By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
17th April:- Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic
arm of Infosys, has announced a partnership with Sahapedia,
an open online resource, to support the development of an online interactive
web module on the arts, culture and histories of India. The partnership fosters
the Foundation’s conviction that investing in building cultural infrastructures
that are far-reaching and inclusive has the ability to build a nobler
society.
Through this association with
Sahapedia, a non-profit organization, the Foundation aims to provide content
comprised of multimedia modules
made up of articles, interviews, photographs, performance videos timelines,
walkthroughs and bibliographies thereby assimilating a rich experience of
Indian history and culture on the web. The Foundation has offered a corpus
grant of INR 2 Crores invested for a period of 25 years towards this ingenious
initiative that will facilitate dynamic access to rich content, and promote
dialogue among members of different communities and groups.
An effort intended to benefit at least
10, 00,000 users by 2019-2020, is aspired to become a forum for advocacy in the
area of heritage conservation and revitalization. The two organizations will
also strive to bring this valuable cultural wealth to rural and urban schools
as an educational tool, and use the internet medium and offline resources to
enable heritage education.
Speaking on the collaboration, Sudha
Murty, Chairperson–Infosys Foundation said that the richest cultural wealth of
India is in a state of slow disintegration both in the physical state as well
as in terms of memory preservation and knowledge transfer from one generation
to the other. Sahapedia is undoubtedly a redeeming initiative to preserve and
conserve the wonder-inspiring richness of Indian history, along with generating
and sharing knowledge among a wide audience. We are proud of our partnership
with Sahapedia and look forward to jointly positioning the effort as a unique
educational experience and toolkit for engagement with the local heritage.
Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive
Director of Sahapedia, talking about the partnership said that India has, for
long, had a vibrant diversity of arts, practices and knowledge systems. At the
moment, I believe there is increasing interest in and a need for making this
traditional knowledge available for a wider public than the immediate community
and this is what Sahapedia fosters. The Infosys Foundation has always supported
projects that promise substantial social impact and we are delighted to partner
with them in our mission to ensure that future generations have access to past
knowledge. It is vital in the coming decades that CSR initiatives partner with
culture-bearers and researchers, and we are confident that our collaboration
with Infosys Foundation will instantiate the rich rewards such partnerships can
reap for India.
