Which of the following statements are true about Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)? 1. IGNCA is an autonomous trust set up by the Government of India under the Ministry of Culture. 2. It has started post-graduate diploma courses to train manpower in the specialized field of heritage conservation and management. 3. As a part of its mandate, it has to prepare the National Register on Built Heritage and Sites and the National Register on Antiquities. 4. It is the nodal agency for the National Mission for Manuscripts.

IGNCA

• The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is an Autonomous Trust set up by the Government of India under the Ministry of Culture. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• The IGNCA is headquartered in New Delhi.
• IGNCA is visualised as a centre that encompasses the study and experience of all the arts-each form within its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual inter-dependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology.
• To attract the people towards Indian art and to nurture trained manpower in the related fields, IGNCA planned to start the following one year Post Graduate Diploma Courses:
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Informatics (PGDCI) (approved by the AICTE)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Preventive Conservation (PGDPC)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Data Management (PGDDLDM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Manuscriptology and Palaeography (PGDMP)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Management (PGDCM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Museology (PGDAM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Literature (PGDIL)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Hindu Studies (PGDHS).
• Hence, statement 2 is correct.
• The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is the nodal agency for the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM). The NMM is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

NMMA

• The NMMA was established in 2007 to create two national registers: the National Register of Built Heritage and Sites and the National Register of Antiquities.
• The NMMA uses the Ancient Monument and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958 (AMASR Act) for the built heritage register, and the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act of 1972 (AAT Act) for the antiquities register. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.