1. How does Janapada Sampada select experts/ scholars for your research projects? How can one join or participate in your projects?
Through universities and Research centers of high repute. There is no direct grant giving scheme.
2. Can foreign scholars/ institutes contact Janapada Sampada for research collaboration?
Yes, process includes submission of proposal with budget and concept through applications through Universities and Research Centers of repute.
3. Can an institution/ individual collaborate with Janapada Sampada for research projects or events like exhibitions, conferences, lectures, workshops etc? What is the procedure for contacting the division?
Yes, process includes submission of proposal with budget and concept through applications through Universities and Research Centers of repute.
4. Are events organized by the division open for the public or is it only by invitation?
Both.
5. Does the division have any special programs for schools and colleges?
Yes, through workshops, exhibitions etc organized around our research projects.
6. Is the Ethnographic collection available for scholars for research purposes? Is there an online catalogue of the collection?
Depending on the nature of research, collections may be made available to scholars on recommendations by their universities and institutions. Work is going on to make some of the collection available online.
7. Can the Ethnographic collection be used by other institutions for exhibitions? What is the procedure of contacting the division?
Yes in some rare cases, the collection can be used for exhibitions on co-collaborative basis. Proposals highlighting all the details can be sent to IGNCA, where it would be vetted by different committees.
8. Do you have a central repository of all the documentation done by the division? Is it available for scholars/ institutions? Is it available online?
Visual Archive in Media Centre can be approached by scholars with recommendations by their Institutions/Universities.
9. Does the division also make documentaries? Do you collaborate with freelance filmmakers? What is the procedure for contacting the division?
Yes, it is only under the project research programme of the Division that documentation is undertaken either in-house or in collaboration with individual film makers, scholars etc. The Division’s main activity is not documenting films as a standalone activity. The documentaries that we make are the collaborative ventures, for which the proposal is vetted by expert committee and such proposals are only formulated if the specific program feels the need for a documentary film in that particular area.
10. Are the subjects for documentation selected by the division? Or are proposals from filmmakers/ organizations/ production companies also accepted?
Yes, it is only under the project research programme of the Division that documentation is undertaken either in-house or in collaboration with individual film makers, scholars etc. The Division’s main activity is not documenting films as a standalone activity. The documentaries that we make are the collaborative ventures, for which the proposal is vetted by expert committee and such proposals are only formulated if the specific program feels the need for a documentary film in that particular area.