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Virasat - Cultural Festival
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 with the delivery of 6th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture (KCML) by Smt. Mrinal Pande titled “Sangeet shiksha aur
A Cultural Festival-Virasat-Kamaladevi was organised from October 29 to 31, 2015 at CCRT, New Delhi. The festival commenced

mahilaayen: Hum kahan se kahan aa gayin?”. It was followed by rendering of soulful Bhajan sandhya by Pandit Madhup Mudgal and
accompanists. On second day of the festival, theatrical performance - Bhav nritya (Shiv Vandana) & Nritya natika (Hanuman Chalisa) by
students of C.M. Anglo Bengali College, Varanasi was followed by “Par hamein khelna hai” by students of Sainik school, Ghorakhaal,
Nainital. Theatrical performance, “Jashn-e-eid” by
students of Rajasthan Netraheen Madhyamik Vidyalaya
and Natyakulam, Jaipur gained accolades from the
audience. Akhil Bharatiya Mushaira was rendered by
Janab Shakeel Azami, Janab Shakeel Jamali, Janab
Moin Shadab, Janab Kalim Samar, Janab Mallick Jada
Javed, Shri Pawan Dixit, Dr. Kavita Kiran and Dr. Prem
Bhandari.

Shilp-kala Utsav was organised in collaboration with
Lalit Kala Akademi, Govt. of India from October 30 to
November 9, 2015. Artists from tribal regions had come
from far and wide to exhibit Warli paintings, Saura
paintings, Mithila paintings, Bastar paintings, Cherial
paintings, Gond paintings, Patachitra, Patua paintings,
Kalamkari, brass artifacts etc.
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6 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture

Promoting the fine qualities of students Retaining our unique cultural identity in all its diversity and richness

National Institute of Cultural and Heritage Management (NICHM)

The need for innovative cultural management within the cultural sector as well as conversations around cultural policy, the
creative industries and their possible role in the cultural regeneration of cities amongst other things has become crucially
important in India today.

Under Centrally Sponsored New Plan Scheme, document of the Ministry of Culture for 12th Five Year Plan period, starting
of National Institute of Cultural and Heritage Management (NICHM) had been recognised. The Ministry of Culture took this
initiative by assigning CCRT the task of carrying out this Project/Scheme by making it the Nodel Agency for implementation.
CCRT organized a 5-day Arts Management workshop in collaboration with Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai for the students of
Kalakshetra, Chennai from August 17-21, 2015. 87 students of 2nd and 3rd year participated in the programme. The students
appreciated that all sessions were interactive and the has broadened their outlook in their approach to their own careers.

A 5-day Short Term Programme was organised by CCRT in collaboration with ARTHINK South Asia, New Delhi on ‘Fundamentals
in Arts Management’, from September 14-18, 2015 for the personnel of Archaeological Survey of India. 16 officials of ASI
participated in the above programme.

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