INDIA – SRI LANKA FOUNDATION
(New Delhi Secretariat)
III. Detailed Listing of Projects

• Culture
1. Photographic documentation of ancient Buddhist artistic heritage of Sri Lanka by Mr. Benoy Behl.
2. Photography exhibition by Ms. Anoma Rajakaruna
3. Documentary film on Dr. Lester James Peries, renowned Sri Lankan Film Director
4. Art exhibition by 6 Sri Lankan artists
5. Art exhibition/residency by a Sri Lankan artist
6. Deputation of a consultant to Utkal University
7. Participation of The Butterflies Theatre Company at the Annual Drama Festival of the National School of Drama in New Delhi
8. Participation by two young Sri Lankan playwrights in a workshop/demonstration at Bangalore
9. Visit to Sri Lanka by an Eminent Indian -Dr. Balasubramanian
10. Goodwill mission to India by the Sri Lanka India Society.

TOTAL: INR. 565,651
• Academics

1. Purchase of the publication on Indo-Lanka Relations from 1947-99
2. Supply of study materials to University of Rajasthan
3. Purchase of copies of the book titled `200 years of Contribution of Persons of Indian origin in Sri Lanka'
4. Study/documentation of the resolution of the Tamil-Sinhala conflict and the process towards peace in Sri Lanka by Mr. Shastri Ramachandran
5. Compilation of a panoramic history of India-Sri Lanka relations by Prof. S.D. Muni
6. Deputation of six academics under a project titled Indo-Lanka relations in Pre-Modern Times, University of Peradeniya
7. Fellow for the study of Indo-Lanka relations by Hon. Ven. K. Wimalakriti
8. Educational Management Workshop for Vice Chancellors
9. Deputation of Prof. Suryanarayan to University of Peradeniya to lecture Undergraduate & Post graduate courses in Political science.
10. Training for Sri Lankan students in Sacred rituals & music
11. Software training program for the blind
12. Comparative research study of Buddhist Jataka stories and Hindi folk tales

TOTAL: INR. 2,031,413

• Science & Technology

1. Deputation of IT to University of Kelaniya
2. Deputation of Dr Ramanathan to make an assessment on alternative electric power generation systems in Sri Lanka
3. Deputation of a Board Member to Sri Lankan universities/institutions to explore opportunities for collaboration in the field of Science & Technology and Computer Science with IITs in India.

TOTAL: INR. 118,416

• Archaeology

1. Assistance of an Indian expert, Mr Manager Singh for the conservation of paintings at Gothami Viharaya.
2. Comparative studies of early Buddhist & Hindu bronzes from India & Sri Lanka
3. Research into the work of Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji, one of the first South Asian scholars to initiate research into Asokan and early Buddhist archaeology and epigraphy
4. Visit of a Consultant Museologist to PGIAR in order to undertake teaching assignment for a new Museology course
5. Field studies related to Roman coins and other antiquities in Sri Lanka
6. Deputation of three consultants to attend an international meeting on the proposed Regional Institute of Museology at Colombo


TOTAL: INR. 317,425

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