Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: As part of the World Heritage Week being celebrated across the world, Commissioner Secretary Culture, Mohammad Saleem Shishgar here today inaugurated a function at Dogra Art Museum Old Secretariat, Mubarak Mandi.
The event is being celebrated to spread awareness about art, culture and heritage of the State. The World Heritage Week is being observed globally from Nov 19 to 25.
The event is being organized by the Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museum with an aim to preserve and conserve the historical objects and artifacts reflecting the Dogra art and culture.
Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner Secretary highlighted the importance of preservation and conservation of historical objects and artifacts.
To mark the occasion a number of educational institutions are being invited to Army Headquarters and Dogra Art Museum for familiarization and awareness about Dogra art and culture.
“The Department has started indexing of Archives and other related historical manuscripts so that the files could be made available in all the Universities of the State for mass awareness and further research,” Shishgar said adding that a proposal has been formulated to setup new museums in other districts of the State and in this regard the land has been identified in Kargil.
Meanwhile, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu (JU) in collaboration with INTACH (J&K Chapter) organized ‘Intangible Heritage Handmade Paper Awareness Meet’ to mark the beginning of World Heritage Week-2018.
Hemant Sharma, Former Commissioner Secretary, J&K was the chief guest and the programme started with welcome address by S.M Sawhney, Convener INTACH, Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion, Sandeep Singh Pathania, Secretary Gandhi Sewa Sadan highlighted the role of his organization in recycling waste paper collected from various government offices of Jammu area and tal;ked about the importance of paper recycling in waste reduction and management.
The chief guest in his address discussed various measures to mange waste at scientific lines.
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