India will host its first-ever International Conference on Manuscript Heritage from September 11 to 13, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The event, titled “Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Legacy Through Manuscript Heritage”, will bring together global experts to promote manuscript conservation, digitization, and integration into modern education.

Key Points:

• The three-day conference will be held from September 11–13, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, coinciding with the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 address in Chicago.
• Over 10 million manuscripts in India, covering diverse subjects like science, medicine, rituals, and mathematics, will be a key focus of the event.
• More than 500 delegates, including 75 eminent scholars, will participate in a hybrid format, allowing both physical and virtual attendance.
• The event will feature exhibitions, conservation workshops, and expert sessions on AI-driven preservation, ethical metadata, and digitization practices.
• A New Delhi Declaration on Manuscript Heritage will be adopted, along with the launch of the Manuscript Research Partner (MRP) program to train young scholars in traditional knowledge systems.