• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Gyan Bharatam portal at an international conference in New Delhi.
• The portal aims to digitise and preserve nearly 1 crore manuscripts across 80 languages.
• India has the world’s largest manuscript collection, spanning philosophy, medicine, astronomy, architecture, and art.
• It will provide researchers and students easy digital access to rare texts.
• The initiative safeguards cultural heritage while promoting knowledge sharing worldwide.