Valuable documents, including title-deeds and certificates, drenched in floodwater, have become a huge problem for people post-flood.
There is good news. A Manuscript Preservation Centre has opened under the Malayalam Department of the St. Joseph College, Irinjalakuda, for scientific preservation of the documents.
The centre offers chemical and digital preservation of documents, says Litty Chacko, Head of Malayalam Department, St. Joseph College.
“The UGC has approved a B.Voc (Bachelor of Vocation) course ‘Malayalam and Manuscript Management’ for our college. The second semester of the course is running now. The Manuscript Preservation Centre has been set up as part of the laboratory facility of the course. Any kind of documents can be preserved in the lab,” she said.
Technically trained
“We used to preserve ‘Thaliyolakal’ (palm leaf manuscripts) even before. But we used to do it outside. But our students are technically trained for the preservation work,” Ms. Chacko said.
The floods in the two consecutive years raised the urgent need for having a facility to preserve damaged documents. The centre has been receiving many inquiries for preservation of documents.
The centre will function from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on all working days.
Call: 94955 03336.
