Historiography of India Current Affairs, GK & News

Ministry of Human Resource Development launches National Digital Library of India

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has launched the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. Till date, there are more than 3 crore digital resources ..

Topics: Digital libraries • Educational technology • Historiography of India • Indian Institute of Science • Information science • Library • Library science • National Diet Library • National Digital Library of India

P V Ramesh appointed as new DG of National Archives of India

P Venkata Ramesh Babu, a 1985 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the director-general of the National Archives of India (NAI). Prior to this post, he was CMD of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited. The NAI is a repository of the non-current records of the Government of India (GoI) and holds them in trust for ..

Topics: Government of India • Historiography of India • India • Indian Administrative Service • Ministry of Culture • Nai • National Archives of India • REC Limited

MP government to host 79th session of Indian History Congress (IHC)

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to host the 79th session of Indian History Congress (IHC) at Barkatullah University in Bhopal from February 26 to 28, 2019. The 79th session was earlier supposed to be held at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) from December 28 but was cancelled due to financial reasons. Over 1,000 ..

Topics: Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal • Bhopal • Historiography of India • India • Indian History Congress • Madhya Pradesh • Pune

The new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’ developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’on the occasion of National Reading Day (NRD) in New Delhi on June 19, 2018. It is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) under the aegis of National Mission on ..

Topics: Government of India • Historiography of India • HRD • India • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • Ministry of Power • National Digital Library of India • Prakash Javadekar • States and union territories of India

Arvind P. Jamkhedkar to be new Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research

Archaeologist and historian Arvind P. Jamkhedkar will be the new Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). He will replace Prof. K. Sudershan Rao, whose term as ICHR chief was mired in controversy. The post fell vacant after Prof. Rao’s retirement. Prof. Jamkhedkar is at present Chancellor of Deccan College, Pune, known in ..

Topics: Dhule • Historiography of India • India • Indian Council of Historical Research • Ministry of Human Resource Development

Kolkata hosts 78th session of Indian History Congress (IHC)

The 78th session of the Indian History Congress (IHC) has started at the Jadavpur University campus in Kolkata, West Bengal on December 28, 2017. The 3-day IHC will have six sections this time – Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India, Countries Other than India, Archaeology and Contemporary India. The aim of conducting Indian History Congress ..

Topics: Historiography of India • India • Indian History Congress • Jadavpur • States and union territories of India • West Bengal