DJ Venkatesh
Port Blair, Jul 04: Nandini Malo of class 8, Port Blair has been selected for Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage essay writing and poster-making for Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS) of the INTACH had organised the pan-India campaign with support of its 100 regional chapters across 100 cities A select group of award-winning school students from across the country will visit historic sites and meet conservation experts in Delhi from July 5-7.
“They will visit various monuments and heritage sites and organisations working on preservation and heritage conservation and engage with experts associated with the field. “It will include visit to the Aga Khan Foundation, Sanskriti Prathistan, the INTACH headquarters, and interaction with Dastangoi (medieval storytelling art form) artists,” the heritage body said. “Around 12,000 students from class VI-IX participated in essay writing and poster-making competition capturing their city’s heritage,” Principal Director, HECS at the INTACH, Purnima Datt said.
