The message of the Vice Chairman DR, S. Joshi was shared wherein she congratulated all the workers and members of INTACH. Members from the Chapters were then asked to contribute their thoughts. Ms Datt requested Christina Shangne and Abhishek Das from HECS to take the pledge after this. All members of INTACH joined in by taking the pledge. Ms Purnima Datt ended the programme by thanking everybody for being part of Foundation Day 2022 and asked everybody to carry forward the work on INTACH in the future as well.

HERITAGE, ITS IMPORTANCE AND ROLE OF CHILDREN TALK WITH INTACH PURNEA CHAPTER

An online talk was organized by INTACH Purnea Chapter in collaboration with HECS, INTACH on 24th January 2022. The workshop was attended by over 200 students and teachers from the Vidya Vihar School.

The programme was attended by Prof. Ratneshwar Mishra, eminent scholar and historian; Er. Rajesh Chandra Mishra, Convenor, INTACH Purnea Chapter; Mr. Amit Kr. Jha, Co- Convenor, INTACH Purnea Chapter; and Dr. Raman, Member, INTACH Purnea Chapter and Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH; Mr. Abhishek Das, Senior Programme Coordinator, HECS and Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator, HECS, INTACH.

Dr. Raman gave the welcomed the participants and introduced INTACH to the participants. He also shared about Purnea and spoke about the chapter initiatives. Following this, he introduced HECS division of INTACH.

This was followed by the screening of HECS film.

Dr. Ratneshwar Mishra appreciated the film and shared anecdotes citing importance of heritage and said that every place has some object related to their past.

Following this, the session was conducted by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director HECS. Ms. Datt shared in brief about INTACH. She also shared about the variety of work done by the organization such as the conservation initiatives in Nepal, Ladakh and also the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Ms. Datt began the talk by sharing meaning of heritage and its various dimensions. She shared that Heritage is something which is inherited and has two dimensions – tangible and intangible. Its various forms are – Natural Built Material and Living. This was followed by a detailed discussion on Natural, Built and Material heritage of India and what steps can be taken through an illustrated presentation. Mr. Abhishek Das shared about living heritage – types, endangered arts and steps that can be taken to preserve them.

Ms. Geetika Gunjan then shared about formation of Heritage Clubs, HECS Publications, National Programmes and Young INTACH online resources.

Dr. Ratneshwar Mishra gave the concluding remarks and quoted the Roman philosopher Cicero who said that one who doesn’t know about the past will always be a child. He emphasized on the importance of learning about one’s heritage. He shared about Purnea’s heritage and spoke about renowned author Phanishwar Nath Renu who was born in Purnea; the old tradition of naming farm lands after the owners and the worship of the deity Jasua. He also shared about the origins of the name of Purnea and nearby places. Dr. Mishra appreciated the efforts of INTACH and HECS and urged participants to take part in activities.

Er. Rajesh Chandra Mishra, Convenor, INTACH Purnea Chapter gave the vote of thanks.

Certificate Course - Sustainable Developmental Goals

Education in Culture-An Inclusive Approach to Sustainable Development

24th of January 2022

Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director of INTACH HECS lectured students as part of IHA’s Certificate Course on Sustainable Development Goals on the 24th of January 2022. In the lecture ‘Education in Culture: An Inclusive Approach to Sustainable Development’ Ms Purnima Datt focused on the Sustainable Developmental Goals and role of culture in achieving them. She talked about how educational process is the starting point of such development, particularly in India, which has a very ancient cultural history. Ms Datt highlighted the importance of educating young minds about culture and heritage to aid sustainable development.

Ms Datt explained in detail the heritage education process which is conducted through various kinds of workshops, multifaceted activities, INTACH’s FILMIT India project, and heritage walks at different level from national to local levels by INTACH. A major part of this process includes the Heritage Clubs set up in schools. Ms. Datt also spoke about the publications surrounding heritage education that is provided to students. She mentioned how online resources of INTACH are provided through its website and e-newsletter, and social media pages on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Ms Datt then spoke about the three tier structure of heritage clubs and national programmes that had been conducted over the years and played a huge role in Heritage Education. She mentioned how craft and art workshops, training programmes and citizenship workshops all have a huge role to play in imparting heritage education. She ended her talk by reciting the heritage pledge. The presentation was followed by the screening of two films made by students as part of the FILMIT India Project. The films were followed by a brief QnA session between Ms Datt, the organisers, and students of the Certificate Course.

