Beneficiaries

  • Research scholars of universities
  • Students of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Professors & Faculties
  • Journalists
  • Writers
  • Science Communicators
  • Public Relations Institute
  • General readers

Research dimension

  • Journalism, Mass Communication; Science & Environment Communication; Literature - Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Marathi, English; History, Political Science, Economics, Commerce, Sociology, philosophy Art & Culture, Education.
  • Rare reference material - India's freedom struggle, social reform movement, swadeshi movement, Great men's contribution and personality, letters, translated literature, manuscripts, folk science and traditional knowledge.

Importance

  • Madhavrao Sapre Smriti Samacharpatra Sangrahalaya evam Shodh Sansthan, Bhopal is an unique institution to collect and preserve national intellectual heritage. Origin and development of journalism in India has been with the Renaissance. Political, social, economic, cultural, educational, science and the important events of various subjects, their background and outcome are available in the pages of contemporary newspapers.
  • Department of Culture, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh awarded 'Maharshi Ved Vyas Rashtriya Samman' (2012-2013) for collection of historical documents of Indian journalism and innovative ideas in research communication.

Knowledge treasure

Since 1984 Madhavrao Sapre Smriti Samacharpatra Sangrahalaya evam Shodh Sansthan has collected more than five crore pages of important research and reference value. Material accumulated in Hindi, Urdu, English, Marathi, Gujrati, Sanskrit languages is plentiful.

  • 26,436 Title Newspapers and Magazines
  • 1,66,222 Reference Books
  • 1934 Other Documents
  • 5605 Reference files.
  • 25,300 Letters of 284 distinguished writers, journalists, academicians
  • 3000 Manuscripts
  • 200 Radios, Gramophones, Cameras, Telephones, Typewriters etc.

High Lights

  • Senior journalist and media professor Dr. Kripashankar Choubey has produced the documentary ‘Gyan- Tirth Sapre Sangrahalaya’. This documentary circulated worldwide on YouTube can be seen by typing the Gyan Tirth Sapre Sangrahalaya.
  • In the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the India Post Madhya Pradesh Circle released a special cover (16 November 2018) on the Sapre Sangrahalaya.

Recognition

Madhavrao Sapre Smriti Samacharpatra Sangrahalaya evam Shodh Sansthan have recognize as research centre by universities

  • Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur
  • Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal
  • Kushabhau Thakre Journalism and Mass Communication University, Raipur

Research Scholars

With the help of reference material preserved in Madhavrao Sapre Smriti Samacharpatra Sangrahalaya evam Shodh Sansthan Bhopal, 1238 research scholars completed their thesis for the degree of D.Lit., Ph.D., M.Phil.

Science and Environmental Communication

Programmes for Science awareness in society, skill development in journalists, writers and science communicators to promote understanding Science and Technology in collaboration with the NCSTC.

Anchalik Patrakar

Monthly magazine ‘Anchalik Patrakar’ focused on the journalism and mass communication and science communication has been publishing since September 1981. This is the oldest research journal on Journalism and Mass Communication in Hindi language. This magazine can be read online at www.anchalikpatrakar.com.