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Signed on 26 October 2026 in Paris.

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Partners: India's Ministry of Culture, National Archives of India, National Library in Kolkata, and the National Library of France.

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Five focus areas: digitisation, cross‑sharing on the National Digital Repository, technology exchange, conservation, and research and development.

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Collaboration on Optical Character Recognition and Handwritten Text Recognition for Indian scripts.

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Joint activities will include workshops, capacity‑building programmes, publications, exhibitions, and exchanges of scholars and experts.

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Summary

The partnership will focus on digitising Indian‑origin manuscripts, sharing a national digital repository, exchanging technology, conserving physical documents, and conducting joint research.

Experts will collaborate on tools such as Optical Character Recognition and Handwritten Text Recognition for Indian scripts.

The agreement includes workshops, capacity‑building programmes, publications, exhibitions, and scholar exchanges.

The initiative aligns with India's Gyan Bharatam Mission, which aims to identify, document, conserve, digitise, translate, and disseminate the country's manuscript heritage.

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New Words to Learn

13 words
Manuscript
A handwritten book or document from a long time ago
Digitise
Change a paper book into a computer file that can be read on screens
Preservation
Keeping something safe so it does not get damaged
Conservation
Taking care of old items to stop them from breaking
Repository
A place where many digital files are stored safely
Optical Character Recognition
A computer tool that reads printed letters and turns them into text
Handwritten Text Recognition
A computer tool that reads handwriting and changes it into digital text
Scholarly
Related to learning and research
Collaboration
Working together with others
Flagship
The most important or leading project
Initiative
A new plan or action to start something
Cross‑sharing
Exchanging information between groups
Technology exchange
Sharing tools and knowledge about how things work
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