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Project “Sanskriti” at Varanasi

ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 in Varanasi envisioned by Hon’ble Prime Minister. In his speech in Varanasi on December 25, 2014 he stressed the need for
Project Sanskriti is an initiative of Ministry of Culture in developing/establishing of Interpretation Centers in Education Institutions

developing some schools and colleges in Varanasi in a way that they have mastery over any Iuminary of Varanasi or over any
theme regarding the heritage of Varanasi.

To translate the concept, an exercise was done in collaboration with State Education Department (Varanasi Mandal), 32
educational institutions have been chosen to implement the Pilot Project. Nine organizations of the Ministry of Culture have been
assigned the job to handhold the educational institutions. The CCRT has been shouldering the responsibility for establishing/
developing nine Interpretation Centres in nine different schools located across Varanasi, U.P.
The details of the nine Interpretation Centres are as follows:

SI. No. Name of the Educational Institutions Theme of the Interpretation Centres
1. Nivedita Shiksha Sadan Balika Inter College, Varanasi Rani Laxmibai
2. Gangapur Inter College, Gangapur, Varanasi Dr. Sampurnanand
3. Mahamana Malviya Inter College, Bachchav, Varanasi Pt. Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya
4. Bharatiya Shiksha Mandir Inter College, Englishia Line, Swami Karpatri Ji
Varanasi
5. C.M. Anglo Bengali Inter College, Bhelupur, Varanasi Sant Chintamani Mukherjee
6. Radha Kishori Rajkiya Balika Inter College, Ramnagar, Kashi Naresh
Varanasi
7. Rajkiya Balika Inter College, Maidahiya, Varanasi Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
8. National Inter College, Pindara, Varanasi Dr. Vidya Niwas Mishra
9. Gurunanak Khalsa Inter College Gurubagh, Varanasi Sant Ravidas

A two days meeting was organized by CCRT for all the Principals/Teachers of the Interpretation Centres under Sanskriti Pariyojna,
Varanasi from April 18-19, 2016 at National Gallery Of Modern Arts, New Delhi in which 59 Principals/Teachers took part. In
the meeting, the work & development and the Guidelines about this programme was discussed.

Culturally anchored learning

Promoting culture outside classrooms

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