Invis develops Web-based video encyclopedia of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA: Invis Multimedia Pvt. Ltd, a premier organization in audiovisual production from India has developed an innovative Web-based video encyclopedia of India, Indiavideo.org.

The Web site will have detailed sections on each state and Union Territory of India. Video clips will be supplemented with text in English language. Kerala is the first state covered in the project with video clips on other states and union territories, which will go online by April 2008.

UNESCO New Delhi announced plans for an innovative Web based video encyclopedia of India. The site will highlight the unique culture, heritage and geography of India. It is being developed by Invis Multimedia.

While announcing the agreement between UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and Invis Multimedia, Minja Yang, Director of the UNESCO New Delhi Office, explained that one of the Organization's key mandates is to safeguard and promote the wealth of the world's cultural diversity.

She said: "India is a vast country with an extraordinarily ancient and diverse cultural heritage. The unique objective behind this project is to develop an atlas of India that covers not just its geographical features but its cultural ones too. We are very pleased to partner with Invis Multimedia in the creation of a format that is easily accessible world-wide and that will raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding India's heritage."

Yang pointed out that India is a signatory to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which were both promulgated by UNESCO.