No.19/2021-2022

Aizawl, 7th April, 2021: The Minister for Art & Culture Pu R.Lalzirliana inaugurated ‘Digitization of Museum Objects’ in a short function organised by the Department of Art & Culture at Mizoram State Museum, today.

Pu R.Lalzirliana said that digitization of museum objects is an important milestone in the Art & Culture Department’s effort to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Mizoram. He acknowledged and appreciated the works put in by all the officers and staff on successfully implementing the digitization project.

Under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC), Pune Centre has created a museum portal for the 8 North Eastern States called the northeastheritage.in. It aims to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the north east states by digitizing, documenting and preserving museum objects through Cloud based ICT Solution Project.