Central region – Central Zonal Council

“Besides North-east India, the highest concentration of Scheduled tribes is in Central India. Additionally, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand are among the top ten states with respect to forest areas.” – “Action Research and Policy Support on Community Forest Resource management in Central India” by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
https://www.atree.org/projects/action-research-and-policy-support-community-forest-resource-management-central-india
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=18987

“The artless beauty of tribal life and times” (Bastar): Interview with photographer Manoj Kumar Jain – Chhattisgarh

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By Sunil Gupta, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), 1 February 2010 Photograph: Muria Tribal Boys at the Benur Village weekly market by Manoj Kumar Jain, 2002 Artist and curator Sunil Gupta has distilled the history of photography in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh into a landmark exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. In a series of articles for the Telegraph.co.uk … Read more

Nagpur Anthropological Museum: Facilities and online resources of the South Central Zone Cultural Centre – Maharashtra

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Snehlata Shrivastav, The Times of India, TNN | Jul 24, 2012

Anthropological Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Nagpur has renovated its anthropological museum recently. The museum will be formally inaugurated at Seminary Hills at 11 am on July 27. Secretary of Ministry of culture, Government  of India, Sangita Gairola will inaugurate the museum and director, Anthropoligical Survey of India, Kolkata, Prof K K Misra will preside over.

Source:  The Times of India
Address : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur was established in the year 1986 for the promotion, preservation and dissemination of all disciplines in Art and Culture in the region.

Source: SCZCC : South Centrel Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra India, Folk Dances, Folk Theater, Indian Classical Music of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnatak, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
Address : http://www.sczcc.gov.in/
Date Visited: Mon Mar 17 2014 18:44:28 GMT+0100 (CET)

Member States

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Madhya Pradesh
  5. Karnataka

The Centre has planned various programmes in its five participating states […]

For more information, click here >>

Source: SCZCCN
Address : http://www.sczcc.gov.in/InternalPage.aspx?Antispam=VclLHS8s47D&ContentID=78&MyAntispam=E8mvjFqo4Z8
Date Visited: Mon Mar 17 2014 19:05:42 GMT+0100 (CET)

Address

South Central Zone Cultural Centre
56/1, Temple Road
Civil Lines
Nagpur
Maharashtra 440022
India
T: +91 94 23 231967

www.sczcc.gov.in

YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/sczcc

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