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RTI (Operating under the aegis of MGI/RTI Council) Miss S. Ramdin (Project Manager RTI)
The Rabindranath Tagore Institute, an educational and cultural centre for the promotion of shared values, was inaugurated in December 2002 and operates today under the aegis of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute and Rabindranath Tagore Institute Council. The attractive campus of the RTI has been established in memory of Rabindranath Tagore. The foundation stone of the RTI was laid on 12th March 2000 by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India and Dr. the Hon. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius at Ilot, Pamplemousses.
The objectives of the Institute as stipulated by its Act are: - to establish, as a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore, a Centre of studies for Indian culture and traditions.
- to promote education and culture generally.
The Rabindranath Tagore Institute has been conceived as a Centre encompassing the study and experience of all the art – forms, each with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, in harmony with nature and the social environment.
All the activities and programmes of the RTI adopt a fundamentally multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach.
Departments of the Rabindranath Tagore Institute
Breaking new ground in Mauritius, the RTI, in a first instance, will consist of five distinct Departments:
- A national Centre for Drama which will comprise the Children’s Theatre, Educational Puppetry for Schools, Drama Studies, Yoga and Meditation courses (already started) among others.
- A Department of Indian Music and Dance which will include courses in Rabindra Sangeet, Classical and Folk Music and Dance, a Production Unit and a Recording Studio.
- The Department of Arts and Crafts comprising handicrafts and creative arts among others.
- A Permanent Gallery on the life and work of Tagore which will also serve as a Centre for Research in Tagore Studies.
- A Central Library which will include specialised sections on various disciplines including a Cultural Information and Data Bank, a Children’s Cine-Club, a Multi Media Unit.
The RTI is also endowed with an Auditorium and a Lecture Theatre which will help establish close relationships with counterparts in other educational and cultural organisations working together through cultural programmes, information management, education and preservation of historic resources in an ambiance evocative of Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan. |
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