First edition of IHSE kicked off in New Delhi

The first-ever International Heritage Symposium and Exhibition (IHSE) incorporating a month-long exhibition was inaugurated at the National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi. It has been jointly sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), and organized by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Hon’ble Minister of Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Along with the symposium and exhibition, he also launched two edited books on Digital Heritage, namely: “Digital Hampi: preserving Indian Cultural Heritage and “Heritage Preservation: A Computational Approach”