Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge

“The Indian subcontinent boasts of a rich and diverse history involving multi-ethnic origins, and this has been established by in-depth scholarship on linguistics, mythology, folklore and anthropology, archaeology, geology, big-history and genetics.” – Ma­nu­raj Shun­mu­ga­sun­daram in “The Dravidian movement and Aryan illusions” (The Hindu, 23 July 2022)
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-dravidian-movement-and-aryan-illusions/article65672119.ece
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=26937

“The idea of creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1956 […] ‘to develop the habit of cooperative working’ among these States.” –  Government of India in “Zonal Councils” (accessed 3 April 2021)
https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/ZCS-CitiCharter-130710_0.pdf
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?page_id=20801

Congratulations & “Hul Johaar” to Prof. Sonajharia Minz: Appointment as Vice Chancellor, Sidhu Kanhu Murumu University – Jharkhand

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Source: email from Ramdas Bhaskaran, Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya Trust, 4 June 2020 Sonajharia Minz was a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, as well as the president of the JNU Teachers’ Association. She has now become the vice-chancellor of SKMU-Dumka, replacing M.K. Sinha. Source: Telegraph Calcutta, 29 May 2020URL: https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/kolhan-varsity-s-new-head-pushes-for-job-oriented-courses-in-tribal-belt/cid/1776666Date visited: 4 June … Read more

Languages, traditions and culture of tribals to be protected: New dictionaries of unique tribal languages – Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute

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MYSURU: For the first time, Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) has come up with a novel initiative to preserve languages of tribals in the state. KSTRI is gearing to launch dictionaries of tribal languages. As part of the work in the first phase, KSTRI is working on languages of Hakki Pikki and Dungri Garasia … Read more

Lac cultivation as an “eco-friendly option for tribal areas” & Jabalpur’s “Lac Insect Museum” – Madhya Pradesh & Assam

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Annual Report 2018-19 published by the ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi – 834 010 (Jharkhand)ISSN : 0974-2999 ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RanchiIndian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG) (formerly Indian Lac Research Institute (ILRI)) is a nodal Institute at national level for research and development on all aspects of … Read more

Serving 320 hamlets in the times of CoVid-19: Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya & ACCORD – Tamil Nadu

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Community mobilization in the times of CoVid-19 As a community, we are all sharing the experience of the CoVid-19 pandemic in different ways. For the tribal communities here, it has posed a direct threat to their health and livelihood with most of them losing their only source of income and struggling to keep their families hunger-free … Read more

Video | Tribals use their mobile phones to raise awareness on local issues – Maharashtra & Chhattisgarh

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This is our first film shoot and edited entirely on mobile phone, produced from Dhadgaon block of Nandurbar a tribal district of Maharashtra. We have started making short films on different social issues to create awareness. SBI Youth for India fellow Nitesh Bhardwaj is helping us for this initiative. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8i6jw-_lZ4Accessed: 23 March 2018 Tribal boys … Read more