About NGO:

Bhasha Research and Publication Centre based in Vadodara, Gujarat is a voluntary, non-profit organisation established in 1996 for documentation of the literary and artistic heritage of tribal and nomadic communities, research on adivasi culture, literature and society and to stimulate interest in Adivasi languages, art practices, and the imaginative life of these communities. Bhasha's Activities include:

• Research and Study of Adivasi History, Society, Languages, Economy and gender
• Documentation, publication and promotion of Adivasi Art and Craft
• Traditional Knowledge System
• Oral Traditions, Theatre, Music, Dance and literature
• Community Empowerment through economic and social interventions
  

Fund Usage:

Bhasha Research and Publication Centre is in the process of protecting the threatened languages in India. Bhasha is preparing the Peoples' Survey of India and preparing volumes of different state indigeneous languages. In the process of this work, Bhasha Centre is creating a Bhasha Van at the Campus of Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh where Bhasha is planning to install the audio guides where the writers, scholars, activities, fellows will get the information about the languages of India. Bhasha is preparing different structures with the help of local available material in the tribal villages where the people can seat and the listen the documentation of the tribal languages. Bhasha will use the money received by the donation of Marathon.

Impact:

Over the last eighteen months, the PLSI work was initiated in the following states: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka, Goa, Pondicherry, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttara Khand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and Bihar.

So far entries on 350 languages have reached us.

The following volumes are getting ready for publication in the coming months: Gujarat (in Gujarati, about 800 pages), Maharshtra (in Marathi, about 800 pages), Himachal Pradesh (in Hindi, about 500 pages), Uttara Khand (in Hindi, about 400 pages), Oriassa (in Oriya, about 700 pages), Madhya Pradesh (in Hindi, about 400 pages).

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http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo16_bhasha_.htm

Founded Year: 1996

Cause category: Education