| Introduction |
INSTITUTE
FOR ORIENTAL STUDY, THANE, is a voluntary organisation working for
the promotion of Indian Culture, history, civilisation and Sanskrit
language. It is registered both under Societies Registration
Act and Bombay (Maharashtra) Public Trusts Act. Donations to the Institute
are exempt from Income Tax Act under under section 80(g).
The Institute conducts seminars, tutorials, discussions, exhibitions,
slide and film shows, and conducts study tours to historical places
and cultural centers. During the last 15 years, we have conducted
23 seminars in which more than 500 Indian distinguished and 20 Western
scholars participated actively.
The Institute has done pioneering work in the field of educational
tours in India. Such tours were conducted to the world famous manuscript
library at Tanjore (Tamil Nadu) in 1985, to Kutch (Gujarat) for the
study of Indus Valley sites in 1986, to Paithan,Ter and Nashik (Maharashtra)
in 1987 for a cultural study, to Karnatak (1988), Kerala (1989), Andhra
Pradesh (1990), Orissa (1991), Rajasthan (1992), Madhya Pradesh(1993),
Khandesh and Vidarbha (1996).
The Institute sponsered delegates to VI World Sanskrit Conference
in Philadelphia, USA in this International meet.The Institute also
took a group of 25 scholars to participate in the VII World Sanskrit
Conference held at Leiden, Holland in 1987, and also to the IX World
Sanskrit conference at Australia in 1994.
Under the stewardship of of Institute, the first nongovernmental and
nonpolitical delegation of 15 members visited Mainland China in 1986.
The Institute has organised exhibitions of books and encyclopaedias
in Marathi. The Institute also arranged a loan of Rs. 15,000/- each
to individuals to enable them to purchase Marathi Encyclopaedias in
collaboration with a Co-op. Bank. It is gratifying that about 200
sets were booked at the exhibition
The Institute, at present, is actively involved in establishing the
West Coast Museum at Thane. The Institute is also taking steps to
enrich its Library at Thane with more book-donations and cash donations.
The Institution is already in possession of many valuable artefacts
collected from Konkan area, and the Institute's library possesses
about 3,000 Sanskrit manuscripts and a rich collection of about 15,000
rare books in English and Marathi.
We do not have any governmental assistance. We fully depend on voluntary
individual donations. Kindly donate liberally, and the Institute in
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