INTACH INDIA HERITAGE QUIZ 2021

National Final - 21st JANUARY 2022

Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH in collaboration with Cradle Solutions conducted the national final of the INTACH Heritage Quiz online on 21stJanuary 2022. 20 teams from across the country had qualified for the semi finals held on 18-19th January. Four teams from each semi final qualified for the finals. The four teams to qualify were – St. Anselm’s Sr. Sec. School, Bhilwara, Springdale Sr. School, Amritsar, Sunbeam School, Lahartara, Varanasi and St. Anthony’s Sr. Sec. School, Udaipur.

The final was attended by INTACH Chairman, Maj Gen. (retd) L K Gupta. He congratulated all the participants for reaching till the finals and wished them the best. He said that they are all winners as they have made it to the finals regardless of who wins the quiz. The quizmaster was Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya supported by Mr. Shreyas Hariharan from Cradle Solutions. After four rounds of intense quizzing, the duo of Shashwat Mishra and Aditya Jaiswal from Sunbeam School, Lahartara emerged as the champions of the INTACH Heritage Quiz 2021, albeit with a narrow margin. Springdale School, Amritsar came a close second. The third and fourth places were decided by a tie breaker round with St. Anthony’s Sr. Sec. School and Sr. Anselm’s coming third and fourth respectively.

Ms. Purnima Datt congratulated the winners of the finals and also thefinalists and encouraged them to learn more about India’s heritage. INTACH Varanasi Chapter, Co- Convenor Mr. Nirmal Joshi thanked the INTACH HECS team and Cradle Solutions team for doing a wonderful job. The teachers also thanked INTACH for keeping the morale and spirits up of the students during the pandemic by organizing such events. The programme concluded with a Vote of thanks by Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator, HECS.

The workshop concluded with a group photograph at the end.

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College Heritage Awareness and Volunteer Workshop

Jalandhar - 20th Jan'22

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with INTACH Jalandhar Chapter organised a Heritage Awareness Workshop for the college students and faculty of Apeejay College of Fine Arts on 20th January. Around 84 participants attended the webinar with the HECS team and Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS INTACH and Ms Laveena Rajputas, Principal of Army Public School Jalandhar as the expert resource person who conducted the workshop.

The first session started with Ms Neerja of Apeejay College of Fine Arts welcoming the participants, Mrs Purnima Datt and the HECS team to the workshop. Ms Purnima Datt commenced her session by giving a brief introduction into the concept of Heritage. She charted different forms of Heritage beginning with Natural Heritage and further speaking about tangible and intangible forms of heritage, citing examples of heritage belonging to Punjab. Mr Abhishek Das, Senior Programme Coordinator carried forward the session by speaking at length about India’s vast built heritage. He charted the history of Built heritage from protohistoric period to Indus valley civilization to the civilisations and kingdoms that came after. Mrs Purnima Datt lastly covered living heritage or intangible heritage.

The second session was conducted by expert, Ms Laveena Rajput who started her session by mentioning the unique Norbulingka Institute in Dharamshala. Through her presentation, she spoke on the heritage of Doaba region of Punjab, speaking about the tangible and intangible heritage of the region which consists of Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (nawa shehr), and Kapurthala. She spoke about Noor Mahal, Phillaur (associated with Shahjahan), Dasuya is important as it is mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Kamahi Devi temple which is linked to the Pandavas, the Sheesh Mahal is a place built by Lala Hans Raj Jain in 1911. Mentioning the large amount of Intangible Heritage in Doaba region and traditions found in the state of Punjab.

Heritage education related activities were shared by the HECS team. Mrs. Purnima Datt gave a brief idea of how heritage club activities can be taken up and how to make things interesting in the classroom. Through her presentation, Ms. Datt shared the importance of heritage education stating that heritage education. HECS develops school curriculum packages.Ms. Nanki, Programme Coordinator talked about the various educational HECS publications and the various regional and national programmes undertaken by HECS. This was followed by Ms. Geetika Gunjan who spoke on the importance of heritage walks. Ms. Vaishnavi, Programme Coordinator spoke about the HECS publications. Ms. Christina Shangne talked about the Young INTACH website. Ms. Smriti Malhotra talked about the Young INTACH Youtube channel and the social media pages and about the Art and craft awareness workshop held across the country in collaboration with different chapters. The session concluded with a heritage pledge shared by Mrs. Purnima Datt.

The workshop concluded with a group photograph at the end.

