Organized by :Department of History and Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Assam (DHAS)
Date of Event : 2023-06-27
No of Participants : 105
Document uploaded by: History Department

Workshop on Preparation, Illustration and Conservation of Medieval Assamese Manuscripts ON 27-06-2023 At Science Gallery, Mangaldai College Total Participants=105 Resource Persons: Dr. DhrubaJyoti Hati Baruah, ACS, Director, ic, Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Assam (DHAS) & Mridu Moucham Borah, Expert in manuscript preparation. The Program was started at 10.00 a.m. with lightening the inaugural lamp and the inaugural and welcome speech by Dr. Kamala Kanta Borah, the Principal, Mangaldai College, Mangaldai. The workshop was divided into two sessions for two themes viz. (i) the preparation and Illustration of the manuscripts and (ii) the Conservation of the manuscripts. The Workshop was conducted by Dr. Angiras, HoD, History. Resource Person Dr. Dhrubajyoti Hati Baruah, talked on the conservation of the manuscripts in addition to the role played by the DHAS in historical research in Assam in pre-independence and post independence period. Another Resource Person, Mridu Moucham Borah demonstrated lot of photographs to describe the method of preparing folios from Sanchi wood, traditional ink and other writing materials. The workshop was attended and participated by some faculty members from other Departments of the college and students of the Department of History and other Departments. The students participated with active involvement and interaction with resource parsons. A MoU was signed between the DHAS and Mangaldai College for furtherance of intellectual exchange in the concerned areas later on in between the two institutions. Dr. Dhrubajyoti Hati Baruah and Mr. Mridu Moucham Borah had expressed their happiness to find the participants with great enthusiasm and consented to organize such program on more wider and intense learning in the subject later on. Thus the program ended successfully.