Grassroot innovation
Recently Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Regional Centre at Jammu.
He applauded SCERT for organising Toycathon & providing opportunity to youngsters to participate in grassroot innovation and lead them to design and develop toys based on local cultural ethos and life of local heroes.
He said, in the future, the IGNCA Centre at Jammu will further strengthen government’s efforts for the promotion, development and enrichment of folk traditions.
Emphasising the role of enlightened citizens and stakeholders to develop artistic mindset in the new generation, the Lieutenant Governor said the creative potential of the youth will benefit other sectors of the society.
He called for committed efforts for dissemination of works of great thinkers and writers like Yogini Lalleshwari, Nund Rishi, Habba Khatoon, Parmanand, Dattu, Thakur Raghunath Singh, Pandit Hardutt, Gangaram, Padma Sachdev, especially to the younger generation.
In this era of rapid change, it is also our collective responsibility to ensure that the articles, monographs, books on regional literature, folk music, drama genre and Pahari art become a part of every household, he added.
The Lieutenant Governor also applauded the IGNCA and J&K Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) for organising Toycathon.