Semi Final Quiz – 4

19th January 2022

The 4th session of the semi-finals of the INTACH Heritage Quiz 2021 was held on the 19th January 2022. Five teams competed to qualify for the national finals. The highlight of the entire quiz has been that all the quizzes were conducted online due to the restrictions caused by Covid 19. The programme began with a welcome by Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Programme Coordinator who thanked and introduced the team from Cradle Solutions and the HECS team. This was followed by a brief address by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt congratulated all the students and appreciated their efforts and thanked all convenors for their efforts in organising the programme online. She then explained the rules of the quiz. Ms Geetika Gunjun, Programme Coordinator introduced the participating teams - Army Public School Beas from Jalandhar, St. Anthony’s Sr. Sec. School from Udaipur, DPS Nadergul from Rangareddy, Apeejay School from Kolkata, and SES Gurukal from Pune.

Mr. Arindam Bhattacharjee, from Cradle Solutions was the quizmaster and was supported by Mr. Shreyas Hariharan. Mr. Bhattacharjee addressed the students and then shared the instructions in details. Mr. Shreyas Hariharan then held a randomizer which aided in forming teams for the quiz. This was followed by four rounds of intense quizzing on various aspects of Indian Heritage. This fourth semi-final session was won by St. Anthony Sr. Sec. School from Udaipur who qualified for the National Finals. Ms. Datt, congratulated all students and shared what they would be receiving as prizes - medals, book on Delhi, Heritage Club Passport and badge, one copy each of the books Tree of Life and Heritage at Risk, and a certificate. She also thanked the Cradle Solutions team and HECS team for conducting this quiz. Conveners of the linked Chapters and teachers from the participating schools complimented Purnima Datt and her team for organising the quiz and for igniting a passion for heritage within students. The quiz concluded with a vote of thanks given by Ms. Nanki Kaur, Programme Coordinator followed by a commemorative group photograph.
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SEMI-FINAL 3

19th January 2022

The 3rd and 4th round of semi-finals of the INTACH Heritage Quiz 2021 were held on 19th January 2022. In total 20 teams competed to qualify for the national finals. The highlight of the entire quiz has been that all the quizzes were conducted online due to the restrictions caused by Covid 19.

The 3rd round of semi-final programme commenced with a welcome by Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Programme Coordinator followed by a brief address by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt congratulated all the students and appreciated their efforts and greeted Mr Arindam Bhattacharjee and Mr Shreyas Hariharan of Cradle Solutions. Ms Datt welcomed the teachers and convenors present for the semi-final round and thanked them for their continuous support. She shared that about 60 chapters of INTACH took part in the quiz and thanked all convenors for their efforts in organising the programme online. She also shared the instructions in brief to be followed by the participants at all times during the quiz.

Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator introduced the participating teams which consisted of 2 members each– DAV Public School, Bhubaneshwar, Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Girinagar, Kochi, Sunbeam School, Lahartara, Varanasi, Bright Day School, Vasna, Vadodara and Faculty Higher Secondary School, Assam.

Mr. Arindam Bhattacharjee, from Cradle Solutions was the quizmaster and Mr Shreyas was there for the technical assistance. Mr. Bhattacharjee shared his journey with INTACH and expressed his absolute honour for being associated with INTACH for this quiz. This was followed by four rounds of intense quizzing on Indian Heritage. Questions based on built, natural, material and living heritage of India featured in the Quiz. Some questions based on INTACH was also included in Round 3 of the Quiz. After four rounds of intense quizzing 3 schools were on the 1st position with same scores. This was followed by equaliser round conducted by Mr Arindam. After the enthralling quizzing session Sunbeam School, Lahartara, emerged as the winners and qualified for the final round.

The quiz concluded with a vote of thanks given by Ms. Smriti Malhotra, Programme Coordinator followed by a commemorative group photograph.

SEMI-FINAL 2

18th JANUARY 2022

The INTACH Heritage Quiz Semi-Final 2 started off with a welcome address by Ms. Geetika Gunajn, followed by Mrs. Purnima Datt (Principal Director, HECS INTACH), who introduced and gave instructions for the quiz. The qualifying teams for this round were Delhi Public School, Gurugram; Springdale School Senior Secondary School, Amritsar; Krishna Public School, Raipur; BVB Chevayur, Calicut; Centre Point School, Vardhaman Nagar, Nagpur. The Quiz was conducted by Mr. Arindham Bhattacharya, supported by Mr. Shreyas from Cradle Solutions.

