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Manuscripts to Metadata Project

Sector: Government • Location: New Delhi, India

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India's Manuscripts to Metadata initiative is a government-led project aimed at digitizing ancient manuscripts to preserve and revitalize India's traditional knowledge. The project uses AI-powered digitization, tagging metadata, and creating a digital repository accessible to scholars and citizens. It builds on earlier preservation efforts and incorporates advanced technologies like hyperspectral

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Government
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New Delhi, India
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22 Jul 2026
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The project “Manuscripts to Metadata Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Government sector, located in New Delhi, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Organiser.

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India's Manuscripts to Metadata initiative is a government-led project aimed at digitizing ancient manuscripts to preserve and revitalize India's traditional knowledge. The project uses AI-powered digitization, tagging metadata, and creating a digital repository accessible to scholars and citizens. It builds on earlier preservation efforts and incorporates advanced technologies like hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to recover deteriorated manuscripts. The initiative also includes programs to empower youth and build research capacity in digital archiving and manuscript studies.

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Cultural Preservation

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New Delhi

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2025-11-03

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