The quiz started off with more instructions from the quiz master Mr. Arindham. The teams were then divided into groups based on a randomizer. The questions were based on Indian heritage, with some questions on INTACH. The quiz was engrossing and interesting, and all the participants enthusiastically participated. The winning team was from Springdale Senior Secondary School, Amristar who will be moving forward to the finals.

After the result was declared Ms. Datt shared with the participants the prizes that the students would receive. The event was also attended by the Gurgaon INTACH Chapter, Calicut INTACH Chapter and some teachers, who shared a few lines at the end. They all congratulated the students and also shared their appreciation. The quiz ended with a vote of thanks by Ms. Vaishanvi Singh and a group photo.

INTACH INDIA HERITAGE QUIZ 2022

SEMIFINAL 1 – 18th January

Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH in collaboration with Cradle Solutions conducted the Semifinals round of the INTACH Heritage Quiz online on 18th January. The quizmaster was Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya supported by Mr. Shreyas Hariharan from Cradle Solutions.

The first semifinal saw participation from five teams – Siddhi Vinayak Public School, Balasore; Mount Carmel School, Delhi; R.R. High School, Nalgonda; Lord Mahavir Jain Public School, Ambala; and St. Anselm’s Senior Secondary School, Bhilwara.

The programme began with a welcome by Mr. Abhishek Das, Sr. Programme Coordinator, HECS followed by a brief address by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH. Ms. Datt shared about the various chapters that were part of the Quiz and then discussed the guidelines.

Mr. Arindam Bhattacharya then shared the details of the quiz format. The quiz was conducted in four rounds. Questions were based on Indian heritage and covered all aspects such as – natural, built, living and material heritage. Visual questions were also asked.

St. Anselm's Sr. Secondary School, Bhilwara won the first semifinal and proceed to the National finals.

Col. R.D.Singh, Ambala Chapter convenor, and Mr. Uday Ranjan Das, Balasore Chapter convenor also shared words of encouragement for the participants.

The programme concluded with a Vote of thanks by Ms. Christina Shangne, Programme Coordinator, HECS followed a group photograph.

INDIA AT 75- HERITAGE IN OUR HANDS POSTER MAKING COMPETITION LECTURE AND ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

11TH-12TH JANUARY, DELHI

A lecture and orientation programme for the India At 75- Heritage In Our Hands Poster Making Competition was organized by HECS, INTACH.

The programme was attended by 45 schools from Delhi over the two days.

The programme began with a welcome by Ms. Geetika Gunjan, Programme Coordinator. Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH addressed the participants briefly and introduced INTACH and its work. Ms. Datt also shared about India’s freedom struggle.

On Day one, Dr. V.R. Devika, Founder and Managing Trustee, Aseema Trust and Cultural Activist, gave a talk on important sites associated with the Indian freedom struggle and shared many interesting anecdotes. Dr. Devika shared about different sites, famous personalities, movements, textiles, songs and literature of the period through a series of images and visuals.

On Day two, Dr. Swapna Liddle, eminent historian and former Convener of INTACH Delhi Chapter gave a talk on India’s Freedom struggle and Delhi. Dr. Liddle shared how the Indian independence movement involved the common people She also shared about individuals, schools and colleges, nationalists and leaders, and others of Delhi who were part of the movement.

The sessions were followed a Q&A session with enthusiastic participation from teachers and students.

Maj Gen. L.K Gupta, Chairman, INTACH addressed the participants and shared about various aspects of the movement.

The concluding session was conducted by HECS team. Ms. Geetika gave a brief introduction to the competition and shared the guidelines followed by a detailed discussion on suggested topics and ideas by Ms. Purnima Datt and Mr.Abhishek Das, Sr. Prog. Coordinator.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks followed by a group photograph.

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Citizenship and Heritage Webinar Workshop for INTACH Haryana Chapters

7th January, 2022

HECS, INTACH organised a Heritage and Citizenship Webinar Workshop for some INTACH Chapters of Haryana on 7th January 2022. Around 36 members of various Chapters from Haryana attended the workshop with the HECS team as well as our Guest speakers, Dr Shikha Jain, State Convenor, INTACH Haryana and Mr Manu Bhatnagar, Principal Director of Natural Heritage Division,INTACH. Maj General L.K.Gupta and Member Secretary, Dr (Mrs) C T Misra also graced the workshop with their presence.

A welcome address was given by Ms Purnima Datt. This was followed by a short address from INTACH Chairman Maj. Gen. L. K Gupta. He remarked that the workshop is useful in inculcating good citizenship values amongst the people of Haryana. The INTACH film was played and the first session was taken over by Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, INTACH who shared in brief about heritage and citizenship. She began by speaking in an in-depth manner about Natural Heritage, Built Heritage and Material Heritage. She showcased the Indian Constitution and mentioned how it is our duty as the citizens of this country to safeguard our heritage, she briefly went over our fundamental duties and her session concluded with a heritage pledge.

Session 2 was taken by State Convenor,Haryana, INTACH, Dr Shikha Jain, she provided an overview about Haryana's heritage and how to protect it in her presentation. She mentioned that the citizens of Haryana lack awareness regarding their own regional heritage and they must find ways to preserve heritage and care for it. She showed the heritage mapping of Haryana created by INTACH mentioning the substantial work has been done in Haryana, it is entirely an archaeological site. Speaking about the number of excavations that were carried out to discover ancient civilisations, mentioning that almost 80% of Haryana's heritage is buried underground. Dr. Jain showed the case study of Jaipur where many organisations such as INTACH Jaipur Chapter helped protect and preserve heritage. She suggested that everyone needs to be involved in safeguarding all forms of heritage in the state. Dr Jain's presentation was followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Dr Manu Bhatnagar, Director, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH took the next session. He spoke about the Natural Heritage of Haryana, the role of Government, INTACH and citizens (especially the youth). Dr. Bhatnagar shared information on geography, biogeography and other details about Haryana, sharing about the various areas like river basins, soil types, drainage network,etc. He shared about the constitutional obligations regarding natural heritage as mentioned in Art. 48 A and 51 A and discussed some important environmental laws in detail. He mentioned the projects undertaken by NH division such as Assi River cleaning, Conservation Agriculture in Bharatpur. Dr. Bhatnagar also shared about issues related with urban development and steps that can be taken to prevent them or solve them. This was followed by an interactive Q&A session with the members of the Chapters.

The next session on "Heritage and Good Citizenship" was taken by Ms Purnima Datt and her team. Ms Purnima Datt briefly went over "What is Heritage Education" and "Citizenship Education" and what that would mean for each citizen. She mentioned ways with which each citizen can do their bit in promoting and caring for heritage. The next portion was taken by Ms Smriti Malhotra, HECS representative which was about "Getting Involved", the chapter could organise workshops with the target audience and impart the knowledge on safeguarding and promoting heritage. A step by step manual is briefly and quickly explained by Ms Malhotra on how to conduct the workshop smoothly. "Staying Involved and the Steps Ahead were discussed in short by Ms Christina Shangne, HECS representative, she mentioned how a consistent conversation about heritage would lead to better understanding and inculcate good citizenship values. This could be done by holding seminars, talks, having heritage walks,fund raising activities and having more heritage clubs at school levels.

Dr (Mrs) CT Misra, Member Secretary delivered concluding remarks, she thanked the chapters for their participation and told them that they are the limbs and the eyes and ears of INTACH and we must do all that we could to take forward the idea of heritage preservation.

A group photograph was taken to mark the end of the workshop.

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College Heritage Workshop

Asian Law College, Noida

4th November, 2022

HECS, INTACH in collaboration with Asian Law College, Noida, organized a College Heritage Workshop on 4th November, 2022. The workshop was attended by students from B.A LLB programme, the ALC faculty members.The workshop commenced by welcoming the members of INTACH, Ms. Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS, Ms. Nanki Kaur and Ms. Trikaya Soni, Programme Coordinators from HECS. This was followed by the screening of a film by INTACH.

The first session was conducted by Ms Purnima Datt, who provided a brief about INTACH and began her session on “What is Heritage”. She spoke extensively about different kinds of heritage - natural, built, living and material. She also spoke about how Indian geographical diversity impacts our history and heritage.

The second session was conducted by Ms. Nanki on Heritage Volunteerism, where she went on to brief the students on the various ways on how students can promote heritage in their institution. The third session was jointly presented by Ms. Trikaya and Ms. Nanki where they demonstrated various projects that the students could undertake, through which the students can get involved in promoting and protecting heritage around them.

Lastly, principal of ALC,Noida, Dr. Tarak Nath Prasad, presented Ms. Datt with a memento. The workshop concluded with establishing the ALC Heritage Club and a vote of thanks by faculty member Dr. Chandni Sengupta.

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